Our teachers
Eight teachers, many accents, one way of teaching
Qualified, experienced and native speakers of the languages they teach. Between them they've taught for more than ninety years, in Bristol and in their home cities.
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- Spanish
Lucía Ferrer
Head of Spanish · from Valencia
Lucía taught in Valencia and Edinburgh before helping to found Lingua. She believes in talking from the first minute, and in learning the grammar once you need it.
“Mistakes are the sound of someone learning.”
Teaching this term: Spanish for Beginners, Intermediate Spanish
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Tomás Ibarra
Spanish teacher · from Bilbao
Tomás grew up between Bilbao and São Paulo. He teaches our online Spanish groups and loves a good debate about football, food or film.
“Every class should have at least one good laugh.”
Teaching this term: Spanish Elementary
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Beatriz Lima
Portuguese and Spanish teacher · from Porto
Beatriz runs the Saturday conversation club and our Portuguese course. Before teaching she was a radio presenter in Porto.
“Listen first. The words will follow.”
Teaching this term: Spanish Conversation Club, Portuguese Elementary
- French
Camille Roussel
Director of studies, French · from Lyon
Camille co-founded Lingua in 2009. She trains our teachers, writes our level descriptors and still teaches the advanced French class every Thursday.
“A language is a way of seeing, not a list of rules.”
Teaching this term: Lunchtime French, Advanced French: Culture and Debate
- French
Julien Mbaye
French teacher · from Dakar and Marseille
Julien teaches beginners and brings French from Dakar, Montréal and Marseille into class through music, podcasts and news.
“French has many accents. You'll hear all of them.”
Teaching this term: French for Beginners
- Italian
Giulia Conti
Head of Italian · from Bologna
Giulia is a translator as well as a teacher. Her Saturday group ends each term with a long lunch, ordered entirely in Italian.
“Gesture counts. So does pronunciation.”
Teaching this term: Italian for Beginners, Italian Intermediate
- German
Anke Weber
German teacher · from Hamburg
Anke designed our two-week German intensive. She also teaches early-morning online classes for people who learn best before work.
“Small steps, every day, add up fast.”
Teaching this term: German Intensive Beginners, Upper-intermediate German
- Japanese
Haruka Sato
Japanese teacher · from Sendai
Haruka teaches speaking and the two kana scripts side by side, with plenty of practice from manga, menus and train timetables.
“Read a little every day. Kana become friends.”
Teaching this term: Japanese for Beginners
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