{"id":2706,"date":"2026-06-01T14:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/quienes-somos\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:07:24","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/en\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2706\" class=\"elementor elementor-2706 elementor-757\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69fae9e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69fae9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-824c5e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"824c5e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7e874b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7e874b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d98051b elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"d98051b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/en\/\">Funtalk<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f99bc06 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f99bc06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who We Are<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af43281 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af43281\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We're not a conventional academy, and neither are our results<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc7dd5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cc7dd5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3da42a9 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3da42a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2016, Jodie and Josh left traditional academies behind and set up FunTalk right in the Eixample. We believe in turning learning into fun: classes that revolve around the students, where they take the lead, built into cooking, crafts, gardening or photography workshops. Here English is lived and experienced first-hand.<br\/>9 years on, FunTalk is like a second home for our students: children, teens and adults who learn relaxed, comfortable and almost without noticing. Because when learning becomes a pleasure, the results come on their own. We&#8217;re not a conventional academy, and neither are the results we get!    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e647d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"44e647d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382101a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"382101a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a8fa8 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"47a8fa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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trial class<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6944883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6944883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/en\/english-academy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 140 70\"><path d=\"M10 45 Q 30 45, 45 30 Q 55 15, 45 10 Q 30 8, 30 25 Q 35 45, 60 45 Q 90 45, 128 45\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"3.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" 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When learning becomes a pleasure, they learn, grow and have fun almost without noticing. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5c0eb3 e-con-full e-transform e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e5c0eb3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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They pour their creativity into every class and their enthusiasm is contagious: students join in spontaneously. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d03014 e-con-full e-transform e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d03014\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:-10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a73899e elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"a73899e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\"><path d=\"M10 30 L 32 12 L 54 30 L 54 52 Q 54 54, 52 54 L 12 54 Q 10 54, 10 52 Z\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"3\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><path d=\"M26 54 L 26 38 Q 26 36, 28 36 L 36 36 Q 38 36, 38 38 L 38 54\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"3\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-769b112 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"769b112\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A second home<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ad2ac8 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ad2ac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSince 2016, FunTalk has been a second home for our students. Here they&#8217;re relaxed and comfortable, and that makes English come out naturally and with motivation. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec6ed20 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ec6ed20\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c81617 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c81617\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02c90a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02c90a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/funtalk.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fundadores-funtalk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2708\" alt=\"FunTalk founders\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c279626 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c279626\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e46745b elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e46745b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nTHE FOUNDERS<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69c12f5 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69c12f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jodie and Josh: from London and Indiana <span style=\"color:var(--e-global-color-primary);font-family:var(--e-global-typography-accent-font-family), cursive;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;font-size:1.15em\">to the Eixample<\/span> \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb6781f elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb6781f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jodie was born in London; Josh, in a small town in Indiana (USA). When they arrived in Barcelona they tried several academies to learn Spanish and always found the same thing: boring classes, glued to the textbook, where the teacher dominated the class. That&#8217;s where the seed was planted: if they ever opened a language centre, it would have to be different.<br\/>First they created GetEnglish, with personalised home classes that ran for 10 years. From that philosophy FunTalk was born in 2016: a place where you don&#8217;t come to practise a language, but to live it. Here class doesn&#8217;t start with &#8220;open your books at page 12&#8221;, but with &#8220;coffee or a glass of wine?&#8221;. And as parents of two children, they&#8217;re clear: to really learn something, you have to be actively involved in the process.     <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7814e2d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7814e2d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e03abee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e03abee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83718bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83718bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fd79c9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fd79c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c3922f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c3922f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our values\n<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e225b4 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e225b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What we've believed from day one<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:-3,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2d6ca elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"5e2d6ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\"><path d=\"M32 8 L 39 24 L 56 26 L 43 38 L 47 54 L 32 46 L 17 54 L 21 38 L 8 26 L 25 24 Z\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"3\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af141c5 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af141c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Live the language, don't study it\n<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88eca69 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88eca69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You don&#8217;t just come here to practise English, you come to experience it. Fun, entertaining classes that are always practical and useful. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9e8202 e-con-full e-transform e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e9e8202\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:-3,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65fa7bf elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"65fa7bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\"><path d=\"M32 8 L 39 24 L 56 26 L 43 38 L 47 54 L 32 46 L 17 54 L 21 38 L 8 26 L 25 24 Z\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"3\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4c5770 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4c5770\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Just like home<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-900a7a0 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"900a7a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A breath of fresh air: a place to feel comfortable and relaxed. Class doesn&#8217;t start with &#8220;open your books at page 12&#8221;, but with &#8220;coffee or a glass of wine?&#8221;. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07bb332 e-con-full e-transform e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07bb332\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:-3,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88bdc1d elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"88bdc1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\"><path d=\"M32 8 L 39 24 L 56 26 L 43 38 L 47 54 L 32 46 L 17 54 L 21 38 L 8 26 L 25 24 Z\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"3\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b37f0e elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b37f0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Changing the status quo<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9c0ef0 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9c0ef0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt&#8217;s time to drop century-old teaching methods. We believe in innovative educational tools that are proven to work. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4f9e22 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4f9e22\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7174fe elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7174fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Your most frequent questions.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9185f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b9185f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee01f80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ee01f80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- ====== FAQ QUI\u00c9NES SOMOS \u00b7 FunTalk \u00b7 Solo preguntas (sin t\u00edtulo ni fondo) ====== -->\r\n\r\n<!-- Schema FAQPage para SEO -->\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n  \"mainEntity\": [\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"Who's behind FunTalk?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"Jodie Sclare and Josh Bumgardner, founders and teachers. Jodie was born in London and has lived in Barcelona for over 15 years; Josh comes from a small town in Indiana (USA) and arrived more than 12 years ago. As well as language teachers, they're parents of two children, and they're clear: to really learn something, you have to be actively involved in the process. They still run things day to day: they teach, welcome families at the door and know every child by name.\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"How did FunTalk start?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"When they arrived in Barcelona, Jodie and Josh tried several academies to learn Spanish and always found the same thing: boring classes, glued to the textbook and dominated by the teacher. That's when they decided that if they ever opened a centre, it would be different. First they created GetEnglish, with personalised classes at home, in schools and in companies. After 10 successful years with that relaxed, interactive approach, they took the next step and opened FunTalk in 2016 with the same philosophy.\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"How long has FunTalk been in Barcelona?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"We opened in September 2016. We've been in the Eixample for over 9 years, at Arag\u00f3 119, teaching more than 500 local families and working with over 10 nearby schools.\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"How is FunTalk different from a traditional academy?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"You don't just come here to practise a language, you come to experience it. Instead of starting class with \\\"open your books at page 12\\\", we ask \\\"coffee or a glass of wine?\\\". Our methodology is based on learning by doing: we cook, plant, experiment and put on plays, all in English. The language comes out naturally because it's needed to take part, not because it's time to repeat it. Fun, entertaining classes that are always practical and useful.\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"Do you really have your own kitchen?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"Yes. We have a real kitchen inside the classroom, with a fridge, oven, worktop and everything children need to bake cookies, make pizzas or prepare their own breakfast. Cooking is the best immersion there is: reading a recipe, asking for ingredients and describing the result in English without even noticing.\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"Are all the teachers native speakers?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"Yes. Our team is 100% native or bilingual with official qualifications: CELTA, TEFL or Cambridge. They're all passionate about their work: they pour their creativity into every class and their enthusiasm is contagious. Real immersion from day one, with no shortcuts into Spanish.\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"What types of classes and services do you offer?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"Regular courses by age (from babies to adults), official exam preparation (Cambridge First, Advanced, Proficiency, TOEFL, IELTS), one-off themed workshops, camps in every school holiday, after-school classes at Eixample schools and classes for companies (FUNDAE). The same methodology in every format.\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"Where exactly is FunTalk?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"At Carrer d'Arag\u00f3 119, right in Barcelona's Eixample. Near Urgell (L1) and Hospital Cl\u00ednic (L5) metro stations. We also teach at LearnLife Castelldefels on Wednesdays and run after-school classes at over 10 local schools.\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"What are FunTalk's opening hours?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 2 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm. On Saturdays we open for the Saturday FUN Club and one-off workshops. 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