Why we’re unique

Hola, soy Amelia!

I consider myself fortunate to have been born in Malaga, in Southern

Spain. I grew up by the sea, under warm, blue, Mediterranean skies.

At the age of four, I started dancing flamenco; a passion I shared

with my father. At secondary school I enrolled at the Conservatorio

Superior de Música to study Classical Spanish Dance.

Soon after I had started at the University, I began to teach

Flamenco, at different schools.

By that time, I had realised that teaching was something that I

loved. Having finished my Masters’ Degree in Spanish, English and Italian, I

obtained a PGCE; and specialised in teaching Spanish as a foreign

Language, at the University of Málaga.

For many years, while I was living in Spain, I organized immersion

courses in the UK for Spanish students, and I fell in love with England.

I taught in a private sixth form school in Spain for eight years and

then spent more than twenty years teaching in London. I was part of

an international company called People to People where I carried

out all the activities for American and German visitors to London.

I then married and had three children, so I took a break from work

but carried on studying. I enrolled at the Open University in London

and completed my Diploma in Translation, passed my proficiency in

English Language and Literature, and attended several Spanish

teaching courses in Germany, Netherlands, Spain and the UK.

I also obtained my QTS.

When it was time to go back to work, I became a visiting lecturer at

St Mary’s University where I taught adult students and

undergraduates in their first year of university. I also worked for

eight years at the Richmond Adult Community College, where I

taught Spanish leisure courses and “A-level” Spanish, to adults.

After that I became an A-level oral examiner.

It was while teaching at the College that I realized that my students

needed more than classroom lessons; they should be immersed in

Spanish culture and that was when I founded “La Puerta Azul

“offering students flamenco workshops, cinema evenings, wine

tastings, and extremely popular “Latin themed” parties.

The Pandemic changed the accepted methods of learning, and we

all had to adapt to the changed circumstances.

So, the online lessons started.

I decided it was time to work on my own; and that is when “Spanish?,

let’s go” was born.

At present, I live between Málaga and Hampton, where I continue to

share my love for languages and culture with “guiris” at home and

abroad.

Hola, soy Carmen Eneida Lozano Ríos! Known as Eneida Lozano, natural from Málaga, southern Spain. 

I started my language learning career at the University of Málaga, where I did two years of ‘Filología Inglesa’ (English Philology), focusing on the study of the Spanish language, literature, and phonetics, besides the English subjects. 

During my first and second years at Málaga University, I travelled to England on holiday, fell in love, and decided to come to England to study. I studied in Leicester and graduated with a joint BA Hons degree in English and Hispanic studies, which ended up with my marrying and settling here. My profession first started in the Travel industry, then I took the TESOL course at St Mary’s College, Twickenham, and language teaching became the next chapter in my life, providing me with a passport to teach in Malaysia for three years. I worked in the Spanish department at Multimedia University in Cyberjaya and The Language House in Petaling Jaya, both in Kuala Lumpur.  

Back in London I worked at the RACC (Richmond Adult Community College) teaching Spanish at different levels for a few years. After having my first child, I trained with ‘La Jolie Ronde’ (language learning provider for schools in the UK) and I started teaching children as well as adults. I taught the Spanish school clubs at Holy Trinity and Marshgate primary schools in Richmond.  

At present, I teach privately and at the Etna Community Centre, which I thoroughly enjoy. Forest School has also become a part of my life. After I had my second child, I trained and qualified and Inow also work part-time as a forest school leader, which complements my love for education and nature.