Jose Carlos (...)

About Me

Hi everybody! My name is Jose, I'm 29 and I'm a qualified Spanish language teacher and a course designer from Malaga, Spain. Teaching Spanish is my big passion (and also my work!) I like too many things to name them all here, but of course conversating, meeting new people, travelling, cycling, science, nature, meditation, writing music and playing guitar, poetry and things that make the essential quality of life better :) The magic ingredient for everything: humour! Just send me a message if you want to take a lesson with me. I have top quality lessons that I will send you for the class so you can keep it for yourself (students don't keep the lessons, they can only see them in the whiteboard) The first lesson is a conversation with you to know what level you have, what your needs are, etc. My approach: I'll teach you the way people really speak, the words they really use and the expressions, tricks, strategies to manage in REAL LIFE situations and contexts, being able to speak fluently. We'll also pay strict attention to grammar, the different tenses and how to improve your pronunciation. It's a topic in languages, but you'll start talking from the very first minute. I have 5 lessons uploaded for each course because of the website's laws. But you can book any lesson for the next class. I consider a bad idea putting numbers to lessons and have a preconceived number of them for a course, since not all students are going to need the same amount of lessons to complete the same course. The important thing is learning and not turning pages :) And now you can take a look at my blog of Spanish grammar and culture to see a more precise perspective on the real uses of the expressions, grammar points, etc. Besides, you can also ask your doubts and questions, propose a grammar point to be treated, or add comments to the entries: spainimmersion.blogspot.com

Teaching Experience

Professional teaching degrees:

ELE Master degree (Spanish for foreigners)- University of Malaga, Spain.

Years taught offline: 3
Years taught online: 1

- I have a university degree in music teaching, but I've devoted my working time to teach languages and design courses. - I moved to the capital of Ukraine (Kiev) to teach Spanish. I worked at Novamova International Language School from February 2006 - August 2007. Preparation to obtain the DELE degree in Spanish, support to university studies and private teaching. Individual lessons and groups between 2-6 people at all levels and ages, but mainly adults. - I also worked in Kiev at Centro Intercultural de Español Paralelo 28 from May 2006 - May 2007 and at A1 International School from February 2007 - May 2007. - In September 2007 I came back to Spain and had a month intensive course teaching Germans at Marelingua Language School, intermediate and advanced level. - I went back to Kiev to teach four more months at the school I used to work in, NovaMova, to give 3 intensive courses to groups (from March - July 2008) Currently teaching on the internet and designing courses.