About

Our goal is to make European Portuguese accessible to all and tailor it to all different types of people.

We do that by retrieving Student feedback and adapt our resources to what they need.

The Teacher

My name is Catarina and I’ve been teaching since 2016.

I worked in the Gastronomic Industry as a Chef & also as a Realtor/ translator helping expats move into Portugal.

None of these fields beat my love for teaching and thus, this is my full time project now. I have a bachelors in Food Production as well as a Coaching with NLP certificate. From there I got a training certificate, allowing me to create resources and courses for efficient learning.

I started The Bento Atelier because I saw that the tradicional teaching method is failing students and as someone with ADHD I’ve been through learning difficulties also.

I speak Portuguese, English fluently, I need to warm up my French, Spanish and Italian; and I’m currently learning Mandarin, Hindi and Korean.

I currently keep my lessons online to be able to have freedom of place to travel around and know cultures.

My teaching Philosophy

I strive to get my students to speak as fast as possible.

My first lesson is focused on knowing the student, in order to tailor the teaching but also for us to determined if we are compatible.

From then on, we’ll discuss the 5 pillars of the portuguese grammar, around 1-5 lessons. This depends on the student learning speed but also on the level.

The next level is based on getting the student to apply what was discussed previously into day -to - day contexts in order to have retention of vocabulary.

My students have access to materials, podcasts & a learning hub.

All classes are flexible to what the students needs. The classes can be 50 or 30min and all online, for now.

For more information you can contact me.