About Living Waters Spanish Classes
Living Waters Spanish classes are taught both in classrooms in the Portland/Vancouver metro area and on-line. Classes meet one day per week for 90 minutes and include homework. These dynamic courses engage students through story-telling and personalized questions. More can be seen on these instructional methods at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPRS.
Classes are open to all ages, with the only requirement being an ability to read in English. If you would like to join a class, please complete an Enrollment Form, or send an email to livingwatersspanish@gmail.com (note the double 'ss') or call 503-715-7227. You can check our calendar for a class that meets near you: http://livingwatersspanish.weebly.com/calendar.html. Additional classes are planned to begin in January, 2010.
A word about grades, studying and assignments: The purpose of learning Spanish is not to “get a good grade” in the class but to glorify God, enjoy His creation, and extend His Kingdom on Earth. Grades, in themselves, only reflect what has been learned, and should never be one’s primary motivation for studying. Where they matter most is in their usefulness for college admissions.
In determining the grade that students earn from me, all missing work counts as a zero in the grade book until it is made up. Make-up work, including missed assignments and low grades, needs to be completed within one month of their due date.
At the end of the course, I write a letter and provide a grade report for students. Homeschool parents are welcome to keep and use these documents, or to ignore them and write their own grade based on their own expectations for their child, i.e., pre-teen students might deserve a higher grade, because they are taking a high school level course.
Classes are open to all ages, with the only requirement being an ability to read in English. If you would like to join a class, please complete an Enrollment Form, or send an email to livingwatersspanish@gmail.com (note the double 'ss') or call 503-715-7227. You can check our calendar for a class that meets near you: http://livingwatersspanish.weebly.com/calendar.html. Additional classes are planned to begin in January, 2010.
A word about grades, studying and assignments: The purpose of learning Spanish is not to “get a good grade” in the class but to glorify God, enjoy His creation, and extend His Kingdom on Earth. Grades, in themselves, only reflect what has been learned, and should never be one’s primary motivation for studying. Where they matter most is in their usefulness for college admissions.
In determining the grade that students earn from me, all missing work counts as a zero in the grade book until it is made up. Make-up work, including missed assignments and low grades, needs to be completed within one month of their due date.
At the end of the course, I write a letter and provide a grade report for students. Homeschool parents are welcome to keep and use these documents, or to ignore them and write their own grade based on their own expectations for their child, i.e., pre-teen students might deserve a higher grade, because they are taking a high school level course.
