Learning Spanish

Molly,

Try this link, it sounds very interesting:

http://www.spanglishba.com/

There is a very good book called "Madrigal's Magic Key To Spanish", by Margarita Madrigal. It was recommended to me by a fellow musician who married a woman from BsAs. It will give you a very good start. What's missing is the usage of pronouns, as the book states that it is "understood". I would disagree with that. In Argentina, "yo" is almost always used. Usted is used in a more formal situation, where you aren't familiar with the person, or it is an older person, thus, you are showing respect. Vos is the more commonly used pronoun for "you".

Suerte! (Good luck!)

There is also a great online site, Spanishpod,that is pretty cool....http://spanishpod.com/  Not the same as real classes, but it could help.

LV Studio lvstudioweb.com

I had a really good experience with them!

Best of luck,

Emily

Vamos Spanish Academy
In the Palermo neighbourhood, small group classes or private tuition.

Hi! If you want to learn some spanish I have a project of free spanish lessons called Hey! Que tal?
They are short weekly podcasts specialized in argentinian spanish. They cover the language, culture and traditions.
If you want to check the site these are the links:

Website
http://heyquetal.blogspot.com

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And there's also a tweeter account
heyquetal

I hope you find them useful and if you need something else I'm also a simultaneous interpreter of english-spanish so just ask.

Cheers

Pablo

Fun & affordable! Downtown

sspanishschool.com.ar/

I would avoid the language institutes, unless you want to spend a lot of money.  If you do feel compelled to go to a school, the program that seems to have the greatest success with all my friends is offered by the University of Buenos Aires and costs a fraction of the cost of most private institutes.

http://www.idiomas.filo.uba.ar/extranje … njeros.htm

There is a website one can use to arrange a language exchange that is highly recommended by friends:

http://www.conversationexchange.com/

There are several conversation groups that are great:

Meet & Chat Buenos Aires:  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=311122248101

Spanglish: http://www.spanglishexchange.com/

Talk Time: http://www.talktime.com.ar/

depending on the time you will spend in BA, I would recommend UBA too. However the next applications can be done only in March.

UBA was my first recommendation but it seems the link has changed, so here it is anew:

http://www.idiomas.filo.uba.ar/extranje … njeros.htm

Hey Molly - I studied Spanish about 7 years ago and have since forgotten everything and am back here to hopefully remember all of what I forgot!
I´m currently studying at Expanish, which is in downtown BsAs and I love it here and my professor. Truly one of the best Spanish teacher´s I´ve ever had, and I´ve had a lot!
Plus, I´ve made a lot of friends here and we are all from different countries...like a little travelling UN.

Here´s their link to check it out:
expanish.com

I went to the Spanglish event once, and it felt a little like speed dating, but they also have trivia night and I think I would enjoy that more.

But like somebody else suggested I´ve heard good things about the conversation exchange.

Hope that helps some!

If anyone would like some info on Spanish schools and instructors in Mendoza, feel free to send me a personal message. I have been an English teacher here in Mendoza for several years, and have both taught English at and studied Spanish at several institutes, and have had private instructors as well.

Suerte!

Hoping this wasn't really spam, I keep the spanish lessons with my french and (north) american students by Skype.

Anyways, if somebody is interested, I use to charge 13u$s per hour at the student's house and 10u$s/hour by Skype...

I like to have really motivated students, so I always try to adapt the lessons to their goals, needs but also to theirs passions and hobbyes.

Anybody interested can contact me at coursparis@yahoo.fr for more details...

Hello rantes,

May be you can also post your message on the Buenos Aires Classifieds>Classes.

Regards

Thanks for the info everyone.  What do you think is best for high intermediate-advanced courses?  The resources I find are often geared towards beginners.  I think I will try the Spanglish trivia night when I get back down there in May.  Speaking is really where I need a lot of work.  I feel like all the components are there somewhere but, I just need to speak more.

UBAs program is unquestionably the best in town.  All the people I know with the best level of profiency attended there.  The price is a fraction of that of the language institutes scattered around town too!  And they do have an intermediate level which I understand is outstanding.

idiomas.filo.uba.ar/extranje … njeros.htm

WynnWoods wrote:

UBAs program is unquestionably the best in town.  All the people I know with the best level of profiency attended there.  The price is a fraction of that of the language institutes scattered around town too!  And they do have an intermediate level which I understand is outstanding.

idiomas.filo.uba.ar/extranje … njeros.htm

sorry but I.. well, I dont desagree but I am more scheptical.
there's a lot of different teachers as hours and levels are in the Uba courses. In french, we used to have a really good-in-grammar teacher but she literally doesnt teach any speaking at all.

So I think its NOT 100% as you say. And no, 185 per month its not at all a fraction of nothing but a lot of money, that depending in the kind of teacher do you get, can be worth or not.

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Best thing is always to talk to natives. Thats what you should do!

I took classes in LV Studio in Palermo and it is pretty awesome ! I started with intensive classes to catch up with the little spanish I knew (4 hours a day) and then switched for a more classic way with a 2 hours class every day. They have many teachers which is cool because everyone teach you different things.
They also organize events like wine tasting nights or visits of places around Buenos Aires. That s a cool way to start to know the city and meet new friends !
There is also the possibity of buying a pack "homestay + lessons", a friend of mine did it and told me it s really convenient in addition of the nice atmosphere
Oh and there s free classes every wednesday at 4 that s how I knew them

All within one block....

Get up early, write your shopping list, read a section in a language book on Fruit and Veg, go to Fruit and Veg shops all day, buy one item in each store. LISTEN

Get up early, write your kiosko shopping list, read a section on kioskos, go and buy a single item in each kiosko you see. LISTEN

Same for all types of shops .... whilst inbetween shops, listen, LISTEN to normal people about their own business, earwig, get close, record on a phone if you desire and play it back later to study ....

Sounds crazy, but this works!

I am taking classes at expanish and I think they are very good...but also very expensive!

WynnWoods wrote:

UBAs program is unquestionably the best in town.  All the people I know with the best level of profiency attended there.  The price is a fraction of that of the language institutes scattered around town too!  And they do have an intermediate level which I understand is outstanding.

idiomas.filo.uba.ar/extranje … njeros.htm

Are you on commission dear sir?

Hi! I am spanish and I speak english. I am doing some language exchange with a guy from Usa.

I am in Bs As. If you like we can meeting and teach you spanish and me, practice English.

Best regards,
Maite

Molly, I assume since you are posting on an Ex-Pat forum that you moved to Buenos Aires. One of the biggest factors you need to consider is convenience. I went to Ailola Buenos Aires on Avenida de Mayo in the Palacio Barolo because it was easy for me to get to, plus I had a couple of good recommendations from other Ex-Pats in my area.

The people I know who have tried private tutors have mixed results. Some find good teachers and others have very bad experiences. The ones who select tutors associated to a school, like Ailola Buenos Aires, seem to have better luck. Those tutors are professional instructors during the day and provide tutoring after classes.

I sent a couple other Ex-Pats over to Ailola BA who lived further away. The school gave them suggestions for other schools in their area if they did not want to travel so far. You could always give them a call and see what they suggest for your situation.