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 lesson at the teacher's offices. You will be provided with all relevant lesson materials.
These Spanish lessons fit a broader spectrum, and can be useful for those who need different things from the language. Most beginner students will have a handle of survival Spanish by the end of their lesson, which will provide them with enough Spanish to communicate at least at a basic level during short trips to the country, but those who require more would benefit greatly from these sessions. Typical students have been those eager to travel all over the world, those buying overseas property, those with foreign spouses, aficionados of Spanish culture and those who just wish to pass a particular Spanish exam.
Those who would benefit the most from these Spanish tutorials are those who feel they need to learn Spanish to help them out in their business lives. For starters, learning salutations and business etiquette is integral; once these have been practiced then reading and writing lessons can start. Typical studiers have been those involved in international import/export, negotiations and acquisitions, those in multinational companies requiring another language, and those working in any way with international governments and relevant administration. Just our simplest lesson for beginners will have students finishing the lessons with basic telephone and e-mail Spanish, as well as survival Spanish should a visit to the country be necessary.
Those wishing to learn Spanish in groups of 2 or more together (Two-to-One Spanish Lessons or Small Group In-Company Spanish Lessons) can sign up for our group classes. All students must be at nearly the same level of Spanish proficiency, must have the same needs from the language, and must be able to study at the same time and place as the others. Bookings must be made for all students simultaneously. Listen & Learn do not propose group sizes or more than 6-8 people, but In-Company Taster Spanish Lessons can occur with up to 12 people.
Italian and Spanish are generally mutually intelligible: native speakers of each language have little difficulty in understanding one another
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
In terms of grammar and vocabulary, Spanish is fairly similar to French and Romanian
And now for something completely Spanish
» Queen of Spain formally Opens School Year Queen Sofia presided over the opening of the school year 2011-2012 at the Center for Infant and Primary Education, Ferdinand de Madrid
» Jose Blanco unveils high-speed hybrid train in Galicia The Minister of Public Works, José Blanco, has announced that the new breed of high-speed trains will begin service between Madrid and Galicia in mid-2012
» WiFi: Public and free, but limited The courts have backed a ruling that will see municipalities restricted in terms of the way they can offer internet services to their residents
» Series of small earthquakes in southern Spain The largest on Monday was a 3.4 magnitude off the Costa Tropical
» Unsuitable conduct PP officials in Valencia accepted suits, trousers, jackets and coats as 'passive bribery'
Spanish Testimonials
"The lessons are going great! Yuriko is a great teacher and she's in the process of finding a suitable text for me. I'm learning a lot of vocabulary and she's teaching me Latin American Spanish (which I prefer to learn). Thanks,"
Plano
When big business needs a home in Texas, they turn to Plano. This growing city of over 150,000 people is the corporate home to number of Fortune 1000 businesses, including: Frito Lay, JC Penney, EDS and Dr. Pepper. The residents of Plano enjoy a high quality of life, with a warm climate in the spring and summer months that rivals anything found in the Lone Star State of Texas. The is also a robust cultural scene in Plano, as the large corporations located there have generously donated to classical music, dance and theatre facilities. Spanish is the second language of choice for Plano's residents (with a large proportion of Hispanic families coming north from Mexico) but there is also a growing population of Vietnamese, Laotian and Chinese immigrants who have moved to Plano in order to build a better life for their families.