Our goal at Las Mariposas is for students to have a solid foundation in the Spanish language. We are not on the speed path and do not have written assessments. However, students that spend additional time at home studying, practicing, and rewatching Destinos will progress noticeably faster.

Most important to us is the student's ability to speak and understand spoken Spanish. Of course we incorporate written work, grammar exercises and reading comprehension activities for a well-rounded language experience.

S1 - Beginning Spanish: Alphabet, pronunciation, numbers, beginning conversation, telling time, introduction of number and gender with nouns and adjectives, introduction of verb conjugation. Conversation practice from the first class. Materials needed: folder for handouts and a pack of 3x5 notecards

S2 - Beginning Spanish: Verb conjugating, sentence and question structure, grammar practice, weather expressions, conversation practice, review of all previously learned information. Materials needed: Espanol Esencial I (purchased at the school)

S3 - Beginning Spanish: Continued practice of sessions 1 and 2, plus introduction to Destinos. Materials needed: Destinos workbook and Espanol Esencial.

S4-S7 - Beginning Spanish: By S7 (about 50 weeks) students should have a solid working knowledge of the present tense, ser and estar, expressions with more than one verb, great conversation skills and excellent pronunciation.

S8-S15 - Intermediate Spanish: These sessions will be taught in Spanish. English will only be used for explanations. By S15 students should be using the past, future and conditional verb tenses. The first half of the Destinos series as well as level I of Espanol Esencial will be completed. The second half of the Destinos series will be completed as well.

S16-S23 - Advanced Spanish: Spanish only will be spoken in class. Students will be proficient in reading, writing, speaking and listening and will have a broad cultural understanding of the Spanish-speaking world.

Film Course: This course will meet for 10 hours total. A film will be showed at the beginning of each class. The first film will be Solas (Alone), second film: La vida secreta de las palabras (The Secret Life of Words). Films are in Spanish with English subtitles.

Spanish for High Schoolers: This class is designed for those students that which to take a class in addition to their high school class, or in place of in the case that Spanish 4 is not offered. Primary focus will be on conversation and enhancing listening skills.

For Spanish Teachers Only: If you haven't had the chance to travel recently, and you don't have many opportunities to speak Spanish outside of the classroom, this is the course for you. Instruction will be thematic and taught by native Spanish speakers. We all know that if you don't use it...

Spanish for Health Care Professionals: With the increasing number of Spanish-speakers in our region many health care workers have requested this class. We will meet two nights per week, 90 minutes per class. This class is designed for someone that has had an introduction to Spanish and wants to specialize in medically-related vocabulary and conversation. However, if you are a beginning Spanish student please contact us so that we can discuss the possibilities.

Francophone Literature: This class is designed for the high school student who has passed the Regents and would like expand his/her horizons by reading literature from French-speaking countries other than France. This course will be taught by a native French speaker.

For French Teachers Only: If you haven't had the chance to travel recently, and you don't have many opportunities to speak French outside of the classroom, this is the course for you. Instruction will be thematic and taught by a native French speaker. We all know that if you don't use it...

Arabic, Chinese and Sign - Call about levels offered