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dan m.

Hello,
I am planning on heading to Madrid in the fall to get certified and teach English. I just found out the school I was planning to attend in Madrid in the fall for a certification program isn't gonna offer it's course anymore. Anyone have any suggestions of good ones?

Thanks - Dan

Helen Frubeck · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 13

I went with a school called EBC and I was very happy with them. I am teaching in Madrid and I�m enjoying myself. The tutors are very experienced and they really help you learn, and with people like myself, experienced teaching really counted. They were very supportive at EBC, from the tutors all the way to the administrative staff. I like Madrid, the people and slowly but surely I think my Spanish is improving. Good luck on your search.

helen

Granada Girl · Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 40 Location: Guizhou, China

I did my CELTA at IH Madrid in 2000 and was very happy.

Spainish · Joined: 17 Jun 2004 Posts: 61 Location: Madrid, Spain

I got my TEFL certificate with Canterbury in 2002 and enjoyed the experience. If you would like more specifics feel free to PM me or read my previous Canterbury related posts on here.

On top of that Madrid is great! I've been here for nearly 4 years so you could imagine that I already feel a little...

Spainish Very Happy

Sasha137 · Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 2

dan,

I'll also give a thumbs-up for Canterbury. I'm in the TEFL course currently, and have started the 40 hours teaching practicum. So far I'm pleased with the course, and I'm loving Madrid! Smile

I wrote some more details in the "...any Americans teaching in Spain" post above.

dan m. · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject: thanks

thanks for all the responses, guys. appreciate it very much. i gotta ask one more quickie, has anyone heard of the European Language Centre? they have a Trinity certification. also Trinity and CELTA are pretty much the same recognition wise, no?

apollolynx · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 4 Location: England

Hi Dan,

I am currently booked onto the August course in Seville with European Language Centres. I had trouble finding info on them, or indeed finding anyone else who had heard of them.

But I went with them anyway and so far I have no disappointments. They responded to my application very promptly and professionally.

Regarding the second part of your post, there are subtle differences between CELTA and Trinity... but to be honest I don't really think it matters which one you have as both are highly recognizable.

dan m. · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:14 pm Post subject: wierd

Hey that's wierd - I was about to ask if anyone had heard of European Language Centres. I just applied for the course and it's on my list of possible schools to go to.

Thanks - Dan

CairoMig · Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 35

but I did a ctefla and a delta at British Language Centre in Madrid. Hard work but worth it and I've never regretted it.

VanGuy · Joined: 29 Apr 2005 Posts: 3

Just a quick question for those who have responded to this post. What kind of cost would one be looking at to obtain the CELTA or similar qualification at the establishments mentioned?