I have a PGCE, do I need a TEFL qualification to teach English in Spain?

Question

Thinking of teaching English in Barcelona or Madrid. Have some experience of this (spent 1 month teaching in Spain a few years ago) and have a PGCE in secondary science. I have been teaching for 4 years. Do I need to do a CELTA etc aswell or would I be able to find work with my PGCE?

Answer 1

Hi, well in Spain there are several kinds of possibilities for English teachers

a: Oficial Local Institutes and Schools; usually established by the local comunity to fulfill require and mandatory children education. This might ask you either to homalogar i.e. have your title aproved by the Spoanish Ministertio de Cultura which takes ages, is not a sure deal, they are the superbureauscrats, and not worth it generally.

b: private english british, american, spanish regular schools or private academias de lenguas. This look for people, native and then other requirements as titles are negotiable since they are private.

c: private lessons and private pupils: Advertising in differnt supermarkets, schools, institutions etc can provide you with a good clientele and you only need a place to teach your place/or their place ;o)

The best bet is B and specially in your case, because the title has not been yet homologated, it is best either in Academias de Lenguas, which the most important requirement maybe is to be a Native English/American/Anglo Speaker or the British, American English private schools since they have their own system and can be more flexible.

Wish you luck

S

Answer 2

In order for a person to be qualified to teach aboard, he will be required to attend a certain teaching program before he will even be eligible for consideration of any such overseas positions. Most of these teaching opportunities aboard are inclined in the linguistics, cultural and communicative efficiencies and skills

TESL is one of the compulsory programs to attend if one is interested in teaching abroad. TESL means Teaching English as a Second Language. This program will teach teachers to be how to teach the English language to the immigrants of an English-speaking country. This program will equip one with the ability to teach the people who do not speak the English Language with their native tongue.

Another program one should enroll in is the TEFL. TEFL, on the other hand, means Teaching English as a Foreign Language. This program teaches the language to people in their respective country of origin. In this case, the teacher will be teaching the people in their own country instead of having learners immigrating to your land.

You shld also check out this site http://teaching.mygeneralknowledge.com/A...

for more info on getting a TEFL qualification

Answer 3

Hi. If you want to know about the TEFL, here is a BLOG of a CELTA Trainee that shares experience regarding the course. Subscribe and you will get all the info you need on the daily routine of the CELTA course. Have fun and Good Luck!

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