Overview
Duration
12 weeks
Tuition
Under $14/hour
Level
Beginner
Class Time
2.5 hours/week
Prerequisites
None
Group Size
4-10 students
Location
ILC, Carmel
Details
Dates:
2/9/26 - 4/27/26
Time:
Mondays, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Cost:
$430.00
(Does not include text books and optional tuition insurance)
What You’ll Learn
How to greet and introduce yourself with ease
Asking for names, origins, birthdays, and other basic info
Telling time, giving dates, and talking about routines
Describing people, places, emotions, and families
Navigating real-life small talk in Spanish
Mastering the present tense of regular verbs (-ar, -er, -ir)
Using key irregular verbs: ser, estar, tener
Weekly Itinerary
Each week includes speaking practice, games, cultural context, and real-world role-plays. You’ll use everything you learn — right away.
Week 1: Greetings, alphabet, numbers, colors: Introduce yourself, spell names, say your age
Week 2: Days, months, seasons: Talk about your birthday, plan around events
Week 3: Time & routines: Say when things happen and describe your day
Week 4: Regular verb conjugation: Describe daily life using simple verbs
Week 5: Ser vs. Estar: Talk about feelings, states, and characteristics
Week 6: Adjectives: Describe people, places, moods, and things
Week 7: Family & relationships: Talk about family members and basic relationships
Week 8: Possession & basic questions: Talk about what you have, ask simple follow-up questions
Week 9: Functional conversation practice: Combine routines, descriptions, and family in guided dialogues
Week 10: Full review: Build fluency through review activities, games, and role-play
Week 11: Presentation prep: Create and practice a personalized self-introduction speech
Week 12: Final presentation: Deliver your first full monologue in Spanish
Meet Your Instructor
Hungria
Languages: Spanish
Meet Hungría!
Hungría Maldonado-Essig was born in Venezuela, graduated as an industrial engineer, and at age 37 immigrated to the United States with her three children. After more than 30 years of working in positions related to engineering and part-time language teaching, she decided to focus as a freelancer using her bilingual (Spanish-English) training in the fields of education, interpretation, and translation.
She has lived in Indiana since 1996 with her children and now three grandchildren, the in-laws, and additional family members. She had gained invaluable experience as Manager of Quality Control and Standardization at the Electric Company of Venezuela. Her work included training groups and individuals in the latest services. This experience helped her recognize and seek opportunities in the field of education. Teacher Intro Video