Lupe de la Torre

Native Spanish teacher with more than 6 years experience
Female | Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Member since: Oct 14, 2011

Last active on: May 15, 2012 at 02:25 PM (EST)

About Lupe de la Torre

I am a native Spanish graduate in English Philology with a MA in Psycholinguistics & Neurolinguistics with more than 6 years experience teaching languages ( e.g. English as a Foreign Language & Spanish as a Foreign Language).

During my professional career I have been responsible for:
• planning, preparing and delivering instructional activities to facilitate active learning experiences.
• developing schemes of work and lesson plans.
• establishing and communicating objectively for all learning activities.
• providing a variety of learning materials and resources for use in educational activities.
• identifying and select different instructional resources and methods to meet students´ varying needs.
• using relevant technology to support instruction.
• keeping up to date with developments in subject area, teaching resources and methods and make relevant changes to instructional plans and activities when required.

Core Skills and Experience

• excellent knowledge of teaching foreign languages combined with practical teaching experience.
• ability to create a visual stimulating environment for the classroom.
• ability to create a learning environment which values and enables everyone equally.
• clear and detailed understanding of current educational issues, theory and practice with particular regard to the National Curriculum (UK) in the Modern Languages area, equality and issues relating to pupils´access.
• outstanding presentation skills.

Teaching Preferences

Online Teaching

One-on-One at $20-30 per hour

Group Teaching at $10-20 per hour

Offers free trial classes

Teaches following Subjects/Exams
Spanish (1st - 4th Grade)
Language of Instruction: English
Spanish Beginners
Teaching Experience

Business Spanish

www.myngle.com, Spain

Oct 2011 - Present

Spanish

Spanish for Beginners

www.verbalplanet.com, Spain

Apr 2011 - Present

Spanish


• providing non – classroom academic instruction to students on an individual basis using Skype to deliver Spanish lessons to students all over the world.
• using own materials created for this purpose tailored to the students´needs.

English as a Foreign Language Tutor - English Summer Camp

St James Institute, Spain

Aug 2011 - Sep 2011

English Foreign Language

Professional Experience
Business English Tutor
Ardagh Group, Spain
Oct 2010 - Jul 2011

• taught in-company Business English.
• own materials developed by the tutor provided in the classroom to generate debate about current issues paying special attention to the grammar covered during the session.

Business English Tutor
Enel Green Power, Spain
Jan 2011 - Jun 2011

• taught in – company Business English (Elementary level)
• delivered lesson following the manual provided by the company: Grant, D et al. (2009).
Business Result. Elementary. Student´s Book. OUP.
• special attention to conversational and listening skills.
• focus on specific vocabulary related to environmentally – friendly energies.
• students´ achievement was assessed at the end of the course with a final exam as required by the company.

Business English Tutor
Lantero e Hijos, Spain
Sep 2010 - Dec 2010

• taught in – company Business English ( two levels: beginners & intermediate)
• own materials created and used with Beginners level.
• special attention to conversational skills on the telephone and at meetings with the Intermediate group.
• focus on developing exceptional conversational skills either face – to – face or on the phone.
• materials used with the Intermediate group:
Lowe, Susan (2004). Telephoning & Kind, David (2008). Meetings both by DELTA Business Communica

English Tutor
Face - to face English Lessons, Spain
Jan 2006 - Dec 2007

• taught English to individuals at different levels.
• prepared students to pass Cambridge – recognised exams such as PET, FCE, CAE, CPE.
• developed materials and courses tailored to the students´ needs.
• different manuals used for this purpose.

Education

English Linguistics and Literature (English Philology)

University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Sep 1998 - Sep 2001

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