LIVE LIKE A LOCAL!

Homestay Spanish - or any other language - is a unique way to learn a language through complete cultural and linguistic immersion

ON an InTuition language course, you choose 15 to 30 hours of one-toone tuition with a private host tutor each week.

From the age of 14, you can sign up to enjoy the carefully tailored courses, which ensure that outside lesson time, you become a welcome member of the host family: sharing your meals and going on cultural and social excursions, accompanied each time by your hosts.

Evenings and weekends are spent socialising and putting into practice the Spanish you have learnt in the day – helping you to rapidly develop fluency, confidence, and accuracy in an entirely natural context.

Programmes are fully inclusive: as well as one-to-one tuition and full-board accommo- dation, we also include all study materials and resources, detailed before and after assessments and comprehensive academic support.

The UK-based team is on hand 24/7 to provide everything you need before, during and after your immersion.

InTuition’s 30 years of experience and expertise in the field is always at your disposal.

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The key factor for choosing a personal tutor is to find someone who you get on well with. Don’t be afraid of asking for a discounted first lesson, to make sure that the tutor is the kind of person you’re looking for.

The search for a group class can be even more baffling, but if you are clear in your own mind about what you’re looking for, you can simplify the search before it even begins.

THESE ARE THE MAIN FACTORS TO CONSIDER:

The intensity of timetabling varies greatly from course to course. Some schools offer six hours of lessons a day, while others offer a couple of hours a week. Take into consideration how much time you want to dedicate to your lessons before choosing a course.

Smaller classes are nearly always preferable, as they ensure you will get more time with the tutor and the class will progress more quickly. Look for schools that specify a number of pupils in each class, as the ones that don’t are likely to accept applications until the class is too big to handle. Check the credentials of the teaching staff - the schools that show the credentials are proud of the quality of their staff. The best schools offer several options. You can study in a classroom, have one to one lessons in your own home, and increasingly popular ‘virtual’ classes done online. These should not be confused with self-teaching – they are proper classes with a tutor with lessons tailored to your needs, conducted live. Whatever your choice – good luck!

THE recent boom in private language schools offering English has meant a bigger demand for English teachers in Andalucia.

This means that increasing numbers of expats are finding the opportunity of either starting off on a new career or simply obtaining an additional source of income.

But can anyone get a job in a language school?

Surprisingly there are no legally required qualifications to work as an English teacher in Spain.

This has, of course, led to plenty of poor quality language schools setting up.

Those looking for work in the sector can start by checking out schools belonging to ACEIA, the Association of Andalusian Language Schools, whose website www. aceia.es has a list of members.

If you have little, or no, previous teaching experience or wish to re-cycle, it would be a good idea, and a very rewarding experience, to take a Cambridge CELTA teacher training course. Employers around the world, not just in Spain, ask for CELTA - an internationally recognised TEFL qualification which will provide you with the skills necessary to teach in the classroom as well as hands-on experience.

A CELTA certificate is regulated by Ofqual at level 5 on the Qualifications and Credit Framework.

A teaching qualification does not automatically lead to employment, but it certainly gives you a head start over other people applying for work.

enced host tutors in our global network, we guarantee to have an ideal match for you, whatever language you would like to learn, wherever you would like to study,” explains