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- Do you lack confidence speaking Spanish?
- Do you need to practise your Spanish?
- Do you want to pass a DELE Exam?

After many years overseas, both teaching and examining Spanish, I have returned to Spain and am available to share my extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of Spanish. I currently work as an Aviation, English and Spanish teacher in a school in Alicante where I have taught for some years.

My teaching approach is student-centred and communicative, where learning is a positive experience in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. All my students are encouraged to speak as much as possible to increase fluency. Professionalism, patience and a good sense of humour guaranteed!

All lesson materials are provided free of charge. I teach using a mixture of coursebook material , whiteboard presentations, listening activities, video clips and general speaking practice.

I'm available most days/evenings on Zoom, so let's see what we can achieve together.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.
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  • Gadgets0impacto, Calle Palangre, Alicante, Spain
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About Me
Hi all,

My name is Maria. I was born in Spain but lived in England for over 10 years.

I offer:
• Lessons tailored to your individual requirements
• All levels - Beginner onwards, Adults and Young Learners
• Cambridge English Exams (KET, PET, FIRST and CAE)
• English for Special Purposes: Business, Nursing, Aviation,Tourism
• Pronunciation
• Conversation class (max 4 students) in English, Spanish or Catalan
Education
- BA in English Studies
- MA in Teaching Secondary School (English)
- QTS
- CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Cambridge English. Recognition.
Experience / Qualifications
I have experience in teaching students from: China, USA, France, Italy, Spain, Romania, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, UAE, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia.
Age
Infants (0-3 years old)
Preschool children (4-6 years old)
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration
30 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes
90 minutes
120 minutes
The class is taught in
English
Spanish
Catalan
Skills
Spanish for adults
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12-16
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20-24
Aviation English is a type of English for specific purposes, in this case English used by aviation professionals such as cabin crew, pilots and air traffic controllers.

After many years overseas, both teaching and examining English, I have returned to Spain and am available to share my extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of English. I currently work as an Aviation teacher in a school in Alicante where I have taught for some years.

My teaching approach is student-centred and communicative, where learning is a positive experience in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. All my students are encouraged to speak as much as possible to increase fluency. Professionalism, patience and a good sense of humour guaranteed!

All lesson materials are provided free of charge. I teach using a mixture of coursebook material , whiteboard presentations, listening activities, video clips and general speaking practice.

Classes are for people aged 18 years old and above. I'm available most days/ evenings on Zoom, so let's see what we can achieve together.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.
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Please bare in mind that my availability varies according to the slots reserved by the students.

I started my career as an English language teacher in 2008 and soon became very passionate about language learning and teaching. This culminated in a Masters degree in second-language acquisition and a CELTA Certificate from Dundee College. I specialised in Trinity and Cambridge exams and also in conversational English for practical and everyday use.

After many years overseas, both teaching and examining English, I have returned to Spain and am available to share my extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of English. I currently work as an Aviation teacher in a school in Alicante where I have taught for some years.

My teaching approach is student-centred and communicative, where learning is a positive experience in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. All my students are encouraged to speak as much as possible to increase fluency. Professionalism, patience and a good sense of humour guaranteed!

All lesson materials are provided free of charge. I teach using a mixture of coursebook material , whiteboard presentations, listening activities, video clips and general speaking practice.

While my classes are 100% in English, I can also speak Spanish and some Italian words. This gives me a real insight as to why students make certain mistakes, and how to best avoid them. I really enjoy teaching and helping people improve and grow in confidence.

We all learn at different paces and in different ways. My job is to give you the tools to learn and enjoy the process. Are you ready?
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Maria-Ioana
English: 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Buenas, que lo que! I'm Maria - a Romanian girl who grew up in the UK. I've come to consider English my first/native language and Spanish a close second. I know the struggle of learning a language later in life. When I was around 14, a friend of mine introduced me to reggaeton. I quickly fell in love with the genre and...the more music I listened to, the more I wanted to understand. 6 years, great friendships and a crazy year traveling solo around Latin America later, I've managed to reach an advanced level in Spanish (about C1) and am now settling down in Alicante, wishing to help others like me go from just listening to actually connecting with others.

Who these lessons are best for:
Given my background of teaching tourists and nomads, I have experience teaching adults, but I am open to adapting the teaching - in terms of vocabulary and context - for any age group.
I teach right from beginner and get you up to B2 (A1 --> B2).
Lessons will focus on listening and speaking, with vocabulary and verb tense sheets made for you to repeat and work on memorization and spelling after class. Hence, I'd recommend this more for people who wish to communicate naturally as they travel, socialize or work rather than those looking for passive lectures training reading and writing alone.
I only ask you to be genuine about learning and to try to fight that urge to switch to English the moment it gets hard - I'm here to help you.

