About Linda Villaruel -
Practice Typing 

 My name is Linda Villaruel.  I am the owner of Practice typing website. I live in the Caribbean. Trinidad and Tobago.  I am married 41 years now and my husband and I have two sons who are now married also.  I am seventy years of age and loved typing from a very early age. (teenager)

Why This Website - Practice Typing

I Linda Villaruel started this website practice typing after I had retired from training persons to type.  I felt that since I no longer teach typing in person I should set up a site that persons can come to if they needed help in typing. They can learn to use the keyboard, all the typing skills and techniques free of charge. 

Many people do not realize how much there is to this trade.  It starts from typing posture, learning to type, building your speeds, creating documents using all the features to enhance documents, editing, inserting images, proof reading, printing, save and so much more they can learn.

I enjoyed my career teaching typing especially private classes to all ages at a small fee because I understood the circumstances of the people in my community. From the young to the elderly and they all enjoyed it. 

Students from surrounding neighborhood who heard about the success of my students in my community enrolled in my private classes. I was known by all not as Linda Villaruel but as the Typing teacher.

There were no other typing schools around and transport to and from the city was very costly and time consuming.  Some wanted private tutoring which I gladly offered.

My joy was not the money but seeing persons type using all eight fingers and their thumbs smoothly across the keyboard and creating documents.

Who I helped Practice Typing 

I trained some to learn typing up to (City & Guilds, London exams) which they were successful at the Advanced and First-Class level. I was happy when they were employed.  I felt happy for them. 

I also admired the elderly how willing they were to learn to manage the keyboard and the mouse. Then finally learn to type at their own pace. They were all happy to learn modern technology i.e the computer keyboard.

When the government were offering courses to the community, they were willing to hire me to teach computer literacy for many years up to the advanced level to the community. There were times when I had 40 students to a class.

Typing was a must because it is part of Word Processing and they all loved it. They understood what the keyboard was all about and how to use it correctly. 

My love for typing and tutoring others, then seeing them use the keyboard efficiently sparked this site: I wanted to help persons build the kind of typing skills that makes them feel good when it comes to posture and keyboard skills. They can come to this site and take their time and learn to type, then learn the different types of documents, their layout, even features like footnotes, endnotes, manuscripts, indent style and fully blocked letters etc., using envelopes and so much more.

Past Typing Students 

 Past typing students have always kept in touch with me. Some came back for higher level of shorthand and even Word Processing. Many have asked for their children to attend private classes at my home right now but sorry to say I believe that my time has gone for that. They can now check out my website practice typing and try to learn as much as they can.

These past students have also recommended me to family and friends who are interested in typing.  They admired my simplicity, my patience and my method of teaching.  I accept all and tries my best to help them accomplish their goal in whatever career they chose in typing

My Typing Students - Secondary School

In my classroom with my students presenting a farewell gift to a teacher

Typing Positions

Typing has taken me to the following positions

1. Technical Vocational Teacher
2. Secretary
3. Clerk Stenographer 2
4. Audio Typist and a
5. Part Time Typing Teacher

 My students were employed as:

1. Receptionist,
2. Typist for Doctors, government offices, and the High Court in my country, Conveyancers, etc.
3. Secretaries,
4. Clerk Stenographer 
5. Administrative Assistant 

Where I taught typing

• private commercial schools and
• government vocational schools
• Government Community development computer courses for communities where I trained hundreds of students for office-related careers

Some of my qualifications include:

• 100 words per minute in shorthand
• Advanced Level in Typewriting
• Computer Programs - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
• Training in Office Procedures
• Training in Office English Training in Business English 
• A Diploma in Technical Vocational Teacher’s Training from a Technical Institute

Some Skills I taught

•  Transforming a classroom into an Office setting for the students at secondary schools for these students to get the necessary to office training to carry out office duties firsthand. ·      

• I was also awarded a Merit for the Best Model Office for the school I taught at Business Department under the Ministry of Education in my country. The school came first in the country’s Best Model Office that year.       

• I organized Secretary's Week, also known as Professional Administrative Week, for students at the schools where I taught. On that day companies would display business machines, computers etc for the students.  There was also a program on that day with activities and performances by the students for the “Best Office Student” for the year. ·

• I organized Field trips for these office students allowing them to dress for the office.  On that day we visited offices and met Secretaries; observing their office layout, dress and grooming, qualifications, job experience also their office etiquette.

Come learn to practice typing

So I must say to all ages; Come and learn to type using all the information you can get from this site, practice typing, to accomplish whatever goal you would like to achieve in your life. Feel free to come and learn.