Hi, I'm Debs. I'm an English teacher/writer/editor from the UK living in Madrid.

I moved to Cadiz five years ago where I trained and qualified in TESOL. I taught children, teenagers and adults at different levels in a private academy. After two glorious years there I moved to Madrid. I taught in another private academy for a year and qualified as a Cambridge speaking examiner. I currently examine at YLE, PET, KET, FCE and CAE levels.

With my years of experience inside the classroom I can help you with any aspect of English be it pronunciation, speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, error correction, exam practise and conversation practise. Whatever your goal is, we can design the classes together to meet your requirements.

Speak soon!

- TESOL Qualification (Trinity Accreditation) – Grade B

- PSHE Accredited – teaching children in personal, social and health education.

Academic Qualifications:

- Forensic Investigation (MSc) – Teesside University 2006-007

- Psychology (upper second class BSC Hons) Northumbria University 2003-06

- A-levels in Business Studies (B) Psychology (B) Sports Studies (C) 2001-03

• Jan 2014 – present: Freelance Article Writer, Madrid, Spain.

Writing articles related to the fields of Education, Health and Travel, for publications, including;

- Online blog publications on South East Asian travel.

- Chief reviewer and editor at Lango

- Social and Natural Science workbooks for Macmillan Publishers

- Online classroom materials and lessons for Intenga English classes.

- An ESL syllabus for online English courses.

- A series of articles in Modern English Teacher (MET) Magazine.

- A series of articles documenting my travel experiences in Spain and beyond published online.

• July 2013 – present: Private English Teacher, Madrid, Spain.

- Teaching teenagers and adults in both a one-one and group setting.

• Oct 2012 – June 2013: English Teacher. Cambridge House Academy, Madrid, Spain.

- Teaching and examining students of all ages and levels.

- Preparing and delivering lessons.

- Preparing students for official Cambridge exams.

• Sept 2010 – June 2012: English Teacher. Select Language Academy, Cadiz, Spain.

- Teaching English to students of all ages (5 years old - adults)

- Exam preparation (KET, PET and FCE)

• Jan 2009 – June 2010: Education Liaison Officer and Materials Writer, Northumbria Police

- Delivered lessons to primary schools in the Newcastle area.

- Liaised with head teachers and school staff.

- Jointly managed the ABC project within the criminal justice sector.

- Created activity workbook The ABC Project available to buy on Amazon

Active Projects

• January 2015 – present: DV Writing project

– in liaison with ex-colleagues from Northumbria police regarding a writing project in relation to Domestic Violence facts, figures and experiences.

• Sept 2013 – present: Business English Teacher on MAPFRE English intensive courses

- Teaching English for business purposes to MAPFRE executives.

• March 2013 – present: Cambridge Speaking Examiner

- Trained and qualified as Speaking Examiner.

- Attending numerous schools and academies to examine students taking Cambridge exams at YLE, PET, KET and FCE and CAE level.

Other

Spanish – Advanced level (B2 certificate holder, currently studying for C1 certificate. Spoken level: Fluent).

Driver’s License: (Full and clean, held for 9 years).

References: Available upon request.

I am dedicated to designing a lesson that suits your needs. Tailored, interesting and dynamic.

If you want to focus on:

speaking - we can do role plays, natural conversation, debates and more.

listening - we can do listening activities that are interesting and fun, e.g. listen to songs, the news. I will help and correct you!

grammar - i have lots of entertaining ways of practising and learning this.

conversation - we can have debates, talk about a variety of topics, have role plays and create crazy situations.

Or we can focus on other skills and design a class that mixes a bit of everything. At the end of the day, it is YOUR class.