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Adapted to your Needs

Our courses are completely personalized and adjusted depending on your specific needs through efficient and quick teaching methods.

Expert Professors

Our professors are professional language teachers. All of them have been certified by the best universities in Chile and throughout the world. We have teachers specialized in teaching children and adults. Our professors provide language and business lessons, along with preparation for officially recognized exams, DELE or SIELE if you are learning Spanish and IELTS if you are learning English.

Communicative Method

In our institute, we use the communicative method, the most efficient and proven method worldwide, in order to teach languages in a way that allows our students to begin applying their knowledge in their real lives starting with the first class.

We provide certificates

At the end of the course the student will receive a certificate of participation.

Español en Chile Institute is a language school located in Santiago, Chile. Our professors, all certified and experienced educators, offer Spanish and English lessons for students of all levels and ages

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ONLINE LESSONS

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PREPARATION FOR EXAMS

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DELE or SIELE if you’re learning Spanish, and IELTS if you’re learning English

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English Teachers

Our teachers are professional English as a second language lecturers, certified by the best universities in Chile and the world. Our teachers provide language lessons for children, adults, and businesses, as well as providing preparation for the international IELTS exam.

Francisca Zúñiga

Francisca has a degree in Hispanic Linguistics and Literature from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). She also completed a master’s degree in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language at the Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), Spain. Also, to complete her training, she has participated in numerous courses, workshops, and conferences related to the area. She has also undertaken other language courses, such as English in Canada and the United States, and Italian in Italy. Her professional career involved working as a Spanish teacher for foreigners since 2009. In 2012 she founded Español en Chile Institute and assumed its direction. During 2018, she ran the institute while simultaneously teaching Spanish to diplomats and officials of the United Nations Organization (UN) at ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean). Since 2022 she works exclusively as director and coordinator of the school.

Carolina Carrizo

Rocío Torres

Amílcar Noguera

Raúl Córtes

Director of Español en Chile Institute

English teacher

English teacher

Carolina holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English Linguistics and Literature from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). She has extensive experience teaching English and has also worked on translations across different fields.
She holds a TEFL certification (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), which qualifies her to teach English and prepare students for the IELTS exam. She has taught learners of all ages, from young children to adults, and has worked in a variety of institutes and academic programs.
Carolina enjoys reading, watching films, and exploring different forms of artistic expression. She integrates these interests into her teaching, making learning a more dynamic and engaging experience for her students.

Rocío has a BA in Translation (English and French) and graduated in 2019 from the Universidad de Concepción (UdeC). She has translated administrative documents mainly from Spanish into English since 2019. In addition, she was part of the Chilean Association of Translators and Interpreters (COTICH) from January 2022 to June 2023. In 2020, she started giving online English lessons as a freelancer in distinguished language institutes to both teenagers and adults. She obtained her Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) diploma to certify her level of English and continued her professional path by giving on-site classes in Concepción. In November 2023, she traveled to Europe to do a Master’s degree in Spanish as a Foreign Language: Teaching and Research in the Universidad de Valladolid (UVa), Spain to broaden her teaching skills and her knowledge of new digital resources for the classroom.

English teacher

Amílcar Noguera is a Spanish–English–Italian translator who graduated in 2010 from the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). He has extensive experience translating technical manuals and IT-related texts. In 2012, he completed the TKT Essentials teacher training program at the British Council in Venezuela, and in 2014 he earned an IELTS certificate with an overall band score of 8 out of 9. From 2017 to 2019, he worked with the Australian Embassy in Santiago while also teaching foreign languages at the Instituto Español en Chile.
He describes himself as a “citizen of the world” with a friendly personality and strong adaptability to different contexts.

English teacher

Raúl is an English-Spanish translator who graduated from the Universidad Chileno-Británica de Cultura (UCBC) and is fluent in both languages. His fascination for teaching Spanish blossomed during his university years, motivating him to complete the Diploma of Specialization in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). Raúl has extensive language teaching experience and has taught English and Spanish in various schools and educational institutions. Currently, he is passionately dedicated to providing private lessons and collaborating with several language centers, where he shares his knowledge and enthusiasm for languages with his students. His commitment to excellence and ability to adapt to the individual needs of his students make him a highly valued and respected teacher in his field.

