Well I'm off to Sunny Spain next month. Have got my first TEFL job in Murcia, I am so excited I can't wait. I have 5 night shifts left and counting. I am so looking forward to a new adventure, I will keep you posted once I get out there to how I'm getting along xxx

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Hi everyone Well I have my first two interviews lined up, both by Skype. I've never had a Skype interview before and this will also be my first interview applying for a TEFL post. I am very nervous but also very excited. . Both interviews are for TEFL jobs in southern Spain and was just wondering if anyone had any tips or advice on what sort of questions I may get asked and what to...

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hi i've completed my tefl but need to complete the pro-course questtionaire to get my certificate and cant find it anywhere. i did the one for my 20hr classroom,grammar awareness and the 60hr tefl but after doing my 4 specialist topics it doesnt seem to have appeared. can anyone help   many thanks nikki

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well i stayed up last night until 02.30am completing my last assignment which was teaching to large groups and woke up to an email telling me it had been marked and i had passed!!! so let the adventure begin. have some one to one private tuition lined up after half term.my mum has a friend who is a school teacher and he has got me some unpaid work with some of his pupils that he...

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is it just me or is any one else struggling with question 4. i keep getting points (ii) and (iii) wrong. i passed all my 5 checkpoints first time and just passed my business english last night but can't get my head around that one question. grr.....think i need to switch off for the day so i'm off sightseeing in london with my friend from spain. might even do some one to one teaching on...

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yipee, so chuffed i finished checkpoint 5. i was up until 1am last night determined to finish it. i did my 20hr classroom course at the weekend and really think that helped me as it made everything fall into place. just 20hrs of grammar and the 4 specialist subjects to go now !!!

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Wow, that was tough but i did it again. Another step closer to getting my TEFL and living my dream life , so pleased. Think i'd better go and venture out in the pouring rain with the pesky pooch who has been very well behaved whilst I've been working away. Then I can treat myself to a cop of tinto before I tackle Checkpoint 5. :-)

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Hi, I have just returned from Pueblo Ingles and though I would share my experience with you all. I really enjoyed it and have met some lovely people. I did a 4 day immersion program in La Alberca, Salamanca from the 19th until the 22nd of April. I was met by one of the team in Madrid on the Thursday morning and travelled with 3 other volunteers to La Alberca, we arrived about 13.50hrs and...

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Well that was tough but I have just completed checkpoint 3, Can't quiet believe I passed it first time. It was a long assessment but it really did make me think about everything, but now I've completed it everything all seems to make a lot more sense than it did a few weeks ago. Checkpoint 4 here i come. :-)

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Well they say all things happen for a reason. On Tuesday I got an email from Pueblo Ingles saying there was late availability for volunteers in La Alberca, however I was booked on 20hr classroom course in Shrewsbury, a few hours later I get a call telling me the Shrewsbury course has been cancelled. I emailed Pueblo Ingles and managed to get on the program. So I fly off to Madrid on Wednesday. Can't wait...

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