Summer Spanish opportunities

One of the challenges with language learning is that if you're not using it, you're losing it. It doesn't have to be a lot, but if you can even do a few minutes every day during the summer when you're not in class, it'll keep it fresh in your brain so that it doesn't feel like you're moving through sledge to get your Spanish to work in the fall. (That said, I know it's summer and the best thing for your brain might be a break, so whatever is best for you, do it and enjoy yourself.)

Spanish conversation table

To give students the opportunity to speak and listen in Spanish, I started a Spanish conversation table in 2024. It's open to all levels of students in Spanish.

Summer Spanish challenge

To encourage students to keep up their Spanish over the summer, I started issuing the summer Spanish challenge 2 years ago.  If you win the summer Spanish challenge, I will make you a homemade dessert or cheese dip. I make amazing pies, cookies, mints, cakes, etc, so you can choose from any of the following:

• Key lime pie

• Lemon meringue pie

• French silk pie

• Brownies

• Scotcheroos

• Rice Krispy bars

• Fruity Pebble bars

• Cream cheese mints

• Oreo balls

• Frosted sugar cookies

• Shortbread cookies

• Chocolate cheesecake

• Red velvet cake

• Apple sheet cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting

• M&M brownie cookies

• Peppermint brownie cookies

• Cheese dip

How do you win?

1. Join our class on Duolingo (see links below)

2. Meet the required Duolingo point total and earn more points than anyone else in your level.  Each level has its own competition, so you're only competing with other students in your level of Spanish.