ISO Spanish tutor

[Anonymous]

We're in MCPS and need a tutor for Spanish 3. Student does well with the language on paper (homework, tests) but has a much harder time with understanding spoken Spanish and with conversing. Zoom classes have made this even more difficult. We are looking for a tutor who will help with one-on-one conversation and comprehension, as well as confirming knowledge of basic grammar and vocabulary. Would appreciate suggestions.

[Anonymous]

For building conversational fluency, I've had good luck with bilingual local college students from UMD and Georgetown. It's important for aural learning that your student experiences a multiplicity of voices. Don't stop watching the news or telenovas either.
Many people like Wyzant but I haven't had good luck with them.

[Anonymous]

In addition to a tutor, have them watch tv in spanish. I am not picky about if the show was originally filmed in spanish because I have found that being interested in the show is the biggest factor in getting my kids to watch.

One episode every single day, same show, same characters, same actor's voices. I prefer for it to be a show that they haven't watched before in English.

Netflix has a ton of content that is available in spanish.
On hulu search for "en espanol" to find their content.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In addition to a tutor, have them watch tv in spanish. I am not picky about if the show was originally filmed in spanish because I have found that being interested in the show is the biggest factor in getting my kids to watch.

One episode every single day, same show, same characters, same actor's voices. I prefer for it to be a show that they haven't watched before in English.

Netflix has a ton of content that is available in spanish.
On hulu search for "en espanol" to find their content.

^^ for someone better at reading/writing in spanish than listening, do the captions in Spanish, at least at first.

[Anonymous]

To find a college student tutor, email the admin assistant for the Spanish/world language departments at local colleges. They usually have a list of Spanish majors who do tutoring; maybe even some grad students would be interested.

[Anonymous]

Concordia Language Villages is doing online immersion-based classes, I believe. My kids did their online Spanish camps this Summer and really enjoyed them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Concordia Language Villages is doing online immersion-based classes, I believe. My kids did their online Spanish camps this Summer and really enjoyed them.

I have heard good things about it.

[Anonymous]

International Language School in Bethesda

[Anonymous]

I know a Spanish teacher (HS - Bethesda) who is a tutor. If your child is at Walter Johnson HS she can't be his tutor, although she may refer you to teachers from other HS...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a Spanish teacher (HS - Bethesda) who is a tutor. If your child is at Walter Johnson HS she can't be his tutor, although she may refer you to teachers from other HS...

If you are interested, create a "fake" e-mail and I ask her to contact you.

[Anonymous]

iTalki and Language Learning on Netflix (It's a Chrome Extension and very cool).

[Anonymous]

I highly recommend Preply.com They have many experienced native Spanish speaking tutors available.