Natalia A.
Private tutor in Melbourne, Australia
Education
Bachelor Degree (Hons.) in Teaching, with Mayoring in Spanish and Communication.
Experience
I am a professional Teacher of Spanish & Communication from the south of Chile (born and raised), one of the locations that inspired Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda, our Chileans Literature Nobel Prize. I arrived to Australia at the end of 2010, with my husband and son, to explore new opportunities in a multicultural country and, achieve new knowledge’s. At first, I spent time caring for my children and learning new skills to connect my professional background with the Australian context and thereby give the best to my students. At home, Spanish is the main language (English is the second one), because to me is important to give my native language to my children. As a teacher, I greatly enjoy sharing my time and cultural background with others, teaching Spanish is exciting and natural to me. I am always looking for different teaching approaches to give fun and attractive lessons such as videos, virtual games, role plays, power points presentations, movies, music, etc. In my lessons I use standard Spanish, but also Spanish variants can be included such as Peninsular Spanish (Spanish Spain), Chilean Spanish, Rioplatense Spanish (Argentinean) and Andean-Pacific Spanish. The lessons are designed to meet the students’ needs be they for business, academic or travel purposes. I have been teaching Spanish & Communication since 2003. In Chile, I worked in public and privates schools, in secondary and primary levels, with groups of 25 to 40 students per class. These years were most enjoyable and were also a great experience to my professional development. During my time as Educational Research Assistant, I worked supporting secondary teachers their teaching practicum (face and virtual mode) in working with Chilean students in vulnerable conditions. In Australia, my work (private and volunteer) has been primarily on helping children, youth and adults to acquire Spanish as a second or third language in family, school or professional contexts.At the moment I teach in a Spanish company established in the heart of Melbourne, to the employees with diverse Spanish language skills, from beginner to advance. 2014 (ongoing) - Certificate III in Business. Victoria Institute of Technology. 2012 - Certificate III in Spoken and Written English. Swinburne University of Technology. 2011 - Community Governance Training Program. City of Greater Dandenong 2004 - Bachelor of Teaching (Hons.) in Spanish & Communication with Minoring in School Drama. Universidad de La Frontera, Chile • Achieved a Honours Distinction • Obtained highest GPA mark of the class • Text Semiotic I Subject Assistant Professor
Availability
Monday in the morning, Wednesday after 1PM, Friday after 12 Noon
Can Meet
Up to 20 minutes away for a flat fee
Hobbies
I enjoy all the time share my culture with my students and the people who express interested in it. As a mom, I enjoy it outdoor activities with my children (bilingual speakers) and craft activities too, such as knitting with loom, painting. Listening music, is one of my and our favorites leisure time at home. Keep me inform about Latin and Spanish culture is one of the action where I spend more time at home.
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