Maria Reartes
Improve your Spanish for travel, exams, and meaningful connections with friends or your partner
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Maria Reartes
Bachelors degree
/ 55 min
About your spanish tutor
I am a passionate Spanish teacher from Argentina with experience helping students from different parts of the world improve their communication skills in a practical and meaningful way. My teaching approach is student-centered, dynamic, and highly personalized. I focus on real-life communication rather than memorization, helping students feel confident speaking Spanish in everyday situations—especially in relationships, social interactions, and cultural contexts. I specialize in working with students who have a Spanish-speaking partner, supporting them in understanding not only the language but also the culture, humor, and way of thinking. My classes are designed to be engaging, relaxed, and relevant, creating a space where students feel comfortable making mistakes and growing. I believe that learning a language is also about building connections, so I aim to make each class a positive and motivating experience. I also adapt materials and topics to each student’s goals, interests, and level, ensuring consistent progress and a truly personalized learning journey. Aáaaaaaáaaáaaaaaaaaaáaaaaaaaaaaaaaaáaaaaaaaaáaaaaaaaaáaaáaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Meet Maria
Maria graduated from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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Spanish language skill
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The Student and Tutor reviewed Spanish reflexive verbs, focusing on their definition, formation, and common examples. They practiced conjugating reflexive verbs and applying them in sentences, with a particular emphasis on combining irregular verb conjugations with reflexive pronouns for homework. The next lesson will continue with other persons of reflexive verbs.
Reflexive Verbs: The Core Concept
Irregular Reflexive Verbs
Reflexive Pronouns and Conjugation
Distinguishing Reflexive from Non-Reflexive Uses
The Tutor and Student reviewed Spanish present tense conjugation, focusing on regular and irregular verbs, and the formation of negative sentences. They practiced sentence construction, vocabulary related to everyday topics, and discussed cultural nuances in language use. The next lesson will cover adverbs of frequency.
Present Tense Regular Verb Conjugation
Irregular Verbs: The Case of 'Ser'
Question Formation in Spanish
Distinguishing 'Trabajar' and 'Funcionar'
Vocabulary: Money and Adverbs of Frequency
The session focused on Spanish grammar, starting with a review of the verb 'haber' and moving into the conjugation of regular verbs in the present tense to describe routines. The student also practiced using adverbs of frequency and temporal connectors to build more descriptive sentences, with the homework assignment involving sentence creation and using adverbs of frequency.
Regular Verb Conjugation in Present Tense
Adverbs of Frequency
Connecting Words/Sequencers
Preposition 'a' for Direction
The Tutor and Student reviewed irregular Spanish verbs with vowel changes, practicing conjugations and distinguishing between reflexive and quasi-reflexive verb meanings. They also discussed regional pronunciation differences and the nuanced uses of prepositions 'por' and 'para'. Homework or follow-up plans were not explicitly stated.
Irregular Verbs: Vowel Changes
Distinguishing 'Por' and 'Para'
Quasi-Reflexive Verbs
Regional Pronunciation Variations
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Vocabulary: Age and Life Stages
Prepositions of Time and Place
Past Participles
The Student and Tutor focused on practicing the Spanish "past of the past" tense (pluscuamperfecto) to express actions that occurred before other past actions. They worked on constructing sentences that chronologically ordered historical events and personal experiences. For homework, the Student was tasked with preparing examples of "first-time" experiences using the pluscuamperfecto for the next session.
El Pluscuamperfecto: The 'Past of the Past'
Sequencing Past Actions Chronologically
Expressing 'First-Time' Experiences (`Por Primera Vez`)
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