Luis Pinel has an extensive experience teaching Spanish language courses to a great variety of students in Melbourne since 1987. He started his career at the Spanish Department of La Trobe University during that year. From 1991 to 1996 he worked for the Horwood Language Centre of the University of Melbourne. At the beginning of 1996 Luis opened Tres Culturas Spanish Language Studio, the first full time private school in Melbourne dedicated exclusively to the teaching of Spanish at all levels of proficiency. Prior to working for his own school, Luis also taught at the Latin American Spanish Language School and at the Francais a Table Language School, both in Melbourne.

Luis, a native Spanish speaker from El Salvador, is a fully trained language teacher; he holds a Bachelor of Education degree as well as preliminary studies towards a Master of Education degree from La Trobe University. The academic skills gained during his studies include the ability to design and write language courses for students at any level of language proficiency, as well as a specialized knowledge on syntax (the nature of the written language) and phonology (the nature of the sounds patterns of language). Emeritus Professor R E Thompson and Dr A N Baxter, both formerly from the Spanish Department of La Trobe University, have assessed his Spanish language skills and professional capabilities in the past. Since opening Tres Culturas, Luis has been designing and writing and constantly editing and updating, the textbooks used at the three beginning levels taught by his school. These texts include all the areas of language study needed by students at those levels. All the other courses taught at Tres Culturas are also especially designed by him to suit each language level, according to the group and individual needs. Luis does this to provide the students with a gradual and constant language acquisition in an easy and enjoyable way. His professional ability to design and write our courses, gives the Spanish language learner the advantage to use learning texts which are always updated and fully relevant to the Melbourne cultural setting. With the teaching-learning techniques and strategies included in the core of our courses and Luis' extensive teaching expertise, the students gain a rapid ability to converse in Spanish right from the outset of the learning process.

Luis Pinel has an ample knowledge of the many varieties of Spanish currently spoken in Hispanic America and Spain (including their particular accents and other regional linguistic features). He has a great passion for linguistics in general and for languages in particular. Apart of Spanish and English, he is also fluent in Italian, Portuguese and French. Luis is an enthusiastic and friendly teacher who enjoys transmitting his language skills to the students on his charge whilst at the same time facilitating for them the achievement of their full potential in their learning endeavors.