Santiago Navarrete
Educator and researcher in the humanities, currently connecting people through language.
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Santiago Navarrete
Masters degree
/ 55 min
About your spanish tutor
I am a language instructor with over five years of experience in middle and higher education, specializing in Spanish classes for learners at all levels. My expertise lies in providing personalized learning experiences that develop speaking, writing, reading, and listening skills. I offer engaging lessons for beginners, intermediate, and advanced students. I create a dynamic classroom environment through role-playing and task-based activities, focusing on real-life, contextualized, and culturally relevant situations. Media, art, design and gaming are also part of each class. As a teacher and educator, I am skilled at addressing diverse student needs and providing a comfortable, supportive space to learn. Whether your goal is to start learning a new language, improve your business Spanish or to gain a deeper understanding of our literature and culture, I will guide you every step of the way.
Meet Santiago
Santiago graduated from Universidad de los Andes
Spanish tutor language skill
Role Playing Scenarios
Homework help
Cultural Context for Speaking
Test prep strategies
Spanish language skill
Vocabulary Building
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Learner types for spanish classes
ADHD
Spanish for intermediate
Spanish for adults
Spanish for beginners
Spanish for advanced
Anxiety or Stress Disorders
ASD
Spanish classes highlights
I view learning as a constructive process where students actively build and adapt knowledge through meaningful engagement and use. In my Spanish classes, I balance professionalism and approachability, creating a supportive environment that fosters participation, confidence, and trust when taking risks. My methodology blends role-play, task-based learning, and cultural immersion through songs, short stories, games, and discussions, allowing students to connect lessons to authentic, real-life contexts. I treat mistakes as valuable opportunities to clarify concepts and expand understanding. This approach consistently strengthens speaking, writing, reading, and listening skills while motivating learners to produce personal, meaningful work and develop a deeper connection with the Spanish language and its diverse cultures.
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Spanish
Spanish Listening
Spanish Reading
Spanish Speaking
Spanish Writing
Conversational Spanish
Spanish concepts taught by Santiago
The Student and Tutor conducted a comprehensive Spanish review session, covering vocabulary, grammar, and listening comprehension through a quiz and conversation practice. The Student also reviewed their homework, which involved describing a photo in Spanish. They identified areas for continued practice and confirmed future scheduling.
Reading Comprehension and Sentence Completion
Self-Assessment and Identifying Practice Areas
Practical Application: Describing a Photo
Listening Comprehension and Note-Taking
Vocabulary Review and Family Terms
The tutor and student reviewed and practiced Spanish past tenses, focusing on sentence completion and description exercises. They also discussed and scheduled a review test for the next class and made adjustments to the schedule due to the student's upcoming travel plans.
Story Completion and Inference
Adjective Agreement (Gender and Number)
Past Tense Verb Conjugation Review
Describing Actions and Events
The tutor and student reviewed Spanish vocabulary related to descriptions and events, engaging in listening comprehension and sentence completion exercises. They practiced constructing narratives in the past tense and discussed plans for future lessons, which will continue to focus on past tense and introduce new vocabulary.
Past Tense Conjugation Practice
Vocabulary for Daily Activities and Descriptions
Understanding and Using Connectors
Pronunciation and Listening Skills
The tutor and student reviewed Spanish past tenses, focusing on the imperfect and indefinido. They practiced identifying and using these tenses through sentence analysis, verb conjugation, and narrative creation. The student was encouraged to use descriptive language and incorporate past tenses in storytelling activities.
Imperfect vs. Indefinite Past Tense in Spanish
Vocabulary Building: Contextual Learning
Language Learning: Organic vs. Disciplined Practice
The Role of Practice Materials in Language Acquisition
The student and tutor reviewed and practiced the Spanish preterite tense, focusing on verb conjugations, expressing past experiences, and giving opinions. They also began introducing the concept of the imperfect tense for future lessons, and the student was assigned homework to reflect on recent activities using the past tense.
Simple Past Tense Review
Expressing Opinions and Reactions
Vocabulary Expansion for Past Experiences
Introduction to Imperfect Tense
The student and tutor reviewed basic Spanish greetings and farewells, exploring their formal and informal contexts. They practiced understanding and using various expressions and discussed potential future lesson structures focusing on vocabulary and verb tenses for conversational practice.
Formal and Informal Expressions
Spanish Greetings and Time of Day
Understanding Spanish Cognates and Language Roots
Ways to Say Goodbye in Spanish
Informal Spanish Expressions: '¿Qué Pasa?'
Learning tools used in spanish classes
Writing prompts
Phonetic drills
Subtitled media
Language simulations
Game based learning tools
Dynamic spanish lessons
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Open Q&A
Note taking
Pets are welcomed
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