Felipe Véliz

The first thing you should really know about myself is that I have always wanted to be a
teacher. Since I can remember. When other kids were playing doctor or traveling to the
moon in their wooden-box-made spaceships I used to picture myself in front of a
classroom. My best friends often played along and acted out as my students. I was happy.
I felt complete. Three decades after that very same feeling still is my driving force.

I strongly believe that all teachers ought to be academically curious namely because we
need to be at the forefront, constantly upgrading our knowledge. The latter combined with
the fact that I have always been a language enthusiast is why I decided to get a Master´s
degree in linguistics. During the program I got the chance to review the latest
developments concerning research methodology in Linguistics, First and second language
learning/acquisition theories, Morphosyntactic models, CLIL (Content and language
integrated learning), Speech and discourse analysis (which has become a focal point in
my lessons), English phonetics and phonology among many others. My final thesis named
“The effects of an enhanced musical aptitude on oral production and vocabulary learning in
university EFL learners” was an attempt to combine two of my biggest passions, music and
language. This work yielded interesting results aiming at re shaping the way music is used in
language lessons.

I can help you out on this language learning journey. Please feel free to contact me and ask for your free evaluation!!!