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Dear student,
My name is Mónica. I am from Madrid, Spain.
Would you like to learn Spanish in a fun way, different from the traditional one? If so, welcome!
HOW AM I AS A TEACHER?
See how my daughter has learned numbers, additions, handwriting, sight words and how to read in Spanish and English with me. Fun and creativity are the foundations of her learning. Besides, I channel her learning via her interests as a child: art works, games, stickers, stories, play dough and so on.
I apply the same principles (fun, creativity and interests) to language teaching for teenagers and adults.
WE LEARN WHEN WE ENJOY WHAT WE STUDY!!!!
ABOUT ME
MY METHODOLOGY
I follow active learning and student-centred methodologies (the Task-Based and Action-Oriented approaches). The emphasis is put on performing tasks and on learner’s autonomy as you, as a student, will learn Spanish by doing things with the language.
A task is any activity of real life (writing an email or a Whatsapp, buying clothes in a shop, renting a car, ordering food in a restaurant, asking for information, reading a digital newspaper…) but carried out in class. This means that my lessons are focused on doing things with the language (using grammar and vocabulary in context) so that you can face communicative situations in real life. The emphasis is placed on acquiring communicative competence, not on studying grammar or memorising long vocabulary lists by rote learning, which is quite boring.
I design activities for adults and for teenagers. I can create activities to match your interests, needs, tastes and how you learn.
My activities aim at learning Spanish in a natural way, as children do. Books are mainly focused on teaching formal language, but we, native, use colloquial language in our day to day. This everyday language is not shown in books, but, if you do not know it, you will not be able to engage in conversation in a natural way. I want you to learn this colloquial language (expressions, idioms and figurative language), but also formal language.
My activities aim at connecting to your emotions. You can talk about your likes, your memories, your favourite songs, meals which bring you back to your childhood… There is also room for humour, which is a fun way to learn. It has been scientifically proven that we learn what appeals to our emotions and what we enjoy.
On my website, you will find videos, songs, Kahoot and Booklet quizzes, questionnaires, audio, images, meaningful written texts, word-clouds, role-plays, debates…In summary, different types of activities to match all the learning styles and to make you have a good time while learning Spanish.
Click on your target level (A1, A2, B1) or on Leaving Cert Spanish and get ready to learn!!! Or, if you want to practice your speaking skills, click on Temas para conversar.
MY STUDIES
I have two Bachelor’s Degrees, one in English Studies: Language, Literature and Culture and another in Environmental Sciences, and four Master’s Degrees, among them, one in Post-Primary Teacher Training and one in Spanish as a Foreign Language (graduated with Honours).
I am a post-primary registered teacher in Spain to teach five secondary education subjects (English, Biology, Geology, Environmental Sciences and Scientific Culture), and in Ireland (Spanish and English) and a Further Education registered teacher (languages and enviroment) in Ireland by the Teaching Council.
MY WORKING EXPERIENCE
I am currently a Spanish teacher in a Secondary School in Ireland and I have been providing private lessons to adults students from different nacionalities for the last three years.
Before teaching Spanish, I was an Environmental, Health and Safety Manager for six years and a Maintenance Manager for two years in two multinational companies. However, at one point in my life, I realized that I wanted to become a teacher so I left my previous professional career and began a new career in the educational field. I started by doing an educational volunteering with teenagers at social risk for 6 years.
MY HOBBIES
I love walking in the countryside, reading, gardening, watching birds and teaching things to my daughter.
PRICE
The first lesson is free.
Price per lesson (1 h): 35 euros.
If you pay in advance per a pack of 10 lessons, the price is 32 euros per class (320 euros in total).
¿QUIÉN SOY?
MI METODOLOGÍA
Hola a todos,
Mi nombre es Mónica. Soy de Madrid, España.
¿Te gustaría aprender español de una forma divertida y diferente a la tradicional? Entonces, ¡bienvenido!
Mi metodología se basa en el enfoque por tareas y en el enfoque orientado a la acción. De esta forma, mis clases no se basan en enseñar gramática y hacer que memorices largas listas de vocabulario, sino en usar la gramática y el vocabulario en contexto para que puedas hacer frente a situaciones comunicativas reales. Echa un vistazo a mi página web y verás que está llena de actividades entretenidas en las que tú eres el protagonista, puesto que serás tú el que harás cosas con la lengua (comprar ropa en una tienda, alquilar un coche, pedir comida en un restaurante…).
Diseño actividades tanto para adultos como para adolescentes. Puedo diseñar actividades adaptadas a ti según tus gustos, necesidades e intereses y tu modo preferido de aprender.
Mis actividades van encaminadas a que aprendas español tal y como lo hacen los niños nativos, sin darte cuenta y que tú lenguaje sea natural. Los libros se centran principalmente en enseñarte un lenguaje culto, pero los españoles en nuestro día a día empleamos un lenguaje coloquial que no aparece en los libros. Mi objetivo es que aprendas no solo el lenguaje culto, sino también el coloquial mediante expresiones que utilizamos en nuestra vida cotidiana, frases hechas y lenguaje figurativo.
Mis actividades intentan conectar con tus sentimientos y que hables de tus recuerdos, de tus gustos, de tus canciones preferidas, de una comida que te recuerde a tu infancia, etc. Además, también hay espacio para el humor, que es una forma divertida de aprender. Se ha demostrado científicamente que se aprende aquello que apela a nuestros sentimientos y que nos divierte.
Accede a tu nivel (A1, A2, B1) o al material para preparar los exámenes de español del Leaving Certificate y ¡prepárate a aprender con mi ayuda!. O, si quieres mejorar su español hablado, accede a Temas para conversar.
MIS ESTUDIOS
Tengo dos carreras (Grado en Estudios Ingleses y Licenciatura en Ciencias Ambientales) y cuatro másteres, entre ellos, uno en Profesorado de Educación Secundaria y Bachillerato, especialidad Inglés, y otro en Español como lengua extranjera, con de nota media de 9,3 sobre 10.
MI EXPERIENCIA LABORAL
Actualmente, soy profesora de español en un instituto de Irlanda. Además, doy clases particulares de español a adultos desde hace tres años.
Antes de dedicarme a la enseñanza del español, fui responsable de Seguridad, Salud y Medio Ambiente durante 6 años y responsable de Mantenimiento durante 2 años en dos multinacionales. En un momento en mi vida, me di cuenta que lo que a mí me gustaba era enseñar y decidí dejar atrás mi anterior pasado laboral y empezar en el ámbito de la educación así que hice un voluntario educacional con niños en riesgos de exclusión social durante 6 años.
MIS AFICIONES
Me encanta pasear por la naturaleza, leer, hacer jardinería, observar aves y enseñar cosas a mi hija.
PRECIO
La primera clase es gratis.
Precio por clase (1 h): 35 euros.
Si pagas por adelantado un paquete de 10 lecciones, el precio será de 32 euros por clase (320 euros en total).