Spain

After a whole load of worry, I've got the job I wanted!   I'll be near, but not in, Sevilla and working for a respected academy with lots of training opportunities and great facilities.  I feel great about it at the moment, I'm trying not to have expectations too high; I'm prone to unwarranted optimism!  Anyway, fingers crossed.....

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I would love to find a job related to teaching children, but I'm concerned upon finding a job which would also accept me moving in with my child and eventually my husband. My formation is the following: Degree in U.K. in European Literature and comparative studies with French, a Portuguese trainers diploma and a Portuguese Ministry of Education diploma for teaching English to kids from five to eight years old. I have approximately 9 years...

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Hi guys, Just wondering if any of you know of any schools in Spain to teach English? Last year i did the Auxiliares program but this year im trying to go on my own with the tefl certificate. The auxiliares program doesn’t require you to have one but the pay is not soo great. So this time i want to try and do it on my own to see if i can find something better....

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Well, after a difficult year it is once again the time to start looking for another job.  I finally decided to hand in my notice last week and now feel a mixture of release and anxiety as I left school at 16 with only O-levels and therefore am severely out-competed in Spain at the moment. I must say that despite my last post, there are many good things about this place and I just happened...

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Im really struggling on my 3rd assignment ,i'd spent 6hours solid on just the second question and the guy who marked it said i hadnt put enough effort into it...well im finding it quite hard getting all the information i need....am i missing something ..is there a course book that i really need? ive only got the free downloadable one and to be honest it all seems a bit bitesize to me ...i know im...

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Has anyone with their TEFL taught in Spain? How easy is it to find a job? Do a lot of places require degrees? I am living in Barcelona and it would be great to hear the opinions of other TEFL teachers residing in Spain.

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Well ive just finished my third attempt at one of the essays and just scraped in .does anyone actually know what happens if you fail on third attempt???  

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As March draws to a close, bringing with it the end of the second term, it’s time for another update…This month has been less about teaching and more about testing, with my FCE students being first in the line of fire. The mock exams started at the end of February and continued through March. The end result was that 14 of my 16 students passed, although two of them just barely scraped by. Based on...

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Hello, I would appreciate any advice anyone can offer on working & choosing CELTA or Trinity Cert TESOL in Czech Republic for 2013/14.  I have completed a 130 hour online course last year and have worked for Berlitz in Barcelona - mostly teaching Business English - for 6 months after participating on a couple of Spanish summer schools in 2012.   I'm keen to get a CELTA or Trinity & maybe trying to work in ...

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Calling all Business English Teachers! We're being a bit nosy today and wondering how you're all getting on...so we've got a few questions to ask Business English teachers and also teachers to professionals!  What advice would you give to someone starting out in the field? How is teaching Business English different to teaching in a school/academy? What obstacles have you overcome and how? How do you keep lessons fun? How did you market yourself?  We're...

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