TESOL / TEFL Courses in Barcelona

TEFL International in Barcelona:
TEFLInternational in Barcelona is a teacher training school located near the famous Sagrada Familia cathedral in the Gracia area of the city. We are committed to offering you the highest quality training course whilst also doing everything possible to ensure that you will have a very enjoyable experience during your time in Barcelona.

Comprehensive training in all aspects of how to be a successful Teacher of English as a Foreign Language. All the grammar you will need for your first position, phonetics, instruction in how to structure an English lesson, teaching practice on real students.

The TEFL International Barcelona 4 week 120 hour Certificate Course:
Unlike many certificate courses the TEFL International course has a very practical emphasis and deals primarily with the real skills and knowledge needed by teachers in the classroom.

The course is divided into five main areas:

Teaching Practice
The most practical and fundamental area of any TEFL/TESOL course and the main reason why online and distance learning programs do not suffice. Course trainees teach real students of English and put into practice the skills learnt on the course. Our trainees start teaching in the first week and teach at least 6 full length classes during the course. These teaching practices are observed by a trained observer and straight after each class trainees have a feedback session with their observer.

Foreign Language Experience
The trainees receive training in an unknown foreign language to reflect on the experience of being a learner, and how this might direct their own teaching.

Language Awareness

- Grammar. Covers parts of speech, simple and complex sentence elements, clauses, verb tense and aspect and voice. Conditional structures and Modal verbs. Direct and reported speech.

- Phonology. Covers phonemics, word stress and intonation, sentence stress and intonation, rhythm and connected speech.

Student Profile
Trainees work with individual students on rapport-building, error analysis and correction and assessing student level and individual student needs. Three meetings with the student are required including transcription and error analysis and the preparation and teaching of an unobserved private class.

Teaching Techniques.
This component of the course covers areas such as: 

- Lesson planning
- Classroom management 
- Establishing rapport
- Discipline in the classroom
- Managing equipment and teaching aids
- Creating materials
- Correction techniques
- Evaluation and testing
- Teaching vocabulary
- Teaching grammar
- Teaching receptive skills (reading and listening)
- Teaching productive skills (speaking and writing)
- Games in the classroom
- Songs in the classroom
- Teaching beginner students
- Teaching individual students
- Teaching business English
- Teaching young learners

Successful trainees receive an official certificate showing successful completion of the course and overall grade. They will also be issued with a Grade letter from TEFL International, reflecting upon their performance during the course.