Beginning Spanish for the Ag Community

Spanish for Farmers

Embark on a 12-week Spanish language course customized to support your work in the agriculture and food systems fields. Genuine Skagit Valley has teamed up with Bellingham-based ¡Salud! instructor, Silvia Torres, to offer our Skagit community an opportunity to learn Spanish specifically tailored for farmers. This Beginning Spanish course is open to only 10 students, and conveniently offered during the lunch hour via Zoom on Tuesdays.

¡Salud! Spanish Programs has been offering quality language instruction for over 17 years – both locally and nationally. Registrants can request an in-person class option; should more than half the class do so, accommodations can be made depending on instructor availability. The price includes 12 weeks of instruction, your workbook package, and all audio files. The classes run from every Tuesday, November 12th until February 11th from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. There is no class on 12/24 or 12/31.

PHASE I – Fundamentals of Spanish language (8 weeks)

Greetings, conversational phrases, essential vocabulary and verbs. Includes digital workbook, exercises and online study sets

PHASE II – Workplace customization (4 weeks)

Workplace vocabulary, phrases and jargon in agriculture. Simulation, role play and dramatization

About your instructor

Silvia Torres is a native Spanish Speaker, having grown up in Peru and spent half her life on the East coast. She has an M.B.A. from the University of Rochester, and along with partnering with ¡Salud! Spanish Programs, she runs a private marketing consulting business.

Register for Beginning Spanish for the Ag Community

To register please email Blake Van Roekel at info@genuineskagitvalley.com or call 503.753.1655. Registration closes on 11/8.