PRIVATE SPANISH COURSES
Private classes
We have been teaching Spanish to hundreds of private students since 2008, either individually, in pairs or in small groups. As every student has a different learning style and a different reason for learning (i.e. travelling to a Spanish Speaking country, passing a Spanish exam, work, communicating with friends or relatives…), we tailor our courses to every student’s needs. We offer private tuition in our school on 240-248 West Street or online. We offer private courses consisting of 4, 6, 8 o 10 sessions, which are usually taken weekly but you can have with breaks if you want to. The hourly rate for the 1 to 1 courses is £30. To enquiry about our private courses, please contact Lydia on lydiarf.scb@gmail.com
General courses
These are courses to learn general Spanish at different levels from Beginner (A1) to Proficiency (C2). They cover grammar and vocabulary and activities to develop all the relevant language skills (listening, reading, writing, speaking and interacting).
Conversation classes
These are tailor-made classes for students with levels B1-C2 who want to develop their speaking and interacting skills, as well as their fluency. Tutor and student will have a conversation or discussion about previously agreed topics and, at the end, the student will receive feedback from the your tutor on their performance and correct students’ errors, advise them on how to improve their grammar, pronunciation and intonation, and suggest online resources they can use to continue learning at home (videos, websites, exercises, series, etc)..
The materials to read/watch before the class or during the conversation will be carefully selected or prepared by the tutor according to the student’s learning style and needs.
Exam preparation
These are specific classes to prepare our students to succeed at their GCSE, A Level or DELE exams. Tutors will help students revising grammar points and preparing for their specific exam. They will help them develop the most relevant and difficult skills, like speaking and writing (i.e. preparing and delivering a presentation or writing an essay). They will help them gaining conficence to perform those tasks.
If you are looking for a private tutor and would like to know more about our general courses, conversation classes or exam preparation classes, please contact us on maria@spanishcoursesbristol.co.uk
OUR TEACHING STYLE
We know that the main aim of our students is to be able to communicate fluently when travelling abroad or having to socialise with Spanish speakers. We also know that there are different type of language learners; people who learn better when they associate the words to an image, people who learn better when they play a game, people who learn better when they write the words, etc.
For this reason, in our lessons we use a communicative teaching and learning approach that includes a variety of activities to cater for all types of learners. We do follow a book but also complement it with the best activities from a selection of books and/or colourful and clear Power Point Presentations and other learning materials. We engage students in a range of activities that we have selected during our years of teaching experience.
These activities come from different books, the internet and ideas we learned in workshops for language teachers. We have chosen the activities that we know work well and involve, for example, watching videos, chatting, using cards with images and playing games. Always entertaining and useful activities to suit each level and each type of student.