The physicality of sounds – a presentation by Laila Khairat
Last Friday 20th February, we were lucky enough to be able to hear the presentation made by Laila Khairat, called“The physicality of sounds – using the phonemic chart” during our free teacher workshops at Oxford TEFL Barcelona. Laila is one of our Developing Teacher course graduates, with a passion for pronunciation! The presentation took us, […]
Innovate ELT Conference May 8th – 9th
We are excited to announce that Oxford TEFL Barcelona will be hosting the Innovate ELT conference this May. This conference is in conjunction with ELT Jam and three IATEFL SIGS (Special Interest Groups) and will be different to a regular conference. As well as traditional presentations, there will also be talks which include mini […]
FREE teacher workshops in Spanish
Are you a language teacher in Barcelona? Take advantage of our free teacher training workshops at our centre next to Passeig de Gracia. We are launching a new series of teacher workshops in Spanish open to any teachers who are interested in learning some practical and useful ideas which they can take straight into […]
My Dip Experience
Way back in 2008 I did my Trinity Cert. TESOL in Barcelona with OxfordTefl as a way to pursue my ambitious travel itinerary. I’d always wanted to teach but never thought about TEFL before. After the course I worked, travelled and discovered that I really loved teaching English. This was something I wanted to make […]
Free teacher workshops at Oxford TEFL Barcelona this November
If you are in Barcelona, why don’t you take advantage of our free teacher training workshops at our centre next to Passeig de Gracia? These workshops are open to any TEFL teachers who are interested in learning some tricks of the trade from experienced teachers. From vocabulary for young learners to classroom management to activities […]
Why positive feedback is important!
Imagine being managed by someone who constantly offers constructive positive feedback and praise, someone who appreciates your hard work and takes time to make you aware of that. Would you feel motivated to carry on to the best of your abilities? Would you feel motivated to develop? Now imagine that manager leaving and being replaced […]
Getting your identity card (N.I.E) in Spain
So you finally made up your mind and moved to Spain to do a TEFL course, teach English or study Spanish? You’ll love it here! Barcelona is a gorgeous city with an endless offer of cultural activities, nightlife, gastronomy, lovely weather and more! However, if you intend to stay here for a period longer than […]
Be a host to our trainee teachers
Would you like to be a host to our Barcelona teacher trainees? We are looking for new hosts in the centre of Barcelona to provide accommodation for our trainee teachers. Our trainees generally come for 4 or 5 weeks and the courses run 11 months of the year. If you can answer these questions with […]
NEW EVENTS at Oxford TEFL Barcelona: Colingo!
As well as the One day TEFL Taster Workshop, this month Oxford TEFL will be launching a new series of events for English students and EFL teachers. Colingo events are based around a group activity which will focus on team work, decision making, role play, creative thinking and project management.Each participant will learn to recognize […]
We Are Connected! George Chilton
The aim of this workshop is to provide the teacher with a range of educational technology tools. Together, we will examine technology designed for in class collaboration, and also to help connect the students with English outside the classroom. With the right activities we can use technology to challenge and motivate students, encouraging language production […]
Workshop preview: Dancing in the dark
In this video, Oxford TEFL’s Duncan Foord talks about his workshop, “Dancing in the Dark”. “Some conversations we have at work with colleagues, bosses and students don’t go very well. Others we simply avoid when it would be better not to. How do we say what needs to be said? To shine some light on […]
Workshop preview: Multiple intelligences in the classroom (Emily Kirkpatrick)
Here’s an outline of Emily’s workshop. “The aim of this session is to understand Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences, reflect on our own strengths and those of our students and learn how to put this into practice in the language classroom. We will learn how to identify students’ dominant intelligences by their behaviour in the […]
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