Maria is a private teacher of French and German having taught in secondary schools in Hampshire. She has just returned from Dusseldorf, Germany where she lived for 2 years and passed the C1 Goethe Zertifikat. She has a B.A Hons in French from Bristol University. She is an examiner for the AQA and is passionate about the importance of language learning in the UK. She is developing on-line courses and materials with the intention of supporting busy teachers, in particular those teaching the new GCSE (1-9) for examination in June 2018.