The ILA Team

At our language school, we have a dedicated team of professionals who are passionate about teaching Spanish and helping our students achieve their language goals. With diverse backgrounds and experiences, our team brings a wealth of expertise and enthusiasm to create a vibrant learning environment. Get to know the faces behind our school:

Co-founder & Academic Director

Raquel Rojo

Raquel is an art historian and holds a master's in teaching Spanish as a foreign language from the Instituto Cervantes and the UIMP. She has spent twenty-two years teaching Spanish as a foreign language, fourteen of them in academic coordination and direction: she was head of studies at Camino Barcelona and at Mousai, and directed the Casa d'Oficis programme for the Ajuntament de Viladecans. At Iberia Language Academy she designs the curriculum and the course programmes, writes the assessments and trains the teaching team. She is an accredited DELE examiner at every level, A1 to C2, and an examiner for the LETRA diploma in Spanish for migrants. She belongs, in a personal capacity, to ASELE and AEPE. She has taught and lectured in Greece, Israel, Mexico and China. She directed Éliris, the Escola Pia de Barcelona's Spanish programme for migrants and refugees, and founded Unidiversia, a non-profit devoted to training people in vulnerable situations. Spanish and Catalan are her mother tongues, and she speaks English, Greek and French. Away from work: yoga, meditation and time with family and friends.

Qualifications:

Master's in teaching Spanish as a foreign language, UIMP and Instituto Cervantes
Degree in art history, Universitat de Barcelona
Certificate of pedagogical aptitude, Universitat de Barcelona
Spanish teacher training course, 120 hours, International House and Universitat de Barcelona
Accredited DELE examiner, levels A1 to C2, Instituto Cervantes, Beijing
Examiner for the LETRA diploma in Spanish for migrants, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija

Publications:

«El judeoespañol como variedad del español. Estudio sociolingüístico en Israel. Implicaciones para la enseñanza de ELE», ELENET, 2010 (ISBN 2-9524532-0-9). Listed in the CSIC Virtual Library of Sephardic Studies
Articles on music and heritage in the Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Musicología, Madrid, 2005

Conferences and talks:

«¿Qué es alfabetizar?», presentación del primer Manual de Alfabetización Éliris. Escola Pia de Sant Antoni, Barcelona, 2019
«Enseñanza de español a migrantes en el camino», ciclo de conferencias y talleres. Centro Lerchundi, Martil, Marruecos, 2018
«Teaching languages as a foreign language: a challenge». Sino-British College, Shanghái, 2016
«El judeoespañol y Sefaradia. Patrimonio lingüístico y soportes digitales». Sino-British College, Shanghái, 2014
«El judeoespañol como variedad del español». Instituto Cervantes de Shanghái, 2013

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