Online High Beginner Spanish Tuesday 7:15pm - 8:15pm PST ( January 6th to February 10th) The class size is 3-6 classes. Instructor: Dax

Serving students from Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Napa & across the Bay Area

📅 Course Dates
January 6th to February 10th

Format: Online small group (3–6 students)

👥 Who This Course Is For

This course is perfect for students who already feel comfortable with basic Spanish and are ready to expand into longer sentences, more fluid conversation, and a broader range of vocabulary.

If you can talk about yourself in simple terms, handle everyday phrases, and understand basic spoken Spanish—but want to express yourself with more detail, accuracy, and confidence—this class is your next step. Ideal for learners studying Spanish for travel, professional use, family connections, or personal enrichment.

🎯 What You’ll Learn

In this High Beginner Spanish course, you’ll strengthen your foundation while moving into more expressive, practical language skills, including:

• Talking about past activities using pretérito (simple past)

• Expressing future plans and intentions

• Describing experiences, opinions, and preferences in more detail

• Asking follow-up questions to keep conversations flowing

• Understanding and using a wider range of regular and irregular verbs

• Listening practice with more natural, everyday Spanish

• More vocabulary for travel, social situations, and daily routines

🧠 Each class also includes cultural insights—regional accents, food traditions, music, holidays, and real-life communication tips—to help you understand not just the language but the culture behind it.

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✅ By the End of the Course, You’ll Be Able To:

• Speak more fluidly and with greater confidence

• Talk about recent past experiences and future plans

• Describe events, preferences, and daily life with more detail

• Understand short spoken passages and conversations at near-native speed

• Feel fully ready to advance to the Intermediate level

👩‍🏫 About the Instructor

Dax is an educator dedicated to helping students learn another language. His life journey includes learning Spanish, English, Swedish, and Portuguese. Born in Guatemala, he has lived in Europe and the Americas and has absorbed their cultures and ways of life. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, two master's degrees from Yale University, a graduate-level certificate in public education from Harvard, and a master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he is currently working on a doctorate in education.

His interest in European Portuguese comes from a desire to communicate with his Azorean companheira in her mother tongue. They travel to Portugal every year and are fond of Lisbon. He hopes to eventually move to the world-famous surfing beach of Nazaré in Portugal.

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🏫 About the School

This class is offered by Polyglottist Language Academy, located at:
📍 2161 Shattuck Ave, Suites 234–235, Berkeley, CA

We proudly serve students from Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Napa, and beyond.
If you're looking for online high beginner Spanish classes near San Francisco, this course is the perfect way to continue growing your skills and confidence.