Hi mates,

My name is Diego and, like the rest of students of this course, I am a teacher. I work as a tutor in a Primary School called C.P. Ramón Pelayo, in Santander, which is involved in the Bilingual Program. Previously, I taught for more than twenty years in different schools in Cantabria.  I've been studying English since I was a child but I realize that I must improve quite a lot in order to be able to speak more fluently and understand oral language much better. My interest in English is due to personal and professional reasons. I've made up my mind to make the most of this opportunity and therefore I will try to study as much as possible during the classes and at home as well, although it's not an easy task to focus my attention on a subject after a wearying day's work with children.

I like sports (more doing them than watching games on TV; for instance I play football once a week), reading -at this very moment I'm finishing The book of illusions, an astonishing novel by Paul Auster- and travelling. As I understand that these hobbies are not very original, I will add that I'm keen on paper folding, or in its Japanese name, origami. It's an ancient and extremely refreshing art, and besides which, it's extremely useful with pupils at school.