Can't wait to start your lesson? Then, say ¡Hola! to our teachers!

Why don't you get to know our teachers before coming to Xela? Calling Guatemala is not as expensive as you think with the use of internet telephony services like Skype or Voipstunt. For example, their rates are only US$0.15 and US$0.11 per minute. The 15 minutes Spanish lesson on the phone is offered for $10 and 30 minutes lesson is offered for $20. Or you can write to our teacher for $5. Let us know who you want to call or write to and we'll send you his/her phone number, best time to call and payment instruction.

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Why do you like teaching Spanish?
I love teaching Spanish because I'm in love with my city, my culture and I love sharing my knowledge in theory and in practice about the great hispanic world.

What are the challenges of being a Spanish teacher?
I believe that a teacher has to have a good character in heart and yearnings to give who he/she is to his/her student. Sharing is best teaching.

How do you make your class interesting?
My class is very practical with interesting conversations and uses your 5 senses to learn and live in Spanish.

How was your favorite student?
A kind of person that pushes hard to expand the horizon in Spanish.

What do you do to grow as a professional and person?
I love to read and be informed, and write reports. Be with people, be a leader and make those in around me feel good about themselves.

What would you do if you have only one more week of life?
I would do what I do every day, as I live every day as if it's my last day and share my daily life, and nothing more.

What is the best of Xela?
Everything... My city has a special charm. It has a soul of place like nowhere else. It has culture, sports, recreations, its own music, its own dance, customs and traditions of past.

What were you doing 15 years ago?
I was studying as a student. I had lots of dreams, dreams that I have achieved and there are more to achieve...

What will you be doing in 15 years down the road?
I will be enjoying my time with my family. I will live my triumphs and failures and I believe they will be steps toward a successful person.

Who is/was the most influential person in your life?
They are two people: my daughters.

What is the Guatemala's biggest social issue?
In Guatemala, there are many problems: education, health, economy, lack of land, mental health, violence, discrimination against women, lack of opportunities, unemployment. But for me, the biggest problem is the education. It is so frustrating for me to see how we don't value education, an integrated education. It's too bad that we don't have social conscience and teachers from primary, secondary and even including post-secondary levels give so little to students, almost all in theory and nothing more. Practice is what's missing. We leave out character formation, which is the most important thing, and we don't make students feel good about themselves and because of it, they fail in schools and from there comes unemployment and discrimination because we don't know who we are nor value what we have.

What do you propose to solve the Guatemala's problems?
There are lots of non-governmental organizations that are doing what they can to erradicate social problems. I belive they should all unite. And each one of us should be more aware of social conscience, education and character building. In Guatemala, the teachers should have callings, charisma. There are no bad students. There are only less disciplined teachers. The parents of family have very important roles in raising kids as school alone cannot do it. But there is a golden rule of raising kids: love.

 

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Can't wait to start your lesson? Then, say ¡Hola! to our teachers!

Why don't you get to know our teachers before coming to Xela? Calling Guatemala is not as expensive as you think with the use of internet telephony services like Skype or Voipstunt. For example, their rates are only US$0.15 and US$0.11 per minute. The 15 minutes Spanish lesson on the phone is offered for $10 and 30 minutes lesson is offered for $20. Or you can write to our teacher for $5. Let us know who you want to call or write to and we'll send you his/her phone number, best time to call and payment instruction.