Description

Our school has a long history of working with young learners and we are therefore able to offer an additional day, at the end of the course, when we introduce you to teaching materials and strategies for use with this age-group.

In St Petersburg the CTEFL courses are run in cooperation with the Benedict School - the biggest and most popular language school in the city.

Highlights

The St Petersburg centre is located in the heart of the city, near the Winter Palace, Square and the Hermitage. A great variety of cultural, shopping and entertainment facilities are at hand.

St Petersburg is quite rightly known throughout the world for its beauty and culture. So unlike the Russian cities that came before it, with its strict geometric lines and an elegance reminiscent of Europe's most alluring capitals, St. Petersburg is in many ways Russia's adopted child: too European to be Russian, and yet too Russian to be European. A powerful combination of both East and West, St. Petersburg is, more than anything, a city born of the passion of its founder, Czar Peter the Great, to bring an unwilling Russian nation into the fold of Europe and into the mainstream of history. Built on more than a hundred islands in the NEA Delta linked by canals and arched bridges, it is often called the "northern Venice," and its elegant embankments are reminiscent of those of Paris. The city's focal point is the Admiralty; its most-visited attraction, a stone's throw away, the Winter Palace. Three major avenues radiate outward from the Admiralty: Nevsky Prospect (St. Petersburg's main shopping street), Gorokhovaya Ulitsa, and Voznesensky Prospect.

However there is much more to the city than this. There is a huge variety of cultural and non-cultural entertainment, all of which is available on a limited budget. The food and transportation in the city are relatively inexpensive.

Winters can be cold and the summers hot. Advice on what clothes you should bring for the duration of the course can be obtained from the centre.

As there are many openings here for newly qualified teachers St Petersburg is the perfect place for taking a TEFL course. Via Lingua is able to provide accommodation for teacher trainees at a very low price at the Benedict School Hostel. This will typically consist of a 3 room apartment shared with 2 or 3 other trainees.

Qualifications

* Native English Speaker or proof of English proficiency for non-native speakers
* University degree recommended but not essential

Languages

• English

Languages Used as a Medium of Teaching

• English

Cost in US$:

1,300 EUR

Program Fees Include:

The price of the course including tuition (invitation fee, meeting service, postage expenses, course materials). Accommodation: EUR 430 - Bed and Breakfast with a Russian family for 4 weeks (single room)

* Pick-up and hotel transfer from the point of arrival in Chania, Crete
* Welcome lunch and orientation tour
* All materials and tuition for the 4-week course, including examination fee
* Use of all facilities at the school (including unlimited internet access and kitchen/laundry facilities)
* Weekly Greek lessons
* Graduation lunch

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups of 10 maximum

Application Process Involves

• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

48 hours

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Via Lingua International LLC's Mission Statement

Via Lingua Crete aspires to train high-quality teachers using the latest teaching methodologies. An important element of our course is experiential learning and all sessions involve task-based interactions. We are also proud to help our trainees develop self-reflective skills in their evaluation of their own teaching and learning.

Year Founded

2000