Hilary Siebert

English Writing - ESL

Hilary has over 30 years of teaching experience expository writing and world literature. Before moving to Spain, where he currently teaches ESL at the Official School of Languages in Vigo, he directed the Teacher Mentoring Program at Radford University in Virginia for 7 years.

Hilary's classes stand out for his sense of humor and his ability to teach the fine points of speaking and writing in English that make all the difference in his students’ success. He speaks Spanish, German, French, and Galician, and holds an MA in German from Middlebury College and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa.

    • English as a second language

      • Specialized focus for academic, medical, or technical English.

    • English writing (academic)

  • B.A. in Letters and German, University of Iowa

    M.A. in German, Middlebury College

    Ph.D. in English, University of Iowa

    Visiting Professor, Rhetoric Program, University of Iowa

    Associate Professor, English Department, Radford University

    Assistant Professor of English, English Department, University of Vigo (Spain)

    English Teacher, Official State Language School (EOI), Vigo (Spain)

Student Testimonials

  • Dr. Siebert was very attentive and helped me understand my problems learning. The activities in class and the feedback he gave me on my work made me have a better attitude.

    Lucía, 2 years of lessons with Hilary

  • Hilary is a nice guy and at least he has a sense of humor. Other teachers just let me keep making mistakes and never corrected me, or what they wrote on my work wasn't useful.

    Nicholas, 1 year of lessons with Hilary

  • Mr. Siebert likes to interact and find out what problems his students have. He always puts the class notes online for us so that we can see them at home and use them to study. He gives us lots of tips for how to make our speaking and writing better.

    Michael, 5 months of lessons with Hilary