My name is Maria Inga Hannesdottir and I have worked for over 30 years as a teacher in Iceland, at various school levels. For the past years I have taught over 400 persons in private lessons who wished to improve their reading, writing and pronunciation.     Foreign born residents of Iceland have also turned to me in their need to improve their Icelandic pronunciation and read and write more easily.     What my years of experience as a teacher has taught me is that each individual has unique learning needs and everyone deserves a special attention.    I, myself, grew up moving from one country to another and learned to read the hard way.    That is one of the reasons why I developed a pronounce Icelandic program that is understandable to all. It is specially designed so that it can systematically help anyone to master Icelandic pronunciation through repetitive learning at a pace suitable to all.     Below is my working experience and education background that reaches back to the year 1971.  Education: 1990 B.A.degree in Special Education. Iceland University of Education. 1987-1989 Classroom teachers research, practical skills. Iceland University of Education. 1980-1981 Special Education. Iceland University of Education. 1971 Graduated from The Teachers Training School, Reykjavik, Iceland. Working experience: 1990-2007 Reykjavik´s Municipal Centre for Adult Education.  Private lessons to persons wishing to improve their reading and/or writing skills. Icelandic for foreigners who wished to practice further their pronunciation in Icelandic and read easily. 1991-1994 Digranesskoli, Kopavogur city.   Special Ed. teacher developing suitable solutions for young children with learning problems (age 7-10). 1990-1991 District office of Education, Reykjavik, Iceland.   Special Ed. counsellor. 1985-1989 Reykjavik´s Reading Center.   Mainly for children aged 10-12 with severe reading and writing difficulties. Developing suitable methods by teaching, evaluating and organizing The Reading Center. 1983-1985 Hjallaskoli, Kopavogur city.   Main stream teaching (age 6-7). Special ed.teacher for a number of children with learning difficulties. 1982-1983 Engidalsskoli, Hafnarfjordur city.   Main stream teacher (age 6). Special Ed. teacher for a number of children with learning difficulties (6-10). 1981-1982 District office of  Education, Reykjanes, Iceland.  Special Ed. Counsellor.  1971-1980 Kopavogsskoli, Kopavogur city.   Main stream teacher (age 7-12). Specified in teaching children with extreme attentional needs. Courses: 1999 - 2006 The State Diagnostic Counselling Center. Springcourses. 2003 The Council for Global Education. 1978, 1989, 1997 Social psychology. 1981, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1996, 2000 Various intensive courses on the subject how to teach to read and write. Studies, methods and practise. 1987 Research studies; lectures in the field of learning to read and write. 1984 Handwriting; academic lectures and practise in italic writing. 1982 Educational School Counsellor. 1975 School Counsellor. Solutions dealing with behaviour problems. Home