Want to learn to communicate on your next holidays to Mexico City or Barcelona?
Want to be more confident in your Spanish or Portuguese?
Want to savor García-Márquez in the original?
Last but not least, what is it like to be a literature professor and researcher in Latin American literature and art?

In my tutorials, I emphasize conversation and oral expression as a way for my students to become fluent as quickly as possible. During our tutorials, you should expect all conversation to take place in Spanish with some few exceptions for grammatical explanations. Even at a beginner’s level, we will be discussing topics that have been previously chosen and engaging in vibrant conversations and role play scenarios.

I normally meet my students at least once per week. Two sessions a week is the way of securing optimal and faster results, though. Language skills are like plants. They do not develop overnight and they take time and dedication. The more exposure to the language one gets, the faster is the process of learning.

I pay great attention to my students’ interests and try to incorporate them into all the materials I prepare for each session. This personalized approach allows for my students to be way more responsive and involved in the language and the exercises. I also incorporate into my lessons cultural materials that will allow the students to learn not only the language but also about the cultures and societies of Latin America and Spain.

In addition, my students always have homework in between sessions. Homework normally involves 3 components: grammatical exercises, audiovisual materials, and written compositions. The combination of these three components allows the students to have a multi-dimensional exposure to as well as practice of the language.


What to expect at your first meeting:

In our first preparatory meeting, I will run a language assessment session. It is a meeting in which I will determine what your level of Spanish is through a number of questions and tests. In addition, in this session I will get to know about your background and interests, as well as your learning objectives and timeline. Based on this first meeting, I will be in a position to recommend you the best materials, textbooks and reference books for your level, age group, and profile.

After this first meeting, we will hit the ground running! You will have your first homework and activities assigned and in the following session we will be already practicing and speaking Spanish pretty much 100% of the time!