FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
When quoting a price, I take into account the student's level, goals and learning style, and think about how much time it would take to plan their lessons. If they are fairly unique in their needs and interests with the language, such as looking to learn Spanish for medicine, the quote will be higher since lessons would be specialized and would take more time to prepare. If the student wants to become conversational in Spanish or would like to improve upon their current skills, then I will quote them a standard rate. The price goes down from there when the student wants lessons on a weekly basis and if the lessons are held online. The price increases if there is travel involved.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
First I speak with them to find out what their level is so I can plan a great first lesson! For those with no knowledge of Spanish, the first lesson covers greetings, introducing yourself and getting to know you questions. Subsequent lessons cover the fundamentals: Regular verbs, the verbs that mean to be, nouns/adjective and gender, and basic vocab like words for people, days of the week, numbers and the alphabet. For those who are already beginners or intermediate students, I have them take an inventory of the topics they are already familiar with, and those they would like to review! With the first lesson we start by reviewing some topics they know and then we cover a few new topics, combining grammar, vocab and conversation. For advanced students, I first find out what areas they'd like to improve on and what their goals are, and we go from there!
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I have an MA in Spanish and have been trained as a university instructor of Spanish! I've taken a course on language teaching methodology and apply it to the university classes I teach as well as my private lessons.