The Tutor Course Total immersion 20 hours per week means that the student is communicating directly in Spanish from the first hour of class. Immersion is both the most challenging and most rewarding way to learn to speak a new language because students avoid the linguistic shifting back and forth inherent in translation. Best of all, students learn within a cultural context-students reinforce their lessons by putting what they learn into immediate practice in their everyday lives.
Flexibility is paramount.
Students and teachers work one to one, allowing each student to work at his or her own pace and level. On the first day of class, the teacher will give an exam to the student to determine strengths and weaknesses and to help determine which book and method to follow. Teachers help the student focus on their specific language skills and needs in oral comprehension, reading, writing, speaking, etc. Each student's course is designed to give students ample opportunity to practice and improve grammar and vocabulary. Course work focuses on practical, real life situations and whenever possible the city is used as a learning laboratory.