Continued Professional Development for English Teachers

Grade A TEFL student!

Well done to Alicia Garcia Moya on achieving a grade A in her recent Teaching English as a Foreign Language course (TEFL). The 140 hour course was undertaken on-line with Star TEFL- UK  Ltd. and adds to Alicia's already impressive qualifications.

Alicia said "I'm very proud ,as a Spanish person, to do so well on this course. These courses are normally designed for native speakers so I am very happy to have achieved such good results."

At El Centro de Ingles (Caravaca) we endeavour to ensure that all our teachers have at least140 hours of TEFL training and are currently enrolling all our teachers on Cambridge English Teacher continued professional development programmes.

Alicia's certificate 

You can rest assured that we take CPD very seriously to ensure that the teaching that is provided is up to date and professional.

Christmas Radio Show 2012

Last night (11/12/12) was our  last English show on Caravaca Radio for 2012. We had the usual features of celebrity birthdays (Frank Sinatra, Jermaine Jackson and Gonzalo Higuain the Real Madrid Footballer), grammar points and this week we played a podacst from the BBC all about Christmas traditions in Britain. We also played the Coldplay song Christmas Lights, which according to the Seville based English teacher Barry O'Leary is a great song to help students with their listening skills and useful for connected speech. For more information click the link to Barry's blog here: http://teachingenglishinaforeignland.blogspot.com.es/2012/12/esl-songs-coldplay-christmas-lights.html
So, enjoy the show and if we don't have another chance to say it we hope that you and your families have a very Merry Christmas and a wealthy and healthy 2013!

El Centro de Ingles on Caravaca Radio (04/12/12)

What did these two think of each other?

Missed tonight's Radio Show? Don't worry you can listen to it here.Find out what Walt Disney and Francisco Franco have in common. Find out how to give advice using should and shouldn't and find out about last weeks visit to Caravaca by London Business consultants Solonegcio. ALL HERE FOR FREE!

Export to the UK.......

Today (29/11/12) El Centro de Ingles with Arco 02, Tenredo and Solonegocio (London) appeared on Caravaca Radio talking about export opportunities for Spanish companies in London.  John Lawrence from Solonegocio is presenting 2 talks at the Casa de Cultura in Caravaca. The second talk is planned for 8:30 this evening.

You can read about this in Spanish here : Caravaca Radio

Guillem Balague

Guillem Balague  is a Sky Sports Spanish football expert. He is a regular pundit (expert) on Sky Sports' show Revista de la Liga. 

He is also the UK Correspondent for AS, the Madrid-based Spanish sports newspaper and El Larguero, Spain's most popular sports radio show, attracting some 1,5 million listeners.  His work appears regularly in The Times and in Champions magazine.

You can read (in English) some of his work here, an interview with Swansea Spanish player Michu    Michu Interview

Guillem has a great level of English listen to this interview, listen to the vocabulary, the idioms and phrasal verbs that he uses. Really good!

He has written a new book in English about Pep Guardiola and has written one about Rafa Benitez's time at Liverpool too. Guillem is a Espanyol fan by the way.

In this interview you can hear him talking about English and Spanish football. Its very interesting (if you like football). 

He also talks in the video about his new book and his views in general, which are very respected in England.

He has  also wrote a diary  ,in Spanish and English, about La Roja's triumph in the European Championships.

Balague has his own website http://www.guillembalague.com/en/home  Have a look around his site its really good.

Buy Guillem's book here http://astore.amazon.co.uk/elcendeingcar-21/detail/1409143759

Good News! ...ECI is a Trinity Examination Centre!

Good news! We have received news form Trinity College London that El Centro de Ingles - Caravaca has been accepted as a Trinity Examination Centre (centre number 47700). This means that in 2013 we can arrange for people to do the Trinity Exams here in Caravaca. We are currently awaiting promotional materials from Trinity and details on how the system works. We will be offering preparation classes soon, so watch this space for more information. Cick the link below for more information regarding Trinity English exams: Trinity College London ESOL

The Truth Behind Cambridge English exams Seminar

On Thursday (08/11/12) Tony travelled to Barcelona to attend a seminar, ran by Exams Catalunya, about Cambridge University English exams. The seminar gave a great insight into the exam criteria regarding the likes of the PET and the First certificate exams. The seminar also covered how to use ESOL materials related to these exams. El Centro de Ingles will be using the information learned to further enhance the teaching and help that we give our students in trying to gain these qualifications.

After the seminar Tony travelled around Barcelona finding  "English in Action" photos. He has uploaded the photographs onto facebook.  Barcelona - English in Action - FB Album

We have also opened another Facebook album so that our students can upload their own photos of "English in Action" around Caravaca and the rest of Murcia. Caravaca and Murcia - English in Action- FB Album
Have some fun finding places where English is being used, sometimes in unexpected places.