The Spanish Teacher in Encino,
California between Tarzana and Sherman Oaks in the San
Fernando Valley, offers a complete Spanish Learning
Center with individualized instruction for children in
elementary school, tutoring to improve grades and
confidence to students in junior high through college,
and adults who require Spanish for business or
personal reasons.
Advanced Placement (AP) Preparation:
Individualized instruction is offered to High School
students who wish to prepare for the Spanish Language AP
tests. Students can start this preparation while enrolled
in Spanish levels 3 or 4 AP. This course is intended to
assist students in developing the necessary listening,
speaking, reading and writing skills to pass the AP Spanish
Language test.
For Students (all levels): Excellent
tutoring techniques to improve grades, raise
self-confidence and develop study skills. By identifying
problems, students can focus on areas needing improvement.
Modern tutorial methods are used including comprehensive
verb and grammar wall charts to facilitate and achieve
maximum results. The Spanish Teacher keeps an extensive
library of current classroom textbooks. Classes of one hour
per session are scheduled on a weekly basis. The Spanish
Teacher carefully monitors a student's progress and is also
in contact with parents to offer reports and feed-back.
For Younger Children (ages 8-12): An
engaging approach using songs, computer, video, audio and
text to stimulate learning of conversational Spanish. The
program is similar to Sesame Street with special prior
planning and preparation making Spanish learning easy and
fun. Students enjoy using carefully selected materials
consisting of computer, audio, video, hands-on and visual
aids, games, songs, story telling, and age appropriate
effective texts. All four skills are included: listening,
speaking, reading and writing.
For Adults: Offering a dynamic
“effective” process to learn conversational Spanish in real
life situations through creative instruction. The focus is
on the needs of the individual to use the language in
practical ways at home, travel or in the work place.
Courses are personalized and tailored for specialized needs
and goals. Emphasis is placed on the development of
listening comprehension and oral speaking proficiency. The
goal is to understand and to communicate effectively in
conversational Spanish for everyday situations.
Conversational Spanish: Our instructional
methods feature a way to learn spanish that is easy, fun
and effective.
You will be
able to speak in full sentences on the first
day. We use pictures, or symbols, that stand
for words and expressions. The inclusion of questions and
answers is an intrinsic part of the interactive experience
of The Spanish Teacher system, replicating real-life social
interactions.
Program update: The Spanish Teacher now
features a custom created program called
"Places in
the City." This much acclaimed program is now
being offered exclusively to students of The Spanish
Teacher in Encino, CA. Call now to reserve your "Place in
the City"!
Instruction is highly professional with experience and
skill to create desired results. The Spanish Teacher has a
Bachelors Degree in Spanish Language and Literature from
George Washington University, a junior year in Spain at the
University of Madrid, and a California Lifetime Teaching
Credential. Prior to individualized instruction, The
Spanish Teacher has over 15 years of classroom teaching
experience in both public and private schools including
Wellesley High School, a public school in Wellesley,
Massachusetts and the prestigious private school Harvard-
Westlake in Los Angeles, California.
