I have worked for Chilenglish since September last year and have found it to be a friendly, welcoming and professional environment.

I previously worked as a language assistant for the Universidad Catolica del Norte in Antofagasta, but with Chilenglish I’ve found that my classes are with one or two students instead of 30!

With each new student, I determine their level and begin with general grammatical reinforcement.

Class by class I evaluate how they progress and prepare a class schedule that includes a balance of grammar, development of language skills, (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and vocabulary building.

In my individual class plans I make sure that each class begins with a game, followed by an introduction to the aspect to be covered in the day’s lesson.

We then review the grammar, through reading or listening, do practice exercises and then use the grammar in appropriate authentic activities, either speaking or writing.

I then finish by reviewing any new vocabulary learned in this class or previous classes.

I often create my own worksheets, to make them more personal for each individual student and I take my authentic listening and reading material from the Internet; CNN, BBC and YouTube for example.

Alternatively I work from textbooks, Business Results and Interchange, or I give purely conversational classes.

I frequently plan these around a news article to facilitate interesting conversation points.

I am deeply enthusiastic about teaching, as I hope this will become my future career.

I believe that learning a language should be fun, especially as it is a difficult thing for most people to do. I feel I am friendly and approachable for all my students.

I was also a language student myself, (I’ve studied Spanish for several years), so I know what language aspects are confusing and can relate to students’ difficulties when studying.

I believe that with dedication from both teacher and student, anyone can master a foreign language.