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apuravida · Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 14

Has anyone taken the EBC course in Madrid? How was it? Id appreciate any info you have on the course and on Madrid. Im thinking of taking the EBC course but its tough to decide..so many different organizations offering the same course.

Whitney Davies · Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 23

I�m an ex EBC TEFL and all I can tell you is I was very happy with them, take it for what�s it worth, they�re really not like the rest, for one thing they don�t run their program like a business, it�s like a school, school and the teachers are superb. They are so willing to help you to feel confident about teaching. If you�re like me I needed that boost before I went out there to teach. I�ve been here for 17 months now (and still loving Madrid!) and I have no problems putting in a good word for the guys at EBC. Job placement help? If you�re like me and many of their graduates you�ll be interviewing straight away, and that�s EU or non-EU. Ok, you guessed it right, I�m non EU, but did it make a difference? Not in my experience. I was working the week after I finished the course. I have some private clients now but I still do classes for schools I met through EBC. Happy travels.

whitney

Eric Paice · Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 15

I did the EBC course over 18 months ago. I'm back stateside now but it was a good course. I went over without any teaching experience and they trained me and helped me get working within about a week of finishing.

It's a tough course, lives up to the word "intensive", but as long as you get the work done you'll be fine.

The thing that I thought set them apart from the rest was the job help. I thought they'd probably hyped it up a bit on the web, but - they hadn�t. My resume was out the last day of the course, I got called for 2 interviews that same afternoon and I had started teaching my first couple of slots by the end of the following week. They explained that they don't "guarantee" jobs because of the old "there's no such thing as a sure thing" saying. But unless you're a total dork, you'll be working within a week or so after finishing.

apuravida · Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 14

Its good to know that EBC provides help for their grads. I think thats very important. Looks like Ill take the course early next year.

Jenny Thomas · Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 12

It�s a good school and you really learn how to teach, it can be intensive and you have to work but you know what ? at the end of the day it was worth it. I chose Madrid because I knew it was a great city for young people, fiestas, parties, nightlife but I also wanted to be trained well because I knew that if I wanted to teach English for an extended period of time I needed a good school to get me on the right track. I found that in EBC because with them you came out feeling confident that you could teach.

jenny