teach spanish

How can tutors help their students avoid anxiety and the feeling of “stage fright” when speaking a new language?

Emanuel Vasconcelos is one of the favorite Spanish teachers among the Fluent in 3 Months Bootcamp community, and Elizabeth’s primary Spanish tutor. In this interview, they discuss Emanuel’s journey to becoming a Spanish language teacher and the methods he uses to help his students improve their language learning effectively.

Emanuel explains how his focus is working with students using constructive techniques rather than the usual error-correction dynamic that many teachers follow.

A lot of the Language Hacking Podcast guests are students from the Fluent in 3 Months Bootcamp (formerly, the Challenge), so Emanuel’s perspective is an eye-opener!

PS: Plenty of personal anecdotes from Elizabeth’s and Benny’s learner experiences in this episode, so don’t miss out on them!

Mentioned in this Episode

• Fluent in 3 Months Bootcamp
• Hispandom (Emanuel’s website)
• Spanish Uncovered Review
• Stephen Krashen on the Comprehensible Input Method

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Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

You can charge premium tuition by adding value to your preschool, and what better way to offer “more than just preschool” but by offering a Spanish curriculum into your classes! If you’re thinking, “But wait, Joy, I don’t speak Spanish!” Then you’re in luck because today we’ll teach you how to add Spanish into your preschool even if you’ve never taught it or spoken it in your life!

My guest today is the amazing Ana Yavorsky. She started her own preschool back in 2019 and ran it locally for a year before COVID. When she moved online, a whole new world opened and now she’s able to teach hundreds of students with her Spanish curriculum. In fact, she even created a Spanish curriculum for adults!

I met Ana when she messaged me with a great idea. Not many people show up to serve but she did. She shared her eight-week Spanish curriculum for all my Preschool All Stars, completely free to use. The comments have been amazing and we’re so happy to get the opportunity to add so much value to our preschools.

Today Ana explains her curriculum and teaches you how to teach Spanish even if you don’t speak it at all. Tune in to learn more!

Key takeaways

• Who is Ana and how she developed her now-famous curriculum (00:00)
• What is the best age and way for a child to learn a second language (04:10)
• This is how you teach Spanish even if you don’t speak it yourself (06:09)
• Ana’s recommendation on how to incorporate her program (10:35)
• What are the benefits of children growing up bilingual (14:55)
• Ana’s favorite experiences that have come out of her program (18:17)
• Where to find her curriculum and how to develop the confidence to teach it (22:04)

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• Get my FREE “Start Your Preschool” book (+ $7.95 s&h)
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