CTEACHER PROFILES
Below are some of our teachers:
SPANISH
NAME: Liliana
FROM: Pasto, Colombia
I TEACH: Spanish
YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 5
PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT IN: Colombia
DEGREE / OTHER EXPERIENCE: Studied Psychology at University de Los Andes, Colombia and Masters in Marketing Strategy.
WHAT STUDENTS FIND CHALLENGING: Spanish Prepositions: Por-Para (Yo corro por la playa, but Yo voy para mi casa) Verbs Ser and Estar (Luis es de Peru, but Luis esta en Miami)
FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT MIAMI: Warm weather, beautiful beaches, happy people and students who come from all over the world!
SPANISH
NAME: Maria
FROM: MÁLAGA- SPAIN
I TEACH: Spanish
YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 6
PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT IN: Spain
DEGREE / OTHER EXPERIENCE: Degrees in Elementary Educationt & Foreign Languages
WHAT STUDENTS FIND CHALLENGING ABOUT MY LANGUAGE: Subjunctive
FAVORITE THING ABOUT MIAMI: The sunsets
SPANISH
NAME: Pelican
FROM : Havana, Cuba
I TEACH: Spanish
YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 10 years
PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT IN: Cuba
DEGREE / OTHER EXPERIENCE: BA Humanities
WHAT STUDENTS FIND CHALLENGING ABOUT MY LANGUAGE: Verbs: Ser/ Estar ( Estoy listo / Soy listo)
FAVORITE THING ABOUT MIAMI: The beach, The Everglades, the cosmopolitan South Beach, riding my bike to work!
ENGLISH
NAME: Greg
FROM : Lakeland, Florida
I TEACH: English
YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 10
PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT IN: Brazil & Argentina
DEGREE / OTHER EXPERIENCE: International Business at University of Florida. Go Gators!
WHAT STUDENTS FIND CHALLENGING: English Prepositions (We 'get in a car', but 'get on a bus')
FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT MIAMI: Diverse mix of cultures & there's always something happening!
ENGLISH
NAME: Heather
FROM : Minnesota, USA
I TEACH: English
YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 4
PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT IN: Italy, Spain, and Minnesota
DEGREE / OTHER EXPERIENCE: TEFL-certification, B.A. in Language, Culture and History
WHAT STUDENTS FIND CHALLENGING ABOUT MY LANGUAGE: Irregular verbs, prepositions
FAVORITE THING ABOUT MIAMI: The weather!
PORTUGUESE
NAME: Fabiane
FROM : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I TEACH: Portuguese
YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 4
PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT IN: Brazil
DEGREE / OTHER EXPERIENCE: B.A. in Communications, Advertising, Radio & TV
WHAT STUDENTS FIND CHALLENGING ABOUT MY LANGUAGE: Conjugation of verbs, spelling & the different accents ( from Rio/SP/ South/North of Brazil)
FAVORITE THING ABOUT MIAMI: Kayaking
RUSSIAN
NAME: Zayana
FROM : Elista, Russia
I TEACH: Russian
YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 9
PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT IN: Russia
DEGREE / OTHER EXPERIENCE: Master's Degree in Linguistics and Teaching Methods, Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University, Russia
WHAT STUDENTS FIND CHALLENGING ABOUT MY LANGUAGE: Perfective/Imperfective Verb Aspects
FAVORITE THING ABOUT MIAMI: Always hot and sunny, multicultural city and the best beaches
