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Have job, fiancé, friends, but no spanish!

After 4 months of paper work I will finally be moving to Bogotá to be with my fiancé. My job will not require me to speak Spanish but I would still like to improve my Spanish skills. My future husband’s father, friends and siblings all speak English but his mother doesn’t. I get the feeling that it upsets her that she cannot chat with me.

Are there professionals available to give me private Spanish lessons? Would it be inappropriate to go to one of the language schools and offer money to get private lessons at home?

My fiancé says that he knows of a lot of schools that teach English to Colombians but he’s not aware of schools other than formal education schools where they teach Spanish.

If anyone else has information or contacts on this matter I would appreciate it.

By Malena on Sep 23, 2005, 00:43 in Friendly Talkzone.

Neonovo says on Sep 23, 2005, 09:05:

Would it be inappropriate to offer money? Of course not; offer money. By all means.

Paz
Neonovo

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SirTropical says on Sep 23, 2005, 09:44:

check this out.. it may help Malena, have a look at this institute with various centers in colombia.. may be somehow handy for you

http://www.nuevalengua.com/

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bkelly says on Sep 23, 2005, 10:20:

There are tons of options You will not have a problem learning Spanish. I have like 10 Colombian buddies that are Spanish teachers at Nueva Granada and they charge 20,000 per hour for private lessons.

--bkelly

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Sylvie says on Sep 23, 2005, 11:01:

How about in Cali? How about spanish schools in Cali? What types of people go into these schools? Is it young people or older people? I want a classroom though, not private. Is there lessons where you can pay by month?

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Sylvie says on Sep 23, 2005, 11:07:

Malena, if you find any english websites with information on all language schools in Colombia could you please send it to me? Thank you

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Malena says on Sep 24, 2005, 10:37:

Thank you for the information.
Sylvie i will send information that I have received to your inbox.

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