Author: sls

Teacher: Patti Nijhuis

Qualification:
She is currently holding a Master Degree in Sport Sciences and is undertaking a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience. She also had a teaching qualification.

Teaching Experience:
Patti is a native Dutch speaker who speaks 5 languages. She has a total of 9 years teaching experience which spans many disciplines. Besides currently teaching Dutch, IELTS preparation and English conversation at SLS, she also teaches motor control at Western Sydney University, as well as several dance styles.

Teacher: Luciana Menghini

Qualifications:

Luciana has a degree in EN-SP Sworn Translation from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and was granted a Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpretation diploma by Estudio Lucille Barnes, in Argentina.

Work Experience:

Luciana has worked as an ESL teacher for over 7 years. As a freelancer, she has focused mainly on English Grammar and Pronunciation (for Latin American singers) and has prepared students to sit for IELTS, CAE and TOEFL. Moreover, she has worked in companies such as Allianz and Uber Eats as a Business English Teacher and, also, as a Translator (for Uber’s Onboarding team).
She has been part of the team of Certified Translators at Juno Traducciones, and a Proof-reader and Editor at Valoroso Ltd. and a Bilingual Secretary at Gong Entertainment, an Argentinean production company.