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Teaching English in Barcelona: Our step-by-step guide to getting started

Every year, thousands of English-speaking individuals choose to embark on an exciting journey – teaching English abroad. Among the plethora of destinations available worldwide, Barcelona has emerged as a hot favourite. With its intriguing mix of tradition and innovation, ancient and modern, sea and mountains, Spain’s second largest city presents an attractive landscape for aspiring […]

Free Teacher Development Workshops this March

We are pleased to announce the return of our free teacher workshops at Oxford TEFL Barcelona! These workshops are open to any ELT teacher who would like to develop their skills, pick up some practical tips and network with other teachers in the city. This is your chance to learn from experienced teachers and get […]

InnovateELT 2023 Conference: innovative, in-person, and in search of speakers!

InnovateELT is back, and we have some exciting changes to tell you about! Marking its 9th edition this year, the event will take place at Oxford TEFL Barcelona on 20th and 21st May 2023. As always, the event promises to bring together everyone and everything that makes our industry innovative. Sound like something you could […]

A quick coffee with… Anna Stubbs (CELTA Course Director)

Anna Stubbs

If you’ve read our two latest blog posts, you’ll know that we’ve been introducing our readers to the key people at Oxford TEFL. Our dedicated and experienced staff members are a major part of what makes us stand out from the crowd, so we want our community to know who’s who! That’s why I sat […]

InnovateELT 2022 Conference: some of the best takeaways!

The breakout rooms are closed, the coffee all drunk, and the InnovateELT conference is done and dusted for another year! It was a big one this time for Oxford TEFL, with the return of the face-to-face event. As we explored in a previous post, members of our community were telling us that they were ready […]

InnovateELT 2022: 5 reasons to attend the conference!

With little more than three weeks to go until the eighth annual InnovateELT conference, we are hard at work putting the finishing touches on what is certainly our most ambitious event yet. Since its inception, InnovateELT has focused on innovation in language education and celebrated some of the most exciting things happening in our industry. […]

A quick coffee with… Duncan Foord (Oxford TEFL Director)

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A company is only as good as its people, as the saying goes. Here at Oxford TEFL, we couldn’t agree more. Our team of dedicated professionals is what allows us to stay passionate and continue providing high quality teacher training. Indeed, without them, there’s no way we could have continued to grow and thrive since […]

InnovateELT 2022 Conference by Oxford TEFL – get involved!

Over the last few weeks here at Oxford TEFL, we have been excitedly making our preparations for this year’s InnovateELT conference! Now in its eighth edition, the event will take place online on Friday 30th September, and in Barcelona on Saturday 1st October. As always, it promises to bring together the freshest new ideas from […]

Boost your TEFL CV and income during the holidays: 5 top tips!

The Easter holidays are upon us here in Barcelona, and many teachers are looking forward to a well-deserved break. However, time off normal teaching duties also provides a chance to boost your income. It may also present an opportunity to gain work experience in a new area of TEFL, as well as broadening your professional […]

How I managed – and enjoyed! – the DipTESOL course as a new parent

I decided to take the Trinity DipTESOL shortly after finding out that my wife and I were expecting a baby in 2020. When I started the course, I couldn’t help but worry about how I would manage all of the assignments alongside supporting my wife, working and preparing myself for an extra little family member. […]

NEW: Certificate in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language

Formación ELE

Looking for a way to put your Spanish language skills to good use? Teaching Spanish as a foreign language (la enseñanza del español a hablantes nativos de otras lenguas) could be for you. Our new course Certificado de Profesor de ELE (Español como Lengua Extranjera) is ideal if you (or someone you know) wants to […]

How to become a successful online TEFL teacher

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Fran Austin has been the Sales & Marketing Director for Oxford TEFL since 2014. Over the years, she has helped thousands of aspiring TEFL teachers navigate the pathway towards a successful career teaching English as a foreign language. In this blog post, she provides her step-by-step guide to becoming a successful online English teacher.

Graduate Stories: Daniela Petrovska

Cambridge DELTA TEFL

Daniela Petrovska took our Trinity CertTESOL course in Barcelona in June 2016 and is now studying the Trinity DipTESOL with us. In this blog she talks about her experiences and decision-making when it came to getting her TEFL certifications. I was born and raised in the capital of Macedonia, Skopje. During my school years, English […]

Special Event: Mental Health and ELT Roundtable

29th May 1pm – 2pm, Oxford TEFL Barcelona We are excited to announce that Oxford TEFL is organising a special event in Barcelona in collaboration with La Federaciò de Salut Mental de Catalunya to discuss the issues of Mental Health and ELT. During this unique event there will be a panel of experts to share […]

Using Theatre Games in class

  Friday February 13th 2015 was the first day of our free teacher training workshops of 2015 in Oxford TEFL Barcelona. On this day, Andy Travis, Oxford House teacher and actor, gave an interactive workshop which stimulated the imaginations of the workshop attendees into brainstorming, discussing, evaluating and finally participating in some of the top […]

Trinity Cert. TESOL course – stripped bare!

What is the Trinity Cert. TESOL course really like? What type of person am I likely to meet on this course? Do I have the courage to apply and get through the course?   Our trainees from February 2015 demonstrate with this quirky video the highs and lows, the funniest and the most challenging moments […]

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