
Speaking-Spanish Workshops
"The personalized, individual instruction is idealÂ… a perfect job of involving the student in creating his/her own program and adapting materials and instructions to his/her actual needs so profitably." --From a former CIRIMEX student
SPEAKING SPANISH is a
two-week U.S. diocesan-level program for non-Spanish speaking prelates,
pastors, presiders, homilists and deacons and perhaps others who read liturgies
and other rites in Spanish.
Do you recall trying to understand
a non-English speaker trying to speak to you in English? What interfered with
your understanding? Mispronounced vowels and consonants? Misplaced accents?
Misleading word sequences? Confused phrasing? Cadence? All of the above? This
is the experience of millions of Spanish speakers attending Spanish language
liturgies.
Speaking Spanish workshops do
not attempt to teach the Spanish language in two weeks, rather they
are designed to teach one how to sound like a Spanish speaker while reading or
speaking Spanish. You will learn how to activate the Spanish-speaking muscles,
how to pronounce Spanish vowels and consonants, where to place the accents, how
to articulate so as to be fully understood by listeners who speak only Spanish.
All programs are conducted in English September through May at dates and U.S.
venues selected by the participants. Group size is limited to five persons.
One-on-one lesson time is divided evenly among participants. The price is
$1,500 per group. There is a group registration fee of $50 plus travel expenses
and room and board for an experienced native Spanish-speaking
linguist/instructor. When a scheduled workshop immediately precedes or follows
another scheduled workshop, the travel costs for the instructor are shared by
the two. Please inquire and/or apply at the Iowa business office.