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lucreziaborgia · Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 177

I am interested in working in Cordoba. Any information appreciated.
Schools, cost of living?

lennon146 · Joined: 03 Nov 2004 Posts: 55 Location: Latin America

I worked in Cordoba for a short time at a family-run institute. It's a small, pleasant city, if a little provincial. There are several language schools that primarily have kids' classes (v. young - teens) with just a few adult classes. I'm not sure you would be able to just teach adults, which is one of the reasons why I left, and there isn't a lot of demand for company classes given the city's size. Cordoba is less expensive than, say, Madrid or Barcelona, as you'd expect, and the pay I got was about 900 euros per month. You can expect to pay 250 upwards for rent. Hope that helps.

lucreziaborgia · Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 177

Thanks for your information, Lennon.
I'm not able to teach kids.
I have done some research on langiuage schools and only a few have been listed.
If you would like to PM the names of schools you know about, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks again.

lennon146 · Joined: 03 Nov 2004 Posts: 55 Location: Latin America

I think you'd struggle to avoid teaching kids. Cordoba is a small city and there isn't a lot of demand for company classes.

The school I worked for was called Blue Door, but I don't remember the others. I just remember there being several institutes in the city centre - but they were all very much geared towards young learners. They're the kind that stay open from September to May, and the kids generally come after they finish their usual school day. You might get a few adults coming later in the evening, but it's rare.

teryndactyl · Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 6 Location: Madrid, Spain

Hello,

There are quite several schools around town, although a few look as though they have closed down. I also highly doubt you could avoid teaching children. There is a school called Albany which was advertising for a teacher in early January, they have a couple of schools in C�rdoba.

The cost of living is low compared to other Spanish cities, Lennon is correct to say you can expect to pay around 250 upwards, this would be to live within easy walking distance of the centre.

It's a lovely town, the people are vey friendly. It's not very exciting though.

It's interesting that you wrote you're not 'able' to work with kids rather than you 'don't want' to work with kids.