GrindsWorld Tutor: Alejandra Cerda

I am a native Spanish teacher, from Chile. I help students with different backgrounds to prepare for the Leaving Cert. We review specific areas for the exam: reading comprehension, role-plays, listening, oral; vocabulary. I focus especially on the opinion piece by helping the student to create a nice structure as well as meaningful content that will guarantee higher marks. Furthermore, I provide practical exercises to be able to remember verbs as well as build up vocabulary and common Spanish expressions.
Above all, I like to address the student’s needs or concerns about the exam to help them gain confidence.
Of course, we discuss strategies and techniques to save time during the exam and improve your marks. I use past exam papers and a textbook for Spanish Leaving Cert depending on where the student needs more support.
I am very patient with my students, so all questions are valid. If we need to come back to review something, we do it.

I hold a First Class BA degree in English Studies and Languages from Technological University Dublin; trained as a Spanish teacher ELE (Spanish as a second language) at Instituto Cervantes, Dublin, and certified Spanish as a second language teacher at Miguel de Cervantes University.