Sadly I agree.

rushing07 said:

You taught English in Spain?

PANDURITO said:

No but I've seen other do it. I participated in a student's exchange programme.
Boy oh boy, was that something.

rushing07 said:

It's in our genes or something.
Not ever our Prime Ministers can speak it

Journalist: Mr. Zapatero, Could you please repeat that in English?
Zapatero (nodding all the time while he was being asked) : Yes, yo en Español
Me:

In 2003, the prime minister's wife greeted the president of Japan, wearing a dress with a sequin inscription that read: "love, romance, sexy"...

KoolEaze said:

Oh dear KoolEaze! That's a real error there too! To be fair though I rarely concentrate when I post on the Org and am prone to the odd error here and there. Thank's for the advice. I was advised of Harmer's book and will try and check out the Baker/Westrup one too.

JustErin said:

Thanks! Retina is indeed right but you can also get some work just from doing the intensive weekend course. It also helps significantly to be a university graduate which I am. I am however going to a Cambridge University recognised CELTA course which takes another month before I start applying for overseas work.

JDInteractive said:

So you did only take the weekend course so far and then you're going to take another, longer course?

Man, I would so love to do the same thing but I can't cuz I've got my little man.

I'm envious.

So this weekend I completed my weekend training course of teaching English as a foreign language. It was a bit daunting with the first day being a 10 and a half hour slog and yesterday being another 7. The final part of the course was me having to teach a class of 10 on the subject of 'past possibilities' namely 'could of' and 'should of' for 15 minutes. It was all a bit daunting considering Ive never actually taught before but now Im hooked. I really enjoyed and theirs the possibility that I could get a job very soon working in either Barcelona or Hong Kong for some months! Cool eh?!

Anyone else been on a similar course? How did you get on and what are you doing now?

JDInteractive said:

congrats on everything i hope it all goes well for you.

did you already give the mischivious students dentention?

Christopher said:

They were a well behaved bunch but if they step out of line, I will crush them.

JDInteractive said:

So you did only take the weekend course so far and then you're going to take another, longer course?

Man, I would so love to do the same thing but I can't cuz I've got my little man.

I'm envious.

Good for you!!! well done. its not easy studying again if uve not done it in a while. i did an intensive First Aid Course last year. Its a good feeling when completing a course.