SHAPING YOUR FUTURE TOGETHER

Welcome to MOKA Languages.

My name is Monika and I am a language lover. My passion for both languages and cultures led me to found this small company. For more than a decade I have been helping students to become more confident when using a foreign language and thus achieving their personal and professional goals.  

I was born in Slovakia, a small country in the heart of Europe, when we were still using Walkmans and had no remote control. I discovered my passion for languages when I was quite young. Since then I had always dreamt about being a language instructor or a translator and after a lot of effort I was able to make both dreams come true.  

 I was aware of the fact that my native language, Slovak, was only spoken in my country and therefore, I would need to learn more languages to travel around the world and communicate with other people. I worked very hard on all the skills to prove myself that even without living in a foreign country (and without the internet at that moment!) I was capable of mastering a new language.  

 However, I knew that in this highly competitive world it wouldn’t be enough just to speak another language, so I moved to Spain to do my English Degree and keep improving both languages. I hold a Master Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language and a Master Degree in Institutional Translation. What’s more, having worked as a language instructor and an interpreter at the court for several years allowed me to develop my sense for details and preciseness. 

These skills proved very helpful particularly when teaching and preparing students for official exams such as IELTS or FCE.

 Nevertheless, it is not only the postgraduate studies and hard work that make me better understand my students’ needs. It is also the fact that I have lived in other countries such as Spain, Mexico and currently Australia. This way I could get in touch with the different cultures and learn about their customs and the real way of using their languages.  

My classes embrace a holistic approach that allows students to be at the centre of the learning process and learn through interactive methods.