Italian
Elisabetta Mazzantini
e.mazzantini1@gmail.com 505-577-1014
Italian Native Speaker Elisabetta Mazzantini is an Italian native from Rome. She is a linguist, who has taught Italian as a foreign language since she moved to Santa Fe in 2000, initially at the Santa Fe Community College, and then to many groups, both at the Travel Bug and on Zoom, as well as to numerous private students. She has also worked as a freelance English-Italian translator and interpreter for over 30 years.
ReviewClasses will meet for 6 weeks at the Travel Bug for 1 hour and 15 minutes each time.
A “Pimsleur” subscription will be required (https://www.pimsleur.com/). The recorded ½ hour audio lessons will provide the core of the material the classes are based on. A non-verbatim transcript of each ½ hour lesson will be sent as a reference and reinforcement of the audio files. Your assignment each week will be to have listened to and feel reasonably comfortable with two of the recorded lessons prior to each class meeting.
We have taught using the Pimsleur Language Program for years and are confident that it is one of the most effective recorded language programs. There are 150 half-hour lessons in all, that we divide into 10-lesson series (5 weeks). After 5 classes there will be one additional Review class in which we’ll review all the material studied during the previous classes, for a total of a 6-week cycle.
Cost: $180 + 12.60 tax= $192.60 – To secure a spot in class, payment should be received at least one week prior to the first class. Payment by check, cash or Paypal.
Class Levels offered:
Beginners (A1 through A3)
Beginner/Intermediate (B4 through B6)
Intermediate (C7 through C9)
Intermediate-Advanced (D10 through D12)
Advanced (E13 through E15).
To determine your level, please contact Elisabetta, she will help you assess which class will be the best fit for you. Other non-Pimsleur-based classes also offered. Please inquire.
Spanish
Clara Evans
clrevans@gmail.com 505-310-3443
Hailing from Veracruz, Mexico, Clara Evans’s first language is Spanish. She is highly bilingual, bi-literate and bicultural. Clara has earned a B.A. in Applied Linguistics and an M.A. in Education. In her professional life, Clara was both a teacher and an administrator. The students she served in Europe and the U.S. ranged from elementary age to adulthood. We are proud to have Clara join our team..
MoreFrench and Spanish
Robert Jessen
arjessen@icloud.com 505-501-0713
Growing up visiting family in Spain and France, Robert wanted to learn both languages. Robert studied Spanish at the University of Santander as a high school student, and in Salamanca while at Dartmouth College. At Dartmouth Robert earned one of the prestigious drill-instructor positions and taught Dartmouth students Spanish while learning French through the same Rassias method. (https://rassias.dartmouth.edu/method/)
MoreFor that reason, the in-class actives will follow the lessons from the Memrise app, which allows you to observe the speakers, who are native and speak in local accents. They come from all walks of life and from all over the world where those languages are spoken. There is a cost for the Memrise subscription, but it is less than $5.00 per month, and I think you will enjoy it.
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Dec 2 5 pm
Dec 2 5 pm
Rome is in many ways the foundational city of Western civilization, history, art, and architecture. More than any other city in the West it has rich representations of virtually all historical periods: Etruscan, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque and the Enlightenment. This program is based on a visit made by Ken Collins in February 2023 and will focus on ancient Roman sites, including not only ruins but painting, mosaics and sculpture. Other important periods will be represented as well. While some of the natural beauty of Rome and its surroundings will be shown, the primary emphasis will be on art and architecture.
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