This online, independent course is designed for teachers who want to build relationships with their Spanish-speaking students. Even very basic words and phrases in a student’s first language can be meaningful to the student and useful for the teacher. Each lesson includes demonstrated and practice pronunciation so teachers can confidently refer to any reference sources in the future. Students in this course will learn classroom-specific vocabulary in order to ask yes/no questions, make basic statements and inquiries, and offer short feedback and praise. Lesson themes include Greetings and Introductions, Praise and Encouragement, Likes and Interests, Opposites, Basic Classroom instructions, Addressing and Redirecting Behavior, Places in the School. Disclaimer: The Foreign Service Institute estimates an adult learner, with average aptitude, in an interactive and immersive class with 1-4 students, still needs 240 hours of training for basic or intermediate proficiency and 480-720 hours for advanced proficiency. This is not a conversational Spanish class nor a study of grammar. This class is designed to provide you with the basic skills to be understood and to understand in specific classroom situations.