Lidia B

My Passion & How I Inspire

My passion for languages started very early on, when I came to London as a language student during high school. I then went onto studying languages and every time I can communicate in a foreign language I feel inspired and motivated!

In my opinion, teaching a new language is like letting pupils discover a new personality. You pass on a new reality, culture, and, in fact, a whole new world; you allow the interpretation of this new world through a system of grammar and phonetic rules. Knowledge of another language facilitates access to travel, business exchanges, communication, understanding of other cultures, and sometimes even a better understanding of your own. Therefore, I am convinced it is important that the pupils feel passionate about the language.

In my lessons, I enthuse pupils by using interactive and authentic materials and planning activities that intrigue pupils’ curiosity and love for languages.

My Experience

I am a qualified teacher of Modern Foreign Languages. I have taught Spanish, German and French across Key Stage 3, 4, and 5 and I have tutored adults in groups and privately with Italian.

Subjects That I Teach

  • Excel
  • Excel - A-Level
  • Excel - GCSE
  • Excel - Undergraduate
  • German
  • German - A-Level
  • German - GCSE
  • German - Undergraduate
  • Italian
  • Italian - A-Level
  • Italian - GCSE
  • Italian - Undergraduate
  • Spanish
  • Spanish - A-Level
  • Spanish - GCSE
  • Spanish - Undergraduate

My Qualifications

PGCE secondary mfl

St Mary’s University, Twickenham. (2016 - 2017).

MA European cultural studies

St Andrew’s University, Fife. Grade 2:1 (2010 – 2012)

• Erasmus Mundus Master of Arts, awarded by three EU top universities:

University of St Andrews, Universität Tuebingen (DE), Università degli studi di Bergamo (IT).

• Dissertation's title: "European Union: a matter of identity? Policies and actions to support a mutual sense of citizenship".

• 1-month Research program at the European Parliament in Brussels, Department of Culture and Education (2011).

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Universitá degli Studi di Bergamo, (IT). Grade 105/110 (2006 – 2010)

• 1-year ERASMUS programme at University of Manchester (UK) (2007-2008)

• 3-months curricular internship at the Italian Cultural Institute in London (2009)

• 1-month Spanish Course at Academia Mester, Salamanca (ES)