Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Spring/Summer 2025
Conversational French This course is specifically designed for students who can already communicate in French but sometimes have difficulty understanding and expressing complex topics and nuanced ideas. Refine your conversational skills when talking about daily activities, practice discussing more challenging topics (using the news, articles, books and movies extracts), build more vocabulary, and learn more complex, subtle grammar rules to become more confident and comfortable when talking or listening to native speakers.
PATRICIA (PATTY) NEIMAN , an educator with a rich multilingual and multicultural background, is passionate about fostering her students’ conversational skills and cultural appreciation of Italian, French, and Spanish. Neiman grew up in Italy, bilingual in Italian and French. She earned a BA in both French Language and Education, and later other post-graduate certificates. Soon after, she moved to Argentina, where she was immersed in the Spanish language and local culture. Since settling in the U.S., Patty has continued to inspire her foreign language students with her enthusiastic approach to language learning (see bio for “Beginner Spanish”). 6 Sessions, starting Thursday, April 24 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Westchester Reform Temple • Course 13332 • $215 8 Sessions, starting Thursday, June 12 Thursday, June 26 (no class 6/19, 7/3) • 11:00am-12:30pm • Westchester Reform Temple • Course 13365 • $280
Beginner German Willkommen! This class is for students with little or no background in German. Learn everyday vocabulary, pronunciation and simple phrases. Get the basics and start speaking conversational German. Purchase of a textbook may be required. CLAUDIA SCHWARTZ is a German native. She got her degree of Business and Economics at the University Siegen, Germany and completed an adult education micro teaching course at Westminster Kingsway College, UK. 10 Sessions, starting Tuesday, April 1 (no class 4/15) • 6:30pm-8:00pm • Zoom • Course 13147 • $360
Intermediate German Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Improve your German in a fun and relaxed environment. This class is for students who have taken the most recent intermediate German course as well as students who have an understanding of the past, present and future tense. Enhance your knowledge by expanding your vocabulary, continuing to learn essential grammar rules, and practicing everyday conversation. Purchase of a textbook may be required. ISABEL KOZMANN is a native German and Portuguese Language speaker. She was born and raised in Brazil from German parents and has lived in Munich, Germany. Kozmann has a Waldorf School Teaching degree for kindergarten and elementary school. She has worked as a German language teacher at the Language School in White Plains and at the Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge. 10 Sessions, starting Tuesday, April 22 (no class 6/10) • 10:00am-11:30am • Zoom • Course 13249 • $350
www.ScarsdaleAdultSchool.org • (914) 723-2325 or (914) 446-3731
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