Teaching Overseas: Why the Canterbury TEFL Course?

Now ask yourself a few questions:

• Have you ever thought about living, really living and not just visiting, outside your home country?
• Would you like to learn another language teaching English as a second language?
• Could you see yourself living the Spanish lifestyle in a warm, sunny climate?

Then perhaps an international TEFL academy like Canterbury is what you are looking for! Madrid is the vibrant capital of Spain, which has a low cost of living, coupled with the greatest nightlife in all of Europe! Canterbury offers exciting opportunities for students and alumni of universities throughout the world to teach English in Spain while experiencing the thrills of cultural diversity by living in a foreign country! We are committed to accept, to challenge, and to inspire people to make a life instead of just a living. FIND OUT MORE about our TEFL course and teaching overseas!

Why is the Choice of a Guaranteed Job Teaching in Madrid, Spain with Canterbury a Unique Opportunity?

First of all, after earning your International TEFL certification at Canterbury, if you desire, you will be provided with a guaranteed TEFL job teaching English in Madrid during the school year! Canterbury will offer you excellent opportunities for a summer job as well, including the chance to teach at summer camps located throughout Spain during the months of July and August. Think about it - YOU'LL BE TEACHING OVERSEAS!

Real Experience Teaching English as a Second Language!

Moreover, you will gain invaluable real teaching experience in our TEFL Course that is not found in other programs, and the confidence necessary to stand in front of a group of non-native English speaking students and teach English as a foreign language. After you have obtained your certificate, you will have both the opportunity to teach at any other institutions that you desire as well as an international teaching job guaranteed at Canterbury. For people who are shopping for a TEFL program, this should be a key factor in deciding which one to choose. Madrid is one of the best places in the world to teach English abroad!

Another important difference at Canterbury includes being paid for teaching classes that begin during the course. Theoretical training is important, but there is no substitute for experience. Standing in front of a group of non-native English speakers and teaching an English class in a foreign country is not easy. For those with little or no teaching experience, it can be a daunting experience. Canterbury realizes this. Our program is specifically designed to guide you, to help you and walk you through this process so that you attain the confidence necessary to do this by the end of the course. You will feel confident about teaching English as a second language!

Our Philosophy is "Learn by Doing" & "Paid for Doing too"

Our philosophy for training teachers includes both a "LEARN BY DOING" approach together with a "PAID FOR DOING" policy. Thus, each TEFL trainee must teach a total of 20 hours of classes with non-native speaking students to fulfill the 120-hour course requirements and obtain their TEFL certificate. This is by far the highest number of real teaching hours offered by any TEFL program. Moreover, you will be paid for teaching these classes as well. As a trainee, you will be hard-pressed to find a better situation than that! Teaching overseas for native English speakers and being paid to do it too.

Unlike other TEFL programs, Canterbury devotes a significant amount of time concentrating on the techniques of teaching children. Every trainee participates in eight separate sessions of 2.5 hours each, or 20 hours total of children practice teaching. Considering that 50 % of the job offers around the world involve teaching children, this is another important point to consider when shopping for a TEFL program. Many TEFL programs, including the CELTA, cover this topic in passing, if at all. We feel this is an oversight.

Moreover, Canterbury also dedicates a substantial amount of time directed toward the techniques of teaching business English to professionals. Again, all trainees participate in eight separate sessions of 2.5 hours each, or 20 hours total of business English practice teaching.

A further distinction of the Canterbury program is an optional DVD copy of your final practice teaching oral presentation. This is a powerful tool to use with future employers. In addition to your certificate, work experience and recommendations from Canterbury, you have the ability to show yourself teaching an actual thirty-minute class to any prospective employer. This gives you a sizable competitive edge in the job market. Canterbury also provides you with classes on resume writing, marketing yourself, and their well known and respected job references.

At Canterbury, you will find an uncommon, singular, intimate, and prestigious program that costs less than any of our major competitors. The classes, being much smaller, are much more interactive and the end result is that you, the student, obtain much more from the program. We believe "ACCESSIBILITY" is EDUCATION. Thus, all of our teachers, as well as all of our directors and staff, are always accessible to our students. At Canterbury, you will find a fun, relaxed place to study and work abroad that is made up of friends and family. Canterbury is a throwback to the good old days where each man's word is honored and respected and not a place where you get the feeling that you are just another number...

Our testimonials are clear, well thought out essays written by real people who have thoroughly enjoyed their experiences at Canterbury.

An Unusually Caring Close-knit Family Atmosphere

At Canterbury, you will find an unconventional, unusually caring, close-knit family atmosphere. You will find intensive Spanish classes at our partner school INHISPANIA that are offered at a 12 % discount to all Canterbury TEFL students to help them study and learn Spanish at the same time. You will also find free internet & photocopy services, and lifetime job assistance. If you desire, you will find a teaching job during the school year in Madrid and a summer job with the possibility of teaching at a summer camp somewhere in Spain. And of course, you will find the Canterbury Club, which separates Canterbury from all the other programs; a truly unique association, that brings together teachers, students, and international friends from all over the world. One opportunity for teaching overseas.

The Spanish Adventures

SPECIAL OFFER for students taking
The Canterbury International TEFL Certificate!

The students who do our TEFL certificate program can also take Spanish classes with our Spanish Adventures. The times of both programs are designed to leave you free to teach English classes in the evenings, while the courses are in progress.

For students who do both programs, there is a huge 12 % discount on the Spanish classes.

The Spanish course is an eighty-hour intensive program taught over four weeks. Most other programs at best offer some free Spanish classes. A few weeks of sporadic classes of an hour once every few days will give you little more than a smattering of Spanish. We believe that for the student who is serious about learning the language (after English, Spanish is the second most important language in today's world and for many TEFL students, their number one reason in choosing Spain as a destination is to learn and become fluent in Spanish), the only realistic way is to enroll in a total immersion program. For more complete and extensive information visit https://spanishadventures.es/