Diomedes De La Rosa

I love to interact with my students especially when I can compare what they were in the beginning to what they are now.

When I was eighteen years old, that means over twenty years ago.

Among my students I have many people who want to learn Spanish because it opens new doors in terms of professional growth, but I also have students learning Spanish for other reasons like starting a relationship with a Spanish speaking person.

Well, I think it wouldn't fair to say that learning Spanish is easy. Spanish grammar structure is somewhat complex and maybe learning a language like English, with a different grammar structure may be easier. However, I have noticed that once my students realize that they have to learn a whole different story, they keep advancing towards reaching that goal classafter class.

It is very different! Dominican people speak very fast and somewhat cutting the words. For example: instead of "para" we just say "pa" and we usually drop the ending "s" even when they are for plural; and a lot more.

Many of my students like the way Dominican people speak as well as our music, our passion for sports such as baseball and more and more.

Helping my students to think in Spanish instead of translating from their native language.

I would say something very simple: the desire for learning.

It will depend on the student. Each student has a different learning style and different abilities. That's why for some people one part of the language is more difficult and for some other the most difficult part is something different. One more thing we should also consider is the student's native language. For example, if one student's native language is French or Italian, grammar is not usually such a big issue as it may be for a person whose native language is English.

When one of my student is struggling to learn the language I always try to help them make some adjustments on the way they are doing things. For sure you cannot expect a different result from doing the same thing.