Our Team

  • Kim Davis

    CasaLingua Director and Tutor

    Most classes - French, Spanish and Italian - are delivered by Kim. Kim is an experienced teacher and teaches adults and children at CasaLingua Language School (Consett) as well as online. She offers one-to-one lessons for adults and has a proven record of achieving outstanding results with her GCSE and A level students.

    Kim is responsible for the organisation and administration of all of the CasaLingua lessons and is also the person to which you should direct questions if you wish to hire the 2nd floor space at CasaLingua Language School.

    Kim hosts her own in-house language themed events as well as collaborating with other businesses in the local area. If you want Kim to come to you, get in touch!

  • Melanie Cornforth

    CasaLingua French and Spanish tutor

    Melanie is a French native from Poitiers who has lived in the UK since 2012 and now works at a local North-East Primary school as a teaching assistant.

    Melanie obtained her qualifications in France and has a LLCE (Langues, Litérature et Civilisation Étrangère) in Spanish and a Masters degree in Primary Teaching. She is also a Mum of 2 and is committed to raising both of her little ones as bilingual.

    Melanie teaches CasaLingua’s primary French students and, moving forward, will also have some availability for one to one tuition.

  • Antonieta Craven

    CasaLingua Online Spanish Tutor

    Antonieta Craven, a native Spanish speaker from Lima, Peru moved to the UK in 1996 and settled in the Manchester area.

    Antonieta graduated from UCLAN with BA Education and qualified as a teacher after obtaining her PGCE (Secondary Education) from MMU.  She has also studied at the Instituto Cervantes and has a certificate in teaching adult learners. 

    Antonieta is responsible for the Beginners Spanish course (online) and has some availability for one to one online tuition.