Free Spanish Lessons

[claudiadeplaya]

International House is training Spanish teachers and needs ~"conejillos de indias" to help the future teachers practice their new teaching skills

Since I did not want to be Gary's teacher I sent him there and he was happy, the teacher in charge asked me if I could get more students so here is the invitation.

3 WEEKS SPANISH FREE LESSONS
FROM JULY 21 TO AUGUST THE 8th
EVERY DAY FROM 14:00 TO 15:30.

LEVEL TEST (NECESSARY) EVERY DAY FROM 12:30 TO 14:00.
LAST DAY OF LEVEL TEST THURSDAY 17.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE RIVIERA MAYA
CALLE 14 BETWEEN 5 &10
984 803 33 88

Please contact Marta and tell her you read claudia's invite in the roo.
gracias!!!
I am still teaching but I don't have a group at the moment so I thought this is a good opportunity for someone maybe

[maestranba]

Too bad we're coming down in August or I would've sent my son to the classes! He would LOVE to be a conejillo de india!

[Tony&Cheri]

Claudia,

Do you have contact info for Marta? Thanks for posting this! We'd love to be guinea pigs!

~Cheri

[claudiadeplaya]

Originally Posted by claudiadeplaya

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE RIVIERA MAYA
CALLE 14 BETWEEN 5 &10
984 803 33 88

Please contact Marta and tell her you read claudia's invite in the roo.
gracias!!!
I am still teaching but I don't have a group at the moment so I thought this is a good opportunity for someone maybe

This is her phone number, she works at International House, I will answer your pm with her e mail address too
That should be a fun class with you 2

[jamnkats]

Originally Posted by claudiadeplaya

International House is training Spanish teachers and needs ~"conejillos de indias" to help the future teachers practice their new teaching skills

Since I did not want to be Gary's teacher I sent him there and he was happy, the teacher in charge asked me if I could get more students so here is the invitation.

3 WEEKS SPANISH FREE LESSONS
FROM JULY 21 TO AUGUST THE 8th
EVERY DAY FROM 14:00 TO 15:30.

LEVEL TEST (NECESSARY) EVERY DAY FROM 12:30 TO 14:00.
LAST DAY OF LEVEL TEST THURSDAY 17.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE RIVIERA MAYA
CALLE 14 BETWEEN 5 &10
984 803 33 88

Please contact Marta and tell her you read claudia's invite in the roo.
gracias!!!
I am still teaching but I don't have a group at the moment so I thought this is a good opportunity for someone maybe

this looks GREAT! I'm going to call her tomorrow - also I'd love her email addy. Is she interested in kids as students also?

[Ginger]

My friend Lucy is taking that course, as one of the teachers!! Maybe she will end up being your guys' teacher. Cool.

[jamnkats]

Originally Posted by claudiadeplaya

International House is training Spanish teachers and needs ~"conejillos de indias" to help the future teachers practice their new teaching skills

Since I did not want to be Gary's teacher I sent him there and he was happy, the teacher in charge asked me if I could get more students so here is the invitation.

3 WEEKS SPANISH FREE LESSONS
FROM JULY 21 TO AUGUST THE 8th
EVERY DAY FROM 14:00 TO 15:30.

LEVEL TEST (NECESSARY) EVERY DAY FROM 12:30 TO 14:00.
LAST DAY OF LEVEL TEST THURSDAY 17.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE RIVIERA MAYA
CALLE 14 BETWEEN 5 &10
984 803 33 88

Please contact Marta and tell her you read claudia's invite in the roo.
gracias!!!
I am still teaching but I don't have a group at the moment so I thought this is a good opportunity for someone maybe

Talked to (not Martha) who said that the horario is not the entire class time - depending on your level, you will be placed in a slot somewhere in there. Also, no kids; adults only. Probably for the best. So I'm waiting to hear back from Sra. Marta. Oh, and I'm not sure anyone there speaks English (they should though, no?) as the entire conversation was conducted in Spanish (but I'm used to that).

[Libby]

Originally Posted by jamnkats

Talked to (not Martha) who said that the horario is not the entire class time - depending on your level, you will be placed in a slot somewhere in there. Also, no kids; adults only. Probably for the best. So I'm waiting to hear back from Sra. Marta. Oh, and I'm not sure anyone there speaks English (they should though, no?) as the entire conversation was conducted in Spanish (but I'm used to that).

Yeah, I had the same experience, talked only in Spanish. But I didn't try speaking English so maybe they will speak English if necessary. Waiting for a call back from Marta.

[Tony&Cheri]

Originally Posted by Libby

Yeah, I had the same experience, talked only in Spanish. But I didn't try speaking English so maybe they will speak English if necessary. Waiting for a call back from Marta.

We're also waiting for a call back from Marta! Guess she's busy, huh?

[JudyBluEyes]

I just took these classes. Lucia and Paloma from the Beer Bucket were two of the student teachers. Marta speaks English, but the lady who called me to confirm when the classes started only spoke a very limited amount. The classes are conducted in Spanish but were fairly eary to follow along. It was interesting to be taught by six teachers at once... Actually they took turns. I thought it was a great way to pratice your Spanish, but you have to remember that the classes are about the "teachers" learning to teach, so you may need to have some patience with them!

[Tony&Cheri]

We called Marta again today - again no return call. And at this point it appears that we're too late to take a placement test for the free classes.

I have to say that I'm not too impressed at this point.

~Cheri

[claudiadeplaya]

Originally Posted by Tony&Cheri

We called Marta again today - again no return call. And at this point it appears that we're too late to take a placement test for the free classes.

I have to say that I'm not too impressed at this point.

~Cheri

I'm sorry to hear that, Did anyone made it in the goup?

[JudyBluEyes]

Originally Posted by Tony&Cheri

We called Marta again today - again no return call. And at this point it appears that we're too late to take a placement test for the free classes.

I have to say that I'm not too impressed at this point.

~Cheri

Marta called me yesterday to ask if I was going to do the next class. I'm not because they are starting at the beginning again and I've already done that part. I have a different number for her if you want to try and contact her directly, I can pm it to you if you'd like. She seemed like she wanted more people to attend classes.

[Tony&Cheri]

Thanks, Judy. Yeah, if you could PM us the other number, that would be great.

[Tony&Cheri]

Thanks to Judy, I finally talked to Marta, and we'll be starting the classes next week. The class does go for a full hour and a half, as Claudia stated, and the class they're starting will be level 2, which is just a little bit above beginner. She told me to come a few minutes early & test to see when I might be able to integrate into the class (since I have studied some Spanish before), but Tony will be starting on the 21st. So, if any of you haven't been able to reach Marta, let me know & I'll send you her phone number.

Thanks again, Judy.

[Libby]

We're in too! We'll be starting later as well when the classes get a bit more advanced. Apparently, I really impressed Marta with my one sentence in Spanish.

[jamnkats]

Ah, I see I need to call her again. Thanks for continuing to update the thread.