You and your group can be trained by our native speaker qualified Spanish teachers, and can meet at your place of work or home at a time convenient to you. Tutorials can take place any day of the week, including weekends, and can be scheduled for the morning, afternoon or evening. If your home or office is not suitable for you, you can attend the course at the teacher's offices. You will be provided with all relevant course materials.
These courses in Spanish are wider-ranging in their nature, and are driven towards students who have a variety of differing needs. All beginner students will expect to study enough survival Spanish to get them through a short visit to the country, those staying on with the course can progress differently, depending on their individual requests and requirements. Whether you are buying property in a foreign country, married to a foreign national, planning a round-the-world trip, interested in Spanish history and culture, or if you simply want to attain a particular level of Spanish, this is the choice for you.
Spanish courses of this type are aimed towards those that need to learn Spanish to aid them with their employment. For those just starting out, it is integral to learn basic greetings and business etiquette; and reading and writing can be adopted once the simple precepts are out of the way. Success has come from students who are involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, those seeking jobs in multinational companies, and those working with foreign colleagues, academia and bureaucracy. Just our most basic beginners course will have the student finishing the course with basic telephone/e-mail skills in Spanish, as well as survival Spanish should a short stay in the country be needed.
2 or more people can benefit studying Spanish together as these Spanish courses are also offered to groups (Two-to-One Spanish Course or Small Group In-Company Spanish Course). Every student must have the same degree of knowledge of the language, the same business or language needs and the ability to study at the same time and place as everybody else. The booking has to be made for all students at the same time. Listen & Learn do not advocate group sessions of more than 6-8 people, though Taster Spanish Courses can be experienced by up to 12 people.
Spanish nouns and pronouns don't change much in form, but they are split into 2 genders; and each verb has about 50 different forms
What we call 'Spanish', Spanish people would generally call Castilian ('castellano') to differentiate it from other regional Spanish dialects
Spanish comes second behind English as the most spoken language in North America
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Long Beach
What's not to love about a city only 20 miles from the heart of Los Angeles that averages 345 days of sunshine per year? The city of Long Beach, California is adjacent to Los Angeles but has a culture and a history all its own. There are miles of beautiful beaches and one of the most prominent aquariums in the world in Long Beach. The most famous cruise ship in the world, The Queen Mary, is dry-docked there (and is used for parties, concerts and special events), and the port system is responsible for a huge percentage of the international trade that comes in and out of the Los Angeles area. You can learn any number of languages in Long Beach and put them to good use with your neighbors and business partners. Start with Spanish, but also consider Korean, Chinese, Arabic and other dialects to increase intelligence and your attractiveness to potential employers.
