Learning Spanish (for free)

The new administration wishes to reinvigorate the language development of our english speaking residents (and to help some of our Spanish councillors to learn English) and to this end we are starting two new free programmes.

Firstly we are commencing Spanish language classes Wednesday 10am 1st July in Los Llanos del Peral village hall. These will be taken by Jose and initially last about 1.5 hours with an emphasis on basic conversation and language, not grammar.

Secondly we are looking to start intercambio meetings in various locations. This is, as many of you know, meeting together with Spanish speaking residents and having a coffee and spending time conversing in the others language. We want this to be a two way street so we would look to have an intercambio where the participants speak only Spanish one day and then on the next occasion speak only english. That way we hope to get interest from the Spanish community who wish to learn english as much as vice versa. These intercambios could be held in peoples homes or any of the Town Hall premises. In order to organise this in a constructive and productive way we need to know how my people would be interested in one or both options. 

If you think that you would like to participate in either the classes or the intercambio sessions (which may well include some members of our current council! as they are trying to improve their english) then we need to have you record your interest. You can do this in one of two ways. Firstly you can call into the Town Hall and register your interest with Jose in person by taking a copy of your NIE or passport or alternatively contact me by email and send or arrange to have dropped off at the Town Hall a copy of the said document. It would also help that, if you wanted to participate in the intercambio sessions where you would like these to be held and whether you would be willing to hold some of them in your own home.

If, for any reason, you cannot contact Jose or myself I will leave a supply of the forms we would like completing in the reception area of the Town Hall, which you can complete and leave for our attention.