Matthew Waddle

Hola, me llamo Matthew Waddle , soy inglés, de Londres, y acabo de terminar el curso  CELTA ( The Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) en el centro  Lenguas Vivas de Valencia.
Llegué a esta ciudad en el año 2002 con el propósito de aprender español y establecerme en España, y aquí continúo 16 años después. Durante este tiempo he realizado diferentes trabajos y formaciones, pero la experiencia de aprender una lengua me marcó profundamente y en el último año me vi a mí mismo queriendo ser profesor. Empecé de manera espontánea impartiendo algunas clases de conversación en algunas escuelas de la ciudad con alumnos en pequeños grupos e individuales, pero pronto me di cuenta de mis carencias y de la necesidad de recibir una formación que me permitiera ser un buen docente. Por ello me informé y decidí hacer el CELTA, como vía para poder dedicarme a la enseñanza del inglés.

Hello , My name is Matthew, I'm english, born in London and I've just finished CELTA ( The Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults )in Lenguas Vivas, Valencia.
I Arrived in Valencia in 2002 with the idea of learning Spanish and to start a new life here which seems to have been quite successful as I'm still here 16 years later. During these 16 years I have work as and Electrician (my trade which I started when I was 17) and then as a Chef, which I studied an FP in La cuidad del Aprendiz to become. After several years of relfextion I have decided to become an english teacher. I started by giving some conversation classes, working from a school in the centre of Valencia and also to private students. However I son realised that to be able to give classes in a correct manner I would have to recieve proper training which came in the form of the CELTA which I finished this september. It has been a great expercience which has made me even more motivated to teach English. One of the main aspects of teaching I have learnt through the course has been that nothing should be explained but everything should be demonstrated so that the student learns to think for themselves. This method also make for a far more enjoyable learning process as there are no long, boring explanations made of gramar for example. Instead , comprension is eliceted from the student through examples of vocabulary , gramar or anyother aspect of the language.