Spanish teacher Santiago Herrera

Santiago Herrera

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Community Tutor
Teaches
Spanish
Native
Speaks
English
French
Portuguese
Other
B.A. in Translation Studies & University Certified in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language
From ColombiaLiving in Medellin, Colombia (20:02 UTC-05:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Aug 4, 2021
InterestsTravelSports & FitnessMedical & Healthcare
Hello! My name is Santiago Herrera. I'm a trained linguist and language teacher who loves teaching Spanish. More than a teacher, for me it's very important to be friends with my students. I'd love to get to know you and for you to get to know me. That way our classes will be more interesting. I love talking about everything. From your academic achievements to the reason why you broke up with your ex; to your dreams, your fears, your traumas, your tea, and every single thing you talk about with your closest friends when you go out with them. Anything you'd talk about in real life. My method consists in helping my students create texts about topics they can talk about in real life conversations. Those texts are created having into account the grammar we have learned together (or that they already know). We will study the vocabulary with games, homework, quotes, videos, audios and apps, then I'll test them. Then we will focus on pronunciation until the student is able to talk like a native-speaker about the topic they wrote about.
My teaching material
  • Homework Assignments
  • Video files
  • Presentation slides/PPT
  • Text Documents
  • Image files
  • Audio files
  • Flashcards
5.0
Rating
496
Students
3366
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate

Spanish Lessons

Trial Lesson
257 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Grammar lessons for everyone! (A1 - A2 - B1 - B2)
A1 -  B2

Language Essentials

1,255 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Spill the tea! (Speaking)
A1 -  C2

Conversation

1,843 lessons completed
USD 12.00+

Availability

205 Reviews

Student Phoenix
Phoenix
15 Spanish lessons
Teacher’s pick
I hope my 29 other tutors won’t see this, but Santiago Herrera es alguien súper especial! 🌟 The entire time he was screensharing a document where he corrected all my errors. Literally all of them! I’ve never been corrected so many times in a single hour in my entire life! And yet, we still managed to have a deep, personal conversation that was valuable for more than just learning Spanish. I can’t wait to talk to Santiago next month after I get through the remaining 16 tutors I’m signed up with, sigh… Le doy mil estrellas! 🤩
Jan 16, 2023
Student Ying
Ying
44 Spanish lessons
Teacher’s pick
Santiago is very attentive, genuine, and patient when he teaches, also being strict now and then, which I have found so helpful in my learning. He is very flexible and fun in his teaching methods and the topics we discuss applies to real life, so it isn't as rigid as solely following a textbook. I highly recommend him to anyone of any age looking to learn Spanish, regardless of level! His English is fluent so it helps when I can't fully understand something in Spanish. I have taken classes for around 3 months with him and I can read and comprehend in Spanish quite well as someone of a beginner-inter level. I would be nowhere without him as my teacher! :)
Jan 25, 2022
Student Christina Q
Christina Q
3 Spanish lessons
Santiago is incredibly energetic and attentive, and his grammar explanations and notes are always super clear and detailed. The live corrections he gives of my speech are systematic and always get straight to the point. I also really appreciate how he never lets me avoid speaking Spanish by switching to English, he always encourages me to try. Thank you for the awesome classes!
May 17, 2026
Moon
91 Spanish lessons
Teacher’s pick
I still remember the first day of my Spanish class with Santiago; I only knew a couple of words in Spanish such as Hola, Gracias, and 'Café con leche y croissan, por favor'. His passion toward teaching has walked me through the steps to practice speaking Spanish. His patience and quick wit make me feel comfortable even when I make some mistakes. Besides his affability and encouragement, I appreciate him being attentive in every single class with meticulous attention to my mistakes. For me, the best part of his class is that he does not give me a right answer immediately, but nudges me to guess the correct one so that I can feel like ‘I Accomplished Something Great!’ I want to express my sincere gratitude to you, Santiago and I am psyched for the next class! ¡Hasta pronto!
Jun 25, 2022
Student Valerie K
Valerie K
1 Spanish lesson
Absolutely the best single for class I have had in a year of other teachers. Fantastic!
May 26, 2026
Daniel
13 Spanish lessons
The best tutor I have ever had, super intelligent, empathetic and a great person! An inspiration!
May 10, 2026