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Pronto Spanish is the leader in offering online, occupational Spanish courses for a variety of industries, including Spanish for Health Care, Spanish for Educators, and Spanish for Construction. Pronto Spanish also publishes occupational and conversational Spanish workbooks, designed specifically for adult and continuing education students, for an interactive, student-centered classroom learning experience.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to assist people in learning practical, conversational and occupational Spanish skills. We help adult learners communicate in the Spanish language in an enjoyable, relaxed, effective and efficient manner.
Values Statement
Pronto Spanish believes that people can learn another language in an enjoyable, relaxed, and low-key atmosphere. Communication among people is the key to peace and harmony in the workplace and beyond, and language barriers can and should be broken down.
About Our Founders
Tara Bradley Williams, co-founder of Pronto Spanish and author of the Pronto Guides, ˇA Trabajar! and ˇA Conversar! series, has many years of Spanish teaching experience at the high school and community college levels. Through her teaching, she found that many students simply wanted to learn Spanish in an enjoyable way in order to communicate on a basic level without having to learn grammar rules taught in a traditional academic setting. Pronto Spanish was created just for these people.
Tara has a BA degree in Spanish and Sociology from St. Norbert College and a MA in Higher Education and Adult Studies from the University of Denver. She has studied Spanish at the Universidad de Ortega y Gasset, in Toledo, Spain and has lived and traveled extensively in Spain and Latin America.
James (Jim) S. Williams, co-founder of Pronto Spanish, has over 18 years of experience in the Information Technology field. He spent 10 years as a software engineer and the last 8 years as an instructor for Fortune 500 companies and colleges. Most recently, Jim chaired the Computer Science program at Herzing College in Madison, Wisconsin .
Jim has BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He enjoys teaching, learning, developing educational technology products, and playing basketball.
Jim and Tara reside near Madison, Wisconsin. Together, they enjoy camping, traveling, music, and adventures with their three children.
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