We take great pride in our teaching standards and employ only the highest caliber staff, each teacher holds University degrees in linguistics and Latin American literature and most have obtained several years of experience teaching Spanish to foreigners.
We would like to emphasize that with the Instituto Superior de Español you will receive the very best of Spanish language tuition, from the best and most certified teachers Ecuador has to offer.
All of our teachers are native Ecuadorians, which allows our students to gain invaluable insights into Latin American history, culture, and traditions. Below are some profiles of our teaching staff:
Tania: has worked with us since 1994 and holds a Teaching degree in Language. Her specialty is Spanish grammar. She is an extremely intelligent lady and is good at spotting student weaknesses and working them through with conversation.
Graduated
From: Universidad Central del Ecuador (1988-1994)
With: A teaching degree
Milton: has been with the Institute since 1999 and has the patience of a Saint; often useful when teaching beginner classes the "ins and outs" of reflexive verbs! He is a conversational guy and is a keen participant in the extra curricula activities.
Graduated
From: Universidad Central del Ecuador (1991-1995)
With: A teaching degree
Mireya: has worked with us since 1999. She is a lovely, warm hearted person dedicated to her profession. Her first degree was in Environmental Sciences and she is an enthusiastic guide for the Traveling Classroom as well as the Galapagos program.
Graduated
From: Escuela Politecnica del Ejercito (2000-2005)
With: A teaching degree
Paola: has been with the Institute since 2001. She has degrees in both Spanish language Teaching and Tourism, making her another keen contender for the "out of school" programs, including the Jungle and the Galapagos programs. During her tourism background Paola developed an in depth knowledge for the natural wonders of our country.
Graduated
From: Universidad Central del Ecuador (1998-2000) / Escuela Politecnica del Ejercito (2002-2006)
With: A teaching degree / A tourism degree
Tito: joined us in 1994. He has degrees in Teacher and Journalism, the latter raising his interest and awareness in Latin American Art and History. Tito is also a keen traveler and enjoys taking students for the Traveling Classroom program.
Graduated
From: Universidad Central del Ecuador (1986-1990)
With: A teaching degree
Maria Elizabeth: has worked with us since 1995 and has degrees in Teaching and the Environment. She can be normally be found teaching in Quito, but as the founder of our school on the Galapagos Islands she will take the opportunities to travel as and when they arise.
Graduated
From: Universidad Central del Ecuador (1993-1997) / Escuela Politecnica del Ejercito (1998-2003)
With: A teaching degree / Environmental degree
Maria Augusta: joined us in 1997. With a degree as Spanish teacher and also one in Economics she is a long standing professional who revels in combining her skills for business orientated students. She is a studious lady and follows cuurent affairs closely; a key source for financial information in Ecuador.
Graduated
From: Universidad Central del Ecuador (1988-1995) / Universidad Catolica (2001-2005)
With: A degree in Economy / A teaching degree
Student COMMENTS
28 de marzo de 2008
andreas261162[at]yahoo.de
Hello,
After spending 3 weeks with the "instituto superior"-one week quito, one week otavalo and one week Amazon jungle, I can confirm that the instituto real is superior. All three teachers were great, the guest families were "ample", food was real good and there were lot of possibilities to practice
the Spanish I learned in the classes. The jungle was one of the highlights of my 7 weeks in Ecuador.
Besides the Spanish lessons the "instituto" organized the excursion to the "islas galapagos".
Here as well everything worked out well and the "flamingo", the boat the school booked for me was the perfect choice. It is a rather small ship with only 10 passenger all together, which allows to be flexible with the itinerary and the atmosphere is much more personal than on the bigger ships (and it is comparably cheap as well.)
All in all I can recommend the instituto superior without any reservations!!
muchas gracias por todo.
cordiales saludos
andreas
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