My current professional priority: teach people to become conversational in a language within 6 months…guaranteed.
I’ve written about this in my recent blog posts. I want to make this possible with learners dedicating a maximum of 4 hours a week toward language learning.
Step 1 of reaching this goal is nailing my free 5-week absolute beginner Spanish course (click to learn more).
The first lesson is in 7 days. I can’t wait to work with students and start putting my curriculum to the test. I’m also nervous, to be honest.
Step 2 is creating the curriculum for the level 2 course.
Level 2 will be a longer course - likely 6 months. I actually want to teach some free classes to people to help develop the level 2 curriculum.
If you have studied 20-100 hours of Spanish (i.e., you have a pre-A1 or an A1 level) and want to take a free class with me, click here to sign up for a free lesson.
It will help me build the curriculum for the level 2 course.
Contact me if there are no spots for the Level 2 trial lesson that match your schedule
The plan is to launch the level 2 course by early 2024.
Other languages will be offered later in 2024 or in 2025. It will depend on how the rollout of the Spanish course goes and how many wrinkles I need to iron out.
Or maybe this whole project will blow up in my face and not work. Who knows. We’ll find out together.
Below you’ll find the topics I think I’ll cover in the level 2 course. Contact me if you have any feedback on the topics.
Work
What do you do for work?
Where do you work?
How long have you worked there?
Do you like working as a ____? Why do you like/dislike it?
Why did you choose to pursue that career path?
30 second elevator pitch about your work
Education
Did you go to university? College? If not, what did you do after high school?
Why did you choose to go/not to go to university?
What did you study?
Why did you study ______?
What was your major?
What did you think about your program? Did you like it?
30 second elevator pitch about your education
Hobbies and interests
What do you do in your free time?
What are your hobbies?
How did you get into doing ______ (hobby?)
What’s your favourite ________ (book, TV show, movie, etc?)
What’s it about? Why do you like it?
30 second elevator pitch about your hobbies and interests
Family
What kind of childhood did you have?
Where are your parents from?
Do you have siblings? What do they do and where do they live?
Do you have kids/grandkids? How old are they? What do they do?
30 second elevator pitch about your family
City/town you live in
Where do you live?
What do you think about your the city/town you live in now? Do you like living there?
What is your city/town known for?
Where is your hometown? Where did you grow up?
30 second elevator pitch about your city/town
Upcoming plans (e.g., plans for an upcoming vacation)
What are you going to do this weekend?
This Christmas/Halloween/Thanksgiving (all major holidays?)
This summer?
During your vacation?
Recent past (e.g., what you did on the weekend)
How was your weekend? What did you do?
How was your Christmas/Halloween/Thanksgiving (all major holidays?)
How was your trip/vacation?
I’ll keep you up to date with how my current project progresses :)
Thanks for following along my journey!
Azren
Calgary Language Nerds Owner
https://azrenthelanguagenerd.com