Location

825 Legion Way SE (rear entrance), Olympia WA 98501

Our location has its own parking lot. Students are welcome to park there for free.

Online students attend via Zoom.

2024 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Course Calendar

All courses offered 10am-12noon and 6-8pm, Pacific

• Wednesdays 10 January - 28 February COURSE: RADIO AMBULANTE

  Students will listen to and read the transcript for episode of this all-Spanish podcast. Radio Ambulante is a Spanish-language podcast that tells Latin American stories from anywhere Spanish is spoken, including the United States. It seeks to bring the aesthetic of high-quality longform journalism to radio. In 2014, Radio Ambulante was awarded the Gabriel García Márquez Prize for Innovation in Journalism, the most prestigious journalism honor in Latin America. There is an assignment for the first class. Please contact us  for more info.

• Wednesdays 20 March - 8 May COURSE: MANOLITO GAFOTAS

  Advanced Intermediate students will read the children's novel Manolito Gafotas by Spanish author Elvira Lindo. Please download the PDF of the book here. There is an assignment for the firts class. Please contact us  for more info.

• Wednesdays 22 May - 10 July COURSE: SENDEROS FRONTERIZOS A

  Students will read and discuss this the first half of this autobiographical book about the author's migrant farmworker family, and his adventures and misadventures growing up, working hard, facing prejudice, and pursuing the American Dream. There is an assignment for the first class. WE WILL USE THIS EDITION: ISBN 9780618226184. Contact us for more info.

  • SENDEROS FRONTERIZOS SYLLABUS:

    • Semana 1 (22 de mayo): Expulsados

    • Semana 2 (29 de mayo): Solos en casa: escribir un ensayo

    • Semana 3 (5 de junio): En busca de diversiones

    • Semana 4 (12 de junio): Juntos de nuevo  y De vuelta al campo (2 capítulos): escribir un ensayo

    • Semana 5 (19 de junio): La medalla de San Cristóbal y Escaramuzas veraniegas (2 capítulos)

    • Semana 6 (26 de junio): Hacerse Santo y Los pies descalzos (2 capítulos): escribir un ensayo

    • Semana 7 (3 de julio): Un ascenso y Una Máquina de escribir (2 capítulos)

    • Semana 8 (10 de julio): Conexiones y Corazón partido (2 capítulos): escribir un ensayo

• Wednesdays 24 July - 11 September COURSE: BBC MUNDO

  Each week students will watch nonfiction videos in Spanish produced by BBC MUNDO selected for the purpose of inspiring thought and conversation. There is an assignment for the first class. Please contact us  for more info.

• Wednesdays 2 October - 20 November COURSE: REPASE Y ESCRIBA B

  Students will read material from the textbook Repase y escriba selected for the purpose of inspiring thought and conversation. Material provided. There is an assignment for the first class. Please contact us  for more info.

• DECEMBER DROP-IN CONVERSATION HOURS, WEDNESDAYS 10-11am & 6-7pm

  • Wednesday 4 December: La belleza REGISTER HERE

  • Wednesday 11 December: Los cumpleaños REGISTER HERE

  • Wednesday 18 December: La conducta REGISTER HERE

2025 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Course Calendar

All courses offered 10am-12noon and 6-8pm, Pacific

• Wednesdays 8 January - 26 February COURSE: POBRE MANOLITO A (CUENTOS)


  Over the course of 8 weeks, students will read selections from the second book in the Manolito Gafotas series by Spanish author Elvira Lindo. WE WILL USE THIS EDITION OF THE BOOK: (edition TBA) . There is an assignment for the first class. Please contact us for more info.

POBRE MANOLITO A SYLLABUS:

• Semana 1 (8 de enero): Esto es sólo el principio

• Semana 2 (15 de enero): El Bueno, el Feo y el Malo: escribir un ensayo

• Semana 3 (22 de enero): Un fallo mortal

• Semana 4 (29 de enero): Mal de muchos consuelo de tontos: escribir un ensayo

• Semana 5 (5 de febrero): Vencedores y vencidos

• Semana 6 (12 de febrero): Los cochinitos: escribir un ensayo

• Semana 7 (19 de febrero): El efecto mancebo

• Semana 8 (26 de febrero): La conciencia tranquila: escribir un ensayo

• 5-12 March: COSTA RICA IMMERSION EXPERIENCE 2025

• Wednesdays 19 March - 7 May COURSE: RADIO AMBULANTE, CURSO B (PODCAST)


  Students will listen to and read the transcript for episode of this all-Spanish podcast. Radio Ambulante is a Spanish-language podcast that tells Latin American stories from anywhere Spanish is spoken, including the United States. It seeks to bring the aesthetic of high-quality longform journalism to radio. In 2014, Radio Ambulante was awarded the Gabriel García Márquez Prize for Innovation in Journalism, the most prestigious journalism honor in Latin America. There is an assignment for the first class. Please contact us  for more info.

• Wednesdays 21 May - 9 July COURSE: EL GALANO ARTE DE LEER: SELECCIONES, CURSO A.

  In this course, students will read and discuss selected writings from around the Spanish-speaking world. Material provided. There is an assignment for the first class. Please contact us for more info.

• Wednesdays 30 July - 17 September COURSE: SENDEROS FRONTERIZOS B

  
In this course, students will read and discuss selections from this ongoing, autobiographical story about the author's migrant farmworker family, and his adventures and misadventures growing up, working hard, facing prejudice, and pursuing the American Dream. There is an assignment for the first class. WE WILL USE THIS EDITION: ISBN 9780618226184. Please contact us for more info.

• Wednesdays 1 October - 19 November COURSE: LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA PARA PRINCIPIANTES.

  Over the course of 8 weeks, students will read and discuss this graphic history of the Spanish Civil War, published in 2007. Material provided. WE WILL USE THIS EDITION: ISBN 9789875550421. Please contact us for more info

DECEMBER 2025 DROP-IN CONVERSATION HOURS, Wednesdays 10-11am & 6-7pm

• Thursday 4 December : La paternidad

• Thursday 11 December : Hacer trampa

• Thursday 18 December : El lenguaje corporal