Information About Nina - Ennis tutor -

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Personal Description:

In January 2019, I packed up my life and decided to finally follow my dream of travelling through Central and South America. Unfortunately, i never made it South but I did manage to achieve one of my main goals - to become fluent in Spanish.

A self-taught Spanish speaker, I honed my skills during a year and a half of travels through Mexico, Cuba and Central America, working on my fluency and building my Spanish knowledge and vocabulary through immersion. I lived in villages and small towns, working and volunteering with local communities where nobody or very few people spoke English. I took over the running and care of a permaculture farm in Guatemala while the owners went on holiday for 3 weeks, working together with the local indigenous staff and vet.

Being a language, culture and travel enthusiast, the one thing I love more than improving my own language skills is seeing others progress in theirs and knowing that I was a part of it. To see people go from shy and struggling language learners to confident speakers and language users is a truly beautiful thing. It genuinely makes me proud. Another thing I love about language teaching is that, as a teacher, you learn and develop A LOT. Not only in your own language skills and understanding, but also in social and interpersonal communication and relationships.

Tutoring Experience:

A fully qualified ESL teacher with a Hrs Masters in TESOL (and a Hrs BA in early childhood education) who has been teaching since 2011, in Ireland and abroad. My experience spans a wide age range from 1 - 60+ years and a variety of cultural backgrounds. I have taught general, conversational and academic English and helped students prepare for both the IELTS and FCE exams.

Over 3 years experience teaching Spanish as a foreign language to casual and exam students with ages ranging from young children, adolescents to adults.

Approach to Grinds:

I believe the approach depends entirely on the students needs and goals. I have a range of teaching experience and so how I teach you will be based on what you need to achieve - practise conversational fluency, develop academic or literacy skills, pass an exam, improve listening, build your vocabulary, pragmatic development.

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