Coconino Community College - Flagstaff

This crash course is designed specifically for travelers and will help you become a confident and connected traveler, able to fully enjoy every experience in any Spanish-speaking destination. Why take this course?

Communication: Spanish is spoken in numerous countries around the world, so having basic knowledge of Spanish can facilitate communication with native speakers during a trip.

Security: In emergency or crisis situations being able to communicate in Spanish can be crucial to obtaining help, information, or medical assistance.

Cultural experience: Speaking Spanish allows travelers to immerse themselves more fully in the local culture, interact with the local population, and better understand customs, gastronomy, and other aspects of everyday life.

Instructor Manuel Balaguera is a Spanish as a Second Language Certified Educator from Colombia with over 11 years of teaching experience. His teaching philosophy is centered around communication and confidence, and he has a special passion for sharing the richness of Latin American culture. After teaching Spanish at an international school in the Boston area, Manuel and his partner relocated to Flagstaff, where she is from. Both lovers of cultural education and history, they co-founded an oral history museum in his hometown of Minca where they shared local culture with visitors from all over the world.

Class meets from 6 to 8 p.m. for four weeks on the following Mondays and Wednesdays: Oct. 27, 29, Nov. 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19.