Our online students study with us from all over the world - US, Canada, UK, France, Holland, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Thailand, Germany, Belgium, Spain, . . . Below you can read what some of our online Spanish course students have I had such a wonderful experience at Yanapuma when I was in Ecuador that I am continuing to take Spanish lessons online via Skype. I've been doing that every week for about eight months now. I can't believe how much my Spanish keeps improving! A year ago, before I studied with Yanapuma in Ecuador, I could barely speak a sentence in spanish. Now I am fluent in it! I live in Oregon, and a private spanish lesson here costs about $30 an hour; classes with a bunch of people cost between about $15 to $20 per hour. But I can take an online spanish class one-on-one with my professor for just $7.50 per hour. It is probably about 90% as good as being in person, but way better than taking a class with a bunch of other people, because through the online class offered by Yanapuma, you've got your teacher's undivided attention. My teacher gives me assignments which I email to him once a week. Then we spend our time on Skype talking, and we both go over my written assignment, with him correcting my work and explaining the grammar or vocabulary, etc. Skype is definitely the next best thing to being there. :-) (Joy, USA) Myself and my brother are currently taking online classes with Betty. Initially I was unsure about how the online classes would work out, however, after having 10 classes I would have absolutely no reservations in reccomending them to anyone who wishes to study Spanish in this way. Our teacher Betty is great and the classes are fun, informative and interesting. I plan on continuing the Spanish classes in this manner ( and hopefully with the same teacher ) for the forseable future. (Jessica, Ireland) I have recently completed the Yanapuma Medical Spanish Class. I took the first two weeks online and the second two in person. The course is excellent because it's directly relevant to medicine and talking to patients. The course is divided by medical specialty (including internal medicine, pediatrics, etc) and each section has a dialogue between patient and doctor discussing a problem in the respective area, a description of an illness common in the area (including definition, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis), and ends with the tutor and the student talking about other types of illnesses in that specialty. There is also an accompanying workbook that allows self study including medical vocabulary and reinforcement of concepts covered in the main text.Beyond the excellent framework of the texts, the best part of this course is the way that it's taught. Initially the instruction emphasized basic grammar and vocabulary, but as we progressed the instructor emphasized utilizing medical vocabulary and gaining comfort with interviewing patients and helping them while speaking Spanish. To me, this was far more important than being able to write perfect Spanish or even speak perfect Spanish. My goal, as a physician, was to be able to talk to my patients, gain a history, perform a physical, and tell them what I thought was going on; my instructor perfectly adapted the course to my needs without abruptly stopping me every time my accent or tense was not perfect (if this is what I wanted, they would have but they understood that understanding was more important to me than perfection). I would recommend this course to anyone interested in improving their medical Spanish. (Matt, US) I am studying Spanish online both to be able to use it at work (I work in sales) and because I like to learn the language anyway. I have enjoyed the regular contact with my Spanish teacher, and learning about Ecuador from home. I have also been working with some of the free online materials (there is plenty out there), but it is a great help to be able to sit once a week with a live teacher and process all that I have been working on by myself, correct my errors, improve my pronunciation and generally feel like I am improving my Spanish speaking ability. I have no hesitation in recommending this form of learning as the best way to improve, and recommend Yanapuma's online Spanish courses as an economical and professional option. (Paul, US).
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