DM Language Services
Introduction: Being a language teacher for over 15 years, I have endeavored to bring into my language classes both social and cultural elements as a means to create and expand my students' knowledge not only about the target language they wish to learn, but also about the region(s) where that language is spoken. I have a strong conviction that acquiring cultural knowledge aggregates an essential component to the language learning process.
In the classes I teach, I always do my best to cultivate this aspect in many communicative and noncommunicative tasks. The use of resources such as YouTube, short documentaries and films, music and even Skype within the language learning process is of tremendous value as these tools can provide interactive, task-oriented activities that emulate "real-life" scenarios. However, notwithstanding the support that technology can provide, the most relevant component of the learning process is the communicative act. For this reason, I am constantly making an effort to motivate all my students to participate in a very active and attentive manner in the learning process and as stated above, the cultural component is one of the pivots around which many of the real communicative activities develop. Student evaluations are available upon request.
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Leandro A.
Jul 26, 2015
Danielle is an extremely thoughtful teacher, giving her best to explain concepts in a very clear way and always encouraging the student to raise questions or make comments.
Daniella F.
Jul 28, 2015
Dani was my first English teacher, and I remember clearly of her sweet welcoming high-five on our first day of class. She contributed a lot not only to my language learning, but also to my professional career for I am an English teacher as well. I remember her classes were really motivating, interesting, and fun. She provided us with clear explanations and was open to answer our questions. All my classmates felt in a very comfortable and safe environment throughout the course. Dani is a very prepared and effective teacher. She has linguistic and applied-linguistic knowledge, great teaching skills and respect and for her profession as well as for her students.
Tulio S.
Jul 29, 2015
Danielle was my first English teacher at a language institute in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Her classes were fun, creative and motivational, especially because she always managed to provide us with the necessary tools to produce language in a meaningful and relevant way. Nowadays, I'm an English teacher myself and, without a doubt, that joyful experience I had when I was just 16 years old made me sure teaching English was what I wanted to do with my life. Needless to say, she was definitely a source of inspiration for me and I'm really happy to do what I do today. Thanks a lot for the classes, they were a lot of fun!
Larissa C.
Aug 16, 2015
Danielle was my first English teacher in a language school in Brazil back in 2004 when I was just 12. I remember her touching words on the first day of class: Im here as a friend of yours not only as a teacher. She tried to have a close relationship with her students making them feel comfortable and more confident in class. Learning English with her was very fun and motivational, her ability to share what she knows about the language with students is so inspirational that I got in love with the English language and I have decided to become an English teacher as well. She is always willing to learn more and more that I have her as model.