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If yes, get a cuppa tea and read my story:

After graduating in Pedagogy (fancy word for education) in Barcelona, I moved to Scotland to make my dream come true: speaking English (yes, that was my dream). I bought an intensive English course and I was excelling at it. Lots of homework and filling in the gaps? easy.

Something was wrong though. I felt that people in the street did NOT speak English... what was that weird language? why couldn't I understand more than the 10%? why did they not understand me? why was I afraid of speaking if I had studied English since I was 6...? 

Luckily I run out of money and I had to start working. I applied at a cocktail place and they said no - my English was not good enough for fancy-whiskey-sour-drinking people. So I got a job at a cafe in the busiest street of Aberdeen, where people just want their daily dose of caffeine. I started this paragraph with "luckily" because here is where it all began...

I had to learn all about making coffe in that weird language. I had to speak with hundreds of customers daily (in that weird language!!) - here is where I realised is not "milk" but "meuk" - cause if I said "milk", they thought (or said) "this crazy barista wants to put... meat...? in my coffee?"

Anyway, long story short -  I discovered that learning the language was not enough. I needed to learn the sounds they made, I needed to make those sounds, to learn their jokes, their expressions, their dreams and hopes :)... I needed to become one of them. And there is no book for that.

I used my love for theater and my frustration of not being a Hollywood actress as an engine and I played "The Barista in Aberdeen" role. I just had to imitate my fellow baristas! EVERYTHING! "what can I get youse?", "cheers!", "ta". "wudcha laik som meuk?"

Then I started working as a Preschool teacher (cause remember, I studied Pedagogy and I felt like using my degree). And I created my "Lovely Preschool Teacher in Aberdeen" role.

Then I moved to France - oh boy... that was not an easy one. But I just had to keep playing my roles "The Grocery Shopping Person in France", "The Angry Woman whose Wifi is Not Working for the 1o000th Time and Calls the Company"... etc.

At some point while playing my Scottish Roles, I realised I was not the only one with the same kind of issues. So I started teaching Spanish and English On and Offline and I have been paying for my food and wifi as a language tutor since then.

I love it. I keep learning about it. I study linguistics and phonetics on my own, I colaborate with people I admire, I break down many different accents of the Spanish Language to understand what changes between them, I learn songs (and YouTube videos) and of course I keep playing many roles. Currently "The Woman Who Stops to Look at Every Single Squirrel in NYC".

I think once you have a role to play, it's a nicer, cooler (and in my opinion better) way of learning languages.

Now I help my students prepare for their roles: "Police Officer in New Mexico", "Nurse in Miami", "Friendly Man who Loves Chatting with the Burrito Truck Vendor in LA!", "New Home Owner in Ibiza..." and many more!

Wherever your story takes you, I can help you get the part!
So what's your dream role?

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