Conversation Boot Camp (7 week course)
Starting week of October 25 - Ending week of December 13 (closed for Thanksgiving Nov. 23-29). Tuition: $375
This is a special 7-week intensive, conversation-focused class designed to build confidence in speaking and listening while expanding practical vocabulary for real-world conversations.
Please note that current students get first priority to sign up for the next level and we have waiting lists for most levels. In order to determine your level, please fill out the new student form and contact you to schedule it so that we can get you on the waiting list. Looking forward to hearing from you soon! We’ll start reaching out to students on the waiting list for registration after October 5!
Beginning 1
Designed for true beginners who have never studied Spanish or took very limited Spanish in high school or college (0-1 semesters).
-Grammar: Pronunciation, question & sentence structure, subject pronouns, definite & indefinite articles, gender and number agreement between article/noun/adjective, regular present tense, and the irregular verbs ser, estar, and haber.
-Vocabulary: Greetings & Farewells, interrogative words, descriptive adjectives, emotions, colors, numbers up to 60, days, months, seasons, telling time, basic locations.
Please fill out our new student form to be added to the waiting list so we can try to get you enrolled for our course coming up in late October!
Schedule TBD after October 5, 2026.
Self-Paced Beginning 1 course
Although it isn’t a live class, this course mimics our 9-week in-person classes as closely as possible and gives students flexibility to go at their own pace and on their own schedule. Each lesson includes interactive videos where students respond to questions and then pause to review the answers. The course is $375. The self-paced course includes the following:
Videos for every topic covered in our Beginning 1 curriculum
Interactive practice built into each video
Homework resources (worksheets with answer keys, websites,
podcasts, and videos)
Recap quizzes at the end of each lesson
Extra resources to reinforce tricky concepts
Beginning - Mi vida en español
This 7-week Conversation Boot Camp is designed for students in the Beginning levels who want more practice actually using the Spanish they have learned in previous courses. Each week focuses on a familiar, everyday topic, including introductions, daily routines, interests, important people, places around town, food, and upcoming plans.
The emphasis is on practical vocabulary, asking and answering questions, and building longer, more natural conversations. Rather than introducing lots of new grammar, students will strengthen the present tense and other familiar structures through repeated speaking practice and real-life conversation activities.
The goal is to help students move from knowing basic Spanish to feeling more comfortable using it to talk about their everyday lives with greater confidence and independence.
Sundays 11:00-12:15 PM
Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, Dec. 6, 13
No classes November 29
Instructor: Gabi Kothenbeutel
Mondays 7:00-8:15 pm
Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec. 7, 14
No classes November 23
Instructor: Ryan Woodall
Tuesdays 5:30-6:45 pm
Oct. 27, Nov.3, 10, 17, Dec. 1, 8, 15.
No classes November 24
Instructor: TBD
Thursdays 12:00-1:15 pm
Oct. 29, Nov.5, 12, 19, Dec. 3, 10, 17
No classes November 26
Instructor: Ryan Woodall
Sundays 2:30-3:45 PM
Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, Dec. 6, 13
No classes November 29
Instructor: Gabi Kothenbeutel
Mondays 7:00-8:15 pm
Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec. 7, 14
No classes November 23
Instructor: Mackenzie Bailey
Tuesdays 7:00-8:15 pm
Oct. 27, Nov.3, 10, 17, Dec. 1, 8, 15.
No classes November 24
Instructor: TBD
Thursdays 5:30-6:45 pm
Oct. 29, Nov.5, 12, 19, Dec. 3, 10, 17
No classes November 26
Instructor: Daniel Molina
High Beginning - Travel Spanish
This 7-week Conversation Boot Camp is designed for High Beginning students who want to feel more confident using Spanish while traveling. Each week focuses on a practical travel situation, from introducing yourself and asking for help to ordering in restaurants, shopping, checking into a hotel, handling basic health needs, navigating airports and transportation, and asking for directions.
The course emphasizes useful vocabulary, everyday expressions, and conversation practice rather than heavy grammar instruction. Students will use the present tense and simple future in realistic scenarios that help them communicate more comfortably and independently while traveling.
The goal is to build speaking confidence and give students the practical Spanish they are most likely to use on a trip.
Mondays 12:00-1:15 PM
Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec. 7, 14
No classes November 23
Instructor: Robert Lewis
Mondays 7:00-8:15 pm
Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec. 7, 14
No classes November 23
Instructor: Gabi Kothenbeutel
Thursdays 7:00-8:15 pm
Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, Dec. 3, 10, 17
No classes November 26
Instructor: Daniel Molina
Thursdays 5:30-6:45 pm
Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, Dec. 3, 10, 17
No classes November 26
Instructor: Gabi Kothenbeutel
Mondays 5:30-6:45 PM
Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec. 7, 14
No classes November 23
Instructor: Gabi Kothenbeutel
Wednesdays 5:30-6:45 pm
Oct. 28, Nov.4, 11, 18, Dec. 2, 9, 16 No classes November 25
Instructor: Mackenzie Bailey
Thursdays 5:30-6:45 pm
Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, Dec. 3, 10, 17
No classes November 26
Instructor: George Solano
Intermediate - Mi vida: antes, ahora y luego
This 7-week Conversation Boot Camp is designed for Intermediate students who want more practice using Spanish to talk about their lives across time. Through conversations about routines, memories, important people, past experiences, changes, and future plans, students will build vocabulary and gain confidence moving between the present, past, and future.
