Hello!

I’m Marga Rubio Soto, blended learning Spanish teacher and tutor, language coach and creator of SPANISH4BIZBCN website & services.

ABOUT ME:

I’m a “madrileña” (born in Madrid) living and teaching the Spanish language in Barcelona.

Since 1998, I’ve been teaching all levels of Spanish as a foreign language in renowned Spanish schools in Madrid, Buenos Aires and Barcelona.

♣ Additionally, I’m the author, teacher and tutor of several teacher training courses and workshops for Spanish teachers in Buenos Aires and Barcelona.

♣ Apart from my education and experience in face-to-face tuition, I’m a certified designer of programs, content and materials for online language training courses by the world wide known INSTITUTO CERVANTES, “the largest organization in the world responsible for promoting the study and the teaching of Spanish language and culture” (quote from Wikipedia).

I’m also a Sociologist.

For more details about my career, you can check my LinkedIn profile.

ABOUT SPANISH4BIZBCN:

SPANISH4BIZBCN website and its services are the result of my 18 years experience as a Spanish teacher and teacher trainer.

During all these years I’ve often met students, living and working in Barcelona, who were unable to attend face-to-face Spanish courses because of inflexible timetables in language schools.

♦ I’ve also witnessed how students have had to cancel their programmed private lessons, either in schools or with private teachers, because of last minute work meetings or business trips.

Consequently, their learning process was disrupted and, obviously, they lost interest.

♦ After talking with them personally, I found out that simple online courses are not attractive enough when you are already living in the target language country.

Most times online courses are not student focused and lack real goals, closeness and human scale.

♦ Additionally, many professionally working students add that they prefer their Spanish language training to be a sociocultural experience, not just an intellectual effort.

As a result, online courses currently have a 90% dropout rate.

In consequence, I came to realize that there is a real need for business people to have a BLENDED Spanish learning experience.

Check the video "The Basics of Blended Learning" to know the modus operandi and and results of Blended learning vs Traditional / Distance learning.

For more details on this innovative learning approach, please check “About Blended learning“.

Blended learning is here to stay… Be blended, be succesful!