About Me
Hola, my name is Mónica Vidaña and I run Hola Keynsham.
I am a native Spanish speaker qualified to teach Spanish as a Foreign Language, and I have been teaching Spanish to adult students since 2017.
I was born in Barcelona many years ago and lived there until I was 19. I studied Librarianship in the University of Barcelona and in 1998 I completed my MA in Library and Information Management in the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. Since then I worked in various libraries and information centres in Dublin, London and Bristol.
In 2017 I decided to change career so that I could spend more time with my family. I started running some private Spanish classes for adults and A-level students which I really enjoyed. My students´ positive feedback encouraged me to train to teach Spanish as a Foreign Language, which I did with specialist languages school International House. I successfully completed the following courses:
- Certificado de Profesor de Español - Spanish Teacher Certificate (completed March 2018)
- La gramática en la clase de ELE - Grammar in Spanish class (completed May 2018)
- ELE para Niños - Spanish Foreign Language for Children (completed March 2019)
