Teaching Business English Barcelona, Spain
Business English Teachers Course
   
Course Details
| Course ref. |
2899 |
| Course Type |
Teaching Business English |
| Min Age |
20 |
| Class Times |
Mon to Thurs 10.30 - 14.00 & Fri 10.30 - 14.30
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Customer Feedback
The school and the quality of trainers were excellent, on all counts. The course was fantastic, great structure - as I'd expect from Cambridge. The destination was ideal, that's why I wanted to take the course abroad. What I enjoyed most about my course was observing other teachers and tutors in the classroom. Extremely helpful to a trainee's development.
-Alexis Potter-
What I enjoyed most in my was probably TP - Teaching Practice. Standing in front of a class for the first time can be quite intimidating but I sincerely enjoyed it from day one and in the end it's probably the best way to learn how to make it better next time or in the future.
-Susanne Degenkolb-
The School was great, the staff and admin were very helpful and the trainers were inspiring and very very very friendly and resourceful. The course was intense, but definitely provided enough practice and theory. Highly recommended!
-Joanna Kallis-
Barcelona is a great city to do the course in. The trainers were excellent. They were very helpful and provided us with a lot of information. What I liked most was the teaching practice. It was great to work with real students.
-Jaswant Mohr-
Course Description
The Business English Teachers' Course is a 36-hour teacher development course designed to increase the competence and confidence of teachers working in the area of Business English teaching.
Launched in 1987 and continuously developed, the course has a strong practical and participatory bias and has been run with success in Germany, Hungary, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Within Spain it is run regularly both in Barcelona and Madrid.
The course has been designed for qualified and practising teachers who are either already working in this field or else are interested in doing so.
Course Contents
Contents will be drawn from the checklist below:
. An introduction to ESP
. Business vs General English
. The design and administration of needs analysis
. Course design & extended simulations
. A review and evaluation of published materials
. Published & authentic video material for Business English
. Sourcing material from the Internet
. Approaches and techniques for teaching one to one
. The use of case studies and simulations
. Teaching lexis for Business English
. Using the telephone in a business context
. Delivering oral presentations
. Error analysis: working from students' mistakes
. Participating in meetings, negotiations and discussions
. Language analysis, the nature of certain types of business discourse
. Working from authentic materials
. Learner feedback: listening to your students.
Entry requirements
Participants should have the Cambridge CELTA (or equivalent) and at least one year's teaching experience.
Certification
Candidates will be awarded an International House Teacher Training Certificate at the end of the course.
Pre-course reading
Probably the most useful general background reading would be one or both of:
Dudley-Evans & St John: Developments in English for Specific Purposes (CUP 1998)
Ellis & Johnson: Teaching Business English (CUP 1994)
Frendo, Evan: How to Teach Business English (Longman 2005)
We would also recommend these:
Council of Europe: Common European Framework of References for Language (CUP/Council of Europe 2001)
Mckay, Sandra Lee: Teaching English as an International Language (OUP 2002)
Wilberg, Peter: One to One: A Teacher's Handbook (LTP, 1987)
Accommodation Options
You can book the following accommodation for your course through Cactus TEFL.
Shared Apartment
Staying in a shared apartment will offer you the same comforts as staying with a host family but enable you to live more independently. You can study in privacy in your own room. The shared facilities are equipped with all you will need in order to prepare your own food and relax after a hard day's work. Bed-linen and towels are provided. You share kitchen and bathroom with your hosts.
235 Euros for 2 weeks inclusive of all costs except telephone, and your booking fee. Extra nights cost 18 Euros, and can only be considered in consultation with the school. Please note that the money for any extra nights would be paid directly to your landlord/landlady upon arrival.
Please note that a �40.00 accommodation administration fee will be added to your booking.
2011
Here is the information from 2011
You can book the following accommodation for your course through Cactus TEFL.
Shared Apartment
Staying in a shared apartment will offer you the same comforts as staying with a host family but enable you to live more independently. You can study in privacy in your own room. The shared facilities are equipped with all you will need in order to prepare your own food and relax after a hard day's work. Bed-linen and towels are provided. You share kitchen and bathroom with your hosts.
475 Euros for 4 weeks for the full four weeks, inclusive of all costs except telephone and your booking fee. Extra nights cost 20 Euros, and can only be considered in consultation with the school. Please note that the money for any extra nights would be paid directly to your landlord/landlady upon arrival.
School Details - Barcelona Plaza Catalunya
The school is a five-minute walk from La Rambla, easily accessible by metro, and has good shopping and restaurants, bars and cafes nearby. The courses are held in beautiful old buildings where the atmosphere is extremely friendly.
Barcelona
Barcelona will go down in history as an essential all-time experience. Different people will be seduced by different things, so take your picks will it be the almost arrogant individuality of a city with its own language and history, the effortless juxtaposition of Gothic and Renaissance, Byzantine and Romanesque, the dangerously inviting boutiques, or quite simply that old Spanish knack of bringing out lazy, sangria-filled lunches under a hot Mediterranean sun? Quintessentially Spanish yet unique in so many ways, make of Barcelona what you will. But whatever your vice, don't fight it - because you can be sure nobody else is.
Timetable
Mon to Thurs 10.30 - 14.00 & Fri 10.30 - 14.30
Help for Jobs
Helping you find work
Taking a training course at our centre will automatically open doors for you all over the world. We have been training people here for over 30 years.
We have found that many of our trainees find work at our school which is right in the centre of Barcelona, or in our other schools in the Barcelona and Catalonia area.
Our school is part of a huge, dynamic World wide web of schools, which has centres in amongst other places � Argentina, Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam and South Africa. If you apply to one of these schools in the world organisation, we can organise an interview right here in Barcelona. Once you have taken a training course with us, you will never be short of job opportunities!
How to Apply
1. Click next to the start date.
2. Register your details with Cactus TEFL (1 minute) to help us track your application.
3. Download the application form and save it on your computer.
4. Complete it offline in your own time
5. Go back to www.cactustefl.com, sign in and submit your completed form.
You can also submit an application by email. We will explain how to do this on the application form. Please contact us if you have any problems with the application procedure.
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