Course Description: COSSI Group B Language Lab: Beginning High-Intermediate Low

This blended level course is for students who have been introduced to, and have a working knowledge of the present tense This course will provide a thorough and extensive review of the Present Tense only, practice of -AR, -ER & -IR verbs, introduction of stem-changing verbs, Ser & Estar, "Tener + que + infinitive ", and "Ir + a + infinitive." It will introduce reflexive verbs and pronouns, and introduction of the imperfect tense. There will be an emphasis on vocabulary development, communication strategies, and oral proficiency. Group B will be taught using 70%-90% comprehensible Spanish at this level.

Course Resources
COSSI Workbooks
COSSI 2025 Weekly Schedule (PDF Document)

Course Details: (seats remaining)

Schedule:

Every day, starting on 06/23/25 and ending on 06/26/25

Times:

08:30am-05:00pm PDT

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Price:

Class Price : $699.00

Additional Course Information

Language Labs are 8:30-11 am and 4:15-5 pm daily. Cultural electivo and Conversation groups are 12:30-4 pm daily. Keynote speaker is Thursday, 6/26, 4:15-6 pm. Refund Policy: A full refund will be issued to COSSI students who cancel by 5:00pm on June 9, 2025.
A 50% refund be issued for those cancelling between 5:01pm on June 9 to 5:00pm on June 16, 2025.
- No refunds for those cancelling after 5:00pm on June 16, 2025.

Instructors

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Janet Gesme

Biography: Janet Gesme is a musician, translator, teacher, wife and mother of two. She earned her Bachelors in Viola Performance from the University of Missouri in 1995 and a Masters in German from Portland State University in 2013. She has played in orchestras across the United States and now makes her home in Bend, Oregon. German, Russian, Spanish, French, Hungarian and Korean are among the languages that she enjoys speaking, reading and translating. She feels blessed to have had the opportunity to translate Christopher Schacht's "Around the World on 50 Bucks" and Martin Schleske's "The Sound of Life's Unspeakable Beauty."

Facility Detail

COCC Redmond Technology Education Center

RTEC 127

2324 SE College Loop

Redmond, OR 97756

Cancellation Policy

Students must cancel by contacting our office via phone: (541) 383-7270 or email: ceinfo@cocc.edu. Cancellations received 5 days prior to the start of the class will receive a full refund. Full refunds are also issued for classes cancelled by COCC. Refunds will be issued back to your card or in the form of a check and mailed within two weeks of the cancellation date if paid by check or cash. Failure to participate in a course or program does not result in a refund. Exceptions to the general refund policy are noted in the course descriptions on our website and in the printed schedule. If you have any questions, please call us at (541) 383-7270.