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Peligro · Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 16

Hey guys!
I'm a newbie here and I sure have a lot of questions to ask! But I won't do it all at once
My first question (and most important at this time) is what Program to enroll in in University. Right now I am living In Canada and in grade 12. I need to know which programs would allow be to work as an english teacher and benefit me in Spain. Would a bachelor of arts then the teacher's college work?
Or would i have to take a major in linguistics?
Or maybe the concurrent program?? Rolling Eyes

HELP! Im so confused Sad

Peligro · Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 16

Nobody knows??? Crying or Very sad

Mouse · Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 208

i don�t know necessarily whether nobody knows, peligro, rather you don�t need anything special to come and teach in spain (unless you want to work in the public sector and then you�ll need to do the qualifications here, anyway). i like to do things above board, so i�d say that you needed to think about some means of securing a work visa, but looks like i may be in the minority on that one in this forum. personally, i�d suggest you did something that you thought you might enjoy, but that�s probably not the advice you�re looking for, right? so in an effort to be more helpful, what kind of courses are available? you wouldn�t have to major in linguistics and you wouldn�t have to train as a teacher, but both of those things might make your life easier, and the latter would give you a few more options (should you decide that you wanted to go home and teach in state school, for example).

shevek · Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 17

Just look at advertisments for English teaching positions. Pretty much all of them ask for a bachelor's degree in some unspecified field plus a TEFL certification or an EU passport or experience teaching or something like that.

You can probably take whatever you want. If you want to teach in Spain to expose yourself to Spanish culture, why don't you major in Spanish literature or something?

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Hold on, hold on. It's unfair to give this poster the impression that any educational credentials will allow him or her legal working status in Spain, if he or she is Canadian.
Please, check out the requirements for a work visa before you start planning for your education. Without a citizenship from an EU member country, there is probably no legal route for you to work, regardless of your education.
However, there are some (usually difficult) routes for obtaining citizenship in other countries.......and if that fails, there are many places you could work legally - like South American and Asia.
Don't give up - but keep doing the research!!

Peligro · Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 16

hey thanks a lot to everyone who replied. I realy appreciate it and now I kind of have a better idea of what to do. spiral78, thanks for straightening that up. I guess the legal aspect of it is kind of tricky. But yea, Latin America is my second choice so I guess I should just get University done first then plan all this after Smile

thanks!