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English teacher in big cities like Madrid and Barcelona will usually earn significantly more money than a teacher in a more rural area

private English teacher in Spain is the chance to negotiate everything– pay, hours

vacations, etc

how to go about giving private lessons on a freelance basis

From September 2004, the teaching of English in public primary schools became compulsory from the age of six and the Spanish government has worked in partnership with the British Council for many years to encourage the teaching of English through an integrated curriculum in some Spanish infant schools

The website of the British Council (www.britishcouncil.org ) has details of teaching English to young learners in Spanish schools as well as privately and in specialist language schools.

write some themes

n one corner of the board, at least one them for every group participating. Then just prepare 10 random questions to elicit

Put them into groups of  2-6 students depending on your class size. Without explaining why your doing this, elicit ten, TOTALLY different words from the students and write them on the board.  The more random the better.

The main aims behind publishing these diaries are: to bring some good writing to you; to open the door to classrooms so that you can share other teachers' experiences of teaching English and to provide a series of thoughts and ideas that will allow you to reflect on teaching practice. We hope you will also find them entertaining. At times the writers also describe the experience of living in a foreign country and some also use occasional strong language.