David Pinto

My name is Dave and I'm a CELTA and TEFL certified native English teacher based out of Madrid, Spain. I have been teaching English to Spanish speakers for about 4 years now in both school and academy settings. I'm an avid reader and language enthusiast who likes to escape to the mountain trails every now and then. I speak Spanish at a C2 level and European Portuguese at a B1 (or so) level. Apart from that, I keep myself busy playing the guitar and practicing freestyle wrestling with the Spanish national team. Having reached the C2 level in Spanish, I have learned a lot about the language learning process and it's many difficulties. Therefore, I know which methods are effective, and which traditional methods are not. I really believe in focusing on a students’ interest and branching out from there, identifying points of weakness as we go and improving upon them. I can help students to sound more like native speakers, help to improve their comprehension, or even prepare them for a test if they need it.