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Learn Spanish even if you are bad at learning languages or if you think you are bad at learning languages

Enjoy weekly, live interactive classes on Zoom! Lessons available for 10 weeks with your purchase! Saturdays from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, Pacific time.

Whether you are preparing for a trip to Spain, improving your dialogue with a Spanish-speaking friend, or keeping your brain fresh by learning something new, the easiest, most effective and most enjoyable way to learn to speak a language is in dialogue with others.

Do you have friends in Argentina you want to connect with in a more meaningful way? Do you have a significant other, a señorita you want to woo? Is Spanish becoming a must at work, and you have your eye on that promotion? Spanish for the People is the answer.

Not only will you learn to speak this beautiful language more joyfully and with more ease than other courses offer, you will also discover Latin American culture.

What are nopales? What on earth is a xoloitzcuintli? Who are the Mayan People? Spanish for the People has some interesting answers.

Learn to speak and understand basic Spanish with a curriculum that includes weekly interactive Zoom classes with Carla Tapia. This program is designed to encourage you to speak Spanish in a supportive and fun environment. My lessons include a big smile and gratitude. Live, weekly lessons are included with your purchase, the lessons are available from 1 to 2 pm on Saturdays, Pacific time for 10 weeks.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is Spanish for the People?

    A unique program designed for English-Speaking adults. This program will enable you to express yourself in Spanish with ease, confidence and grace. Do you have a significant other in Mexico or Peru? Do you want to better communicate with them? Maybe you want to understand your Chilean friends. Discover our Spanish enthusiasm, our familia, our heart, not only the language. Let me teach you the joy of speaking our language and learning about Spanish culture!

  • Why is Spanish for the People different?

    Spanish for the People delivers the knowledge and practice you need to master the language. This program includes authentic communication exercises. You will find Latin America in every direction, at every step, and at the appropriate pace.

  • Passion

    Understand and adopt the passion that we Latin Americans put into words, the love we express when we say AMOR. Latin America is embedded here, in every lesson, in every podcast, in every page.

Instructor(s)

Carla Tapia Torres Leal

Spanish and English Instructor/Translator and Interpreter, Former Member of the Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia, Canada for over a decade

Carla Tapia: Been there, done that. Carla speaks English, German, French and of course Spanish! She has helped hundreds of people like yourself become fluent in English and Spanish: She has taught languages to lawyers, Members of the European Union, United Nations Representatives, housewives, nurses, etc.

With her background as an Associate Member of the Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia, a former Court Interpreter, ICBC Official Translator, and Citizenship and Immigration Official Interpreter well-versed in TESOL, having graduated from Net Learning (a UNESCO-recognized school), you won't find anyone more qualified than Carla to help you learn a new language. Carla worked for the United Nations agency ICAO for over 5 years. Carla also attended Concordia University in Montreal for 5 years, he studies included Religion, Hispanic Literature, History and Anthropology.

Carla designs the perfect lessons for new and experienced English and Spanish speakers, which include video lessons, songs, quizzes, reading comprehension, listening comprehension exercises, pronunciation exercises, and podcasts, to ensure that your learning experience is fun and comprehensive.

Carla is dedicated to supporting the fluency of her students in a fun and inventive environment.

TESTIMONIALS

“After trying many different methods for learning Spanish, we found Carla! What an amazing difference in the level of progress and enthusiasm! Learning Spanish with a native speaking teacher, and one-on-one lessons has been so much more successful than any other program. As homeschoolers, we wanted a teacher who could work within the parameters set by the school course outline but still be flexible to make the course interesting and relevant to the student. We highly recommend Carla… professional, kind, knowledgeable and… she loves to teach! ”

Doris, Kelowna, British Columbia

“As per my direct (better to say Skype) experience, I would like to highlight a very focal point which has been significantly important for me: the intimate feeling she has immediately created with me has been crucial in continuing my lessons. I can say that in the last weeks, it seems to me as I had a chat with a friend and not with a teacher. It has been a kind of “penfriend” (skypefriend), and I always look forward to hearing from her for a new class. Obviously she is great with the technicalities, but most of all it’s very easy to work with her through the Internet means. Finally, I’d say that sometimes it seems to me to talk with a relative, because her strong point is to arrange lessons whether from a grammatical view or by an informal and easy way. ”

Manolo, Corretto, Italy

“I had the absolute pleasure of receiving Spanish lessons from Carla. From the very first meeting, I found Carla to be highly motivated in her endeavours to actually teach the language, not just provide words for conversational Spanish. She was very good with her explanations of proper grammar, pronunciation, and sentence structure. It is a difficult thing to learn, a new language, especially when you have only one language to start with. Carla started every lesson in Spanish and continued throughout with not one word of English – that is the only way to learn a language. She used illustrations, pictures, magazines and books as learning tools, suggesting which grammar books I should purchase. Carla also included the history of Mexico, explaining the customs, holidays, food, the many different peoples from all the states, the economy and education system – a well-rounded education, more than just learning the language. Every week, she ended the lesson with homework, which was reviewed and corrected if necessary the following week. I had many opportunities to use Spanish during my trips to Mexico and was so pleased to know that I could converse with the locals and be understood to some degree, as well as understand them. Carla was always very encouraging with my ability to grasp the language, and complimentary on my accent. She is very pleasant and so nice to spend time with, very professional and obviously well educated. I enjoyed every lesson and only wish my extremely busy schedule had more time for language lessons. I would not hesitate to recommend Carla Tapia Torres Leal to anyone who asked as an excellent teacher of the Spanish language. Mary-Jane ”

Mary-Jane, Summerland, British Columbia