Stéphane Trudel
Teacher of Spanish as a foreign language
Welcome to my website
Mi historia
Je travaille pour le Centre de Service Scolaire des Patriotes depuis janvier 2007. Avant de devenir enseignant, j’ai travaillé dans les domaines du tourisme et de l’hôtellerie. J’ai fait des études au collège Ahuntsic, à l’Université de Montréal et j’ai terminé ma formation d’enseignant à l’Université d’Ottawa. J’ai également participé à des séjours d’études à l’étranger dont cinq semaines à l’Université de Salamanca en Espagne en 2001 et six mois à l’Université Libre de Berlin à l’été 2005. J’enseigne l’espagnol depuis septembre 2012. J’ai eu la chance d’accompagner six groupes d’élèves en Amérique Centrale. J’ai organisé un premier voyage au Nicaragua en 2013. Je suis allé trois fois au Guatemala de 2014 à 2016 et en 2018 j’allais pour la première fois au Costa Rica et j’y suis retourné en 2019. J’aime faire des excursions en montagne, du camping, danser, lire, voyager, découvrir de nouveaux talents et de nouvelles passions. J’adore faire de la moto aussi! Mon rêve serait de parcourir l’Amérique Latine à moto.
Through my website, I'd like to share not only my own successes, but also and above all those of my students. I'm a passionate, open-minded, daring teacher who loves different cultures and wants to help spread tips and techniques to help and encourage you in your learning of Spanish. I want to inspire you and create a community of curious and alert people. I hope you'll enjoy yourself, but to do so you'll have to take the time to browse around. Have fun discovering!
VIAJES INMERSIÓN LINGUISTICA Y CULTURAL
I've been able to organize six language and cultural trips to Central America. These projects are, to say the least, an incredible opportunity not only to discover Latin American cultures, but also for students to put their knowledge of the Spanish language into practice.
NICARAGUA 2013
First trip to Latin America with a group of 30 students from the School of International Education. We stayed with families in the city of Granada. The students had a wonderful experience, and several excursions were planned, including swimming in lagoons, hiking a volcano and visiting the capital Managua. We also spent a few days on the island of Ometepe.
GUATEMALA 2014-2016
I was lucky enough to organize and take part in three language and cultural immersions in Guatemala. The students stayed with families in the city of Antigua and took Spanish classes at the Mundo language school. We helped prepare an alfombra during Semana Santa, took a cruise on Lake Atitlán and visited three towns including Santiago de Atitlán, San Antonio Palopo and San Pedro la Laguna. We visited a coffee plantation. We also spent an afternoon with students from Bendición de Dios elementary school, and visited the most popular market in the country in the town of Chichicastenango. These three language stays were an incredible experience for me.
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COSTA RICA 2018-2019
In March 2018, 40 students from De Mortagne high school enjoyed an extraordinary experience in an absolutely beautiful country. We stayed in the las Quebradas biological reserve and took part in a number of activities, including forest excursions, a visit to a coffee and pineapple plantation, and a visit to a COOPEAGRI sugarcane processing plant. We also spent a day in the splendid Marino Ballena National Park and took part in several other activities. The students took Spanish classes and lived with families. I will never forget this trip.
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