WHO AM I?
A Carribean-American from Boston, Massachusetts, the founder of the “Open Doorways International Virtual Academy”. Odiva has a clear understanding of the concept of “changing one’s life”. However, her educational background is Electronic Engineering. She has chosen to interact with people instead of machines and has become a teacher.
She loves traveling and her technical background, combined with her TEFL certificate “Teaching English as a Foreign Language”. Also, she has allowed her to work in large manufacturing companies in Japan and in various universities and public schools.
After spending seven years teaching in Japan, one year in Korea and 3 years in the United Kingdom. She aims to obtain a pedagogy license to teach in public schools. Odiva loves to learn and has studied Japanese, Korean and Spanish.
Tailoring a unique learning method
More importantly, as a language student she realizes that many language schools uses these methods, while appearing excellent in theory, are not always effective in practice.
Students often change teachers, without having a constant training course that has been designed for their individual learning needs.
With this “one size fits all” teaching approach is inconsistent and leads to frustration. This is why she developed a system that is tailored to each student and their progress. In this way, each lesson is systematically based on what was learned previously.
Whom are these courses for?
She has experience with students at all levels, from absolute beginner to advanced professionals. Furthermore, she graduated from the University of Leeds UK, Education & Technology Masters degree program and is also studying Italian. Odiva can effectively deal with your challenges as a language student!
