Teaching Methodology​
The teaching method is customized to the learners' needs and interests, based on the Paulo Freire methodology, what is applied to the teaching of Spanish as a second language. Students contribute their insights and ask the questions necessary for critical analysis.    

We offer small, intensive classes at all levels, year-round, and we also motivate students to participate in a full immersion experience in a Latin American country. All our teachers are native speakers with professional and special training.
Student Needs and Cultural Understanding
​EDUCATE YA is a small Latino nonprofit organization and our staff can attend to the needs of each student. Our goal is to promote dialogue between non-Spanish speakers and the people of Latino cultures; in order to reach that goal, we make the experience of every participant our concern.
 
We offer small groups, intensive classes at all levels and private one-on-one or semiprivate (two students). EDUCATE YA is open year-round except national holidays and Christmas break.

​Beginner Level​

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Beginner I
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  • Pronunciation, alphabet, vocabulary
  • Vocabulary, basic structures – es…; no es…
  • The noun and definite article- singular
  • The noun and the definite article-plural
  • Regular -AR conjugation, intro to future progressive - ir+a+infinitive
  • Regular -ER and -IR conjugation
  • Simple negative, question words
  • Indefinite articles
  • Numbers 1-31, Time, Days, Months, Dates, Seasons
  • Irregular verbs: present tense
Beginner II
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  • Preposition “de”, Preposition “a”
  • Ser “to be”
  • Estar “to be”, Intro to present progressive – estar+ando/endo
  • Adjectives, Comparisons of equality
  • Numbers 31 - 1 billion
  • Ordinal numbers, Shortening adjectives, Intro to present perfect – haber+ido/ado
  • Direct commands
  • Possessive adjectives: su, sus, tu, tus
  • Demonstrative adjectives
  • Adverbs, Exclamatory
Beginner III
  • Stem-changing -AR and -ER verbs
  • Tener que,
  • Para and por
  • Prepositional pronouns
  • Direct object pronouns
  • Indirect object pronouns
  • Gustar
  • Preterite indicative: regular verbs
  • Preterite indicative: irregular verbs
  • Nunca, nada, nadie, ni, 
  • ninguno, tampoco
  • Stem-changing -IR verbs, Reflexive verbs
Beginner IV
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  • Reflexive verbs
  • The Familiar tú Command
  • Las diversiones… La naturaleza… El cuerpo
  • Las flores… La lección… Los alimentos
  • La familia… Las tiendas… Los viajes
  • La escuela… Mi casa… Las lenguas
  • Fórmulas de cortesía… El tiempo… La hora
  • En la clase… Un sábado… La cita
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Review
​Intermediate Level
Intermediate I
  • Ser Versus Estar
  • Present Simple versus Present continuous
  • Articles
  • Object pronouns
  • Reflexive Verbs
  • Review 1
  • Imperfecto Versus Indefinido
  • Possessives
  • Pretérito Perfecto
  • “Wh-” Questions
Intermediate II
  • Use of How
  • Review 2
  • Pluscuamperfecto
  • Adverbs of Frequency and Already, Still, Also, Too, and Yet
  • The Future
  • Infinitives and Gerunds
  • The Conditional
  • Review 3
  • The Preposition A
  • The Subjunctive
Intermediate III
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  • The Imperative
  • Conditional Sentences
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Review 4
  • There + To be = Haber
  • Possibility: May, Might, and Could
  • Expressing Movement
  • The Impersonal
  • The Passive
  • Review 5
Intermediate IV
  • Obligation: Deber and Tener que
  • Other uses of Deber and Tener que
  • Quantity
  • Some-, Any, No-, and Every-
  • Review 6
  • Comparatives and Superlatives
  • Either, Neither, So, and Such
  • Reason, Result, and Purpose
  • Time
  • Contrast
  • Review 7 
  • Final Review