TEFL Tutors TEFL Certificate TESOL Courses Trinity in Barcelona, Prague, Madrid, Cadiz

Our Staff

		Duncan Foord, Director of Teacher Training Duncan is the co-founder of Oxford House College. He is the Director of Teacher Training. His 17 years experience in language teaching and training includes spells in France, the UK and Spain. He has been involved in training and course design on both Certificate and Diploma level courses for the past 7 years. Teaching experience includes Business English (from executives in multi-national companies to Barcelona taxi drivers), Young Learners and General English. Duncan has a degree in Modern Languages and a Masters in TESOL. His special areas of interest are phonology, stress management and brain-friendly learning.
		Daniel Barber, Course Director (Cadiz) Daniel joined OHC in September 2001 and is Director of Studies for General English courses as well as a member of the TESOL training team. Dan worked in Mexico where he taught English in a private University and the UK where he taught and worked as Director of Studies for Anglo World, before coming to Spain. Dan has a range of experience in teaching and course design with adults and Young Learners, speaks French and Spanish and co ordinates multimedia at OHC. He has a BA degree in English and American literature and an RSA/Cambridge DELTA.
		Anna Stubbs, Course Director (Barcelona) Anna joined OHC in September 2001. She has a BA (Hons) degree in European Business and Spanish as well as the Trinity Diploma. She works on our Certificate course as both a Teaching Practice tutor and as one of the phonology input tutors. Her love of (nearly) all things Spanish brought her to Barcelona 2 years ago after a 3 month trip to South America. She can usually be found eating and drinking around town.
		David Young, Course Director (Prague) David joined the team in October 2001 having worked teaching a variety of courses in both the Czech Republic and Spain since 1993. From a first EFL job teaching in summer camps to kids, he has gone on to teach exam preparation courses, design and run various ESP (English for Special Purposes) courses for engineers, management and Human Resources at a large multi-national in Syria, and worked as Director of Studies for a language school in Prague. Since taking the Trinity Licentiate Diploma in TESOL, David has run teacher training courses in Barcelona, Madrid, Hong Kong, Paris and Prague. David enjoys table football, cooking and going to concerts.
		Liria Araujo, TESOL administrator Liria has been an Administrative Assistant for more than 10 years. Half of this time she assisted the Director of an International Development Project, a U.S. based Non-Governmental Organization in Peru, where she was born. Liria is the TESOL Administrator and Marketing Coordinator. She is in charge of the administrative organization of the TESOL Courses, which entails everything from being the very first point of contact, to dealing with all students' requirements and confirming all the enrollments. Liria loves Salsa dancing, Thai food and red wine!
		Peter Vahle, Course Tutor Peter is from both Washington DC and San Francisco, but has lived in Spain for the past 11 years. He has taught a wide variety of classes over the years and particularly enjoys exam preparation courses and Business English . He is also an avid writer of TEFL materials which he has had published both online and ‘off-line’. He has been teaching TEFL certification since 1998 and last year began teaching the TEFL Diploma as well. When he is not immersed in the world of teaching he can be found playing with his son in the park or playing music with his band in the clubs of Barcelona.
		Mali Charlaff, Course Tutor and Careers Advisor (Prague) Mali was born and mostly raised in north London , though his parents are southern African. He did his Trinity Cert TESOL in 1997 at OHC Barcelona, after which he spent a year teaching in Bolivia . He also had a short spell in Hong Kong , but most of his teaching experience has been in London , which is where he gained his RSA/Cambridge DELTA. He joined our Prague operation in August 2003 and works on the Trinity Cert. course as a TP and phonology tutor.
		Rebecca Ellis, Course Tutor The old girl of the team, Rebecca's been with us since before we began. From humble beginnings teaching refugees whilst at University to her current position tutoring on TESOL courses, she's been in the business for almost 10 years. Rebecca's first official post was a year and a half stint in Pereira, Colombia, during which she realized she loved what she was doing, even if she didn't really know what that was. Back in Europe she did her training with us in Barcelona (both Certificate and Diploma), and has been with us ever since. As well as being our longest serving member she's also our in-house soother of troubled bodies and souls, as a qualified massage and Reiki therapist.

		Sean Hayward, Course Tutor Sean was born in Pakistan and lived in Nigeria before going to England aged four & a half. He grew up in Leamington Spa and graduated in English from Lancaster University in 1983, then worked in youth training in Birmingham for fifteen months before moving to London in 1985, where he joined Escape From Burma as bass player. The band stayed together for five years, Sean remained in London for eleven, working in a video shop in Tottenham Court Road (three years), a pancake stall in Camden market (two weeks), and as the head offices of a bank (seven years). He came to Barcelona in 1997 to do the Trinity Cert. TESOL; his main teachers were Duncan and Nick, both of whom, he subsequently discovered, had been involved in bands in London at the around the same time as him. He has worked in Barcelona ever since, teaching mainly Business and in-company classes, but also General English for kids and teenagers. He completed his Diploma at OHC in June 2002 and joined as a Teaching Practice tutor in September.
		Ivón Segura, Reception - Accommodation Coordinator in Spain Ivón Segura joined us in March 2003. She works in Reception during the mornings. She is responsible for accommodation and assists the administration of "in centre courses". Although she has been living in Barcelona for 12 years, she still misses her home country, Cuba. Apart from Spanish, she speaks Catalan, Italian and English ( of course!). If there is anything you need, she'll always try to help you. She loves living near the sea and her long-term dream is to work in some way connected with dolphins.

		Nick Rawlinson, Course Tutor Nick is originally from London, England and, after a short, inglorious career as a musician, began teaching English there in 1987. He came to Barcelona with the idea of staying here for just a few months, and that was in 1990! Since then he's taught people from all walks of life (housewives, film-directors, a former director of Barcelona's opera house and his entire family and, most importantly, his own wife to be!). For the last seven years, he's worked on the Certificate teacher training programme. Along with Duncan Foord, Nick is the co-founder of Oxford House College, Barcelona and in addition to his contribution to the Certificate programme is responsible for In-company language training in OHC. Nick holds the Trinity Certificate in TESOL, which he completed in 1995.
		Kate Johnson, Careers Advisor Kate has been in Barcelona since 2004 and with us since 2006. She has been teaching for 13 years, in a variety of situations, from the European Commission to her own living room! She has taught in Poland, Portugal, Belgium, the UK and Barcelona. She has a degree in English Literature and Education, and holds the Tefl Certificate and the Diploma. She is especially interested in phonology and sociolinguistics, and is currently doing a correspondence course in editing and proof reading.