Free Teacher Development Workshops this March
We are pleased to announce the return of our free teacher workshops at Oxford TEFL Barcelona! These workshops are open to any ELT teacher who would like to develop their skills, pick up some practical tips and network with other teachers in the city. This is your chance to learn from experienced teachers and get […]
InnovateELT 2023 Conference: innovative, in-person, and in search of speakers!
InnovateELT is back, and we have some exciting changes to tell you about! Marking its 9th edition this year, the event will take place at Oxford TEFL Barcelona on 20th and 21st May 2023. As always, the event promises to bring together everyone and everything that makes our industry innovative. Sound like something you could […]
InnovateELT 2022 Conference: some of the best takeaways!
The breakout rooms are closed, the coffee all drunk, and the InnovateELT conference is done and dusted for another year! It was a big one this time for Oxford TEFL, with the return of the face-to-face event. As we explored in a previous post, members of our community were telling us that they were ready […]
InnovateELT 2022: 5 reasons to attend the conference!
With little more than three weeks to go until the eighth annual InnovateELT conference, we are hard at work putting the finishing touches on what is certainly our most ambitious event yet. Since its inception, InnovateELT has focused on innovation in language education and celebrated some of the most exciting things happening in our industry. […]
InnovateELT 2022 Conference by Oxford TEFL – get involved!
Over the last few weeks here at Oxford TEFL, we have been excitedly making our preparations for this year’s InnovateELT conference! Now in its eighth edition, the event will take place online on Friday 30th September, and in Barcelona on Saturday 1st October. As always, it promises to bring together the freshest new ideas from […]
NEW: Certificate in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language
Looking for a way to put your Spanish language skills to good use? Teaching Spanish as a foreign language (la enseñanza del español a hablantes nativos de otras lenguas) could be for you. Our new course Certificado de Profesor de ELE (Español como Lengua Extranjera) is ideal if you (or someone you know) wants to […]
Special Event: Mental Health and ELT Roundtable
29th May 1pm – 2pm, Oxford TEFL Barcelona We are excited to announce that Oxford TEFL is organising a special event in Barcelona in collaboration with La Federaciò de Salut Mental de Catalunya to discuss the issues of Mental Health and ELT. During this unique event there will be a panel of experts to share […]
Innovate ELT Conference: What is innovation?
Not an easy question to answer you might think. Attendees were asked this very question at the Innovate ELT conference which was hosted by Oxford TEFL in collaboration with ELT Jam this May 8th and 9th in our centre in Barcelona. And what a creative and innovative bunch of people they were! Up for grabs […]
Internship opportunity in Kerala
If you are a native English-speaker, you could take advantage of the opportunity to work in a prestigious school in Kerala after completing our Trinity Cert. TESOL course starting on May 4th 2015. From June 2015 – February 2016, you would be able to develop your teaching skills working in a school in the […]
Using Theatre Games in class
Friday February 13th 2015 was the first day of our free teacher training workshops of 2015 in Oxford TEFL Barcelona. On this day, Andy Travis, Oxford House teacher and actor, gave an interactive workshop which stimulated the imaginations of the workshop attendees into brainstorming, discussing, evaluating and finally participating in some of the top […]
Trinity Cert. TESOL course – stripped bare!
What is the Trinity Cert. TESOL course really like? What type of person am I likely to meet on this course? Do I have the courage to apply and get through the course? Our trainees from February 2015 demonstrate with this quirky video the highs and lows, the funniest and the most challenging moments […]
The physicality of sounds – a presentation by Laila Khairat
Last Friday 20th February, we were lucky enough to be able to hear the presentation made by Laila Khairat, called“The physicality of sounds – using the phonemic chart” during our free teacher workshops at Oxford TEFL Barcelona. Laila is one of our Developing Teacher course graduates, with a passion for pronunciation! The presentation took us, […]
FREE teacher workshops in Spanish
Are you a language teacher in Barcelona? Take advantage of our free teacher training workshops at our centre next to Passeig de Gracia. We are launching a new series of teacher workshops in Spanish open to any teachers who are interested in learning some practical and useful ideas which they can take straight into […]
Meet David Pepper, Trinity Dip. TESOL graduate
David Pepper completed the Trinity Dip. TESOL in 2012. Here, he explains why he took the course and how he has developed as a teacher. Why did you take the Trinity Dip. TESOL course? I never planned to have a long term career in EFL. When I left industry; burnt out, disillusioned and […]
Finding the right teaching position in China
Michael Frost completed the Trinity DipTESOL with Oxford TEFL in 2012 and is currently working in China. Here he explains what it is like to teach in China and his top tips for those thinking about taking up a teaching position there. China can be a fascinating location for a post-Cert TESOL teacher embarking on […]
My Dip Experience
Way back in 2008 I did my Trinity Cert. TESOL in Barcelona with OxfordTefl as a way to pursue my ambitious travel itinerary. I’d always wanted to teach but never thought about TEFL before. After the course I worked, travelled and discovered that I really loved teaching English. This was something I wanted to make […]
Free teacher workshops at Oxford TEFL Barcelona this February
Are you a teacher in Barcelona? Take advantage of our free teacher training workshops at our centre next to Passeig de Gracia. These workshops are open to any TEFL teachers who are interested in learning some tricks of the trade from experienced teachers. From using phonetics in the classroom to theatre with adults and […]
Meet Alistair Melvin, Trinity Dip TESOL graduate
Hi, my name’s Alistair, I’m an EFL teacher currently working in Saudi Arabia. I completed the Trinity DipTESOL course in August 2013. After a long break, I came back to teaching about 3 years ago, and as I’m now +40, I realised that if I was going to pursue EFL as a profession I really […]
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