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Silvia

(6 reviews)

Rosie

« Perfect! First lesson with Silvia was great - very friendly and perceptive... More »

Rosie

« Perfect! First lesson with Silvia was great - very friendly and perceptive teacher who is really open to working to your needs. Thank you! »

£15^/h

1^st lesson free!

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Lessons offered by Silvia

Individual
In group

The lessons will be held

By webcam

Taught subjects

Spanish
Oral expression - Spanish
Oral comprehension - Spanish
Written expression - Spanish
Accent reduction-Spanish
DELE

Levels

All Levels

Experienced native tutor, with a Master´s degree in teaching Spanish, enjoyble lessons with guaranteed results!

Methodology

I am skilful in promoting a very engaging and pleasant learning environment, which keeps my students motivated, eager to learn, and communicate in class. This is because I am very passionate about teaching, and I believe that is why my students are always highly motivated and enjoy very much my lessons. Also, I believe my strongest attribute is my personal relationship and involvement with students. Moreover, my knowledge of the subject´s curriculum, as well as my broad experience, allow me to develop very engaging activities and lesson plans, which promote the development of my students´ language skills.

Experience

Profile Summary
. 11 Years Teaching Experience
. BA Spanish Philology
. Master´s Degree in Teaching Spanish and English as a Foreign Language
. Taught Spanish in state school´s, independent schools, and language academies.
. Freelance tutor with eleven years´ experience in tutoring Spanish to all CEFRL levels
. Fluent in English (C2), Portuguese (C2) and Spanish (native level)

Rates

Rate for online lessons : £15/h

Rate for 5 hours of lessons : £70

Rate for 10 hours of lessons : £135

Lessons offered by Silvia

Individual

In group

The lessons will be held

webcam

Taught subjects

Spanish
Oral expression - Spanish
Oral comprehension - Spanish
Written expression - Spanish
Accent reduction-Spanish
DELE

Levels

All Levels

Silvia's CV

Teaching and career history.

Freelance online Spanish and Portuguese tutor
Bogotá- Colombia
January 2020 to date

Park International School Lisbon- Portugal
2016 to August 2019
Responsible for:
• Teaching core syllabus Spanish IGCSE (years 7-9)
• Attending parent evenings and providing timely advice on progress of students
• Maintaining the image and reputation of Park International School
• Liaising with Principal and senior members of staff on student development and curriculum development
• Organizing staff Spanish classes

Externato As Descobertas (Secondary School)
Lisbon- Portugal
2014- 2017
Responsible for:
• Teaching core Portuguese syllabus of Spanish as foreign language (years 6-9)
• Attending parent evenings and providing timely advice on progress of students
• Maintaining the image and reputation of Externato As Descobertas
• Liaising with Principal and senior members of staff on student development and curriculum development

EV, 2,3 Padre Alberto Neto (Preparatory and Secondary School) Lisbon- Portugal
2009- 2013
Responsible for:
• Coordinating the Department of Spanish
• Organizing department meetings
• Offering guidance and support to the Spanish teacher, specially the new ones.
• Assessing other department teachers.
• Promoting a collective Spanish Department identity in the School and to
devise and execute an inspiring development plan (updated annually) in
accordance with the Head Master’s strategic priorities.
• Teaching core Portuguese syllabus of Spanish as foreign language (years 6-9)
• Attending parent evenings and providing timely advice on progress of students
• Maintaining the image and reputation of E.B 2,3 Padre Alberto Neto
• Liaising with Principal and senior members of staff on student development and curriculum development

Instituto Espanhol de Línguas (language academy) Lisbon- Portugal
2008 to 2019 Responsible for:
 Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language in private lessons and group lessons at all levels from the CEFRL, to students of all ages (from 5-year-old to 82-year- old students).
 Teaching Spanish as Foreign Language in Public Institutions and Companies such as:

• Jerónimo Martins (Supermarket chain)
• Uría Menendez (Law firm)
• Universisade Nova de Lisboa
• Banco Itaú BBA
• Banco Santander
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Presidencia do conselho de Ministros de Portugal
• Banco Best (private lessons to the CEO)

Among others.

Freelancer translator: Portuguese- Spanish and English- Spanish (translation and retroversion)
Lisbon- Portugal
2008 to date
Freelance tutor with eleven years´ experience in tutoring Spanish to all CEFRL levels
2008 to date

Education
2002- 2006 Universidad de Salamanca BA Spanish Philology
2017-2019 Universidade de Lisboa Master´s Degree in teaching Spanish and English in Secondary School

6 reviews on Silvia

5/5

All our ratings are collected by us and are given in confidence, they correspond to a real experience.

Rosie

Perfect! First lesson with Silvia was great - very friendly and perceptive teacher who is really open to working to your needs. Thank you!

Silvia's response

She has a very good pronunciation, fluency, and listening skills, also, a very good attitude, she needs to emprove her grammar accuracy.

5 recommendations

Luis

I have taken Portuguese lessons with Silvia for the last three months. She is, by far, the best language instructor I have ever had. Her background in Spanish Philology (which she holds a master's degree on) makes her a highly qualified teacher. Her knowledge on grammar is remarkable (in both Spanish and Portuguese), and she always finds fun ways to teach the language structures, in a practical manner. Born in Spain, but with years of experience in Colombia and Portugal, her personal connections with Iberian identities make her an ideal teacher for those who are interested in learning not only the language itself, but also the culture behind it. I highly recommend her with 5 stars!!!

Camila

Silvia is an excelent teacher. She’s been helping me through the grammatics of portuguese and has also helped me develop several other skills such as listening and speaking, with a lot of patience, cultural background and amazing dinamyc procedures to learn better. The greatest teacher. I highly recommend her.

Alejandra

Silvia is a fantastic tutor! She is very friendly, enthusiastic and always well prepared. Our lessons are very conversational, which has helped me build my confidence and make some great progress (whilst having a lot of fun!) I would highly recommend taking classes with Silvia!

George

Having previously worked with Sílvia in a school setting, having found myself heading to South America to take over a new school I found that I needed a crash course in Spanish…and Sílvia was the answer!
Tailoring the lessons to the level and linguistic history one already has (I have Portuguese which makes the interference with Spanish problematic), Sílvia tailors everything and focuses on exactly what you will need the language for, in my case I needed a hefty dose of educational terminology and an emphasis on Latin American Spanish.
Sílvia´s lessons are well-paced, responsive to the needs of the learner and well-supported through the use of challenging, but doable, exercises for homework.
I highly recommend her.

Alejandro

Silvia is an amazing teacher. She is well prepared and has a lot of conversational skills.

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