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Thank you for visiting Spanish Learning Online. I am currently seeking students for my classes for the 2025-2026 academic year. I have developed a diverse range of Spanish online courses for students at all stages of the language learning process. In each course, I work with students on both a personal level and in a small group setting to develop the four essential components of Spanish language learning: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. The courses are designed to improve students’ facilities with these four components. In addition, every course requires the use of the online video-chatting service (ZOOM) so that students can acquire well-developed listening and speaking skills in the group setting. With my small class size (maximum: 6 students), I will be able to engage in a high level of interactivity wherein students learn via speaking to one another and to me. Below please find a brief outline of the courses in addition to more detailed descriptions through the links on the sidebar. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at rayleven27@gmail.com. I am looking forward to the start of the next school year when we will begin our in-depth exploration of Spanish language and culture.
Below is a brief synopsis of each of the courses offered for the 2025-2026 academic year. Click the links on the upper left corner panel of this page to learn more information and application procedures.
Please note: In addition to these classes, personal one-on-one tutoring -always at your convenient time - is available at all levels. This teaching is tailored for the individual learner. For more info about private tutoring arrangements please contact rayleven27@gmail.com )
Some students may need to "skip" a level in Spanish to catch up with other students in the class, or for their own self-edification. I have curricula which address mastering Spanish 1, 2 or 3 over the summer months. Please contact me if you are looking for this type of advanced work, as well as for remediation and review for a Spanish course recently completed.
Intensive review for students before Spanish midterm or final exam:
I am also available as a tutor specializing in intense review and practice before a midterm or final. I will analyze and craft individual lessons designed to clarify and practice specific grammatical structures necessary for successful assessment results. See student and parent testimonials from the link in the left corner above. And for more information, please contact me - rayleven27@gmail.com.
>>>>>>>>BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTIONS OF FALL COURSES:
Honors Five Spanish is a course designed for students in their junior or senior year of high school, who have completed four years of formal Spanish study.. These motivated students will have a base text book and the teacher will add stories and novelettes to enrich the learning experience. This is an academic course taught on a high level but without the stresses of standardized exams. The emphasis is clearly on literature- reading, analyzing, and writing about it. Students interested in participating in this class need to contact the teacher to set up a brief interview. This course does offer good practice for the Spanish Language Achievement and the Spanish AP course via the myriad of language activities required.
Honors Four Spanish is a course designed for students who have completed three years of learning Spanish formally and are desirous of more ORAL/AURAL practice to compliment their superior skills in reading and writing Spanish and having a wide vocabulary. Students in this course will get a taste of literature via the reading and analysis of short stories in addition to learning from a challenging, high-level text book (DESCUBRE Level3 -@2022) with enhanced computer and online activities. This class does not purport to prepare students for the AP Spanish Exam, but will more than adequately give ample practice in all skills for success in the SAT Spanish Subject Test. New students interested in participating in this class need to contact the teacher to set up a brief interview.
Honors Three Spanish is a course designed for upper level students seeking a challenging year of study, perhaps in preparation for the SAT Subject Test in Spanish. Students who have successfully completed the Honors Spanish Two or who have been interviewed and cleared by the teacher (assuming they have had at least two full years of Spanish, know and "control" the past tenses among other grammatical and linguistic acquisitions, and have the ability to ask and answer questions in relatively fluent, spoken as well as written Spanish are encouraged to enroll. Our textbook is DESCUBRE- Level 2.@2022. (After an intensive review of Spanish Two, we begin around the middle of the textbook) New students interested in participating in this class need to contact the teacher to set up a brief interview..
Honors Two Spanish is the ideal course for superior students who have studied Spanish formally for at least one year and have exhibited competence and ownership in all aspects of curricular items of a typical Spanish One course, including the regular and irregular verb forms in the present tense, key idioms, interrogatives and possessive adjectives. Students should be able to answer in written form questions about themselves and express opinions and preferences. Our textbook is DESCUBRE-Level 2 @2022.
Students who are new to me and are interested in participating in this class need to contact the teacher to set up a brief interview.
Intensive Intermediate Spanish is for students who have had some experience at the Spanish I level and would like to complement their course of study and enhance their skills with a more interactive speaking and listening component. This course is appropriate for students working at the 2nd year Spanish level and possibly those students who have studied Spanish in the past but are rusty and need a refresher. Our textbook is DESCUBRE-Level 1@2022 for the first few weeks followed by DESCUBRE Level 2 thereafter. Students successfully completing this course will be prepared for Spanish 3 in the fall.. Students who are interested in being a member in this class need to contact the teacher to set up a brief interview.
Spanish I (beginners) is a course designed for beginning students who have had no previous formal instruction in Spanish. The text is DESCUBRE-Level 1@2022. No interview is required for application.