The Spanish, Teaching and Cultural Immersion Program

Tuition investment: €3,600 EUR

Book your course with just €800 EUR Total.
The remaining balance should be paid 2 weeks before your course begins.

This is suitable for those without their European passport wanting to work legally in Spain! Through this program, you can get better paid jobs and can travel throughout Europe without restrictions.

A 12 Month Program:

Month 1:

TEFL Course

Monday-Thursday

9:30- 18:30

Friday 9:30-15:30

Month 2:

Spanish Classes

Monday-Friday

9:00-13:00

Cultural Activities

Tuesday-Friday

14:00-15:30

Saturday

10:00-13:00

Month 3:

Teaching Practices

Monday-Thursday

9:00-15:00

On Going Professional Development

Young Learners in the ESL Classroom

Monday-Friday

Evening

Spanish Classes

Friday

13:00-16:00

Month 4:

Teaching Practices

Monday-Thursday

9:00-15:00

On Going Professional Development

New Methodologies in the ESL classroom

Monday-Friday

Evening
Spanish Classes

Friday

13:00-16:00

Month 5:

Teaching Practices

Monday-Thursday

9:00-15:00

On Going Professional Development

Pronunciation and phonetics for Spanish Speakers

Monday-Friday

Evening

Spanish Classes

13:00-16:00

Month 6:

Teaching Practices

Monday-Thursday

9:00-15:00

On Going Professional Development
Advanced Grammar for ESL Teachers

Spanish Classes

13:00-16:00

Month 7:

Teaching Practices

Monday-Thursday

9:00-15:00

On Going Professional Development

New Methodologies in the ESL classroom

Monday-Friday

Evening
Spanish Classes

13:00-16:00

Month 8:

Teaching Practices

Monday-Thursday

9:00-15:00

On Going Professional Development

Exams and assessment in the ESL

Monday-Friday

Evening

Spanish Classes

13:00-16:00

Month 9:

Teaching Practices

Monday-Thursday

On Going Professional Development

Final Project

Monday-Friday

Evening

Spanish Classes

13:00-16:00

Included in the Spanish, Teaching and Cultural Immersion Program:

a) 4 week TEFL Course accredited by IATQuO
b) Observed Teaching Practices
c) 4 weeks of intensive Spanish Classes and cultural activities
d) 7 months of part-time Spanish classes (3 hours per week).
e) 7 months of Ongoing Professional Development leading to an Advanced Certificate in TEFL
f) Paid teaching placement
g) Evaluation with teaching supervisor

Why Choose This Program

The Advanced TEFL Course

This will be an online course so the students have flexibility to study in their free time. There will of course be support at the school for anyone who needs it.

What is included in the Advanced TEFL Program:

Young Learners in the ESL - Classroom

This course focuses specifically on teaching the youngest and most vulnerable members of our classes in primary education. This course will cover the following areas:

The Spanish school system and what to expect
How children develop and learn
How to make a pop up classroom
How to engage young learners
Classroom management
Songs for transitioning in the classroom
Exams for children
Lesson planning
Craft activities
Synthetic phonics
Summer camp materials and activities

ESP: business

This course focuses specifically on teaching in the business sector. This course will cover the following areas:

Teaching for Specific Purposes - modeled through a marketing needs client
Developing and delivering intensive courses
Teaching communication skills
Teaching presentation skills
Teaching meeting skills
Training through English
Having fun in the business classroom with games
How to teach business if you don't have experience in business

Pronunciation and phonetics for Spanish speakers

This course expands on the fundamentals of pronunciation and phonetics which were presented during the TEFL certificate course.

History of etymology of English and Spanish
Strategies to teach pronunciation
Specific problems for Spanish speakers
Shifting Stress
Stressed timed v syllabus timed languages
Manner, placement and voicing.

Advanced Grammar for ESL teachers

Whilst trainees leave the TEFL Certificate course with a basic understanding of the English Grammar System, this advanced course gives them more in-depth in to the grammar structures. Trainees will also explore more techniques for teaching advanced grammar in the classroom.

Gerund v infinitive use
Mixed conditionals
Passive voice
Prepositions
Relative clauses
Report speech
Perfect continuous tenses
Modal perfects
How to present advanced grammar structures in the ESL classroom

New Methodologies in the ESL classroom

This course looks at other teaching methods than PPP. We will explore their effectiveness in the ESL classroom, their strengths and weaknesses. Trainees will be required to apply these methods in their current teaching practices and evaluate their appropriateness for their teaching context.

TTT - Test, Teach, Test
TBA - Task Based Approach
ESA - Engage, Study, and Activate
Flipped Classroom
CLIL

Exams & assessment in ESL

This course is an in-depth look at the current range of exam suites (both adults and young learners) available and/or popular in Spain and the reasons students study these exams. Trainees will discover how to help students to prepare for these exams and what materials are available. We also discover more about informal testing and its essential place in the ESL classroom.

Cambridge for adults (focusing, in particular, on FCE and CAE)
IELTS
TOEFL
TOEIC
Cambridge Movers, Starters Flyers (young learners)
Trinity Stars
Initial, formative and summative
Formal/informal testing
Designing an end of term assessment

Final Project

Students will design a final project based on their work placement. This must include active based research. Students will be allocated a final project supervisor who will agree the final project with them and organize weekly tutorials to ensure the trainee is on track.