Robert Martínez

Robert Martínez started his English-teaching career in 1994 at Centro Colombo Americano from Santafé de Bogotá (Colombia). He gained tremendous TEFL experience throughout the 1990s with various language schools based in Turin (Italy), as well as the British Council in Cairo (Egypt). Between 1999 and 2001 he gained both his CELTA and his DELTA qualifications at the British Council in Milan (Italy). He became Director of Studies in 2005 at Anderson House Bergamo (Italy) and Managing Director at International House (IH) Palma de Mallorca in 2006, when he also started running CELTA courses as Assistant Tutor. Since then he has been a CELTA tutor with prestigious schools such as British Council Singapore and Giga IH Catania (Italy). Robert is also a Cambridge-certified YLE, BULATS and IELTS Speaking Examiner, a Cambridge Exams Team Leader and a registered translator and interpreter proficient in Spanish, Italian and English. Following up on his interest in teaching languages with technology, Robert also completed an MA (Double Distinction) in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching at the University of Nottingham, besides a TESOL MA (Merit), a Postgraduate Diploma in TESOL and a Postgraduate Diploma in Academic Management (Distinction). He is currently enrolled on an MA in Professional Development for Language Education with NILE/University of Chichester. His professional creed? Excellence, and excellence again.