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Brenda
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- Spanish
- Spanish speaking
- Spanish vocabulary
- Accent reduction-Spanish
- DELE
Grandfather Passing Down Spanish and Heritage Through Family Tradition Seventeen Years Guiding Four Hundred Sixty Students Toward Genuine Connection to Their Own Roots
- Spanish
- Spanish speaking
- Spanish vocabulary
- Accent reduction-Spanish
- DELE
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About Brenda
I taught my own grandchildren Spanish for years before eventually teaching more broadly, wanting them, and now many other students, to genuinely connect with heritage through language the way I once did myself. Seventeen years into teaching now, I've worked with about four hundred sixty students, many of them heritage speakers or descendants wanting genuine connection to family language and culture. My family background gives me a naturally warm, heritage-focused teaching style, treating language as something that carries identity and connection across generations, not just an academic subject alone. I connect particularly well with students, especially younger ones, who want genuine connection to family heritage and culture alongside their language development. My teaching style is warm, patient, and genuinely rooted in family tradition, built on decades of believing heritage language should be shared with love, not rigid formality. I take genuine pride in watching a young student connect genuinely with their own heritage through language, the same connection I once felt as a child myself. Many families who study with me stay for years, appreciating the warm, genuinely personal atmosphere far more than a purely transactional lesson experience elsewhere. After seventeen years, I remain deeply passionate about this warm, heritage-focused teaching approach.
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About the lesson
- Primary
- Junior Cycle
- Transition Year
- +18
levels :
Primary
Junior Cycle
Transition Year
Fifth Year
Sixth Year
Adult education
Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
Diploma
Doctorate degree
A1
A2
B1
B2
C1
C2
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Professional
Kids
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
Everything I teach was originally shaped teaching my own grandchildren Spanish, wanting them to genuinely connect with their heritage language the same way it connected me to my own family growing up. Lessons often include family stories and traditional sayings passed down through generations, since I believe language carries heritage and identity in ways formal lessons alone rarely manage to convey. I teach patiently and warmly, the exact tone I used with my own grandchildren, believing strongly that heritage language should be shared with genuine love rather than rigid formality alone. Grammar and vocabulary still receive real, thorough attention, but always wrapped in warmth and genuine family feeling rather than cold, purely academic instruction. I encourage students to ask their own family about words, sayings, and traditions, connecting our lessons to something genuinely personal and meaningful beyond the language itself. Conversation often includes family and cultural themes, topics that carry real weight and history, alongside whatever everyday topics a student personally wants to discuss too. I share stories often during lessons, about my own family's traditions and history, since context genuinely deepens a student's connection to what they're learning. Every lesson stays warm, personal, and genuinely rooted in the belief that language carries heritage worth genuinely treasuring and passing forward.
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Rate
- €34
Pack prices
- 5h: €170
- 10h: €340
online
- €34/h
free lessons
The first free lesson with Brenda will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
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