The Spanish class I took at El Taller was
the most stimulating classroom experience
I have had in many years. Your classes are
not just about language, but about culture
and real-life communication. William
Neimark, Taller Spanish student
If you think the purpose of
language is to communicate...
If you think grammar should
help you to understand the
language and not alienate you
from it; if, above all, you think
language study can be fun,
informal and even irreverent,
then you must have studied
at El Taller. Grace Paley, author
About Spanish Idioms
Spanish, like English, has many colorful idioms. An
idiom is an expression that cannot be understood by
simply translating the meaning of individual words.
Here are some examples:
Registration Form Detach and mail
with payment to:
The Latin American Workshop
PO Box 1262 Cathedral Station
New York NY 10025
Level check one:
A otro perro con ese hueso.
Meaning You’re putting me on.
Literally To another dog with that bone.
INT
ADV
Days + Time (e.g. M/W 6PM)
Start Date
Class Number
Antes que te cases mira lo que haces.
Meaning Look before you leap.
Literally Before you marry, look at what you do.
El hijo de la gata, ratones mata.
Meaning Like father, like son.
Literally The son of the cat kills mice.
Entrada de caballo, salida de burro.
Payment is enclosed
charge my card check one:
Tener más lana que un borrego.
Name Meaning To have money to burn.
Literally To have more wool than a lamb.
Address El Taller Latino Americano
teaches Spanish not by
text, but by sound, intution
and uproarious debate.
Yo tengo una tía que toca la guitarra.
The Village Voice, October 1987
Meaning To powder one’s nose.
Literally To go where the king goes alone.
Meaning What’s that got to do with the price of tea
in China?
Literally I have an aunt that plays the guitar.
Ir a donde el rey va solo.
Visa
Expiration Date
El Taller saved my butt!....The residency
[program] sent me to....Dartmouth for a
10- day immersion Spanish program, but it
was nothing compared to the education I
got from you in twice weekly classes for 4
months. Ava Moskin, Medical student
Meaning There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
Literally Everyone has their own way to kill fleas.
Master
card Number
Signature
Cada quien tiene su manera de matar pulgas.
$
write level and start date+time of class on check
Meaning Don’t start something you can’t finish.
Literally Enter on horseback, leave on a donkey.
New classes start every month
Check out the schedule at
www.tallerlatino.org
BEG
Email
home phone cell/Work phone Company I heard about El Taller from
a friend
Yellow Pages
an advertisement
flier online search engine
attended Taller event
other
I am interested in volunteering with El Taller
LeaRn
Spanish
What is El Taller?
Learn to speak
and to
understand
.
.
.
.
Emphasis on
conversation
Small groups
Focus on Latin
America
Explore music,
art, poetry,
culture
.
2710 Broadway 3rd Floor, New York NY www.tallerlatino.org
E
l Taller Latino Americano (The Latin
American Workshop) is an arts and
education organization founded in 1979
to bridge the distance between Latin
Americans and North Americans through
the language of art and the art of language. Located
in a loft space on Broadway and West 104th Street,
El Taller a varied menu of arts programming and
language classes that seek not only to entertain
and educate, but to gather together culturally and
linguistically mixed audiences on the common
ground of creativity.
El Taller’s conversation-focused Spanish classes
have been recognized by the Village Voice, The Daily
News and thousands of satisfied students as among
the best and most effective in the city. Montefiore,
Columbia Presbyterian, New York Downtown Hospitals
as well as Children’s Television Workshop and the
New York Public Library are among the public service
organizations that have entrusted El Taller with the
Spanish language training of their staffs.
Payment + Policies
TO REGISTER for a class, pre-pay full tuition and
submit with a completed registration form. Payment
may be made in cash, money order or check
(made payable to El Taller Latino Americano) or
MasterCard/Visa. Returned checks fee is $20.
REFUNDS If you inform us before the 2nd class
meeting that you do not wish to continue, we
will cheerfully refund your tuition, minus a $25
administrative fee.
MAKE–UP CLASSES You may make up a maximum
of 2 of your regularly scheduled classes by
El Taller also has a 22-year history of being the
New York hub for musicians from all over the
Americas. Artistic Director Bernardo Palombo is
a composer, performer and impresario who has
brought some of the greatest names in American
music to El Taller including: Mercedes Sosa,
Philip Glass, David Byrne, Leon Gieco, Atahualpa
Yupanqui, Grupo Aymara, Conjunto Libre, The
Soldier String Quartet, Pete Seeger, Luis Días,
and Larry Harlow. Our goal is not only to present
the best in Latin music, but also to encourage a
mixture of musical traditions that results in new
collaborations and truly new music.
Spanish at El Taller
O
ur Spanish Language School offers
Spanish language classes at all levels
to encourage cross-cultural dialogue in
our community. Our acoustic method
of Spanish instruction gets students
speaking right away. Originated by Palombo and
developed over 30 years of teaching, this approach
is unique to El Taller and continues to be developed
and refined in the living laboratory of our classes.
Sound and dialogue are the basis of this method,
which gets students communicating in Spanish
quicker than they ever thought possible.
Typically, beginning and intermediate classes
divide each class in two parts: the first is dedicated
to grammar exposition and verb drills in “call and
response” format, while the second part focuses on
developing conversational ability. Useful idiomatic
phrases, a vocabulary of the most-used verbs and
Latin American idiom and social customs will be
emphasized. Students are encouraged to bring their
questions and individual concerns to the class.
during the same semester period. Schedule make-
To find out more about Spanish language classes,
events and volunteer opportunities, contact us:
up classes with El Taller’s office in advance. For the
By phone (212) 665 9460
sake of your own progress, we encourage you to plan
By email [email protected]
attending classes at your level held at other times,
to attend all classes with your own group.
Online www.tallerlatino.org