LAURA GARRIDO ESLAVA: SPANISH LANGUAGE TEACHER
Hi, my name is Laura and I am from Bilbao in northern Spain. I trained as a Spanish Language Teacher with Lacunza International House in San Sebastian and qualified in 2004. I taught Spanish at Exeter College of Further & Higher Education in England and later in an Alicante Language School after moving back to Spain. I really enjoy my job and the intricacies of the Spanish Language. I still live in Alicante and for the past five years have been teaching the Spanish Language via the internet to students from all over the world.
My main personal interests are music, photography, travelling, reading and cooking. I studied music for twelve years in Bilbao and I play the piano. I also enjoy singing and I try to sing more in English now. I really like to eat and cook new food from different countries, although I am definitely a big fan of Spanish cuisine! I also love traditional English food and believe it is underrated. I lived in England for about four years and I think that I have tried most of the traditional British dishes. My favourites are English cakes such as scones with clotted cream and flapjacks.
I have been learning English since I was twelve as it is compulsory in Spanish schools. However, when I finished my University degree and travelled to England for the first time I realised how little I actually knew. My English got better after being thrown in at the deep end and having to speak English every day at work there. Now I still speak English every day and have had a lot of practice, but I understand just how tough it can be to start learning a language. I try to apply my own experiences to my teaching and get my students speaking as much as possible as quickly as possible.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for visiting my website. I really appreciate your interest and I hope that you enjoy my daily Spanish video lessons and my complete Spanish mp3 courses. I also hope that you find my articles about “everything and anything Spanish” interesting and they motivate you to come and explore Spain. I will try to cover as wide a range of topics as possible, including Spanish food, Spanish TV, Spanish music and Spanish history. My mission is to provide the most complete, most clearly explained, best quality, best value Spanish language learning material available anywhere and to tell as many people as I can all that I can about my wonderful country.
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Hey Laura, I am so happy to have found your blog. You continuously provide your visitors with thorough information along with exceptional resources and learning tools for people interested in the Spanish language and culture. Thank you, Aaron
Hola Aaron, Thank you very much for your comments. I really appreciate you taking the time to write and hope you continue to enjoy my blog and Spanish lessons for a long time to come. Saludos, Laura
Hola Laura Acabo de descubrir tu sitio. Me gusta mucho tu estilo. Sus blogs son muy ayudosos. Gracias y que tengas un buen dia. Saludos Michael
¡Muchas gracias Michael!
Hi Laura, Buenas noches from Manila, Philippines. I stumbled on your youtube videos while researching about Spanish lessons on the net then from there was brought to this wonderful website. I am grateful that you have devoted a free section for beginners. I want to learn to write and speak Spanish fluently. My long term goal is to eventually be able to write simple instructional technical articles in Spanish. I am a Java Developer and I plan to write a blog on Java/Web programming in both English and Spanish. Good luck and more power to you. I hope to visit your site in the days to come. PS. I noticed that your middle name and my surname are the same - an auspicious coincidence.
Hola Mario, Thank you for your kind words about my website! I am really pleased that you are enjoying the lessons here and with a fine name like "Garrido" for sure you are going to progress very well with your Spanish studies. Keep in touch and my best regards to the Philipines! Laura
Hello Laura, I just wanted to say thanks for the great resources you provide. I really enjoy the parallel texts -- they're interesting and very helpful. I've just started studying Spanish and am really enjoying learning about the language and culture. Keep up the great work. - Neil
Mrs. Laura, I think you are so beautiful. God bless you. I love your work. I am a fire fighter in the United States.
Hi there Laura, luckily I found your super site recently whilst browsing UTube for Spanish Lessons. I am just starting out, but I am sure that your lessons will further assist me reaching my language goals. What is apparent on your website is your real passion for promoting the Spanish language and culture, and I must say that you deserve some praise! Good luck and every success with your mission :-) I am a Web Consultant in the UK [when I'm not in the Spainish sun] - Saludos! Pablo !