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Teach English In Spain
Last July marked the fourth year to pass me by since my graduation in 2008, meaning that I have now been a graduate for longer than I was a student. Yet I am still to take my first leap into the...
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Mistakes. And why they should be cherished.
(Source) We all make them. We all wince with embarrassment the moment one inadvertently escapes our lips, or as we gradually fathom in the aftermath of making one just why exactly asking for a ‘coño de...
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My list of invaluable online resources as an expat living in Spain
We had a power cut the other night. I hate power cuts, and especially when they happen at night; I am invariably prevented from doing anything that I want to be doing (if my laptop battery is low,...
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Getting started with TEFL
by Ruth Kennedy Doing some travelling around the world is becoming a rite of passage for more and more young people in the UK and North America; usually just before or after heading to university and...
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Teaching in Summer Schools: an overview, the pros and the cons
If, like me, teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) is how you earn a living, then the chances are that at some point, either in the past, present or future, you have worked, are working or...
View ArticleWork in Spain as a Language Assistant
Each year, Spain’s Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport operate a nationwide programme called ‘Auxiliares de Conversación Extranjeros en España‘ – Foreign Language Assistants in Spain. The...
View ArticleCatalan Independence: What are Spanish teens saying about it?
“Unwanted, leaching burden to bear” says one. “Lowly, ignorant and harebrained deserters” says the other. Or something to that effect– I’m sure there are plenty of even more colourful ways of putting...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know about Teaching English in Granada
The question I am most often asked by readers of this blog is how to go about finding work teaching English in Granada. I endeavour to keep my responses as personal as they are helpful so I’m not the...
View ArticleeBook preview: What You Should Know About Teaching English in Spain
While I haven’t done much recently, teaching English in Spain is something I’ll go out on a limb for and say I know a fair bit about. Five years is – relatively speaking – quite a long English teaching...
View ArticleSix of the best: ESL Games to Break the Ice
As ESL teachers across the globe prepare to let battle commence for another academic year, some may be wondering how they are going to quickly establish a rapport with their new students. It’s not as...
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