About Marina

Asturias

Asturias, where I was born, is a green and beautiful region in the North of Spain which is full of contrasts: high mountains, valleys, forests, National Parks, traditional wooden houses and the wide Cantabric Sea.

In Asturias we enjoy nature, make and drink apple cider, have drums and bagpipes as local music and keep old traditions alive.

 

A deep interest in languages

 One of the things I enjoy the most is studying languages, speaking them and reading English, Italian or French books.

Due to this love I have for them, I attend several language courses and teaching practice, enjoy travelling and get international certificates every once in a while:

English

C2 Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) by Cambridge University.

English Teacher Training Certificates by Cambridge Assessment English 

Italian

 C2 Certificate of Mastery in Italian (PLIDA) by Società Dante Alighieri di Roma.

Spanish

Spanish Teacher Training Certificate by International House 

Accredited centre by the Spanish Instituto Cervantes

French

B1 Certificate of Intermediate level in French by Alliance Française.

A passion for travel

Having travelled around different places and countries over the years, I have gained  a new perspective of life, languages and teaching.

It is thanks to all the experiences and people I have met on the way that, today, I work sharing all I have learnt about communicating in other languages.

Elaine and Tony - Business Owners, Keswick (England)

Marina is simply the best teacher, professional, organised, efficient, patient and fun… We LOVED our weekly lessons. She always made us feel relaxed in class. We gained SO much knowledge through her excellent tuition, our lessons were always planned so well, our homework marked and dealt with in such a positive and professional way.

Muchas gracias Marina. Eres una profesora buena no, ¡maravillosa!

Segundo García - Industrial Engineer, Asturias (Spain)

After the progress in the lessons, I started to search for a job both in Spanish companies and companies where English was the main language. Because of that, I got a professional opportunity where I live now.

Lessons with Marina were really useful for me and she is a good English teacher. In addition, she is such a nice girl that all of her students enjoy while studying languages.

Tobias L.- Lawyer (Germany)

Learning Spanish with Marina is a genuine pleasure because not only is she amazing to have around and is it fun and enjoyable, you also make huge progress without it feeling like “work” at any moment.

Marina is just a natural born languages teacher: she is absolutely committed to you advancing your skills and you can tell she really enjoys what she does – and so will you!

Fani and Herminio - Dental Technician and Policeman, Asturias (Spain)

In class, we do all kinds of different activities: from listening to audio files, conversations  and songs to studying grammar, reading texts, speaking and translating Spanish sentences into English.

We would like to thank Marina for her patience and charm because without her, our progress in English would not have been possible.

Thank you Marina!