Lesson Structure:
Our first session will be somewhat slower-paced as I wish to take the time to get to know you, pinpoint whereabouts you are in terms of both comprehension and expression, and learn of your goals. If there is any particular context in which you aim to use Spanish, I want to adapt my lessons to that. We can get into practicing as soon after and as much as you feel comfortable.
Subsequent lessons will be largely conversation and practice-based. Please don't worry if you know only a few words coming in! I believe in building confidence in speaking from day one as this tends to be what lags most behind and what takes the longest to develop and I want to help you do just that.
I will be providing prompts and real-life scenarios and letting the conversation flow from there for speaking and using comprehensible input (a technique that teaches you unfamiliar terms through familiar contexts) for listening.
I will help you fill any missing vocab or uncertainty in as you go along, where appropriate.
I will provide opportunities for active recall to help you retain these pointers.
I will take notes of these as we go and provide you with a full sheet of vocabulary, verb tenses, uses and examples of any phrasal verbs, idioms and slang, and grammar notes by the end of the following day.
Lessons are to be online or in a quiet café, library or park we agree on or a home-visit if you are close to the city center and would prefer.

Feel free to send a message and see if we're the right fit or ask if unsure about anything!

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Español: 🇪🇸🇵🇷🇨🇴
Buen día, que lo que! Soy Maria - una chica rumana que creció en el Reino Unido. He llegado a considerar el inglés como mi lengua materna y al español como un segundo idioma muy cercano. Sé lo difícil que es aprender un idioma cuando ya no eres niño. Bueno, pues, porqué estoy aquí? A ver... cuando tenía unos 14 años, un amigo me introdujo al reggaetón. Rápidamente me enamoré del género y... mientras más escuchaba esta música, más quería entenderla. Seis años, grandes amistades y un año increíble viajando sola por América Latina después, le logrado un nivel avanzado en el español (C1) y ahora me estoy instalando en Alicante y deseo ayudar a otros en el mismo viaje que me ha brindado muchas oportunidades y felicidad.

Para quién recomendaría estas lecciones:
Cuento con experiencia enseñando a adultos, pero estoy abierta a cambiar mi forma de enseñar - en términos de vocabulario y contexto a otras edades también.
Enseño desde el principio de principios y te ayudo a llegar al nivel intermedio alto (A1 al B2).
Lecciones se enfocan en si principalmente en las habilidades de comprensión y expresión oral, aunque crearé paginas personalizadas con el vocabulario y tiempos verbales después de la clase. Así que ... recomendaría esto más para personas que quieran comunicarse con otros de forma natural (sea para socializar, viajar o trabajar) que para aquellos buscando lecturas pasivas o entrenamiento duro en lo que se trata de leer y escribir.
Lo único que pido es tener un interés genuino e intentar luchar contra esta necesidad de cambiar al inglés el momento en cual se pone más complicado - estoy aquí para ayudarte.

Plan/structura de las lecciones:
Nuestra primera lección tendrá un ritmo más suave ya que quiero tomar el tiempo para conocerte, averiguar por dónde estás en términos de hablar, escuchar y leer, y comprender tus objetivos aquí. Si hay una razón en particular por la cual quieres aprender el español, quiero conocerla para adapter mis lecciones a esta. Hablaremos en español tanto como puedas desde el primero día, adaptando el porcentaje según te sientas cómodo.
Las próximas clases serán en gran parte basadas en conversación basada en situaciones reales y en temas clave. Porfa, que no se preocupan incluso si solo hablen unas pocas palabras al empezar! Creo mucho en que hay que ir ganando confianza hablando desde el día nr.1 ya que este aspecto suele quedarse atrás y toma la mayor cantidad de tiempo para desarrollar y quiero mucho ayudarte hacer exactamente esto.
-- Compartiré temas para conversar y escenarios de la vida real y dejar que la conversación fluya desde allá (cuando se trata de hablar) y usar 'comprehensible input' (una técnica que te enseña palabras desconocidas por medio de un contexto conocido) cuando se trata de escuchar.
-- Te ayudaré a llenar cualquier vacío de vocabulario y responder a dudas con la gramático cuando sea adecuado.
-- Incluiré pruebas y actividades de recuerdo activo para ayudarte a retener los puntos clave.
-- Tomaré notas de estas a medida que avancemos para entregarte una ficha completa con vocabulario, tiempos verbales, usos y ejemplos de verbos compuestos, jerga y notas de gramática antes del final del día siguiente.
Las clases pueden ser en línea, en un café tranquilo, en la biblioteca o en un parque o al domicilio si estás cerca del centro de la ciudad y lo prefieres.

Escríbeme un mensaje sin compromiso para ver si hacemos el equipo ideal o por si te quedó alguna duda de la descripción!
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Maria-Ioana
English: 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Buenas, que lo que! I'm Maria - a Romanian girl who grew up in the UK. I've come to consider English my first/native language and Spanish a close second. I know the struggle of learning a language later in life. When I was around 14, a friend of mine introduced me to reggaeton. I quickly fell in love with the genre and...the more music I listened to, the more I wanted to understand. 6 years, great friendships and a crazy year traveling solo around Latin America later, I've managed to reach an advanced level in Spanish (about C1) and am now settling down in Alicante, wishing to help others like me go from just listening to actually connecting with others.

