Teachers I have known and admired are always welcoming, accessible, gentle but firm, determined, understanding, easy-going, humorous, and someone who sees mistakes and “stuck moments” as opportunities to improve, move on and grow.
Thus I have created my own method with a strong communicative focus. From my point of view, the first aim of a language is to be spoken and understood. The reach of higher goals like complex grammar structures, specific vocabulary, use of a wide range of verb tenses, etc. will come with constancy, hard work, commitment and especially with your own motivation and enthusiasm.
I can guarantee you your achievement in fluency and confidence and overcoming of fear, but it is going to be up to you to keep up the communication practice. In other words, we lose command of a language when we don’t use it.
How do I know that you will achieve your aim of confidence and fluency when speaking Spanish? Because, apart from my experience as a foreign language student, I have been teaching languages for about 20 years and I know a short gap of a few weeks for holidays makes a difference in my students confidence. Regular practice is key! Find out more about the Learning and teaching method for Spanish with Victoria.
