Charlottesville has traditional and non-traditional opportunities to learn Spanish.

Among traditional opportunities, University of Virginia and Piedmont Community College offer fee based Spanish classes. Speak! and Charlottesville Spanish Services also offer individual and group classes and occasionally Speak! also provides free conversational classes.

“Tertulia” is a custom common in many parts of Latin America. Groups meet at the same time, same place, every day, once a week, or once a month, usually at a café, to discuss the news, politics and other issues. In the U.S. a Spanish conversation group is a kind of tertulia offering participants an opportunity to build on their basic Spanish language skills by listening to and speaking the language. While attendance is usually not mandatory, the quality of these groups is often linked to the regular attendance of its members.

To add or make changes to this page, please contact lhemby@albemarle.org

TRADITIONAL

Piedmont Virginia Community College
For more information: http://www.pvcc.edu

Speak!
Contact: Christina Ball, Owner
For more information: (434) 245-8255, christina@speaklanguagecenter.com, http://speaklanguagecenter.com/courses/spanish

University of Virginia
For more information: http://www.scps.virginia.edu

ADULTS & CHILDREN

Charlottesville Spanish Services
Contact: Linette Molina, Owner
For more information: (434) 962-4930, info@charlottesvillespanishservices.com or http://www.charlottesvillespanishservices.com

CHILDREN

Elementary Spanish Program
Kindergarten through Second Grade Classes
Contact: Jennifer Nairn, Spanish teacher at Burnley-Moran, Greenbrier, and Johnson schools, Jennifer.Nairn@ccs.k12.va.us, and Stacy Droessler, Spanish teacher at Clark, Jackson-Via, and Venable schools, Stacy.Droessler@ccs.k12.va.us
For more information: http://www.ccs.k12.va.us/programs/ElementarySpanish.html

International School of Charlottesville
Immersion, Summer Camps & Other Opportunities
Contact: Jefferson Park Avenue Campus, (434) 984-2174; Belmont campus, (434) 984-2175
For more information: admin@TheISC.org or http://www.theisc.org/contact_us.php

TERTULIAS - SPANISH COVERSATION GROUPS – IN CVILLE

Not listed below are:

Albemarle County employees should contact Louise Wyatt for free Spanish lessons offered to county staff: lwyatt@albemarle.org

Danielle Fuentes, CJ member from Region Ten, is organizing a monthly tertulia; if you’re interested in joining such a group contact her at: daniellj@regionten.org or (434) 970-2121.

TUESDAY EVENINGS: Cville Coffee Spanish Conversation Group
Time: 7 – 9 p.m.
Admission: Come when you can; all levels of Spanish are welcome.
Place: Cville Coffee (the last left on McIntyre before 250 or the first right on McIntyre when coming off of 250)
Phone: (434) 817-2633
Parking: Free parking in and around the coffee shop