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For many professionals, living a busy life that combines their careers with bringing up a family, there is precious little time for any professional development that will further their career. One of the most pressing needs for many in North America these days is to learn at least a little Spanish as the Latin population of the US and Canada continues to grow. Many of them speak only a little or no Spanish, so when they find themselves in need of professional services they are restricted as to where they can look.
Seeing this situation develop, many professional service providers are working hard to ensure that their organization is bilingual as far as possible. This applies in education, health, social and legal services among others. Thus, employees in these sectors find themselves under increased pressure to know at least some Spanish. And despite perhaps having studied a little in high school or university, most professionals lack the knowledge or confidence to be able to hold a conversation with a Spanish-speaker in their field.
The problem for professionals is that they do not have the time to sign up for Spanish classes at a local college or center and cannot commit to being there every week for class. Neither do they have the time to commit to traveling to a Spanish-speaking country to take immersion classes for a couple of weeks or more. And studying on one’s own with a text book or other materials is not as effective because it is both an uninspiring way to learn and easy to make excuses for not spending the time studying. The remaining option is to take Online Spanish Classes with a live native-speaker teacher.
An online Spanish language school such as 121Spanish offers classes online with professional Spanish tutors. These are suitable for students of all levels and ages, from 5 years old and upwards. With their unique booking system for reserving classes, students have full control over when to take their lessons and with which teacher. While many students stick with one teacher for months or years, others change teachers periodically, or even take classes with two teachers concurrently.
Learning Spanish with a live teacher online is a much more inspiring way of learning the language and becomes a time to look forward to in which the student leaves behind all other concerns to focus on their interaction with the teacher who is located in one of many Latin countries – Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala, Costa Rica or Spain.
A big advantage of taking Spanish classes online is also that it is much more economical of time. There is no need to leave the house to drive to a class and drive back again afterwards which can take as long or longer than the class itself. A one-hour class only takes one hour from start to finish and takes place in the comfort of one’s own home or office.
121Spanish has been offering its professional Spanish tutors since 2009 and has taught thousands of students from all over the world. They offer a free trial class with no obligation so that any would-be student can try it out before committing to purchase credits for classes to take whenever they like.
