Spanish Classes
About Spanish at CHICLE
Our current and scheduled classes
Summer Intensive Teachers' Spanish
Classes that we offer:
- Spanish 1 - Spanish 7
- Spanish Beginning Conversation
- Spanish Intermediate Conversation
- Spanish Advanced Conversation
- Medical Spanish
- Spanish for Professions
- Intensive Spanish for Teachers
- Travel Spanish
- Conversation, writing, and other advanced courses meet one time each week.
- These additional courses are usually either monthly or six-week sessions.·
- Courses are $20 an hour.
- We require a minimum of three students to offer a class.
Please call us at (919) 933-0398 or e-mail us if you want more information or wish to pre-register for a class.
Special Courses - Descriptions
Medical Spanish | Summer Intensive Teachers' Spanish
Medical Spanish
The general purpose of the course is to improve students’ ability to communicate in clinical situations with patients whose native language is Spanish.
The focus of the instruction is on strengthening conversational skills in order to improve students’ ability to take clinical histories, conduct physical examinations and to give instructions to their Spanish speaking patients.
All students are challenged to work on their communication skills according to their level. Students also work with a series of listening comprehension exercises. The cost is $270 for 15 hours plus the cost of materials
Beginners course (For students with very little or no previous Spanish language), In this course, students:
- Practice Spanish pronunciation skills.
- Practice “survival Spanish” vocabulary, including numbers, time and date, family members, basic health questions and anatomical words.
- Learn basic grammar, vocabulary and phrases useful in greeting, gathering basic medical information from a patient, and informing them about their medical conditions.
- Practice giving patients instructions in Spanish.
- Participants work with the book “¿Qué le duele? Beginning Spanish for Healthcare Professionals” by María Fraser-Molina ISBN: 0-89089-395-0
Intermediate course (For those with previous, but not extensive, Spanish language), In this course, students:
- Review “survival Spanish” vocabulary, including numbers, time and date, family members, anatomical words.
- Learn grammar, vocabulary and phrases useful in greeting the patient, talking about medication administration, diet and nutrition, history of the present illness, physical examination, medical history, mental health and STDs.
- Participants work with the book “An Introduction to Spanish for Health Care Workers” by Roberto O. Chase Second Edition ISBN: 0-300-09715-8
Advanced course (For those with extensive previous experience speaking Spanish). In this course, students:
- Review “survival Spanish” vocabulary, including numbers, time and date, family members, anatomical words.
- Work with a series of exercises to be conducted in conversational Spanish that focus on the various types of examinations that they might have to conduct.
- Learn grammar, vocabulary and phrases useful in greeting the patient, talking about history of the present illness, past medical history and review of systems, medications and drug effects, family history, social and sexual history, mental health, nutrition, and physical examination.
- Participants work with the book “Spanish and the Medical Interview” by Pilar Ortega, MD ISBN: 1-4160-3649-0
- Participants are expected to take a language placement examination and an oral assesment follow-up phone call (933-0398) through CHICLE prior to the start of instruction. This must be done with enough lead time to allow the instructors to plan instruction to address the level of the learners who will constitute the classes.
Intensive Spanish for Spanish Teachers Summer Courses
CHICLE offers 1-week 30-hour intensive courses for Spanish teachers during the summer.
2013 will be the eighth summer of this very popular and interactive course that attracts students from around the state.
The course is geared to intermediate and advanced students and will meet 1 week in June, 24-28, 1 week in July, 22-26 and 1 week in August, 5-9. If these dates don't work for you, just contact us and we can see about other possibilities.
Class meets from 9:00-4:00 with a one hour lunch break and is limited to ten students. The cost is $500 and CEU credits are available. If you or your school would like more information about it, please contact us. Click here to fill out and submit a registration form.
CHICLE is located in Carrboro, adjacent to Chapel Hill. We are surrounded by excellent restaurants, lots of outdoor and indoor summer activities, and all the the amenities that North Carolina's flagship university offers. Hotels and motels are available in the area.
We require a minimum of five students and a maximum of ten for this course.
"My colleague and I had a wonderful time at CHICLE last summer during our week-long Spanish immersion class for Spanish teachers! The instructors made us feel very comfortable and classes were lively and fun! It was great to see how much our Spanish improved after just a week of intensive practice. We plan to participate again next summer!"