Learn Spanish
Charlottesville has both fee based and no cost opportunities to learn Spanish.
Fee based classes are offered by UVA, Piedmont Community College, Speak! and others, some which provide individual instruction.
Occasionally, Speak! also provides free conversational classes.
“Tertulia” is a custom common in many parts of Latin America. Groups meet at the same time, same place, every day, once a week, or once a month, usually at a café, to discuss the news, politics and other issues. In the U.S. a Spanish conversation group is a kind of tertulia offering participants an opportunity to build on their basic Spanish language skills by listening to and speaking the language. While attendance is not mandatory, the quality of these groups is sometimes linked to the regular attendance of its members.
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FEE BASED
Speak! Language Center
Full spectrum of small group conversational Spanish courses for professional and personal enrichment. Creciendo Juntos discount offered.
Contact: Christina Ball, Owner and Director For more information: (434) 245-8255, christina@speaklanguagecenter.com, http://speaklanguagecenter.com/courses/spanish
Piedmont Virginia Community College
For more information: http://www.pvcc.edu
University of Virginia
For more information: http://www.scps.virginia.edu
ADULTS & CHILDREN
Speak! Language Center
Contact: Christina Ball, Owner and Director
For more information: (434) 245-8255, christina@speaklanguagecenter.com, http://speaklanguagecenter.com/courses/spanish
Tutoring & Spanish Classes
Experience native speaker high school instructor, also serving the College Board as an AP Language Reader, offers individual and small group tutoring at his Lake Monticello home or in yours.
Contact: Antonio Díaz
For more information: (434) 960-5185
www.spanishinvirginia.com
Tutoring & Spanish Classes
Native Spanish speaker with many years experience in language and translation offering help to those studying Spanish in school (HS, college), exam preparation, grammar, conversation — as well as conversation/grammar classes for non-students who wish to perfect their Spanish. Located in Charlottesville with flexible hours, including weekends.
Contact: Mario Taboada
For more information: matrxtech@yahoo.com
Charlottesville Spanish Services
Contact: Linette Molina, Owner
For more information: (434) 962-4930, info@charlottesvillespanishservices.com or http://www.charlottesvillespanishservices.com
CHILDREN
Elementary Spanish Program
Kindergarten through Second Grade Classes
Contact: Jennifer Nairn, Spanish teacher at Burnley-Moran, Greenbrier, and Johnson schools, Jennifer.Nairn@ccs.k12.va.us, and Stacy Droessler, Spanish teacher at Clark, Jackson-Via, and Venable schools, Stacy.Droessler@ccs.k12.va.us
For more information: http://www.ccs.k12.va.us/programs/ElementarySpanish.html
International School of Charlottesville
Immersion, Summer Camps & Other Opportunities
Contact: Jefferson Park Avenue Campus, (434) 984-2174; Belmont campus, (434) 984-2175
For more information: admin@TheISC.org or http://www.theisc.org/contact_us.php
TERTULIAS – SPANISH COVERSATION GROUPS – IN CVILLE
For area tertulias and other no cost opportunities to learn or practice Spanish:
Tuesday Evenings: C’ville Coffee Spanish Conversation Group, 7-9 pm
Come when you can. All levels of Spanish are welcome.
Location: Cville Coffee, 1301 Harris St.
Phone: (434) 817-2633.
Wednesday Afternoons: Casa Bolivar’s La Tertulia, 4-5 pm
This UVA tertulia includes great food and a fun environment to relax and practice your Spanish.
Location: Casa Bolivar (Spanish House) 1408 Jefferson Park Ave.
Contact: twj7v@virginia.edu
For more information: http://sites.google.com/site/lacasabolivar/la-tertulia
Albemarle County offers free Spanish lessons to county staff.
Contact: lwyatt@albemarle.org