Idlewild’s language courses are both practical and fun, and have been recommended by New York Magazine and Daily Candy.

This class is taught in our beautiful bookstore, not a stuffy classroom, and is limited to 11 students.

Our Spanish conversation course is led by Juan Vallejo, a native of Colombia with several years' teaching experience, including privately and at Berlitz, and a dynamic, participatory method that gets students talking.

Is this class for you?

 Our Advanced Conversation course is for people who are fairly fluent (able to understand most of what they hear and to communicate what they need to say) and are looking to enhance fluency and practice conversation.

Grammar is corrected and reviewed as needed, but the course is structured primarily around discussion topics and activities (including reading and discussion of articles, short literature passages, and aspects of daily life) rather than presentation of grammar. Each student will also be expected to give at least one five-minute presentation, on a topic of their choosing, before the end of the ten-week course.

About our classes

• This course is 10 weeks long and will meet for 75 minutes per weekly session.
• Class size is limited to 11 people.
• The beginner, advanced beginner and intermediate courses follow a text (not included in the course price but available to students for the discounted price of $15.99).
• There are no make-up classes. On the first day of class, each student will receive a syllabus that lists the weekly assignments so you can keep up with your studies if you have to miss a class.

If you wish to cancel your registration, you must contact Idlewild by telephone or email at least seven days before the start date of your class to receive a refund.

If you wish to postpone your registration to a later session, you must contact Idlewild by telephone or email at least three days before the start date of your class to receive a credit toward a future session (good for one year).