Choosing a city to complete your training is not an easy task. This decision marks a before an after both in your personal and most of all, in your working life. Even more considering that you can be a teacher, and in this case an English teacher, anywhere in the world. There is a wide variety of TEFL / TESOL courses, both online and on-site in every country. So then, why moving to another country to take a TEFL course?
Studying in another country helps you discover new experiences from which you will benefit culturally, professionally and academically. Apart from Spain, and concretely its capital Madrid, there aren’t so many countries offering so many advantages to English teachers desiring to expand their training abroad.
Taking a TEFL course in Madrid means not only studying, doing exams or classroom work… it also means learning Spanish, an aptitude high qualified in every CV which will expand your opportunities all around the world, especially in Latin America and USA. In our times, any extra training is remarkable in the CV and if besides a TEFL course you want to acquire other abilities such as speaking Spanish (the second language most spoken by native speakers), you will have an advantage in the labor market.
Studying in Madrid is one of the greatest adventures since you get to live Spanish lifestyle to the fullest, you get to know the most iconic city places and wonderful streets to get lost while you discover cultural sites such as La Puerta del Sol, La Plaza Mayor, El Retiro park, Malasaña neighborhood, Gran Vía street….or you can simply enjoy Madrid’s nightlife, a melting pot of styles, music, and traditions, different in every street and neighborhood.
In this idyllic setting you get to enjoy constant contact with different cultures, Madrid is one of the multicultural cities most important in Spain. Spain is characterized by its several languages, religions and ethnic peoples, which helps to practice the Spanish language, both in and out of the classroom.
In the labor market, Madrid and Spain, in general, have a high shortage of native English teachers. Since the country tends to implement bilingualism in every school and companies need employees with good English level, these professionals are largely demanded.
Madrid has excellent academies offering the TEFL course because of the high demand of the course and professionals both in the national and European level, but it is important to look for academies which offer certified courses, such as Trinity College. It is also important to look for Spanish schools accredited by the Instituto Cervantes (most important institution of the Spanish language).
Traveling to Spain and concretely to Madrid to take the TEFL course gives us many advantages: increases our employment opportunities in the labor market, we learn an important language like Spanish, we enjoy new experiences by discovering the land of Cervantes, we explore Europe (from Spain we can travel to several European countries), we meet different people and most of all, we enjoy life. Spain makes us enjoy life like no other.