Amelia An is a passionate and multilingual language educator with a talent for connecting cultures through communication. She holds two masters degrees – one in Applied Linguistics from Trinity College Dublin and another in Teaching Chinese as a foreign language…
Ramadan has been teaching Leaving Certificate Arabic for over 5 years, He has taught Arabic for non Arabic speakers for over 10 years and also has 13 years experience in teaching English as a second language. Previously, Ramadan was the…
Arnaud is a native French speaker and has taught at the Institute for eight years. He has 24 years teaching experience, having taught in the Alliance Française, Euro Languages College and Living Language. Arnaud has worked with the Department of…
Erika is a native Italian speaker. After obtaining her master’s degree in teaching Italian as a second language from the University of Paris VIII, she completed a specialised course in teaching Italian to secondary school students (CAPS) at the University…
Robbie teaches Irish and Spanish and has worked for many years with the State Examinations Commission devising curricula and as an exam corrector. He was a member of the NCCA committees tasked with devising Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate courses.…
Begoña is a native Spanish speaker with over 20 years experience of teaching Spanish. After obtaining her degree in Spanish Language and Literature from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid she completed a course to specialise in Teaching Spanish as a…
Nicky joined The Institute of Education last year and is thoroughly enjoying her role as a teacher of French & German, as well as Form Tutor for 5th Years. After she graduated from UCD with an honours degree in both…
Maria Fenton is a Spanish teacher with 20 years’ experience. She is the author of three Spanish textbooks: ¡Venga! Leaving Cert Spanish, Edco, 2020; ¿Qué pasa? 1 Junior Cycle Spanish, Edco 2017 and ¿Qué pasa? 2 Junior Cycle Spanish, Edco…
Patrick Fitzsimons is a Spanish teacher at the Institute for 4th Year and 5th year. He also runs the French debating club and the 6th year French and Spanish language clubs. He holds a First Class Honours degree in French…
