Spanish for Social Justice for BIPOC    Spring 2022 Virtual Courses Registration
¡Bienvenides! Welcome to Spanish for Social Justice!

Spanish for Social Justice courses are offered by Algarabía Language Co-op in partnership with The People's Forum. We offer courses at the BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE, and ADVANCED levels of fluency to those interested in topics of social justice, politics, and culture. Through weekly social justice themes, and using a communicative and popular education approach, participants will improve their Spanish skills and critically engage with various Latinx and Latin American cultural productions (centered around the lived experiences of working class people of Indigenous and African descent on the continent). These courses are designed for folks at different levels of fluency in their productive (speaking, writing) and receptive (listening and reading) skills. Special focus will be given to learning vocabulary and community organizing terminology relevant to contemporary social movements in New York City, one of the largest and most diverse Spanish-speaking cities in the world, the rest of the U.S. and Latin America.

IMPORTANT:
▪ Non-NYC based participants can join virtually through Zoom.
▪ This program is for Black, Indigenous and People of Color only.
▪ Please only apply if you are able to attend most of the classes.
▪ Each session can hold up to 15 participants.
▪ Cost of class $200-$400 sliding scale.* This includes all course materials.
*$500 if paid for by work stipend instead of individual participant.

NOTE: This program is for BIPOC-only and prioritizes working class, LGBTQ+ and Spanish bilinguals (heritage speakers of Spanish). As part of Algarabía's mission to make our courses accessible, we have sliding-scale rate options and payment plans available. Once you complete the application and are selected, you will be given the opportunity to apply to these discounted rates individually.

For more information about our language services, go to www.algarabialanguage.com 
 
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CLASS DESCRIPTION
All courses focus on the use of inclusive, gender-neutral and anti-racist language. There is emphasis on validating U.S. Spanish and other varieties of Spanish often considered "non-standard." We actively include the use of "vos" as used in Central America.

Spanish I: Spanish for Social Justice True Beginner - Español nivel básico bajo
Virtual on Zoom
Saturdays, 2:00pm-5:00pm
September 24th, 2022 – December 3rd, 2022

Description: For those with no formal training in the language.Covers the basics of reading, writing and grammar; focus is on pronunciation and oral fluency; explores how to overcome affective barriers to language learning

Spanish II: Spanish for Social Justice High Beginner - Español nivel básico alto (Sec. 1)
Virtual on Zoom
Saturdays, 2:00am-5:00pm
September 24th, 2022 – December 3rd, 2022

Spanish II: Spanish for Social Justice High Beginner - Español nivel básico alto (Sec. 2)
Virtual on Zoom
Sundays, 1:00am-4:00pm
September 25th, 2022 – December 4th, 2022

Description: Reviews topics covered in Spanish I courses. Covers grammar review; focus is on developing conversational skills, as well as analyzing and critically engaging with various varieties of Spanish through TV series and other media.

Spanish III: Spanish for Social Justice Low Intermediate - Español nivel intermedio bajo
Virtual on Zoom
Saturdays, 1:00pm-4:00pm (30 hrs./15min. break)

September 24th, 2022 – December 3rd, 2022
Description: Reviews topics covered in Spanish I & II courses. Covers grammar review, social movement vocabulary building, and text editing; focus is on developing conversational skills, as well as analyzing and critically engaging with various varieties of Spanish through film and other media.

Spanish IV: Spanish for Social Justice High Intermediate - Español nivel intermedio alto
Virtual on Zoom
Saturdays, 5:00-8:00pm (30 hrs./15min. break)
September 24th, 2022 – December 3rd, 2022

Description: Reviews topics covered in Spanish I-III courses. Covers grammar review and text editing; focus is on short story writing and reading fiction by Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean women; focus is on developing conversational skills, as well as analyzing and critically engaging with various varieties of Spanish through documentary and other media.

Spanish V: Spanish for Social Justice Advanced Level • Conversación e inmersión cultural - Español para bilingües nivel avanzado
Virtual on Zoom
Saturdays, 4:30-7:30pm (30 hrs./15min. break)
September 24th, 2022 – December 3rd, 2022

Description:: Inmersión cultural y conversacional
En este curso exploraremos el español conversacional estudiando las diversas culturas latinoamericanas y utilizando películas, música y su rica literatura. Les participantes tendrán la oportunidad de ampliar su vocabulario y desarrollar sus habilidades para comunicarse efectivamente y reforzar reglas gramaticales estudiadas en cursos anteriores.  

ABOUT LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION: At Algarabía Language Co-op, we see language learning as a meaningful, collaborative and transformative process reflected in our training in hands-on communicative and task-based language teaching approaches and our use of popular education in the language classroom. We seek to support the holistic development of all language learners as they become competent multilingual speakers. We devise classroom activities and use textbooks and other original didactic materials that meet our participants’ needs and that represent the linguistic and racial/ethnic diversity of the Spanish-speaking worlds.
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