As a brief introduction, my name is Lorena Zurbano and I am an educator (originally from Madrid) based in London, with a background in research in language learning. A decade ago, when I first started this edublog, I was intending to switch my work as a school-based teacher/teacher trainer to language online tuition. Perhaps my studies as an online learner (MA in teaching Spanish as a foreign language) helped me to feel immediately comfortable in the new environment. More recently, 3 years ago, we were informed of the sudden closure of my daughters’ school, and after some discussions we decided to give her a choice between all the options available locally and she opted for Home Education (not so much Home-based learning though!) alongside most of her school friends. I kept working online supporting Alevels and GCSE tests taking learners and in the system. One thing I learnt is that if you wish to pass a test then tutors or school may help, but if you want to become a profici
Blog sobre experincias en el aprendizaje de lenguas, en concreto español como lengua extranjera. Dirigido a todos aquellos interesados en el uso de nuevas tecnologías y la adquisición de lenguas. En este blog se refleja mi transición personal del aprendizaje en contextos formal basados en programas de estudios, en contraste a experiencias en un aprendizaje fuera del aula más natural, personalizado y autodirigido fuera de contextos escolares.