Details: Translate the local Spanish weather forecast, converse with an engineer about a leaky salt water pump. Arrive in port knowing how to talk to the marina staff who offer to take your lines or the chap at the fuel dock. Be confident in asking a passing fishing boat for some sardines.
This is a live online Spanish language course of 6 x one and a half hour sessions with the focus on what you might need as a sailor visiting Spain. You will brush up on your existing Spanish. It will be very interactive with breakout sessions on Zoom allowing you to practice with other students on the course. All from the comfort and bug free safety of your own home.
The teacher is a native and qualified Spanish teacher for adults (CLTA - Certificate in Language Teaching for Adults). She has been teaching Spanish for the last 8 years at Spanish House London, with a strong focus on tailoring the lessons for specific purposes (Spanish for Business, Spanish through Art, Spanish & Cinema, etc). She has been sailing since she was a child and has pretty much completed all courses in the RYA syllabus including most recently the Ocean Yachtmaster Theory and their equivalent in the Spanish Sailing System.
The course will be run online through Zoom. On your PC/MAC/Mobile you will be able to see the instructor, any slides she might show, there is a whiteboard function and you can ask herany questions. It is just like being in the classroom, but you can 'stay safe' at home!
The course is run by First Class Sailing and full details can be found here.
Dates: 6/8/13/15/20/22 July 2020
Place: Your own home
Duration: Mondays and Wednesdays (evenings 6:00-7:30pm). If there is a need to split the group in two due to widely differing abilities then the second session will run from 8pm to 9.30pm.
Cost: £275, discounted price for CA members £245.
CA members' discount code: CA4438