Want to Learn Spanish?

Online classes
1. My Spanish Teacher $99.00
http://www.myspanishteacher.com/learnspanish_SpanishForTeachers Online Vocab book to print; 6 months unlimited access to all lessons; available 24 x 7.
2. CPCC (Central Piedmont Community College) resources include elearning resources for Spanish for School Teachers http://www.commandspanishonline.com/cfwebstore/index.cfm/product/14_5/spanish-for-school-teachers.cfm#reviews Command Spanish elearning - The online class selects the phrases that an educator might need. The exercises are online – like CDs but you see the words. The computer is the textbook with words and phrases visible on the computer screen. There is no homework, no correction (written or auditory) provided. There is no live interface.

Face-to-Face Spanish Classes
1. SPCC ( South Piedmont Community College) –a traditional college Spanish class for college credit, night and day classes.
2. SPCC (South Piedmont Community College) Spanish for the Workforce Spring 2011 Tuesdays 6:00 – 8:50 p.m. Runs 01/10/2011 to 5/10/2011 For more information, contact Jones at 704-272-5438 or vjones@spcc.edu.
3. CPCC (Central Piedmont Community College) Beginning Spanish – Continuing Education courses Levine Campus – Choose M, T or W 7 – 9 p.m. January 24 – May 2. See program of studies page 30 http://cce.cpcc.edu/browse/CCE_Spring2011-all-sm.pdf
4. Command Spanish at CPCC - Coordinator Bert Pike – 704 330-4628 Aimed at the special needs of the workforce not fluency. Face-to-face classes are contract-based for groups of 8 or more. (i.e. Matthews ES – they customized the course for them based on their need.) CPCC bills the non-profit rate per hour of $150 per hour…. Plus one manual per participant. Manual costs = at most $50. They cap the course enrollment at 20. The course usually runs 7 weeks on average at 2 hours per class. They are not allowed to market into Union County but a group could go to Levine Campus. It is against the NC Community College regulations to market into another county. Development charge – if the course doesn’t make then there is a $200 fee for setting up the course. A four-week lead time is needed to put a course together and to get space. Ann Whitmire is with corporate training. She would handle details. Bert sets up the specifics of the course.

Books with Cassettes
1. Spanish for Educators $9.75 by William Harvey book with 2 cassettes http://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Educators-Book-2-cassettes/dp/0764172727 or with CDs the one by William Harvey with CDs http://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Educators-Audio-Compact-Discs/dp/0764179535/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282154701&sr=8-1
2. Spanish for Educators by McGraw Hill $15.61 book with audio CDs http://www.amazon.com/McGraw-Hills-Spanish-Educators-Audio-CD/dp/0071464913/ref=pd_sim_b_2 as well as http://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Educators-2-CD-Set/dp/0976275090/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=office-products&qid=1282154747&sr=8-5


Overseas Study and Travel
1. World View travel to Costa Rica: “Spanish for Educators” language lessons, $2,000. 10 day tours, sightseeing, homestay, etc. http://www.unc.edu/world/2011CostaRica/Costa_RicaFlyer11.pdf
2. Cemanahuac Educational Community “Spanish for Educators” - Cuernavaca, Mexico http://www.cemanahuac.com/educators.html (Donna has taken students there and likes the staff very much; 1 hour from Mexico City)