LCS - Spanish Classes Fall 2009

  • Sign up in LCS Services Office

Classes Offered

Conversation The content of this class will be determined by the needs of the students. Structured as conversation among students, the teacher helps as needed. $150 pesos/month. Begins first Saturday in September at LCS. (Saturday - 11:00 to 12:30, or 1:00 to 2:30)

Introductory Spanish For those with no background in Spanish. Pronunciation, vocabulary and social protocol are introduced. No materials are required; the teacher will provide extensive handouts. Four sessions taught on Thursdays every month except April, August, and December. 1st session begins the first Thursday of the month. Sign up in LCS services office. $150 pesos. In the LCS Gazebo (Thursday - 12:00 - 1:30)

The following Spanish classes use the Warren Hardy system and materials. The following rules apply:

  • You can employ one of the sign-up options mentioned above.
  • If you sign up in person at LCS in Mexico, the fee is $600* pesos per session.
  • If you sign up on line, the fee is $60* USD (credit card or PayPal account).
  • Level 1-3 courses are 7 weeks long, with two 1.5 hour classes per week.
  • Level 4/5 (a combined class) is 7 weeks long, with one 3.5 hour class per week.
  • Classes require a minimum of 8 students or they will be canceled.
  • Classes will be held to a maximum of 15 students.
  • Depending on demand and availability of instructors, additional classes may be added)
  • Unless otherwise noted, classes occur at the Wilkes Education Center at #18 Calle Galeana. (2 1/2 blocks from LCS)
*Course fees do not include class materials.

Remaining 2009 Sessions
Session 4 - Begins week of November 2nd, ends week of December 14th.


We either hold or reschedule classes that fall on a Holiday, the class and instructor will decide as a group.

Level 1: Power Verbs (Monday and Wednesday - 11:00 to 12:30, or 1:00 to 2:30)
Level 1 is the grounding course. It teaches you to function in Spanish. Besides teaching social protocol, you learn to combine the 100 most common verbs with the six power verbs: need, want, can, going to, have to, and like.

Level 2: Preterit Regular verbs & Object Pronouns (Tuesday and Thursday - 11:00 to 12:30, or 1:00 to 2:30)
Our level 2 uses the first half of Warren Hardy's book 2. It takes you to the high functional level so you can obtain information about past events. It teaches word order, the use of the Direct and Indirect Object pronouns, and the Preterit past tense for regular verbs.

Level 3: Preterit Irregular Verbs & Object Pronouns (Wednesday and Friday 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM (at LCS, Sala))
Our level 3 uses the second half of Warren Hardy's book 2. It will reinforce word order, the use of the Direct and Indirect Object pronouns, and teach the Preterit past tense of irregular verbs.

Level 4: Imperfect & Minor Tenses (Friday 11:00 to 2:30)
Our level 4 uses Warren Hardy's book 3. It takes you into the conversational level so you can begin to express your personality and thought patterns in Spanish. After this course you will know seven tenses. It teaches six tenses and integrates the seven indicative tenses.

Level 5: Present & Past Subjunctive (Friday 11:00 to 2:30)
Our level 5 uses Warren Hardy's book 4. You've reached a high conversational level and use all the Spanish tenses. It teaches the Present and Past Subjunctive, reflexive verbs, and then integrates the nine Spanish verb tenses.

Warren Hardy designed and taught Spanish courses to adult learners in major corporations for over 20 years. He is a nationally recognized author and innovator of Spanish language-instruction. He founded the Warren Hardy School for adult learners in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 1990.