If you are a practising teacher working in TEFL and you want to specialise and start teaching in Spain or in any other country, this article is for you. EBC’S Road2Spain package allows you to choose a Trinity CertPT course that matches your area of interest. Aside from the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course, you also get a one-year Cervantes Institute-accredited Spanish language course. Also, included in the Road2Spain package, is a one-year student visa for non-EU residents. Read on to find out more about your options as a practising teacher.
Work in Spain: Why take a Trinity CertPT course with EBC?
However, before you get to choosing a Trinity CertPT course, let’s talk about the reasons why you should take this CPD course with EBC.
Firstly, it helps you take your TEFL career to the next level. Basically, you want to think of this as an investment in yourself. An investment that updates your professional skills and knowledge. In addition, it develops the personal qualities required for carrying out professional and technical duties during a professional’s life.
Secondly, the EBC Trinity CertPT courses are part-time CPD courses, meaning you don’t need to quit your job to take the course. Also, practising teachers will be happy to know that the duration of the course is only six weeks.
Thirdly, the EBC Trinity CertPT course expands your career opportunities. The Trinity CertPT certification is accepted and recognised by the British Council, which works in over 100 countries in the world. Basically, this means that your certification qualifies you to teach worldwide. Furthermore, it gives you more options to choose from.
Work in Spain: EBC’s job placement programme
Fourthly, graduates of the EBC Trinity CertPT course, get access to our lifetime, worldwide job placement programme. At EBC, we go the extra mile and support our students even after the course.
Basically, this is how the job placement programme works. After you pass your course, you enter your CV on the EBC student management zone. Then, you tell us where and when you want to work. After this, you can tell us the age groups you prefer to work with.
Lastly, we send your CV to all our partner language schools in your chosen area. Then, it’s all up to you. You get to choose where you teach English. Read about the experience of one of our TrinityCertPT graduates here!
Work in Spain: The EBC Road2Spain programme
The Road2Spain programme for practising teachers comes with an irresistible one-year Spanish language course. Aside from a Trinity CertPT course, this package also comes with a one-year Spanish student visa that allows you to study Spanish for a year.
What’s so great about Spain’s new immigration law is that it now allows students to work up to 30 hours a week. You must still find a school that will register you, the processes is a bit easier than before but will take time to process. However, now that the rules have changed, it is easier for Spanish student visa holders to work in Spain.
So, because you will have finished your Online Trinity CertPT course before your Spanish language course starts, you can apply for work as an English teacher and go to your Spanish class before or after work. Absolutely no conflict at all. Yes, it really is that simple.
Work in Spain: Choose an EBC Trinity CertPT course
The Road2Spain programme for practising teachers allows you to choose among four different courses:
- Trinity CertPT in Business English
- Trinity CertPT in Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
- Trinity CertPT in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and
- Trinity CertPT in Teaching English online.
Work in Spain: The EBC Trinity CertPT in Business English
Taking this accredited CPD course allows you to specialise in teaching Business English. By doing so, you will increase your value as an English teacher and be able to charge a higher rate for your work with students in the business world.
Business English is the study and practice of composition. Furthermore, some of the things that are emphasised in this course are correctness, propriety, spelling, punctuation, as well as the different forms of business communication.
You will learn how to produce conversational fluency using limited vocabulary. And, you will develop the skills you need to know the learning needs of your students. Aside from this, you will also learn how to adjust and deliver your material within the learning scope. Last, but definitely not least, is the confidence you gain after your Trinity CertPT Business English course. Plus, teaching Business English is a notch up the challenging scale. Those who have always taught General English will find teaching Business English overwhelming without CPD from a course like the Trinity CertPT Business English course.
Work in Spain: The EBC Trinity CertPT in Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
In this accredited CPD course, you will learn Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) teaching skills which will allow you to specialise in CLT. Furthermore, you will learn how to teach your students who are more interested in improving their communication rather than their grammar.
CLT is sometimes called the Communicative Approach. It is a method of teaching that prioritises the importance of genuine communication in order to facilitate learning. Basically, under this approach, learners get to practice the target language by communicating.
The teacher uses authentic material which allows students to relate. Some examples are news items and personal experiences. Essentially, the goal of CLT is for students to be able to communicate instead of having them focus too much on grammar. Keep in mind that CLT has to do with learning to become a facilitator. After all, you will be guiding and controlling instead of lecturing.
Work in Spain: The EBC Trinity CertPT in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
This accredited CPD course allows you to specialise in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). CLIL is an approach to learning content through English. And, the result is the students improve their English and learn a new skill.
CLIL is based on the principles of language immersion. Furthermore, the approach has been identified as very important by the European Commission because it provides effective opportunities for students to use their new language skills immediately. Essentially, CLIL opens doors to languages for a wide range of learners and encourages self-confidence.
The European Commission encourages teachers to start “…enhancing the language competencies in general, in order to promote the teaching of non-linguistic subjects in foreign languages”. In other words, the European Union is encouraging teachers to take an accredited CLIL course and learn CLIL skills, which should mean an increased demand for CLIL-trained teachers.
Work in Spain: The EBC Trinity CertPT in teaching English online
In this accredited CPD course, you get to specialise in teaching English online. With the high demand for online classes nowadays, being equipped to teach in virtual classrooms will give you an edge and will also allow you to earn more.
Online teaching can be very different from teaching English in person. And, with the rise of technology and virtual classrooms, many more students prefer to take classes online.
Basically, this course will teach you all you need to know to specialise in teaching online. In turn, this will give you a competitive edge as a teacher.
Work in Spain: Live your best life in Spain
As a practising teacher, you have an advantage in coming to Spain to teach English. After all, you have what many language assistants will not have–real-life teaching experience. Now, if you’re looking for something to help you level up even more, what are you waiting for? The EBC Trinity CertPT certification gives you a competitive edge over English teachers who have not taken a CPD course.
Plus, what’s not to love about learning a new language? You are fully capable of making your dreams a reality. So, if you are ready to say yes to a level up in your career, sign up for our Road2Spain programme today.
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