About the teachers:

Marina (Our Latin American Spanish Face-to-face teacher)

Hola, how are you?

¿Qué onda? What is the vibe?

I'm from Buenos Aires; my name is Marina. I studied Latin American languages and Literatures in Italy and Spain. I'm now living in the UK, and I'm terrific at Spanglish :)

I think that learning languages is an act of freedom and friendship. It's a mind-opener, leading us to new worlds, to a discovery of melodies and unexpected geographies. Learning languages is like learning music: love for sounds, new grammar and practice. Be ready for the karaoke lessons!

I like to know students' passions and follow them in Spanish to find a translation of their favourite books, films, tv shows, graphic novel and sports.

I have been teaching Spanish for many years and so learning from every language of my students. I love to experience the students' progress

Diego (Our LA Spanish Online Teacher)

¡Hola!

¿Cómo estás?

Me llamo Diego y soy profesor de español.

I like to think of language as a product of its own culture. That’s why I give a lot of emphasis to the arts and contemporary culture in my classes. With my students, often we’ll listen to a lot of music, read contemporary literature, and even watch TV and movies.

The speaker—and moreover, the culture of the speaker— make the language. I don’t think there’s any such thing as “neutral Spanish”, and that’s why I like to explore it with my students in a bunch of different cultural contexts. Therefore, i focus on what's effective, more than in which is correct. It depends, always, of the context

What I most care about, is for the student to be able to be herself or himself in español. The way I work is always developed off of their personal needs and, of course, their own rhythm. Motivations, interests and needs: those three elements are the most important thing for me.

I love teaching Spanish, mainly because for me each student is kind of like meeting a new culture!