Paulina Simbaña

De gringo con acento pesado a uno con acento claro. When I traveled, people would speak in "tourist talk", like one would speak in baby talk, or even switch to English. They would figure out I was a foreigner as soon as I said "hola". No more, thanks to Paulina. If you are like me – conversant yet misunderstood – believe me, you need a pronunciation teacher. And not just anyone, you need Paulina. Once bad habits get ingrained, correcting them becomes a tedious task. Paulina makes it entertaining while being very meticulous. She will encourage you and highlight the milestones in a long journey when despair feels like it's lurking around every corner. She will be conversational, yet stick to a lesson plan. If only I had done this earlier! You will go from cringe-worthy to understandable. You shed away your old self and become a new you. Or at least, that's how I feel.

Paulina has been a wonderful teacher, I have been working with her for about 6 months now. I have been trying to learn Spanish my entire life and I have never made as much progress as I have working with her. Whether the lesson is just purely conversation or working with books or a structured lesson, my time spent with her is always valuable and productive. I do believe that with Paulina's help I will finally achieve my life long goal of being fluent in spanish. Thank you Paulina!

Mi primera clase con Paulina fue excelente!!! Ella es tan amable, paciente y muy relacionable. Su acento es muy neutral y es fácil de entender. La recomiendo 100%.

Today I had a wonderful lesson with Paulina. We meant to get into our lesson plan and homework, but our conversation was going so well, we just kept going! She is very good at moving a conversation back to the lesson plan eventually, but I told her it was fine that tonight we just chat about life and happenings and it gave me excellent speaking practice. It was very nice to just relax and chat with her. Throughout the lesson she did help me with errors in my speech and pronunciation but the time just flew by. I'm writing this review to say that she's really become a good friend of mine after a year or so of lessons and we really had a great time and she gave me some great life advice! Please read my other reviews for a more detailed list of what she excels at when teaching. E.g. her attention to detail with both pronunciation and grammar is second to none. My Spanish has improved more with her in a year than ever before with multiple teachers. She's amazing. The best teacher I've had.

Mi meta al hacer lecciones es mejorar mi capacidad de hablar más naturalmente y entender mejor cuando hablan los hispanohablantes. En eso, Paulina fue muy servicial. Me ayudó a practicar hablando sobre temas diversos e interesantes. Cuando encontré palabras nuevas, las explicó y las puso en el chat para hacerlas más fáciles de recordar. También me dio unos buenos consejos para mejorar mis habilidades de escuchar y hablar mejor. Tuvimos una buena charla y un momento divertido. Recomiendo tomar una lección con ella.

Paolina es una maestra muy excelente. Es muy fácil hablar con ella. Es amable y enérgica.