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der LehrerAbout me

I learned German as an adult. That's why I know how to teach you Spanish.

I was born speaking Spanish, not German. I studied German at university because of my mother and my grandfather, moved to Germany without mastering it and came back teaching Spanish to Germans. Everything that's hard for you was hard for me first.

David González, Spanish and German teacher, in front of his bookshelf

The story, in four stops

  1. 01

    Vigo · the origins

    A city by the sea and a family with German in it

    I was born in Vigo. My mother and my grandfather brought German into the house before I knew what a declension was. I studied Hispanic Philology in Santiago and discovered that languages were my thing.

  2. 02

    Santiago · the training

    Two master's degrees and German in earnest

    European literature and theatre. Pedagogy. And the German classes I started out of curiosity and couldn't give up. That's where I learned what a language costs an adult, and it's why I can explain one properly today.

  3. 03

    Kassel · three years

    Teaching Spanish in Germany

    I lived with a German family and taught Spanish in primary and secondary schools, in companies, for publishers and privately. That's where the name comes from: when something makes no sense, a German says it "sounds like Spanish". Their Spanish is your Greek.

  4. 04

    Today · online from A Coruña

    Das kommt mir Spanisch vor

    I came back to Spain and my German students stayed with me over video call. Then came the Spaniards who want German, and learners of Spanish from further afield. Today I teach in both directions, in groups of five at most, in three languages.

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01 · die MethodeHow I teach

How I teach

You speak from day one

Grammar makes sense when you use it. Every lesson has a real situation to solve by talking.

Groups of five, at most

So that everyone speaks in every lesson. With more people, you listen; with five, you take part.

My own materials, sorted by level

They're in your student area: PDFs, audio, exercises. They appear when you're ready for them, so you're never swamped.

Quick corrections, explained

Exercises come back marked straight away, with the reason why. Without the why, nobody learns.

02 · die AusbildungTraining

Training

  • BA in Spanish Language and Literature · Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (2013–2017)
  • Master's in Theatre Research in the European Context · UNED (2017–2018)
  • Master's in Teacher Training · UNED (2021–2022)
  • Courses in professional proofreading and copy-editing · Cálamo y Cran (2024)
  • Three years teaching Spanish in Kassel, Germany: state schools, companies, publishers and private students
  • Ten years teaching German and Spanish, in person and online

Languages

  • German C2 · Goethe-Zertifikat C2: Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom
  • English C1 · Cambridge Advanced (CAE)
  • Italian C1 · Official Language School (EOI)
  • Portuguese B1 · Official Language School (EOI)
  • Catalan intermediate · Certificat de nivell elemental (Institut Ramon Llull)
  • Japanese A2 · JLPT N5
  • Spanish Sign Language A1 · FAXPG
  • Galician and Spanish · native languages

03 · der PrüferAccredited examiner

Accredited examiner

I'm an accredited examiner for the Instituto Cervantes DELE (B1, B2, C1 and C2) and for telc B2 Deutsch. That means I know exactly what is scored in each part of the exam, including the Goethe-Zertifikat, which I prepare students for every year. I'm not an exam centre: you sit the exam at an official centre; I get you ready to pass it.

DELE · Instituto CervantesGoethe-Institut

Shall we start?

Tell me your goal and I'll tell you, with no commitment, how I'd go about it with you.

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