Biografía+de+la+Señora+Hill

= = =Aimee Erica Hill: international explorer, teacher of Spanish, lover of turtles=

I am the sombrero-wearing, salsa-dancing teacher that students encounter each day as they strive to acquire the Spanish language and understand the culture and history of its speakers. The basis of my teaching is enthusiasm, variability, and a task-oriented classroom environment. I favor a contextual teaching approach where material is presented in real-life situations to engage students to move beyond memorization and comprehension towards application and hands-on learning. My own education includes degrees in Spanish and International Affairs from the University of Nevada, Reno, graduate coursework in Spanish Pedagogy from the University of Costa Rica, and real life experiences living in Argentina, Spain, and Costa Rica. ==

I believe the best indicator of an effective teacher is the accomplishments of their students. I hold high expectations of my students: each takes an active role in their own learning and their progress is continually monitored and communicated to students and parents through this wikispaces page and emails. To engage all my students, I plan lessons to encompass a variety of activities ranging from kinesthetic to musical, interactive to independent, and grammatical to cultural. The real world connection to learning an important world language is brought into the classroom through podcasts, blogs, guest visits and dinners at profe's.

Having lived overseas for ten years now, I appreciate the unique educational setting that international schools provide. Students have as much to learn from each other as from their teacher and such a rich educational setting makes learning all the more relevant. I look forward to the opportunity to get to know each and every one of my students and enable them to learn more about themselves as they learn about the Hispanic culture, language and people.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any suggestions, questions and/or concerns at ahill@istafrica.com

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