Movie Downloads, HDTV for Home Theater Online

Speak Shop Announces 2007 Online Spanish Tutor of the Year

Beaverton, OR (PRWEB) February 28, 2007--- Speak Shop, http://www.speakshop.com, a pioneer in fair trade online language tutoring via webcam, is pleased to announce Mayra Juarez as 2007 Tutor of the Year.

Through Speak Shop, tutors like Mayra set up and operate a micro language tutoring business. Speak Shop customers nominated their favorite Spanish tutors for the award.

Based in Antigua, Guatemala, Mayra started teaching Spanish online at Speak Shop in 2006. In just one year, she is already regularly teaching 70 hours per month online. Developing a strong clientele hinges on teaching performance and a transparent system of lesson feedback ratings. Not only did Mayra have high feedback ratings, but she also received the most student nominations this year. "I realize that the students' opinions and comments count, and it is a big responsibility. It commits us to continuing to provide the best of us for the benefit of all who belong to the Speak Shop community," she says.

Having taught Spanish since 1988, Mayra was already a highly experienced and successful instructor before teaching online. Marrying her teaching ability with cutting edge technology, however, brought new challenges. "In the beginning I feared I would not know what to do with the technology," says Mayra, "but through practice and help from other tutors, I have learned new skills and am very pleased with my progress."

Speak Shop founders Clay and Cindy Cooper work with each tutor individually to prepare them for online tutoring. "Mayra's progress has been phenomenal, and her students rave about her patience and sense of humor," says Clay. The opportunity to teach online provides a better living for Spanish teachers in places like Guatemala where local teaching jobs are low-paying and seasonal. "It's been very rewarding to see Mayra take her on ground teaching expertise to a world market of students," says Cindy.

Mayra looks forward to her future teaching online, "It seems to me that there is a very promising horizon. The number of students is increasing, and there is a wish and effort to do everything the best possible. Being part of this program is giving me a lot of satisfaction."

About Speak Shop

Speak Shop was founded in 2004 to increase access to cross-cultural foreign language education and to generate economic opportunity for people in developing countries. People around the world use Speak Shop to take live Spanish lessons by videoconferencing online. For more details visit http://www.speakshop.com.

###

MORE ARTICLES:

Free Webinar Brings Entrepreneurs Up to Speed On the Power of Virtual Teams So They Can Build 6- and 7-Figure Businesses And Enjoy Business Success
Melanie Benson Strick, founder of Success Connections, has taken the fear out of expansion for a lot of up-and-coming entrepreneurs by showing them a new way to growth and success. Not one to keep a good thing under wraps, Strick has just announced a new webinar -- a 90-minute seminar on the web -- that will bring this unconventional business model the attention it deserves.

3 Great Reasons to Shop for Home Lighting Online
If you are a consumer who knows just what brand or style of lighting fixtures you are looking to buy, the internet can save you money. Conversely, if you are just learning about what lighting fixtures, interior and exterior, are available for your home, the internet is a great place to get educated.

Two Trees in One: Just One-Click Away -- Get Dual Purpose Live Trees from Oregon Online Today
Yule Tree Farms now makes it easier to purchase Oregon's Noble Vintage® Live through their new Web site www.christmastreeoregon.com. Not only are these dual purpose trees delivered right to your doorstep but they are 75% lighter than comparable sized trees, making them easy for any consumer to handle.

Zooof Goes Beta; Online Social Site’s Goal is to Unite World through Family
The rapidly growing online genealogy service and social networking site, Zooof.com, has officially gone beta. The site’s goal is to bring people closer together through family and show how closely related they are to everyone else around the world – even celebrities, kings and presidents. With this announcement it is now opening its doors to the public and ending its previous ‘invitation-only’ trial period.

Drexel Online Offers Personalized BA program
Drexel University Online, a pioneer in Internet-based education programs, announces the launch of the online Bachelor of Science degree in General Studies - Individualized Studies. This new program will allow students to tailor the program to their chosen area of study.

Online Gaming and Satellite Internet
Satellite Internet is one of the new technologies for accessing the Internet. The technology uses a transponder, dish and a modem for uploading and downloading data from a computer to the service provider?s server. HughesNet is a leading provider of satellite Internet services. Satellite Internet connectivity is good for data transfer, but it is not the ideal choice for online gaming and other real time applications. Let us find out why.

Services for Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson, Presiding Bishop of COGIC, Will be Broadcast Live to Global Internet Audience
The Streaming Faith family will continue to remember the Patterson family, the COGIC ministers and members worldwide in our prayers during this time of bereavement. In respect and honor to the life of Presiding Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson, Streaming Faith is honored to broadcast all homegoing services live on www.StreamingFaith.com as follows: Thursday, March 29, 2007 (7:00pm - 9:00pm CST), Friday, March 30, 2007 (7:00pm - 9:00pm CST), Saturday, March 31, 2007 (10:00am - 1:00pm CST).

OleOle Presents MatchCentre - an Interactive Online Experience for EURO 2008
OleOle is adding real-time, interactive live blogging to enable football fans to pick sides as they interact around match reports - from their computer and from the stadium

Online Business Is Easy To Start
Many people have dreamed of getting online and using their home computer to earn a little extra cash. Surprisingly, this can easily be accomplished for many of us right in our own home, by starting up an online business. Now is the time for you to earn extra money using your home PC, and you don't even have to be at the computer to make money.

Earning A Civil Engineering Graduate Degree Online
Civil engineering is among the oldest branches of the vast field of engineering. Civil engineers create, construct, and maintain all types of public systems and structures, and are literally the backbone of any city or town. Civil engineers are often responsible for any of the following tasks: design and/or construction of road systems, municipal buildings and centers, airports, as well as water supply and sewage systems that include tunnels, bridges, dams, and filtration structures. The general field of civil engineering is an umbrella under which there are many sub-fields, including structural engineering, building construction, environmental engineering, transportation, and geotechnical engineering (soil and rock mechanics). If you are c...

First-Ever Internet Autism PSA Aims to Unite Online Users
The Early Intervention Network has launched the Red Flags of Autism online public service announcement campaign that allows Internet users worldwide to play a role in raising awareness of autism's earliest warning signs during national Autism Awareness month in April. Jayne Lytel, executive director of the Early Intervention Network, said an offline campaign complements the online PSA and includes displays featured throughout the DC Metro and bus sytem and volunteers handing out red flags at designated D.C. Metro stops. Lytel and her son, who recovered from autism, plan to pass out red flags from 8 am to 9 am at Metro Center on April 1 to kick off the campaign.

Loan Payment Insurance Can Help You Remain Debt Free
If you were to suffer the misfortune of having to take time off work after falling ill or being involved in an accident, you would still have to find the money to continue meeting any loan or credit card repayments you had This could leave you struggling severely; the same would apply if you were to find yourself unemployed by such as redundancy

SEO Hosting Adds Twelve Free Search Engine Optimization Scripts
Scripts make Host Gator's SEO Hosting the most comprehensive hosting service for helping customers maximize search engine placement.

Play Poker Online Against the Stars of the Silver Screen
There's no secret that poker is taking the world by storm. Businessmen, college students and even grandparents are taking up the game at astronomical rates.