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[keepwalking]

I'm surprised UK Britanico has a good reputation - I went there for Spanish lessons and was distinctly unimpressed. Having to wake up my teacher at the start of one lesson was a little embarrassing. And watching a movie, in English but with Spanish subtitiles, to improve my listening skills left me bemused as to the learning objectives. (It wasn't even a good movie!) The English lessons I saw while I was there all seemed pretty lively, lots of loud music, movies and choral repetition but the teachers always looked exhausted, but managed a smile every day when I arrived. Maybe that is just true of all TEFL institutes though!

Other places to consider in Trujillo include the CIDUNT (centro de idiomas universidad nacional trujillo) which is a language school attached to the uni but not only for uni students. The nacional university itself is also a place to look, as they need a native speaker for this academic year. Another place is El Cultural, the biggest centre in Trujillo. They are an American company with branches all over Peru. They employ native speakers with TEFL/TESOL and seem to provide a lot of in-service training for their teachers. The flip-side is that they also expect you to attend lots of these training sessions at weekends, teach 'voluntary' classes for those students who failed the previous classes and go to meetings. I found CIDUNT the least intrusive place to work, in that I could go there, do my thing and leave. After 8 years in British high schools that level of indifference was great!!

PM me if you need any more info, or when you arrive in Trujillo and I'll show you around the best chicken and chip joints in town!!

[naturegirl321]

Whoops, I meant El Cultural. It's Friday, I can't hink very much sorry.

[keepwalking]

At least it's only once a week for you! I've made being unable to hink clearly a life-long ambition, and I'm getting betterer and betterer at it every day!

Enjoy the forth-coming holidays (great thing about being in a school - I have 3 weeks off from today!)

[LittleDev]

One note about El Cultural (or, Instituto Cultural Peruano NorteAmericano, or ICPNA), is that they require their teachers to have, in addition to a TEFL certificate, a BS degree in a teaching-related major.

I wanted to apply to teach at ICPNA in Lima this fall, but they told me at their office there when I visited that my BS degree in Geology/Chemistry didn't meet the requirement

ICPNA also requires their non-national teachers to get a work Visa.

- Paul

[naturegirl321]

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[LittleDev]

[nineisone]

Just wanted to provide an update that I was able to make contact with the program manager for VivePeru and she was able to provide me with the necessary information I sought. I am still in the contemplating stage on whether to take the course in Trujillo as their next starting date may conflict with familial issues that I have to resolve here in the states.

VivePeru has also updated their website to reflect current information.
www.ukplanet.net/tefl for anyone interested.

Thanks for all the posts. Interesting reading.......and keep those Lima job links coming, naturegirl. I may show up on a few of those doorsteps before this is all over.

[naturegirl321]

Does VivePeru offer TEFL courses in other cities in Peru or just Trujillo?

[nineisone]

As I left in late January, UK Britanico was in a bit of a crisis mode. I was told that they are no longer going to be offering the TEFL in Trujillo. They did not offer the cert course in any of their other locations. They were having management and staff turnover issues, so things may change in the future.

As pointed out in other posts, the website ukplanet.net is no longer active. A new website was in the works, but apparently hasn't materialized. None of this is likely a sad thing for most posters as Britanico had a pretty poor reputation, but the TEFL program did provide a low cost option for a 160 hour on-site course.

[naturegirl321]

http://www.ukplanet.net/tefl/fee.htm Is this their site? It's not updated, but it still works.

[nineisone]

Sorry for the error. Website still works but TEFL program is discontinued. The listed contact Jenny Torres is no longer with UK Britanico and I received PMs from some saying they were not getting a response to the listed e-mail.

For those interested you can try this alternate e-mail address: [email protected] or if you desire to become an instructor with them (pay is a small monthly stipend, organization and materials are poor) contact them by phone and ask for Janet Obregoso.

[naturegirl321]

[Justin Trullinger]

I hadn't checked this thread for a while, and just saw:

[naturegirl321]

YOu might want to consider opening one in LIma, there aren't any one month courses here, they're usually in Cusco and there's also one in Arequipa.