Spanish Language Classes for Medical Professionals and Healthcare providers at our at our Language Door School in the heart of the San Fernando Valley in Encino. Serving students in Burbank, Calabasas, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Tarzana and Woodland Hills California.

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Language Door San Fernando Valley offers small interactive Spanish Language classes for Medical Professionals and Healthcare Providers! Our comfortable, casual environment helps to make learning Spanish fun and convenient. We schedule our classes at times that work for busy adults. Enrich your life as you learn one language or learn many.

Please check the San Fernando Valley Weekly Class Schedule.

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Situated in a largely populated Spanish speaking area, Language Door San Fernando Valley is opening a new program dedicated to healthcare providers and to social services professionals that are looking to reach this particular community.

Medical Spanish classes at Language Door San Fernando Valley will help you:

• Understand and use a Spanish vocabulary of more than 2,500 general and medical terms
• Confidently interview patients, take histories, conduct physical exams, prescribe medication, and give follow-up instructions in Spanish
• Carry on spontaneous dialogues in Spanish using verbs in the past, present, future, and command forms
• Become more aware of major attitudinal differences between Latino and Anglo-American cultures and how they affect healthcare decisions

The program is divided into two (2) consecutive sessions. We use the McGraw-Hill's Complete Medical Spanish package that includes a textbook, 3 audio CDs and a booklet with 10 CME tests (Continuing Medical Examination tests).

Session I (chapters 1-5)

Topics:  greetings and introductions, body parts, chief complaint, vital signs, internal organs, common symptoms, pain, household items, telling time, pediatrics, emergency room, the family, illnesses, types of food, diet.

Grammar: the alphabet, gender and number of nouns, "what is this?",  "where is...?",  "what do you need?", numbers, question words, relative pronouns, prepositions, cognates, giving instructions, conjugation of regular  verbs, the verb "estar", the verb "ser", adjectives, expressing destination and future actions, present perfect and present progressive of verbs, indirect object pronouns, irregular -er and -ir verbs.

Session II (chapters 6-10)

Topics:  days of the week, months of the year, authority figures and home remedies, a physical exam, a neurological exam,  pap smear, giving directions, blood test, urine test, sputum test, skin tests, taking X rays, results and diagnosis, well-baby visit, ear infection, asthma attack, monthly breast self-examination, abdominal pain, at the dentist's, at the ophthalmologist's, dermatology, the pharmacy, herbal remedies, medicines, illnesses and symptoms by area.

Grammar: irregular verbs in present tense, imperative mood, key power verbs, present progressive, possessive adjectives, demonstrative adjectives, preterit tense, irregular verbs in preterit, reflexive verbs, direct object pronouns, etc.

If you would like to discuss material covered in these levels, contact us at our San Fernando Valley School.

Feedback from Our Students

"I have truly enjoyed this class. Most of the other individuals in the class had some background in Spanish, as I did; thus, it made learning easier. We were all at the same pace. Irma was wonderful- I can't say enough good things about her. She is patient and explains things well. She made sure everyone understood topic before moving on. Looking forward to beginner B!" - Spanish student at SFV Language Door School

"I am learning a lot and understanding the language much more than ever. Manuel [the teacher] makes things easier for me to learn.  Explaining things, breaks them down for me.  I enjoy the class.  He uses both English and Spanish and it accelerates my vocab, Tammy.

"Pascale is the best. We are so blessed to have had her in all our French class levels. She is a valuable asset to the Language Door school!." - Susan, SFV Language Door School

"Charina [the teacher] makes the course fun as we learn a new language. Great teacher and course," John.

"Very friendly and relaxed atmosphere, very conductive to learning. The small class environment makes for easy class participation. Manuel [the teacher] makes sure we understand before going on," David.

"Zhe shi yi ge hen hao de He! (Our Chinese class is very good!) Women de laoshi hen bàng! (Our teacher is the best in the world!)" - Ron, SFV Language Door School

"The class is great. I enjoy learning Spanish here. The small classes help and make it more personal. Manuel [the teacher] is excellent and very patient with students," Amelia.

"Absolutely wonderful. I love the class. I am learning mucho español. It is exceeding my expectation," Lori.

"Our teacher always comes prepared with interesting things to discuss and read in French. I like the diversity of the class work. We do some grammar, we do some reading from outside sources and we sometimes listen to songs in French. Francoise always keeps us interested (even at 9:00 at night after a hard day's work). She always encourages us to think in French and make it applicable to our lives. Enfin, she is an excellent teacher!" - Kathy, San Fernando Valley Language Door School

"I'm very pleased with the class. The teacher is very easy to understand," Carin.

""The course is very thorough. Consuelo [the teacher] paces the class well according to the students' understanding. Lots of verbal interaction, which is good!," Carly.

"This is a great class for adults. The format makes it easy to learn. It's challenging and fun. The textbook is great for learning to speak German in real life situations. Mr. Alkofer makes the class interesting as well as informative." - Leslie, San Fernando Valley Language Door School

"Armando [the teacher] is easy to understand and doesn't mind a lot of questions," Jeff.

"The course has been great. I feel I am learning a lot. Consuelo [the teacher] is a great instructor. Very fun!," Jasmine.

"Armando es inteligente, paciente, y simpático," Suzanne.

Language Description

Spanish, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages, is spoken as a first language by approximately 330 million people. Additionally, there are another 50 million people who speak Spanish as their second language.  Not only it is the official language of Spain (40 million speakers) and 19 Latin American countries but also one of the official languages of the United Nations. 

Further Information

For further information about San Fernando Valley Spanish classes in Encino, Los Angeles Spanish classes, San Diego Spanish classes or Orange County Spanish classes in Irvine, please follow the links on the navigation bar on the right. Thank you!

Learning a Language can be Fun

We currently offer the opportunity to learn Spanish, French, Chinese, English, Japanese, Arabic, Farsi, Korean and many more languages in language class programs at our San Fernando Valley Language Door School in Encino or our West Los Angeles Language Door School. Our comfortable, casual environment helps to make learning the language of your choice fun and convenient. We schedule our classes at times that work for busy adults. Enrich your life as you learn one language or learn many.