Who these lessons are best for:
Given my background of teaching tourists and nomads, I have experience teaching adults, but I am open to adapting the teaching - in terms of vocabulary and context - for any age group.
I teach right from beginner and get you up to B2 (A1 --> B2).
Lessons will focus on listening and speaking, with vocabulary and verb tense sheets made for you to repeat and work on memorization and spelling after class. Hence, I'd recommend this more for people who wish to communicate naturally as they travel, socialize or work rather than those looking for passive lectures training reading and writing alone.
I only ask you to be genuine about learning and to try to fight that urge to switch to English the moment it gets hard - I'm here to help you.

Lesson Structure:
Our first session will be somewhat slower-paced as I wish to take the time to get to know you, pinpoint whereabouts you are in terms of both comprehension and expression, and learn of your goals. If there is any particular context in which you aim to use Spanish, I want to adapt my lessons to that. We can get into practicing as soon after and as much as you feel comfortable.
Subsequent lessons will be largely conversation and practice-based. Please don't worry if you know only a few words coming in! I believe in building confidence in speaking from day one as this tends to be what lags most behind and what takes the longest to develop and I want to help you do just that.
I will be providing prompts and real-life scenarios and letting the conversation flow from there for speaking and using comprehensible input (a technique that teaches you unfamiliar terms through familiar contexts) for listening.
I will help you fill any missing vocab or uncertainty in as you go along, where appropriate.
I will provide opportunities for active recall to help you retain these pointers.
I will take notes of these as we go and provide you with a full sheet of vocabulary, verb tenses, uses and examples of any phrasal verbs, idioms and slang, and grammar notes by the end of the following day.
Lessons are to be online or in a quiet café, library or park we agree on or a home-visit if you are close to the city center and would prefer.

Feel free to send a message and see if we're the right fit or ask if unsure about anything!

--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Español: 🇪🇸🇵🇷🇨🇴
Buen día, que lo que! Soy Maria - una chica rumana que creció en el Reino Unido. He llegado a considerar el inglés como mi lengua materna y al español como un segundo idioma muy cercano. Sé lo difícil que es aprender un idioma cuando ya no eres niño. Bueno, pues, porqué estoy aquí? A ver... cuando tenía unos 14 años, un amigo me introdujo al reggaetón. Rápidamente me enamoré del género y... mientras más escuchaba esta música, más quería entenderla. Seis años, grandes amistades y un año increíble viajando sola por América Latina después, le logrado un nivel avanzado en el español (C1) y ahora me estoy instalando en Alicante y deseo ayudar a otros en el mismo viaje que me ha brindado muchas oportunidades y felicidad.

Para quién recomendaría estas lecciones:
Cuento con experiencia enseñando a adultos, pero estoy abierta a cambiar mi forma de enseñar - en términos de vocabulario y contexto a otras edades también.
Enseño desde el principio de principios y te ayudo a llegar al nivel intermedio alto (A1 al B2).
Lecciones se enfocan en si principalmente en las habilidades de comprensión y expresión oral, aunque crearé paginas personalizadas con el vocabulario y tiempos verbales después de la clase. Así que ... recomendaría esto más para personas que quieran comunicarse con otros de forma natural (sea para socializar, viajar o trabajar) que para aquellos buscando lecturas pasivas o entrenamiento duro en lo que se trata de leer y escribir.
Lo único que pido es tener un interés genuino e intentar luchar contra esta necesidad de cambiar al inglés el momento en cual se pone más complicado - estoy aquí para ayudarte.

Plan/structura de las lecciones:
Nuestra primera lección tendrá un ritmo más suave ya que quiero tomar el tiempo para conocerte, averiguar por dónde estás en términos de hablar, escuchar y leer, y comprender tus objetivos aquí. Si hay una razón en particular por la cual quieres aprender el español, quiero conocerla para adapter mis lecciones a esta. Hablaremos en español tanto como puedas desde el primero día, adaptando el porcentaje según te sientas cómodo.
Las próximas clases serán en gran parte basadas en conversación basada en situaciones reales y en temas clave. Porfa, que no se preocupan incluso si solo hablen unas pocas palabras al empezar! Creo mucho en que hay que ir ganando confianza hablando desde el día nr.1 ya que este aspecto suele quedarse atrás y toma la mayor cantidad de tiempo para desarrollar y quiero mucho ayudarte hacer exactamente esto.
-- Compartiré temas para conversar y escenarios de la vida real y dejar que la conversación fluya desde allá (cuando se trata de hablar) y usar 'comprehensible input' (una técnica que te enseña palabras desconocidas por medio de un contexto conocido) cuando se trata de escuchar.
-- Te ayudaré a llenar cualquier vacío de vocabulario y responder a dudas con la gramático cuando sea adecuado.
-- Incluiré pruebas y actividades de recuerdo activo para ayudarte a retener los puntos clave.
-- Tomaré notas de estas a medida que avancemos para entregarte una ficha completa con vocabulario, tiempos verbales, usos y ejemplos de verbos compuestos, jerga y notas de gramática antes del final del día siguiente.
Las clases pueden ser en línea, en un café tranquilo, en la biblioteca o en un parque o al domicilio si estás cerca del centro de la ciudad y lo prefieres.

Escríbeme un mensaje sin compromiso para ver si hacemos el equipo ideal o por si te quedó alguna duda de la descripción!
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