Teaching Young Learners Barcelona, Spain

Cambridge Young Learners Extension Course

Important Information

This is one of the very few centres where Cambridge ESOL Young Learner courses are run. This YL course is aimed at teachers with the Cambridge CELTA, with some post-CELTA teaching experience. Eligible candidates receive an Endorsement to their CELTA awards from Cambridge ESOL.

Course Details

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


I can only recommend the school to anyone thinking about doing an intensive CELTA course! The school is very central and offers all needed facilities, including a nice bar and terrace where you find the much needed recreation during your breaks or after TP. All course tutor have been highly supportive, well qualified and were easy to approach.

The course is very intense so everyone thinking about doing it should be aware of the workload! You won’t have much time to do anything else on the side, e.g. sightseeing but because everyone on the course bonded from day one there’s a good chance going for a drink or meeting up on the weekend. Despite the night shifts and assignments on the weekend, the course was good fun, inspiring and enjoyable.

Barcelona was, is and always will be my favorite spot to be!! Great atmosphere, good vibe and the food is extraordinary!! ;)
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


If you would be interested in knowing more about the course at this centre from past participants please contact us and we will put you in touch.

Course Description

This 60-hour extension course is especially designed for CELTA qualified teachers who wish to extend their skills to include those necessary for teaching English to young learners. The course is based on teaching practice and lesson evaluation, and is overtly practical in content and approach.

The programme comprises 30 hours of seminars and workshops and 30 hours of teaching practice, teaching practice feedback and assisted lesson preparation. The full-time course is very intensive


Course Content

The course programme is designed to enable candidates to:

-transfer and apply their awareness of language and knowledge of the description of English from an adult to a young learner context

-gain an initial understanding of the context within which young learners learn English, their motivations and the roles of the teacher and learner

-transfer, adapt and apply the principles of effective teaching from an adult to a young learner context

-transfer, adapt and apply basic skills for teaching English in the classroom from an adult to a young learner context

-gain an initial awareness of appropriate resources and materials for use with young learners of English for teaching, testing and for reference

-to continue to identify opportunities for their future development as professionals in this field.


Assessment

Candidates are assessed on a continuous basis, with particular emphasis on their ability to teach young learners, along with their written assignments and their professional development.

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.

335 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 (50 €) accommodation booking fee applies.

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 pick…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.

Help for Jobs

Helping you find work
Taking the internationally recognised CELTA certificate at our centre will automatically open doors for you all over the world. We have been training people on CELTA courses here for over 30 years. According to an independent survey taken at our centre, we found that 20% of trainees who take the course here are offered work before they have finished the course, whilst 70% of trainees find work within 4 weeks of finishing the course!
Once accepted onto the course, you automatically join our on-line jobs forum, where we put all the job adverts we receive. This means that, even after finishing the course, you are always up to date with job offers. Since January 2008 we received over 150 job adverts for Spain and the rest of the world!
During the course, the Head of the Teacher Training department gives a session on writing cvs, interviews, how and where to find work, what to look for etc. As the demand for CELTA trained teachers increases, we have found that many of our trainees also 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 the CELTA 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.

Prices and Dates

Please choose your preferred start date

2 weeks course starting 26/08/2010 for