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Professional and fun way to learn Spanish
Nancy B.

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Hourly Rate: $40
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I'm Nancy B., a 36 years old female with a true passion for languages. I come from Ecuador and my first language is Spanish. I have studied English, German, Portuguese and Quichua and therefore I know what you need during the process of learning a language. I have been tutoring Spanish for the last 6 years both in Quito, my born city, and New York. In 2005-2006 I tutored Spanish in Brazil as well, where I designed lessons based mostly on latin music. I have had great success with my students,...

I'm Nancy B., a 36 years old female with a true passion for languages. I come from Ecuador and my first language is Spanish. I have studied English, German, Portuguese and Quichua and therefore I know what you need during the process of learning a language. I have been tutoring Spanish for the last 6 years both in Quito, my born city, and New York. In 2005-2006 I tutored Spanish in Brazil as well, where I designed lessons based mostly on latin music. I have had great success with my students, ranging from children to middle school students, college-age and adults in general.

I did my undergraduate studies in Cultural Anthropology and have worked mostly as researcher. My areas of competence are urban cultures and music, immigration and memory and heritage. Some of my researches have resulted in a book and all of them in a report. That means that as an anthropologist I need to know Spanish not only as a first language but also as a resource to convey concepts. My background in anthropology has also allowed me to approach to Spanish from a cultural perspective, making my students more engage and knowledge of Spanish language. I did my graduate studies in documentary filmmaking, what makes me have a number of fun audiovisual tools that I use during my lessons or as homework.

My experience teaching Spanish has been mostly by tutoring. And in Brazil I taught intermediate and advanced Spanish at Instituto Latinoamericano de Lenguas ILAL.

Education:

BA, Anthropology, Quito-Ecuador
MA, Anthropology, Quito-Ecuador
MFA Social Documentary, New York-USA

My academic career was supplemented by multiple academic scholarships for my achievements:

- Ecuador Government Scholarship for continuing master studies in filmmaking for two years, 2013.
- Ibermedia Scholarship for the V International Specialization in Documentary Creation-Varan Workshop. Univalle. Cali-Colombia, 2013.
- Organization of Ibero-American States Cultural Scholarship for research for the documentary "O te hunde o te salva", Madrid-Españ


Education

Catholic Universitiy of Ecuador
Master of Arts
School of Visual Arts
Masters

Additional Languages

Portuguese
Spanish

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I did my undergraduate studies in Cultural Anthropology with emphasis in linguistics. My graduate studies were in filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts of NY.
Video Production

Video Production

I'm a documentary filmmaker. I did my graduate studies at the School of Visual Arts of New York. I'm both director and cinematographer and have pretty good gear to teach people interested to learn about video production. My lessons are mostly practical.
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Knowledgeable and patient

Nancy has a broad background in language. I'm sure if one stayed with her they would go far. She's open to show you what you need-- coloring outside the lines of conventional teaching

Melody, 1 lesson with Nancy

Excelente! Excellent!!

Nancy is very pleasant to work with. She presents and organizes information best suited to your level of comprehension as well as your style of learning and will teach accordingly. We covered plenty of solid material during our 1st lesson and I had so much fun; the hour passed so fast! I’m looking forward to continuing my lessons with her and encourage anyone interested in learning Spanish to contact her. Thank you, Nancy!

Tiffany , 1 lesson with Nancy

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

My child is a beginner in Spanish and Nancy has been very engaging, diligent and patient with him. He looks forward to his lessons and is making progress with the language.

Leta, 6 lessons with Nancy

Very engaging

My son really liked his class with Nancy - she made it interesting and fun for him! He took classes with other teachers before, but said he really liked how Nancy explained things.

Anna, 1 lesson with Nancy

Great tutor.

Nancy taught me verb conjugation and vocabulary, and insisted on speaking to me in Spanish, even though I speak almost none. I like that, as it forced me to concentrate on understanding and learning as I went, even when she had to repeat many times in many ways. She's a great tutor!

Jonathan, 2 lessons with Nancy

Exactly what I was looking for!

In my search for a Spanish tutor, I was so overwhelmed by the many different tutoring companies, classes and number of tutors out there. I appreciated how quickly Nancy responded to my messages and how easy it was to schedule a session with her. In our first lesson, she dove right into speaking Spanish with my boyfriend and me, who are interested in gaining fluency in speaking, reading and understanding Spanish. She speaks clearly and was very encouraging and positive throughout. She took her time getting to know our backgrounds and why we wanted to learn Spanish, and informally assessed our current level through some conversational exercises. We felt very comfortable with her and are confident we can make progress being taught by her. We look forward to continuing working with Nancy!

Yuna, 2 lessons with Nancy

Passionate and encouraging!

Nancy made me feel welcome and comfortable in her home, and in our lesson was supportive and enthusiastic about Spanish. Would recommend!

Halle, 1 lesson with Nancy
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