Name: Spanish With Sarah
Uploaded: 2023-08-07T21:50:31.395Z
Duration: 1 min 4 s
Description: Spanish with Sarah

Spanish

Hola! Me llamo Sarah!

I love watching my students advance and I love watching them enjoy what they are learning. I feel passionate about the Spanish language. It is so amazing to be able to communicate with other people in their native language. People appreciate it more, and it gives you the opportunity to learn much more about the culture of each country.
I have spent many years mastering Spanish grammar. I make even the most difficult concepts easy to understand. For me, teaching Spanish is not "just a job", it is something I enjoy with all my heart, and I enjoy even more seeing my students improve with each class and finally seeing them become confident and fluent.

After graduating from the University of GA and Georgia State University, I was excited to begin teacing Spanish! I had a BA in Spanish Language and a BA in World Languages Teaching. I got a job teaching high school near Atlanta, GA. I was so excited! Soon, I was one of those High School Spanish teachers that taught 125 students a day. I felt helpless and frustrated. They made me teach only grammar, vocabulary, and culture. No conversational skills at all. Yes, grammar and vocabulary are very important in learning a language, but MOST important are speaking and listening to native Spanish speakers.

I have taught and tutored all levels of Spanish for over 20 years. My current roster of students ranges from a 9-year-old boy to a 79-year-old retired CEO of international banks. My bachelor’s degrees in Spanish Language and World Languages Education included a year abroad in Segovia, Spain. I have traveled extensively through over a dozen Spanish-speaking countries in the world, and have lived in several, including Costa Rica for 8 years and, most recently, 6 months in Mexico.

I help students build their confidence in learning the language by tapping into their learning styles and by my personable and encouraging approach. I am very patient and I customize each lesson to meet your needs. Everybody has different learning styles, and I will work with you in proven approaches to give you the most success!
I do not have a “one curriculum fits all” approach to teaching Spanish. Everybody is different. I subscribe to a very innovative program called Voces Digital. This program opens up a world of virtual real-life Spanish situations while practicing grammar and vocabulary, and listening to authentic Spanish speakers from each of the 22 Spanish-speaking countries in the world. After getting to know you or your child, I will know which approach will work best. You will have several resources at your disposal to learn grammar and vocabulary, to listen, and to speak Spanish. I also create interactive, individual Quizlets to help make learning vocabulary easy and fun. I also subscribe to Yabla. Yabla has over 2000 interesting Spanish learning level-appropriate videos to practice listening to native speakers worldwide. I will give you access to each of these programs. Another approach I use to teach reading, listening, and speaking Spanish is Story Telling. We will read stories together, translate them, listen to them from native Spanish speakers, and then discuss them in Spanish. During each class, we’ll be talking back and forth practicing conversations about what we are working on that week.
Please feel free to ask me any questions at all! Have a wonderful day!

Sarah

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Hola! My name is Sarah. 

This is why I am not your typical Spanish Teacher:   Most of you all are either taking Spanish in school or took Spanish in school.  I was one of those High School Spanish teachers that taught 125 students a day. I felt helpless and frustrated.  They made me teach only grammar, vocabulary and culture. No conversational skills whatsoever. Yes, grammar and vocabulary are very important in learning a language, but so is speaking.  After a while, I left the public school system and began teaching on my own.  Now, I teach each and every student how to speak Spanish fluently.   You all have your reasons for taking Spanish classes:  To speak Spanish for work, speak Spanish for fun and travel, speak and understand Spanish to pass your school classes or perhaps you have younger children and you know that this is the best age to learn a new language.  Every single one of my students is unique and different, and that is how I approach my lessons each week.  We also talk a lot in Spanish! 
Keep reading if you like.  Afterall, you are making an investment and you might be interested in knowing more about my teaching credentials and methods.

 I have tutored all levels of Spanish for over 20 years. My bachelor degrees in Spanish Language and World Languages Education included a year abroad in Segovia, Spain. I have traveled extensively through over a dozen Spanish speaking countries in the world, and have lived in several, including Costa Rica for 8 years.

I help students build their confidence in learning the language by tapping into their learning styles and by my personable and encouraging approach. I am very patient and I customize each lesson to meet your needs. Everybody has different learning styles, and I will work with you in proven approaches that will give you the most success!
 
I use several approaches, books, etc. to help my students learn.  We also spend a lot of time just talking back and forth in Spanish with the things that we are working on that week.  I also subscribe to a very innovative program called Voces Digital. This program opens up a world of virtual real life opportunities to learn, see, hear and speak Spanish. I also create interactive, individual Quizlets to help make learning vocabulary easy and fun. And, I subscribe to Yabla.  Yabla has over 2000 interesting Spanish learning level appropriate videos to practice listening to native speakers from all over the world. I will give you access to each of these programs.

Please feel free to ask me any questions at all!  Have a wonderful day!

Sarah

Sarah has helped me put some order into my learning and has a friendly disposition

I felt ready to start and Sarah made it easy to begin. 

Nice to meet Sarah. She has a great knowledge of the language and the culture and super easy to have a lesson with!

Very productive first lesson!  Looking forward to continuing with Sarah!

Sarah is great. I've already reviewed her, but a quick review to say you'll love her and you'll learn a lot.

Sarah continues to be really great. Only my 2nd lesson. She piles on such great resources to make learning more fun and varied.

Sara was warm and bright and responsive. I look forward to many many lessons with her.

Sarah is such a great instructor! She really meets you at your level and gives the best recommendations for learning tools based on your preferred learning style. She also focuses on teaching you how real Spanish speakers speak so you can actually communicate out in the world. She came highly recommended to me by two friends, and I would agree and definitely recommend her to anyone interested in learning Spanish at any level.

Sarah is an excellent teacher!  She is patient, organized, and she utilizes different techniques to keep learning fun and interesting.  Sarah is also personable and makes you feel comfortable in the learning process.

My wife and I really valued our lessons with Sarah. She provided us with a lot of resources above and beyond the standard materials. She provided us with a pace that worked for us - with no judging about how quickly or slowly we were moving. Her experience as a Spanish teacher really comes across.

Such a wonderful learning experience! Sarah is extremely thorough and passionate about teaching and seeing you learn. I am only at the beginning of my learning journey, and I am very confident I have the perfect instructor to help guide me along the way!

Sarah is amazing and so fun!
She explains everything so clearly and makes me feel like I will really be able to learn Spanish as a second language :)
I definitely recommend her!

Sarah is a fantastic Spanish teacher very helpful and caring! I would highly recommend Sarah for anyone thinking of learning Spanish!!

Sarah M.

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