G’day! I’m Alicia, and I’m so glad you’ve joined us!
I’m an Australian woman who has a great passion for both the English and Spanish languages. I was born in Sydney, Australia and I grew up with my family on the Gold Coast. I graduated from university in Darwin and moved to Melbourne in 2012, where I lived until I left Australia in 2018.
My Career
I have a degree in communications and I have worked for over 10 years in Marketing and Publicity. I have learnt to communicate in a wide variety of English contexts, from academic to journalistic, to advertising, content writing and creative storytelling. In my years as a professional writer, do you know the most valuable thing I learnt? The most useful skill you will ever have is THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE.
My Travel So Far…
It was with bittersweet excitement and utter terror that I said goodbye to this incredible country that I have called home for 31 years and venture to the great unknown that is the big wide world. I spent two years planning a bigbackpacking trip around the Spanish-speaking world. The journey has no end date, with no flights booked to return. I threw away everything I owned except what I have brought with me in my backpack.
I started my adventure in the cobbled streets of Spain, then I made my way to Mexico. My plan was to do a scuba diving course in the Gulf of Mexico and move on 2 months later to Colombia. However Mexico caught me with her charm, and I stayed on as a Divemaster intern in Playa del Carmen, until I was hurt in a bicycle accident. After recovering, I decided that I had not explored enough of this amazing country, so I moved on from the Riviera Maya to the desert state of San Luis Potosí, where I now live and work online as a tutor.
My plans for travel are not over, however. I will be jetting off to Colombia in 2019 to scuba dive, hike and dance salsa with my best friend. Then later on my list is more diving and dancing in Cuba, my life’s ambition of trekking the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu in Peru, tangoing in Argentina and becoming one with the beautiful nature of Chile. Follow me on my travels!
English and Spanish Tuition Services
I started learning Spanish in April 2016 for fun, and I fell in love with learning! Since then, I have made so many Spanish speaking friends online and here in my city as I searched for opportunities to practice. Throughout my language exchanges, I began to understand how hard the English language must be for Spanish speakers. I have the same problems – in reverse!
That’s why I started this website; to teach English and help people learn things that they won’t read in textbooks.
Upon staying in Playa del Carmen, many expatriots from other countries living in Mexico approached me and asked me how I became so fluent in Spanish within only a year. I then opened a Spanish tuition service for English speakers, offering explanations of the language from an English speaker’s perspective.
What You Will Find Here
- Common ‘Spanglish’ errors that Spanish and English speakers make when they try to translate directly from their native langauge
- English phrasal verbs and ways to remember them – I know this is a big problem for many people!
- Cool expressions and idioms to make you sound really fluent
- Cultural stories and explanations about Australia and the countries where I travel
- Aussie slang – one of the hardest things for people to get used to when they travel to Australia
- Techniques on how to fast-track your English and Spanish learning
- Lots more stuff that you won’t read in a textbook or hear in class!
Follow and connect with me
I want to hear from you! What English or Spanish concept do you have problems with? Do you need me to explain a grammatical term for you? Connect with my social media pages for answers!
www.facebook.com/wonderswithalicia
Here I’ll post interesting articles and pictures to help you. Comment on anything you find helpful.
www.twitter.com/wonderswalicia
Tag me in a tweet using @wonderswalicia and ask me any English questions you have.
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Alicia
Hi my australian friend! Jeshus!! I thought I was wrong when I saw your profile picture with dark hair.😂
Congratulations for your website. It’s fantastic.
Javi(Spain)
Thanks Javi, I change my hair sometimes! I try to keep you guessing!