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Piloting with Mercersburg Academy Spanish 1
How it works
Assign homework Topics for Day 1 of Unit 1 Présente-toi自我介绍Presentatiअपना परिचय दोApresente-seРасскажи о себеStel jezelf voorIntroduce yourself Ma famille我的家庭La mia famigliaमेरा परिवारMinha famíliaМоя семьяMijn familieMy family Mon école我的学校La mia scuolaमेरा स्कूलMinha escolaМоя школаMijn schoolMy school + 2 more Due Mon, before class Assign
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You pick a topic.
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The tutor opens it, then builds on what students say.
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The conversation keeps going, with gentle fixes.
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Short answers grow into real conversations.
See who spoke, in the class language, and for how long.
Spanish 1 – Period 2 Sample class
HomeworkResultsUnits
Day 1 of Unit 1 · due Mon seconds spoken another language only skipped or not reached –not on this student’s list pendingnot analyzed yet
Student Topic 1Topic 2Topic 3Topic 4Topic 5 Sofía M. 5.9s 5.8s – 4.2s 6.1s Diego R. pending 3.4 s – 4.4s 2.9s pending Amara O. – 4.8s 3.8s 5.5s 4.0s Noah B. 2.7s 3.1s 3.6s – Lucía P. 6.4s 5.2s 4.9s – 3.3s
Sofía M. · Topic 1×
Topic Preséntate What was said Me llamo Sofía. Soy alta, but a little shy. ¡Mucho gusto, Sofía! Se dice: un poco tímida. ¿Eres artística? Sí, soy artística. Speaking time5.9 s Speaking time in English1.9 s The whole class. Much less than a textbook.
$10
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$1k
$10k
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Cost per student, per year
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student
A few
Whole
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Private tutor$450–1,800
Immersion$1,300–11,000
Gakimas Sources
- Private tutor, $450–1,800 a student. One hour a week for 30 weeks (our assumption; a school year is about 36), at $15–60 an hour, online to in person. Preply, tutoring rates · Preply, online and in person · Thumbtack
- Immersion, $1,300–11,000 a student. A camp in the US: Concordia Language Villages, $1,290–1,440 for one week to $5,985 for four weeks with high-school credit (2027 rates). A summer abroad: 3–4 week high-school programs in Spain, $7,075–10,898. Some charge flights on top. Concordia Language Villages · CIEE · The Experiment · AFS · YFU
- A textbook, $112–215. The list price of one Spanish 1 student edition with digital access. The cheapest, $112.44, is Vista's Descubre Level 1: a hardcover plus 24 months online. A school may use one book for several years. Vista, Descubre 1 · McGraw Hill, ¡Así se dice! 1 · Wayside, EntreCulturas 1 · Vista price list, Senderos 1 (PDF)
- The chart. Left to right is cost per student per year on a log scale: each line is ten times the one before. Back to front is who it reaches, not to scale.
One student, one year.
A year of Gakimas for one student costs less than 13 slices of pizza ($49.53 at about $3.81 each), which cost less than one textbook at $112 or more.
Where these prices come from
- A textbook, $112–215. The list price of one Spanish 1 student edition with digital access. The cheapest, $112.44, is Vista's Descubre Level 1: a hardcover plus 24 months online. A school may use one book for several years. Vista, Descubre 1 · McGraw Hill, ¡Así se dice! 1 · Wayside, EntreCulturas 1 · Vista price list, Senderos 1 (PDF)
- Spanish: 17 churros, $51.00. $3 for a churro at El Moro, Los Angeles. Time Out, Feb 6 2026
- French: 10 croissants, $50.00. $5 for a croissant on Le Pain Quotidien’s US menus (NY, CT, FL, LA). Le Pain Quotidien menu, Sep 2026
- Chinese: 27 soup dumplings, $49.95. $1.85 each: Din Tai Fung’s soup dumplings are $18.50 for 10. TouringPlans, Aug 1 2026
- German: 11 soft pretzels, $51.92. About $4.72 each: Auntie Anne’s values 53 Original Pretzels at “over $250” (the division is ours). GoTo Foods, Apr 16 2026
- Italian: 13 slices of pizza, $49.53. $3.81, the median New York plain slice. Gothamist, Dec 29 2025
- Japanese: 7 California rolls, $48.72. $6.96, the average California roll across 23 Queens restaurants. Eater, Oct 5 2023
- Portuguese: 25 pastéis de nata, $50.00. About $2 at Massachusetts South Coast Portuguese bakeries ($3.50 to $6 in Boston). Boston Globe, May 27 2025
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gakimas Homework Your tutor talks through each topic with you, out loud. Day 1 of Unit 1 Due Mon Start Day 2 of Unit 1 Due Wed Start
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Topic 1 of 5 PreséntatePrésente-toiStell dich vorPresentatiApresente-se
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