Craig Klein Dexemple

Craig is a native Spanish speaker from Colombia, South America. He was born and raised in Cúcuta, a city near the Venezuelan border. His family has always been involved in education. Craig’s father was a college professor and his mother ran her own private elementary school in Colombia for over 30 years.

Craig has a Bachelor’s in Spanish and a Master’s in Spanish Literature. He is also a certified Spanish teacher in the state of Iowa. Teaching Spanish is his life and passion, and this comes across in his lessons and correspondence. He is passionate about teaching the Spanish language and has created unique comprehensible input lessons which incorporate music, literature, games, videos, culture and storytelling, all using simple, real and comprehensible Spanish.

His goal is to allow students to acquire a second language through the senses and comprehensible input. Acquisition takes place when students focus on the message and not on the form of the message. When students are able to produce meaningful language without thinking about rules, but just by knowing that everything they say or write sounds right, that’s when you know that language acquisition has taken place.

He is among the founding members of Acento Latino, a collective of independent Latin American authors who craft easy-to-read stories for Spanish language learners.

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