marcelo leal

San Francisco Bay Area United States

BAFLP, My eCoach, CLTA & Oak Grove High School

Philosophy My philosophy is based on teaching to Multiple Intelligences. In order to become proficient of the target language students needs to be exposed to culture and language through dialogue, art, technology, music and projects. Teaching the language as well as the culture fosters the idea that learning a world language is a means of communication and cultural expression, not simply a school subject. My name is Marcelo Leal and I’m in my 14th year of teaching Spanish at Oak Grove High School in San Jose. At fifteen, I came to the US from El Salvador continued my education in New York City where I graduated from Hunter College in Manhattan. It was also in New York where I worked with ...