Frequently-asked questions about
our Spanish courses in Boston
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Unless otherwise noted, all BASE courses, Spanish or other languages, last seven weeks.
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Weekly (one 90-minute class per week) and Semi-intensive (two 90-minute classes or one 3-hour class) courses are offered about every two months.
Less frequently (two or three times a year) we offer Intensive Immersion courses that meet more hours per week.
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The course schedule offerings are posted here.
Any of the course offerings could potentially run remotely or in-person depending on the registrations received.
On the registration, after having selected your desired schedule, you’ll be asked to let us know any and all additional schedule availability if any, or you’d otherwise indicate N/A.
There are times when a course is full (four to twelve students per group) and other times when the minimum number of enrolled students in a course has not been met, and a course does not end up running in that schedule.
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We offer both in-person and online courses. Any of the course offerings could potentially run remotely or in-person depending on the registrations received.
Registrants select “in-person only”, “online only”, or “either in-person or online” on the registration form.
We do not currently offer hybrid classes in which some participants attend remotely and others in person.
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Our in-person courses run at our Downtown Crossing location at 101 Arch St., steps from all subway lines.
If you pedal, there are ample bike racks and Blue Bike docking stations in the area.
If you need to drive, if you are lucky, you might find a 2-hr meter/spot. Post Office Square garage has $10 flat rates after 4pm. You can see additional parking options on our Contact Us page.
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Starting at $310 for a seven-week Weekly course (not per class), the tuition information on the BASE website is here. The tuition posted is for the entire course, not per class.
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We average about four or five participants per group. Some have less than average whereas some in-person classes may be up to twelve (or less depending on the classroom size). Online classes have a maximum of eight participants.
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If you prefer to not be placed in the first Básico course (Básico A Weekly or Básico A/B Semi-intensive), take BASE's Self-assessments to decide what course you need to take, let us know how it goes (or select the appropriate level on the registration form), and complete the Written Assessment if you need feedback.
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All courses focus on developing conversation skills. By the end of the following courses, students should have varying degrees of fluency using this level-specific material.
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En lo ideal, los recién habiendo completado Intermedio C o con relativa poca experiencia conversando en español formarían un curso Avanzado A, y los que han tomado varios cursos de nivel avanzado o cuentan con más experiencia y habilidades a la hora de conversar en español tomarían Avanzado B, C o Conversacional.
En realidad la disponibilidad de horario termina siendo el factor más prioritario, entonces hay una mezcla de los participantes para los cursos de nivel avanzado, por ende los nombres de los cursos resultan ser algo arbitrario. -
What if the course I signed up for doesn't end up running?
If a critical mass doesn’t come together for the course level, format (online or in-person) or schedule option/s indicated, even if starting a week later than planned, unless potential private classes or a credit for a future course would be of interest, a full refund would be issued as per these brief course terms.
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For the days you will be absent you can feel free to contact us to find out about any assignments. You would be welcome to at least observe a session of a course in another schedule in the same course period pending confirmed courses. If a course is full, you'd be welcome to sit and listen in as long as space allows. If the group isn't full, or if someone happens to be absent, you would be welcome to participate.
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If you’ve never taken classes with us before, and you’d like to get a taste, we currently have a seat available in some of these courses.
Feel free to let us know what might work, and we'll double check available seats.
You’re also welcome to read these comments from BASE students.
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You should receive a schedule confirmation e-mail by late in the day the Wednesday before courses begin. Please contact us if you do not receive one, and please make sure that BASE emails (from the domains spanishclassesboston.com and spanishboston.co) arrive to your inbox and not your spam folder.
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We offer Intensive Immersion courses a couple times a year.
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Yes, we offer private classes, as well as on-site classes for your organization or company.
We’ll be glad to forward a proposal with some options for your consideration if you could please complete the form on our Private Learning page to provide us the answers to a few questions pertaining any particulars we should know (i.e. background with the language, etc.), online only or the location for in-person (on-site [an exact address to determine travel time], or at BASE), the number of participants, the intensity (how many hours per week) and the duration (how many weeks), the dates, and the schedule (daytime only? any time?) you will be available.
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Portuguese course info is at portuguese.boston.
Mandarin Chinese course info is here.
Korean course info is here.
Russian course info is here.
Arabic course info is at arabic.boston.
The Haitian Creole course info is here.
Italian course info is here.
English course info is at englishboston.org.
Let us know if you're seeking to learn another language.
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Whereas we do not offer group programs for young children, private classes could be a consideration.
Our programs are continuing education opportunities for adult learners. Most teenagers who have attended our classes have benefitted just the same in such an environment.