Denisa

My biggest belief in teaching is patience. I have worked with students who hated English, from young learners who struggle differentiating verb from adverb, to older learners who don’t see the importance of analysing poetry, to those who learn it as a second language, to those who simply want to be able to watch a movie without subtitles. I’ve learnt that the most prevalent common fear is exactly that: fear. I’ve learnt that to help my students overcome fear, better than trying to instil in them courage, I patiently help them find the powerful resources they already abundantly have within themselves, by gentle and constant “watering”. A student who is guided in their learning process but is always at the centre of it, will be a students who takes pride and confidence in their learning. This is what I strive to achieve with my students.