What is your teaching philosophy?

The purpose of education is not only learning the language, but also the culture. Learning Spanish cannot be a once a week activity, it should be integrated in your daily life, e.g. listening to music, watching a movie with subtitles in Spanish, having Spanish friends and trying to translate their Facebook statutes, among others. When teaching Spanish, I would want to submerge my students into the language, so what they see and say makes sense to them too, in spite of the grammatical differences that each language has.

What might you do in a typical first session with a student?

I would ask him what aspects of the language he is more interested in, for example the grammar, speaking, reading or listening. Also I would find out what he/she needs for: office, school, personal interest? And then I would discuss with the student what materials can be most effective