Skype Blog, April 13, 2009 by Howard Wolinsky Back in 1998, Clay Cooper took an immersion Spanish class in Antigua, Guatemala. He was impressed with the effectiveness of the method. But he told me he was stunned to discover that his tutor, a university-educated man, lived in poverty. He told me that the tutors were [...]
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Oregon firm offers lecciones de español via Skype video
Posted in Guatemala, Spanish Tutor, tagged Learn Spanish, spanish tutor, learn spanish online, online spanish, to learn spanish, spanish lessons online, Conversational Spanish, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, spanish grammar on April 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Interactive web-based language courses provide extra income for Guatemalans
Posted in Guatemala, Spanish Lessons, Spanish Tutor, tagged Learn Spanish, spanish tutor, learn spanish online, online spanish, to learn spanish, spanish lessons online, Conversational Spanish, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, spanish grammar on April 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Ode Magazine, April 2009 By Jill Replogle Twice a week, Margo Griffin, who lives in Denver, Colorado, has a one-on-one Spanish lesson with her teacher, Mayra Juárez, who lives miles and miles away, in Antigua, Guatemala. Both attend from the comfort of their homes via the Internet, a webcam and an innovative socially responsible business [...]
Speak Shop links tutors, students around globe
Posted in Fair Trade, Guatemala, Spanish Lessons, Spanish Tutor, tagged Learn Spanish, spanish tutor, learn spanish online, online spanish, to learn spanish, spanish lessons online, Conversational Spanish, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, spanish grammar on March 9, 2009 | Comments Off
The Miami Herald, March 09, 2009 By Jill Replogle Twice a week Margo Griffin, who lives in Denver, Colo., has a one-on-one Spanish class with her tutor, Mayra Juárez, who lives in Antigua. Both attend the class from the comfort of their own homes via Internet, webcam and an innovative business called Speak Shop. Offering [...]
Learning Spanish via webcam a fair trade for all
Posted in Guatemala, Spanish Lessons, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on February 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Lisa Monforton, Calgary Herald Published: Saturday, February 21, 2009 Hablas espanol? I can’t count the number of times of I’ve gone to Mexico and vow the next time I return, I’ll be able to converse with a cabbie or utter more than “Cerveza, por favor.” Night classes or Spanish for Dummies DVDs can be helpful but [...]
Web exchange spreads language, and good will
Posted in Fair Trade, Guatemala, Spanish Lessons, Spanish Tutor, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on January 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Lowell Sun, January 24, 2009 By Bridge Scrimenti The sound of Spanish vocabulary and laughter echo around Kerri Piette’s kitchen table. Each week Piette takes Spanish lessons from Leonor Chivichón. However, Piette lives in Carlisle and Chivichón in Guatemala. The two women connect through Speak Shop, a business that offers Spanish lessons from native speakers [...]
Fair Trade Spanish
Posted in Fair Trade, Guatemala, Spanish Tutor, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on July 1, 2007 | Comments Off
Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2007 By Laila Weir How Speak Shop uses the Web to help teachers earn more and students pay less. When Michael Parker sits down to his private Spanish tutoring sessions, he pays his teacher $8 per hour, which is much less than the $25 per hour he was previously paying [...]
T-bird Couple Connects Tutors and Students
Posted in Guatemala, Spanish Tutor, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on April 10, 2006 | Comments Off
This article was written by Wendy Perkins and appeared in the spring 2006 issue of “Thunderbird” magazine. The seed was planted in the winter of 1998, when Clay Cooper ’00 traveled to Antigua, a beautiful, historic city in Guatemala, to soak up some culture and learn Spanish at an immersion school. the experience opened his [...]
Speak the Language
Posted in Guatemala, Spanish Lessons, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on March 31, 2006 | Comments Off
Adoptive Families March/April 2006 Here’s a chance to learn Spanish by speaking one-on-one with tutors in Guatemala – without even leaving your living room. Speak Shop enables students around the world to take personalized Spanish lessons on their computer via videoconferencing, allowing for instant audio and visual feedback. At $5 to $6 per session, Speak [...]
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- Learn Spanish Online by taking a Spanish Course at http://www.SpeakShop.com. Study Spanish and Speak Spanish with a Spanish teacher in Guatemala.------------------20 hours ago
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