[:en]If you are a member of the EU, working as a teacher in Spain is easy. You don’t need any special permit and you just have to get your NIE and Social Security number. But if you are from out of the EU, it is things get a bit more complicated. Regardless of if you […]
[:en]When I watched this talk, I immediately thought I should share it on this blog, as it’s a blog for TEFL teachers in Madrid. The speaker, Jack C. Richards, a teacher himself and trainer of teachers, tackles many of the questions I’ve seen in forums, Facebook groups and pages. Questions such as: How does language proficiency […]
[:en]As an academy, we receive more updates than teachers do. So I will be posting some of them on this blog to help teachers who read it (if any hehehe) and our own teachers. The aim of this blog was to serve as a site for news and tips for TEFL teachers in Madrid. So, […]
[:en]A few hours ago a teacher has asked a good (as in useful) question in one of the Facebook TEFL groups on Facebook: Hello! I’m a British citizen and moving to Madrid to find work as an English teacher in January. In need of some advice! Is it common for employers to ask for a […]
[:en]Some of your students will be wanting to take a Cambridge exam some time soon. As a Cambridge Preparation Center we receive frequent updates from Cambridge and we just received their updated Directory of Authorised Exam Centres and Exam Venues. I thought it might be useful to teachers and some of you might not have […]
[:en]As we mentioned on our last post, we will be writing a series of articles about Cambridge Exams. Why? Because they are the most know and most demanded exams in Spain, and because we’ve noticed many teachers do not have enough information about them. Through these articles, we hope to help with that. We will […]
After talking to many teachers, some of which have been teaching in Spain for many years, I realize many are not used to the CEFR. Some veterans, those who have taught here in Madrid for more than 5 years, have always used the “Starter, Preliminary, Lower-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate and Advanced” levels. Some are only […]
[:en]So, you’ve decided it’s worth it to be an autónomo in Madrid. What should you do next? In the following lines we will try and summarize the process. Prerequisites. Before you start the process, makes sure you have: a NIE number. Social Security number. A bank account. Steps to become a freelancer in Madrid. Get an […]
[:en]We’ve been writing about this subject on other blogs for some time now. Many companies started, about two years ago, the race to create devices which could perform real-time translation. And not just any companies: Microsoft (Skype has such a translator), Google etc. Last academic year opened with the announcement of some future, very promising prototypes. […]
[:en]Cambridge English Language Assessment have changed their name to Cambridge Assesment English. They are trying to simplify the way they explain the path a student can follow to improve his English through all the levels. Their experience of 160 years is a well proven method to help people learn English and prove their skills to […]