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[Moore]

Hello everyone, a quick question: is there a bigger ex-pat and language teaching scene in Rome or in Milan? I am finding it very difficult to get a good picture from over here in Spain so any help would be much appreciated

[Teacher in Rome]

Hi Moore - nice to see you on the Italy forum!

I suspect that most of the info you'll get is going to be anecdotal, so mine is:

- lots of people passing through Rome, and not necessarily staying for more than a year or so

- quite difficult to get teachers in Milan to sign for short-term contracts: most of them have plenty of work

- lots of dormitory towns around Milan that need language teachers

I'd say that the scene is bigger (but more spaced out) in hard-working Milan. It's probably more fun in Rome, but with a lot more transient teachers.

Why? Are you interested in coming to Italy?

[Moore]

Thank you very much for the reply TeacherInRome, thought Milan would be the biggest scene, but was not 100% certain.

I'm not thinking about leaving my beloved Madrid, it's just too nice here! In fact, the reason I ask is that we are 90% sure we are going to set up our next website there in August, along with Berlin, but there's nothing like a bit of real local knowledge before we spend a shed-load of our hard-earned cash on advertising there.

Thanks again for replying

[Teacher in Rome]

What's your website? I know of a couple already where teachers advertise themselves, and we used them when we looked for teachers in Milan.

Let me know if you need any help - I'm no longer in Rome but close to Ancona.

[sarahchad]

Hi TeacherinRome!

My company is also currently looking for a freelance Business Teacher in Milan, so would be great if you could forward me those links, where they advertise

[Teacher in Rome]

Try:

http://lavoro.trovit.it/
(you need to put in a search for docente, or insegnante madrelingua)

Or:

http://www.annunci.net/annunci/-1/posts/14_Corsi_e_lezioni/118_Corsi_di_lingua/

There's also Easy Milano (print) which you probably know about. I think there used to be a Milan section of portaportese.it but you'd have to do a bit of a search for that.

Good luck with finding business trainers in Milan - we never had a great deal of success with it!

[sarahchad]

Teacher in Italy, thanks very much for your help. Fingers crossed I have some luck!