Overview
Duration
12 weeks
Group Size
4-10 students
Tuition
Under $14/hour
Level
Beginner
Class Time
2.5 hours/week
Location
ILC, Carmel
Prerequisites
None
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
Details
Dates:
11/3-1/12/2026
Time:
Mondays, 3-6pm
Cost:
$430.00
(Does not include text books and optional tuition insurance)
Itinerary
Each week includes speaking practice, games, cultural context, and real-world role-plays. You’ll use everything you learn — right away.
WEEK FOCUS & GOALS
Greetings, alphabet, numbers, colors: Introduce yourself, spell names, say your age
Days, months, seasons: Talk about your birthday, plan around events
Time & routines: Say when things happen and describe your day
Regular verb conjugation: Describe daily life using simple verbs
“Ser” vs “Estar”: Talk about feelings and characteristics
Adjectives: Describe people, places, moods, and things
Family & relationships: Introduce yourself, spell names, say your age
Full review: Build fluency through review and games
Presentation prep: Create a personalized self-intro speech
Final presentation: Deliver your first full monologue in Spanish!
Meet Your Instructor
Hungria Maldonado-Essig
Instructor: 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