Luis Miranda Valdés

Luis Miranda Valdés is an English–Spanish simultaneous and consecutive translator and interpreter, and holds a Master’s degree in Communication and Educational Technologies. For nearly two decades, he has taught translation and interpreting at both the Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) and UNIACC University. He has also participated in major international events, providing both simultaneous and consecutive interpreting services, as well as translation.
Luis designs and leads workshops on liaison interpreting techniques, with an emphasis on active and collaborative learning. In addition, he has seven years of experience teaching English at different proficiency levels and preparing students for the TOEIC exam at the Manpower Chile Institute.

English interpreter teacher

Javier Garrido

English teacher

Javier Garrido is an English teacher who graduated from Universidad Alberto Hurtado (UAH) in 2017, after completing an exchange program at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) in Melbourne, Australia. Since 2018, he has taught English to elementary and high school students, where he has also served as Head Teacher for two cohorts. In addition, he has supported undergraduate and graduate students in preparing for the TOEFL iBT exam, designing and delivering customized programs for those seeking to study abroad. In 2024, Javier completed a Diploma in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language at the Universidad de Chile (UCH), aiming to formalize his expertise in language teaching and expand his strategies to support international learners in Chile. He is known for his cheerful personality and his ability to design courses tailored to each student’s context and personal background.

Christel Ramírez

English teacher

Christel Ramírez holds a bachelor's degree in English Linguistics and Literature from the Universidad de Chile (UCH), a program through which she was trained first to assess the level of English learners of the language, and later to teach it as a second or foreign language. During her university years, she worked as an examiner in bilingual schools, assessing the level of children and teenagers through writing, speaking, reading and listening comprehension tests. After graduating from university, she pursued a postgraduate program focused on second language teaching all while working as an English as a second language teacher. Since 2022 she has worked teaching children, teenagers, and adults not only from Chile, but also from countries such as Venezuela, Peru, Korea, China, India, Spain, and France. As she does when teaching Spanish,her lessons are taught through a communicative methodology with a sociocultural focus. She aims to help students acquire the necessary skills to navigate real communicative contexts, adapting class objectives to the learners' needs.

Vanesa Huilipán

English teacher

Vanesa Huilipán holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Linguistics in Translation Studies, with a specialization in English and Japanese, from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH). After graduating, she focused her career on teaching English to young learners while working as a research assistant in the field of neuroscience. In her classes, she uses a communicative approach to help learners navigate real-life situations and to prepare them for international exams such as Cambridge English Qualifications.
Vanesa discovered her passion for teaching after working alongside an elementary school teacher. That experience also made her aware of educational inequality in the school system; for that reason, she has been trying to help narrow it as an English teacher at a nonprofit school in Chile, volunteering with students who struggle in the classroom. She has an advanced level of English, a pre-intermediate level of Japanese, and a basic level of Portuguese.

Mauricio is an English instructor and linguist with more than 20 years of experience teaching English. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Chile and a master’s degree in Linguistics, specializing in the learning of English as a foreign language learning, from the University of Santiago, Chile. He also holds a Diploma in University Teaching from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and a C1-level Cambridge English certificate.

Throughout his career, Mauricio has taught English to students of different levels and backgrounds at universities and specialized language institutions. He has taught courses in English language, phonetics, phonology, and ESP. He currently teaches at Universidad Diego Portales and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

His approach combines a strong background in linguistics with practical, communicative, and student-centered teaching, helping learners develop not only their English skills and knowledge, but also the confidence they need to use English effectively in real-life situations.

English teacher

Mauricio Arcaya

Aylysh Rojas

English teacher

Aylysh holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature and Linguistics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). She has experience teaching English to students of all ages; both as a private tutor and in educational and assessment settings. She has worked as a private English teacher, designing lessons tailored to each student’s needs and proficiency level. She also works as a Cambridge Exam invigilator at English UC, helping to set up and supervise international English certification exams. Her teaching approach focuses on creating dynamic, supportive, and student-centered learning environments that foster the development of language skills and the confidence to communicate in English. She considers language learning a valuable tool for broadening horizons, discovering other cultures, and exploring new ways of seeing the world.

Katterine Silva

English teacher

Katterine holds a bachelor's degree in Literature and Linguistics, specializing in Hispanic linguistics and literature from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). She completed a master’s degree in Linguistics, specializing in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching, at the Universidad de Playa Ancha (UPLA). She is a native Spanish speaker and has advanced proficiency in English. Her interest in language teaching began during her university studies, and since then she has attended and presented at conferences. As an English teacher, she has taught both private lessons and classes at language schools, working with children and adults, teaching both General English and English for Specific Purposes (ESP). She aims to make learning interactive and engaging, with a particular interest in gamification in language teaching. She has taken English courses at institutes and universities abroad in order to specialize further.

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