Teachers:
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Ana Dain
Nationality: Argentinian
Education: Bachelor in Education. Master in Didactics. Bachelor in Information Technology
Teaching Experience: Twenty years as a teacher in primary and secondary school and professor at the University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Five years as a Spanish Teacher for adults in Sydney, Australia
Hobbies: Sketching and painting, when I have time. Reading, always.
What do you like most about teaching Spanish?
Everything. Because I really love my languaje and I love sharing it and helping others with this beautiful and pationate languaje.
What do you think you offer your students:
Heaps of patience, support and understanding, because I know how difficult is to learn a second languaje as an adult.
How would you describe yourself?
Enthusiastic and friendly. Positive, I see always the bright side. Patient and a very good listener.
Sebastian Sarasty Diaz
Nationality: Colombian
Education: Degree in Educational Psychology
Teaching Experience: Over 3 years teaching Psychology at University level and more than 2 years teaching Spanish to native English speakers.
Hobbies: I am a hobby reader, I am into art house films and I love teaching Spanish. I enjoy watching and/or playing soccer. I am a big fan of the “good” music and I love socializing and Fiesta
What do you like most about teaching Spanish?
What I like most about teaching Spanish is the great nervous energy and excitement I feel at the beginning of each class, this despite the fact that I have been teaching for over 5 years. The anticipation of meeting so many new people and starting a new adventure in learning gets my juices flowing. Watching students make all the little breakthroughs that occur during each class is incredibly exciting. I think my favourite times are when a student succeeds beyond their beliefs.
What do you think you offer your students?
It never ceases to amaze me how every class develops its own personality and positive reactions to my teaching style. People tell me about the lifelong friends they made in my classes. They are quite pleased when they realize that my classes are not just about learning a second language but about learning how to learn, how to work with their peers, and how learning a new way of expression can affect their lives way beyond the classroom.
How would you describe yourself?
I would describe myself as an original and interesting person. I am very assertive, friendly and positive. I like helping others to identify their positive qualities, because people that feel good about themselves, will be better team members. It gives me the zeal and impetus to work towards excellence. One thing I firmly believe in is that one should always strive towards individual betterment in whichever form it may be. Therefore I'm never tired of beginning where others end.
Catherine Rodriguez
Nationality: Colombian
Education:
-Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia. April 2007 B. A. On the Teaching of Modern Languages, GPA: 4.0/5.0
-Badge of honour in the final research project “Generating Intrinsic Motivation in Foreign Language Learning”
-Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia. October 2006 Certified course on text translation introductory and intermediate levels.
-Sydney College of English. Sydney, Australia. September 2009. Certified Course on Language for Academic Purposes.
Teaching Experience:
I have been teaching languages for about 8 years in schools, universities and institutes; therefore, I've worked with kids, teenagers, adults and in formal and informal contexts.
Back in Colombia I started my career as a private teacher. I used to asses students of all ages in the field of languages and learning difficulties. After, I worked at schools with teenagers teaching them English and basics science subjects in English. At the same time I made part of the university research team, by those means I got a
badge of honor for my final research project on Generating intrinsic motivation. Then I started working as a University Languege teacher at Sergio Arboleda University. In Sydney I've tought Spanish for a
year at the Spanish Cat.
Hobbies: Reading good books, watching movies and listening to music.
What do you like most about teaching Spanish?
Teaching Spanish is sharing not only knowledge but culture and experience. I love showing my students how fascinating it is to get into another culture through its language. Moreover, I like the fact that they learn also about their own language, and find the experience
of communicating in Spanish as a personal challenge.
What do you think you offer your students:
I offer them learnig with fun and enthusiasm. A classroom is not necessarily a boring place. We can learn a lot while at the same time we make new friends and have fun. I am patient and understand my students needs and I do my best to fullfill them. I make learning Spanish a meaningful experince.
How would you describe yourself?
I am an enthusiastic person with a very good sense of humor, full of energy and opened to all kind of people. I like teaching but I also like learning while I teach. I really enjoy what I do because I am commited to it.