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Maria Di Mario • June, 15 2020

The TEFL Iberia guide to teaching pronunciation

Pronunciation is sometimes overlooked in the TEFL classroom as teachers are focusing on the four skills – reading, writing, listening and speaking, and even within speaking, fluency is prized more highly than good pronunciation. However, pronunciatio...

Maria Di Mario • June, 14 2020

Building your portfolio of private students

The teaching English sector in Barcelona and Spain in general have two large breaks in the calendar year. There is the winter break which can last anywhere from two to three weeks, and there is the summer break which lasts a bank-breaking one-and-a-h...

Maria Di Mario • June, 14 2020

Teaching adults vs teaching kids – tips from our team!

Going from teaching adults to teaching children can be an intimidating step, especially as most TEFL courses don’t offer any teaching practice time with children. TEFL Iberia offers a dedicated seminar during the course with Carley, who has lots of e...

Richard Davie • May, 31 2020

The five best beaches near Barcelona

One of our favourite things about Barcelona is the city’s 5km of beaches, stretching all the way from Barceloneta to Bogatell. But with the summer influx of tourists the city beaches get very crowded – and even if you manage to find a spot you’ll be ...

Richard Davie • May, 29 2020

The Latest on Traveling to Spain

Are you eager to travel to Spain, but unsure if you’re currently able to? As Europe slowly begins to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, travelers around the world are keen to know whether or not they can enter Spain. The country executed one of the s...

Maria Di Mario • May, 24 2020

Five TEFL myths dispelled

It’s a holiday, not a job Yes, it might be sunny every day, and you might spend your weekends swimming in the sea and drinking sangria, but Monday to Friday you’re working, same as everyone else. It’s true that a TEFL certificate will take you all ov...