Student Stories

Storytelling 14: Liza Wales

by EBC TEFL Courses
3 January 202023 July 2020

Miracles do happen and it did, to me, an English teacher living and working in Madrid. What was the miracle? Read and weep (for happiness) with me! Hi, my name is Liza, and I´m from a tiny village in Wales, in the UK. I had been to Spain on holidays with my Mum and DadRead More »

Storytelling 13: Living and working in Spain

by EBC TEFL Courses
8 November 201923 July 2020

Hi there, my name is Robin, and I am from Cork in Ireland. I am 23 years old, and I have just finished my Bachelors in Spanish language and culture. I would like to do my Masters in the same subject, and that´s why I am in Madrid right now. I thought it would beRead More »

Storytelling 12: Janet from New Zealand

by EBC TEFL Courses
31 October 201923 July 2020

Hi, I am Janet from New Zealand and for the moment I´m living and working as a teacher in Tokyo. After a hectic, intensive course, with quite a few reports to write, some “wake up calls” in my own mother tongue, and exciting teaching practice classes with real non-English speaking students, I was the proudRead More »

Story telling 11: My first job ever!

by EBC TEFL Courses
11 October 201923 July 2020

Hi y´all, I´m Mike from Houston in Texas, the USA. I´m 22 years old, and finished college 3 months ago. I took some courses in Spanish at college, but didn´t feel that I was able to speak it well. That´s why I ended up in Spain. I found this Trinity College CertTESOL course and IRead More »

Story telling 10: What time do you have dinner?

by EBC TEFL Courses
27 September 201923 July 2020

I’m Mark, and my hometown is Toronto, Canada. I was born in 1995. My mother is French, and my Dad is Canadian. I had holidays in Lyon, France, when I was 12 years old, and it was great meeting my European family, and to see the place where my mother was born. I fondly rememberRead More »

Story telling 8: Life is too short to waste time

by EBC TEFL Courses
23 September 201923 July 2020

The day had come, the Trinity College CertTESOL course was about to start, and I, Melanie from Perth in Australia, was in the bathroom getting ready for the first day of training of how to teach English. I was born in Perth 25 years ago, and I haven´t travelled a lot. I´ve only been toRead More »

Story telling 7: The city that never sleeps, by Emma

by EBC TEFL Courses
10 September 201923 July 2020

Madrid is not like many European cities. I think it’s more like NYC because it’s the European city that never sleeps. I´m having a great time here. It´s not my first time in Europe, I went to Scotland, England and Ireland some years ago with my parents, so I know a little bit about theRead More »

Story telling 6: “Could you turn off the heat, please?”

by EBC TEFL Courses
6 September 201923 July 2020

I had applied and been accepted on the Trinity College CertTESOL course in August, in Madrid. By the way, I´m Mike (Michael), and I´m from Minnesota in the USA. I am 24 years old, and I graduated from college three months ago. I have a degree in Finance. I have always wanted to go toRead More »

Story telling 5: A Latin in America.

by EBC TEFL Courses
9 August 201923 July 2020

Hi, my name is Gloria. I am 23 years old, and I was born in San Diego, California. My grandparents are from Chile and Mexico, my father was born in Chile, and my mother was born in Mexico. Both their families moved to the USA, when the children were small, so my parents were raisedRead More »

We’re so proud that you chose to train with us Jannik!

by EBC TEFL Courses
31 July 201923 July 2020

My name is Tita Ashton and I am the Managing Director of EBC, the only Trinity College CertTESOL course provider in Madrid Spain. Allow me to set the scene for the EBC Trinity College CertTESOL course before introducing Jannik Blair, our featured student. The Trinity College CertTESOL course is not your usual walk in theRead More »