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Lygia

She's from Brazil

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About me

I'm Brazilian Portuguese and culture enthusiast and also a certified professional teacher with over 6 years of experience, proud to have guided many students to proficiency! I teach adults (+12) of any level, tailoring the lessons to the student's interests.

Hey! My name is Lygia, and I'm a Portuguese and English teacher with over 10 years of experience! I offer personalized one-on-one language lessons. While I do teach general courses, my specialty is Language for Specific Purposes (LSP). This means I create tailored courses for those who have a specific focus in mind! Whether it's advancing from a level where you feel stuck, preparing for an interview, migrating, regaining fluency when you feel you've forgotten a lot, using the language at work...

Hey! My name is Lygia, and I'm a Portuguese and English teacher with over 10 years of experience! I offer personalized one-on-one language lessons. While I do teach general courses, my specialty is Language for Specific Purposes (LSP). This means I create tailored courses for those who have a specific focus in mind! Whether it's advancing from a level where you feel stuck, preparing for an interview, migrating, regaining fluency when you feel you've forgotten a lot, using the language at work, chatting with in-laws, traveling, understanding your favorite songs and books—anything! For some students, this means we will study only a handful of topics. For others, it means learning the whole language from where you are, but focusing more on certain topics. In Portuguese, I offer customized classes for Spanish and English speakers, using my knowledge of these languages to create a course that uses concepts you already know as shortcuts and focuses more on aspects that may be more confusing due to their similarity or difference.You don't need to be a native speaker; feeling comfortable conversing with me in one of these languages is enough! In English, I have two (sub)specialties. The first is supporting students who feel they can't advance from their current level. Typically, these are people who have studied for a long time but feel something is missing. The second is working with people who want to develop the English skills necessary for a life in an English-speaking environment, whether for migration or because that's the desired proficiency level. In these courses, we can study from the essentials for survival, like accessing medical care and managing visa issues, to topics related to long-term aspects of migration, such as building relationships and expressing your emotions and personality I teach students of all levels in Portuguese, and intermediate-level students and above in English. I've lived and worked (both online and in person) in various countries, such as Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, Brazil, Turkey, Hungary, and Sri Lanka. I'm very curious and enjoy hearing people talk about what they're passionate about, so whatever your interests are, we'll talk about them in our course :) Hope to see you soon!

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Teaches

  • Portuguese
    • Phonetics
    • Colloquial Portuguese
    • Speaking
    • Tradition
    • Vocabulary
  • English
    • Grammar
    • Informal English
    • Vocabulary
    • Conversation
    • Job interview preparation

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Noelia Alonso Peña
Lygia tiene siempre la clave para hacer las clases amenas y productivas. Se adapta a la perfección a los objetivos individuales de cada alumno, tanto durante la clase como aportando material para casa. Llevo unos meses con ella y estoy realmente encantada :)
José Ignacio Contreras Valcárcel
She is a very nice teacher! She helps me to improve my skills specially at the speaking part and provides lots of material, totally would recommend her!
Nick Morrison
super nice, helpful, and fun!
Juan Pablo (JP) Villafuerte Soraiz
GREAT FIRST CLASS
Leo
She helps you in single topics you wish to learn faster, totally approved!
Stephan Lindau
Very nice class - even though it is still tough for me I feel like having conversations like that help me to feel more comfortable and I slowly get back to it.
JD
wonderful teacher!
Rowena
Great 1st lesson with Lygia, Really pushing me to learn in a fun way
Mélanie
Super, prof !!!
David
Obrigado de novo :)! Até a proxima semana
Victoria Troyano
Lygia is a great teacher! Time just flies when I learn Portuguese with her :).
Rachel Tobin
An incredible teacher! She totally tailors lessons to the needs of the student and is great at explaining new words and concepts. Lygia is such an intelligent and interesting person that speaking lessons with her feel more like natural, interesting conversations than classes. Would highly recommend to anyone!
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PortugueseNative

SpanishBilingual

EnglishBilingual

FrenchConversational skills

Education

Degree Título En Psicología
Degree Psicología Comunitária Y Arte Para La Paz
Degree Curso En Enseñanza Del Inglés Como Lengua Extranjera (Telf)

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cocina lectura cinema viajar yoga hiking

Frequently Asked Questions

• Can I cancel a booking?

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• Can I modify a booking?

Yes, something unexpected can always happen, so you can change the time or day of the lesson. You can do it from your personal area in "Scheduled lessons" through the option "Change date".

• Where are the lessons held?

The class is done through classgap’s virtual classroom. Classgap was developed specifically for educational purposes, including many useful features such as: digital whiteboard, online text editor, webcam, screen sharing and many more. View virtual classroom

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