Improving the Spanish language skills and Hispanic culture knowledge of English-speaking parents

Our client is a large school district in Southern California, with more than 40 schools in grades TK–12.

The district has a well-established Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program (English and Spanish) in more than 10 schools.

This program seeks to make students bilingual, bi-literate, and bicultural.

The district wants to support the English speaking parents of their DLI students, to enable them to better interact in Spanish with their children, by offering them Spanish classes.

In addition, these Spanish classes should include a strong cultural component, for parents to become more familiar with Hispanic culture.

The district was looking for a partner to support the Spanish learning of its English speaking parents, to provide online classes with schedule flexibility at a cost-effective price.

They decided to select Comligo because:

All Comligo’s teachers come from different Spanish-speaking countries,

Classes offered by Comligo are 100% live, promoting interaction and communication.

Comligo specializes in both Spanish language learning and Hispanic cultural immersion

Comligo crafted a custom Spanish for parents course, designed to boost their language proficiency while providing deeper exposure to Hispanic culture

Comligo taught the course to more than 250 parents. Classes were arranged according to the scheduling preferences and Spanish language level of the participants.

Comligo provided programs, teaching materials and resources (e.g., videos, podcasts) tailored to the Spanish level of the participants.

Comligo coordinated and arranged the course schedule, considering the scheduling needs of each participant.

Comligo provided individualized feedback to participants and a certificate of completion after the course.

Parents got a solid foundation of Spanish language skills with this course. They learnt to:

Recognize and use vocabulary for a range of everyday situations.

Understand and apply Spanish grammar functions: verbs, articles, adjectives…

Parents perfected their intercultural and communication skills. They learnt to:

Understand different dimensions of Hispanic culture, such as traditions, food, music…

Gaining an understanding of various aspects of Hispanic culture, such as traditions, food, and music.

Building tolerance and appreciation for cultural diversity through exposure to different Hispanic traditions.