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 [...]
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Speak Shop links tutors, students around globe
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 March 9, 2009 |
‘Five places’ shares tips on language learning
Posted in Conversational Spanish, 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 February 22, 2009 |
San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 2009 By Susan Fornoff Judging from comments on last Sunday’s “Five Places” list of oceanfront hotels, readers want cheap options. “Outside of a campground for not-so-rich weirdos, where can you stay by the ocean for under $79 a night?” one asked. Another reader commented: “I know a really good seaside [...]
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 |
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 [...]
‘Speak Shop’ Explores New Way To Foreign Language Learning
Posted in Awards, Fair Trade, Spanish Lessons, Spanish Tutor, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, linkedin, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on October 29, 2007 |
OPB – News Radio BY KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL Portland, OR October 29, 2007 3:35 p.m. Listen to radio broadcast. Starting a new business is difficult at the best of times. But if you’re also trying to make that business altruistic, the job can be doubly difficult. One Oregon couple is using their computer — and friends [...]
Fair Trade Spanish
Posted in Fair Trade, Guatemala, Spanish Tutor, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, linkedin, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on July 1, 2007 |
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 [...]
Active Engagement: International education is helping to spread the benefits of social entrepreneurship across the globe
Posted in Conversational Spanish, 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 May 30, 2007 |
by Karen Leggett http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/IE_MayJun07_ActiveEngagement.pdf
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 |
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 [...]
