Belén Cuevas Palacios

Hello! I am a native Spanish teacher. I studied a double degree in Hispanic Philology and Linguistics and Applied Languages, so I have a deep knowledge of the Spanish language and culture, as well as the internal structure of languages ??and their acquisition process. In addition, I have specific training as a teacher of Spanish for foreigners. I have more than three years of experience. During the academic year I was working as a Spanish conversation assistant in a school in England, where I helped students between 10 and 18 years old (levels from A1 to B2) to practice their conversational fluency, apart from helping them improve their grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, etc.
The first thing we will do is find out your real level, and after knowing your needs I will prepare personalized classes with resources fully adapted to you.
The methodology will depend on your interests and needs, although I am committed to a conversational approach where interaction, orality and dynamism prevail to work on your communicative competence (communication skills). All the modalities, methodology, content, approach, activities, etc., depend on various factors such as the particular interests of the student, their age, their personal resources, their motivation to learn Spanish, etc. From there I will be able to better select and organize the appropriate resources and activities. The courses are very personalized.
My roles as a teacher, in a communicative approach, would be:
-Analyzer of the students' needs.
-Creator of communication situations.
-Organizer of activities.
-Help and participate as an additional companion.
-Observe the development of tasks in class.
-Prepare the material, etc.