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Pauleddy · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 295 Location: The Big Mango

I recently read that many or most state high schools in Malaga province must now deliver certain subjects in English as well as Spanish. This could be because of the large number of expats and their kids, or second/third generation bilingual folk...plus the recognition of English as the lingua franca and the need to rehabilitate Spain as an economy and as an "important" country.

Does this mean that TEFL teachers are being hired in schools? Subject teachers? Classroom assistants? If so, where are the job advertisements?
Anyone got any clues about this?

Thanks

Eddy Razz

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

At the uni where I teach, the delivery of courses in English is done by local teachers, whose English is sufficient for the job. It didn't create some huge new market for native English speaking teachers.

ludhilltoysoldier · Joined: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 31 Location: UAE

Many of these state schools are involved in the bilingual project organized by the Spanish Ministry of Education and the British Council. If you look on the British Council website you should be able to find some info. I applied myself about 3/4 years ago for the project, unfortunately I can't remember now where I found the info or who the contact was, sorry! Terrible memory! But try the website.

hollyhirst · Joined: 19 Sep 2009 Posts: 11

Hey, I work in a bilingual section. I know that in each comunidad autonoma it's slightly differently run but I can tell you about what I know, which is Extremadura. Basically, it's Spanish teachers who give the lessons. The only difference, in terms of native teachers, between a bilingual and a non bilingual school is that bilingual schools get a whole language assistant each from the British council or similar, whereas normal schools generally have half a language assistant (i.e. one language assistant for two schools).
Don't know if that helps.

darkside1 · Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 86 Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Posting a link to a proposal to start up a version of the Bilingual programme that runs in the regions covered by the Spanish Education Ministry (MEC) in Catalonia.

It hasn't been finalised yet, so my contacts tell me, although I spent time with Catalan secondary teachers in Glasgow during the summer who had pretty generous grants to upgrade their English. It looks like there will be more than one type of job available, some for 'nativos'. Comments, anyone?

http://nicholasmead.com/2009/06/09/can-catalonia%E2%80%99s-schools-become-trilingual/