Top-Rated CELTA Courses in Central Barcelona

I have been teaching English in my home country for quite a long time and I felt I needed some fresh air. Studying ELT abroad was the best option for me to enhance my teaching and to immerse in full time English speaking surroundings.

It was always my dream to live long-term in Europe, and to do that, of course, I needed a job (one can't go on being a student forever!). I wanted to really integrate myself into a new culture, and teaching English seemed like a good way to create long-term opportunities for myself.

I initially started out as a primary teacher. After finishing my PGCE I worked at two independent girls’ schools in Manchester for five years, mainly preparing pupils for grammar school entrance exams. I think this is where my love for exam classes stems from! Although I always enjoyed teaching the British primary curriculum, I had also been interested in TEFL for a while and eventually I decided to change my career path slightly and enrolled on a TESOL cert course. I really enjoyed the programme and loved the new classroom experience, just focusing on one subject and having more mature students. I could finally focus on what I loved best: teaching, instead of having to do a lot of extra paperwork, playground duties, after school clubs etc. After three years of EFL experience in the UK doing the diploma was the next logical step in my professional development.