About Coral

Coral qualified as a teacher in Britain after obtaining her Final Diploma as a Translator and Interpreter in Spanish – English from the Institute of Linguists, London (Honours Degree) and TESOL Certificate from Trinity College London.

She started her career teaching languages in secondary schools in Suffolk and Essex, England, 18 years ago followed by some time in Egypt before finally joining the Bilingual Project British Council – Spanish Ministry of Education (M.E.C.) 11 years ago.

Coral is currently teaching infants and understood the importance of Synthetic Phonics teaching after achieving high standards of literacy and from having the chance to train teachers at the British Council, Madrid together with Sue Lloyd (co-author of 'Jolly Phonics').

Coral advises state and private schools, Local Authorities and institutions from infants to primary.

She has developed units of work incorporating Synthetic Phonics into the Spanish Ministry of Education – British Council Integrated Curriculum. She also collaborates with various Spanish Universities including the University of Valladolid and University College Worcester as a tutor and trainer of British students and also the University of Alcalá in Madrid.

Coral trains teachers at the British Council: Madrid, Portugal, Egypt and takes part in a children´s programme for Spanish television promoting Synthetic Phonics.

Coral's services include: