Hello! My name is Santiago Herrera. I'm a trained linguist and language teacher who loves teaching Spanish.
Me as a Teacher
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 lessons & teaching style
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
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Spanish Lessons
Trial Lesson
141 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Grammar lessons for everyone! (A1 - A2 - B1 - B2)
A1 - B2General485 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 10% off
Spill the tea! (Speaking)
A1 - C2Conversation Practice962 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 10% off
Spanish for TWO!
A1 - B2General3 lessons completed
USD 17.00+
Package with 5% off
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129 Reviews
Phoenix
14 Spanish lessons
Teacher’s pick
Santiago is so amazing. We confide a lot of things and it’s so fun. Today near the end of our 90 minutes that flew by, Santi spontaneously pulled up a document so we could chat about our 6-month goals and make a list for each of us. It’s so exciting I can continue to grow my Spanish with him while also enjoying mutual support for our habits and dreams. I may be a native English talker, but this Spanish tutor speaks my language! 🤗💖💖💖
Mar 31, 2023
Moonhwee Kim
85 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
Ying
44 Spanish lessons
Teacher’s pick
He pushes you hard but is always patient in correcting the mistakes you make. Having him has a teacher for the past months have allowed me to transition from a complete beginner to being able to converse to natives in daily life. He is one of the best Spanish teachers ever!
Mar 21, 2022
Chloe Wheeler
1 Spanish lesson
Great lesson and effortless learning/speaking with Santiago! Makes you feel comfortable and also pushes you to improve at the same time
Nov 9, 2023
Mattie
14 Spanish lessons
Awesome lesson today. Very patient and kind! 😁
Nov 5, 2023
Francesco Vasquez
4 Spanish lessons
Semplicemente perfetto. In una lezione di 45 minuti ho imparato davvero tantissime cose ed è stato molto piacevole e scorrevole.
Non vedo l’ora di farne altre😍