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¡Camino en Español!

Express Fluency is teaming up with GOGI Abroad, to offer a trip on Spain’s Camino de Santiago next April, 2027!

Hiking the Camino is way up there on my bucket list, and I am beyond excited that I get to do it with a small group of amazing people. And that we’ll be speaking Spanish as we go!

The dates are April 9th to 21st, 2027.

All the details are here: the route through Galicia, where we’ll stay, what a typical day looks like, and pricing. (And yes, our bags get shuttled ahead for us every day. No heavy packs!)

Feel free to reach out with any questions!

The Subjunctive…. Simplified!

The Subjunctive… Simplified!

Saturday, May 10th | 10am–3pm | Brattleboro, VT

For intermediate to advanced Spanish speakers

I’m thrilled about this upcoming class—it’s a first in many ways! Not only is it the first time I’m offering a workshop focused on the subjunctive, but it’s also the very first Express Fluency class to feature a grammar topic right in the title.

If you know Express Fluency, you know we don’t teach languages through memorizing rules—we help students acquire them naturally. And this class is no exception. The goal? To help you comfortably and confidently use the subjunctive in conversation, without needing to study charts or lists of rules.

Before I discovered acquisition-driven instruction, I tried the traditional route: printing 20+ pages of subjunctive notes and drilling myself on conjugations. Spoiler alert—it didn’t work! I still couldn’t use the subjunctive spontaneously in conversation. It wasn’t until I took advanced Spanish classes with master teachers Jason Fritze and Joe Dziedzic that things finally clicked.

This class is designed for intermediate to advanced Spanish speakers ready to deepen their fluency. Next Saturday, we’ll dive into rich, meaningful conversations designed to help you internalize the subjunctive naturally—just like I did. I can’t wait to share this fun, low-stress, and powerful approach with you!

Read more and register here.

Spring session of Spanish begins April 23rd (Brattleboro)

 

Becca Rice will be teaching a beginner and “advanced beginner” Spanish classes starting Tuesday.

Beginner Spanish: 4:30pm-6:15pm
Advanced Beginner Spanish: 6:30-8:30pm

If you haven’t yet experienced one of Becca’s classes– we highly recommend it!!!

Check out a 1-min clip from a beginner class. During our classes we like to talk about students and their interests. In this class Becca learned that one of the students has a cat who hunts mice but doesn’t eat them. In this clip she is having students dramatize the situation. (Notice the laughter in the background! That right there is a core element of our classes. We want students to enjoy themselves and almost forget they are “learning” anything so that the language can sneak in the back door.)

Online Spanish Begins May 6th

I am excited to be offering online classes. The next one is a 6-day/1-hour/day intensive. May 6th-14th (no class May 10-12).

I taught my first online class in March and here is what I thought:

People had been asking me to offer online classes for years and I was so resistant. I couldn’t imagine how I could do what I do in person through a screen. It is a very different format, BUT it’s great! The energy and fun of class still comes through AND there are some other advantages.

1. There are people from all over the US, and even a student in Mexico participating in class. Several past students are there who I hadn’t seen in ages and its so great to see them all again.

2. Students are at home (or work) and we get to meet their pets and significant others. The student in Mexico was in a café one day and he gave us a tour of a beautiful mural.

4. Guest visitors! Today, in the intermediate class my friend Juan Carlos from joined us and talked to the group about his life in Ubrique, Spain. Tomorrow my friend Pilar in Mérida, Spain will talk with us. I can’t wait to introduce friends from throughout the Spanish-speaking world to my students!

4. It’s fun using the chat feature of Zoom meeting. I ask a question when we are creating a story together and students type in their answers. I love this flow of ideas coming through.

5. We’re experimenting with 45 minutes M-F for two weeks. Its great to see everyone everyday and students are reporting that they like having the daily burst of Spanish.

6. I’ll probably discover another cool feature tonight.. Seems like there is something new each class.

I look forward to seeing everyone each class and playing with Spanish together. I can’t believe it took me so long to try this.

Find more information about our upcoming class here.

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