About Me
María José
Degree and Master´s in Business Administration.
Master in Spanish Literature.
Founder and director, with over 20 years of teaching experience in United States, Spain and Hong Kong.
Former Senior Lecturer at UOW College Hong Kong (formerly known as City U Community College). Current lecturer at UOW College Hong Kong, HKU and Baptist University.
DELE Exams Coordinator at UOW College Hong Kong.
Certified DELE examiner for all levels.
Teacher's trainer: Instituto Cervantes, Universiity of Jaen, University of La Rioja.
Author or co-author of several textbooks (Prisma C1, Temas de Empresa, El Cronómetro B1).
Spanish content creator.
IB Spanish Ab Initio Examiner
Awards: Teaching Excellence Award (City U and UOW College HK), Innovation Award (UOW College HK)
My motto: "Teachers do make a difference". Feedback received from a year 1 student at the University of Kansas, USA, where I started my teaching career as a Graduate Teaching Assistant.
How most students describe me: A very passionate teacher.
My methodology: I follow a communicative approach: My classes have a real life communicative goal and a task to accomplish. In order to reach these objectives and develop your language competence, grammar and vocabulary are also included in my class activities and materials.