Grammar challenge (learn English) is originally 6 minutes long but can be shortened if needed. Verb forms, tenses, prepositions and pronunciation are presented in a easily comprehendible way.
The Song Tree Music and educational resources for school children aged 5 to 7. For musical activities, learning and
performing songs.
Talk about English (learn English) A 20 minute chat show that can be divided or shortened. Covers different topics and highlights useful words and expressions.
Programmes about news, sport, history, film etc. are also available. Why not let the students choose their own pod cast to listen to as homework?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/
For seven years Greig Martin has been teaching in
Why did you choose to become a teacher?
- It started as a hobby two evenings a week when I worked in stock exchange in
What do you like about teaching?
-Autonomy, leading, helping people achieve their goals. I find it fun to make a measurable impact on people’s lives, a change that you can notice.
Do you have any advice for someone who hasn't got much experience of teaching? What should they have in mind?
That you're guiding a bunch of people through a forest. You might not know everything that's in the forest but it's important you know your destination and help them get there. Knowing grammar and specific vocabulary points, don't worry, that can take years before you know all that. You just have to get them to the one point that you're doing with the class.
What is the most important characteristics of a great teacher?
Patience, leadership, patience, communication and more patience.
What is the most challenging thing you've done as a teacher?
Now I’m mainly organizing costumed courses for different multinationals, with students of different professions in the classes. It’s continually challenging to try to make that class very useful to them as individuals. The most difficult thing was when I had to teach the names of fruit and vegetables in four different languages, for one of the largest fruit companies in this part of
What would you advise a person coming to teach in
Just do it. I came with one sentence and not a lot of teaching experience. So I had a big drive to learn Spanish because when you really want to speak and need to speak on a daily basis you can learn it very quickly.
I recently came across a website with teaching techniques. Included in the list of links is classroom management, music and songs, motivation and public speaking, among other things. http://iteslj.org/Techniques/
On the way to my first day of my TEFL course 3 and a half long years ago, I started a new tradition which would become my favorite part of Barcelona for the first month living here: the morning chocolate croissant. Having just spent the previous 2 years of my life driving to work, I always missed out on the morning stop to the corner bakery and the ensuing sugar rush. So armed, I stepped onto the uncomplicated metro at Poble Nou and headed confidently towards Trinitat Nova on the yellow line to my school at the corner of Rambla de Catalunya and Carrer d’Aragó and my new life as a TEFL trainee. 
Where in Barcelona can you find books in English? Listed below are three of the best bookshops in the city.
