How BREXIT affects the EFL teacher for the good and for the bad
How BREXIT affects the EFL teacher for the good and for the bad. Get as much work experience abroad as you can to prepare for whatever BREXIT may bring.
Teaching English to senior learners: what you need to know
Hello there TEFL teachers! If you have been teaching English to speakers of other languages for a long time, you may be already be aware of the different target audiences. You may have already experienced what it’s like to teach English to groups of different ages. If that is not your case and you areRead More »Teaching English to senior learners: what you need to know
A guide to the Spanish Education System
After completing your TEFL course, you are surely eager to get to work and experience first-hand how it is like to be a TEFL teacher in Spain. But, do you know how the Spanish education system works? Having a broad idea of the education system in Spain will help future teachers to better understand theRead More »A guide to the Spanish Education System
Communicative language teaching activities to be the best CLT teacher
Communicative language teaching (CLT) at its best on the Online Trinity College CertTESOL course What is CLT or Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)? Why do language school owners, DOS (Directors of Studies), HR Managers, hiring departments ask about it? On one very recent ZOOM interview, an EBC Trinity Cert TESOL graduate had a 20-minute talk withRead More »Communicative language teaching activities to be the best CLT teacher
Storytelling 14: Liza Wales
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 14: Liza Wales
Teaching EFL to children vs adults: what are the differences?
Let’s say you are a recently certified TEFL teacher. After completing your TEFL course, you feel motivated and ready to take on the world. The teaching profession entails a lot of responsibilities that have far reaching effects on our society. EFL teachers need to be perfectly bilingual in the language they are teaching, and theyRead More »Teaching EFL to children vs adults: what are the differences?
Teaching EFL to absolute beginners
If you are a newly certified EFL teacher, after completing a course such as the EBC TEFL courses, there are some things you will need to take into account for your future classes. One is the English level of your students. You may find the case where your students are all absolute beginners, people whoRead More »Teaching EFL to absolute beginners
Things you didn’t know about EBC Trinity College CertTESOL in February or March.
Things you didn’t know about the EBC Trinity College CertTESOL in February or March. Spain's school year extends from October to July, so your Trinity College CertTESOL certificate in February will get you working in March. You take your Trinity College CertTESOL course in March and you start working in April. 10% early bird discount forRead More »Things you didn’t know about EBC Trinity College CertTESOL in February or March.
English teaching resources: Money. Proverbs, sayings and slang
English teaching resources: Money. Proverbs, sayings and slang. English level: C1 Objective: Introducing some expressions used when talking about money and related issues. Introduction This material can be used as relaxing activities both in classes of business English and general English. . Students may be familiar with some of these expressions as they are somewhatRead More »English teaching resources: Money. Proverbs, sayings and slang
Where do EBC students come from?
Nationalities on our EBC Trinity CertTESOL course. We have been in the TESOL and TEFL towns for quite a time (16 years to be exact) and as such we have had our share of fun, friendship and of course TEFL and TESOL knowhow gotten from our excellent Trinity CertTESOL teaching team. One very interesting factRead More »Where do EBC students come from?