Who is Tía Lita?Tía Lita taught middle school and high school Spanish for 35 years. These years saw many students, teaching methodologies and changing views of the importance of knowing another language. After a long, rewarding career, and much growth personally, Tía Lita longed for opportunities to share her verve for the Spanish language and it's many varied cultures with anyone eager to learn the language. Tía's Master's degree is in Educational Computing which is perfect for offering a wide variety of low and high tech learning options. Creativity, flexibility, and fun are Tía Lita's natural operating style. Let's chat and see what you need so Tía Lita can start on your customized learning plan!
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Tía Lita’s language learning Philosophy
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Take the "multi-track attack"
Combine the elements and frequency that works for you... Face 2 Face Video conferencing Online practice Apps Tía Lita creates lessons incorporating a hands-on, active approach using curriculum tailor-made for each learner. Whatever language experience you bring to the class will be helpful, but is not necessary. As babies, we learn language by hearing words and phrases repeated many times, and these words are often associated with objects, gestures, facial expressions, and are almost always in context (stories). Babies eventually begin trying to produce the words on their own and in time language begins to blossom! The techniques and tricks we share help make the vocabulary automatically stick in your head. We combine gestures, repetition, and "stupid clues" to build vocabulary and then read stories which include them. The stories help make the lessons fun and, most importantly, provide context for the language. We explore Spanish stories (literature) as a guide for learning. Grammar and language structure will be acquired naturally, in context, and is handled in natural ways through stories, music, news, videoclips, simple cartoons, etc. |
Our History |
Tía Lita LLC was founded in July of 2015. In our global society, Tía Lita seeks to provide a customized learning experience with flexible meeting options for anyone interested in becoming a Spanish speaker.
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