Because students at this level may have different amounts of experience with the past tenses, the course is designed to be flexible and conversation-focused. Students will practice using the Spanish they already know while strengthening their ability to tell stories, describe experiences, compare the past and present, and talk about what comes next.
The goal is to help students speak more comfortably, connect ideas across different time frames, and use Spanish more naturally in everyday conversation.
Sundays 9:15-10:30 am
October 25, November 1, 8, 15, 22, December 6, 13 No classes November 29
Instructor: Robert Lewis
Tuesdays 7:00-8:15 pm
October 27, November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 8, 15 No classes November 24
Instructor: Miriam Bleiweiss
Mondays 5:30-6:45 pm
October 26, November 2, 9, 16, 30, December 7, 14 No classes November 23
Instructor: Mackenzie Bailey
Tuesdays 5:30-6:45 pm
October 27, November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 8, 15 No classes November 24
Instructor: Miriam Bleiweiss
Wednesdays 7:00-8:15 pm
October 28, November 4, 11, 18, December 2, 9, 16 No classes November 25
Instructor: Ryan Woodall
Wednesdays 5:30-6:45 pm
October 28, November 4, 11, 18, December 2, 9, 16 No classes November 25
Instructor: Gabi Kothenbeutel
High Intermediate - Cuéntame: Stories, Experiences, and Future Plans
This 7-week Conversation Boot Camp is designed for High Intermediate students who want to become more comfortable using a wider range of verb tenses in real conversation. Through stories, personal experiences, comparisons, and future plans, students will practice moving naturally between the present, past, and future while building vocabulary and speaking confidence.
Rather than studying tenses in isolation, the course focuses on using them together in meaningful conversation. Students will talk about memorable experiences, how life has changed, what was happening in the moment, what they have done, and what they plan to do next.
The goal is to help students speak more fluidly, tell better stories, and choose verb tenses more confidently in the moment.
Sundays 12:30-1:45 PM
October 25, November 1, 8, 15, 22, December 6, 13 No classes November 29
Instructor: Gabi Kothenbeutel
Sundays 4:00-5:15 pm
October 25, November 1, 8, 15, 22, December 6, 13 No classes November 29
Instructors: Gabi Kothenbeutel
Advanced: Mastering the Details
This 7-week boot camp is designed for advanced students who want to strengthen the areas of Spanish that often make the difference between simply communicating and speaking with greater precision, confidence, and ease.
Throughout the course, students will revisit challenging but highly useful structures, including prepositions and common verb-preposition combinations, expressions with llevar and llevarse, and the contrast between the indicative and subjunctive. Rather than studying these topics in isolation, students will practice using them in meaningful conversation and real-life contexts.
The course builds toward increasingly spontaneous speaking, helping students become more comfortable choosing the right structures in the moment and expressing themselves with greater accuracy and naturalness. The final class is entirely conversation-based, giving students the opportunity to bring everything together through open-ended discussion.
Tuesdays 7:00-8:15 pm
August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 15, 22, 29, October 6, 13.
No class September 8
Instructor: Gabi Kothenbeutel
High Advanced Topics: Fluency, Nuance & Natural Expression
This 7-week Conversation Boot Camp is designed for advanced students who want to speak Spanish with greater fluency, confidence, and nuance. Rather than focusing heavily on new grammar, the course emphasizes using the Spanish you already know to express more complex ideas, react naturally, tell stories, describe people precisely, make predictions, and discuss opinions from different perspectives.
Each week introduces new vocabulary and conversation strategies through engaging topics such as colloquial language, personality, travel experiences, technology, and los matices of expressing opinions. As the course progresses, students will spend increasingly more time in extended partner and small-group conversations, culminating in a final class driven entirely by student-generated questions.
The goal is to move beyond simply speaking Spanish correctly and toward speaking more naturally, spontaneously, and confidently.
Mondays 5:30-6:45 pm
October 26, November 2, 9, 16, 30, December 7, 14 No classes November 23
Instructor: Virginia Talley
Wednesdays 12:00-1:15
Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, Dec.2, 9, 16
No classes November 25
Instructor: Virginia Talley
Tuesdays 5:30-6:45 pm
October 27, November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 8, 15 No classes November 24
Instructor: Gabi Kothenbeutel
Wednesdays 7:00-8:15 pm
Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, Dec.2, 9, 16
No classes November 25
Instructor: Gabi Kothenbeutel
Thursdays 7:00-8:15 pm
Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, Dec. 3, 10, 17
No classes November 26
Instructor: Gabi Kothenbeutel