I`m a professor of ESL in Lat.Amer.,and give FAST and CHEAP seminars in Lat.Amer,including instruction in Spanish if you need it.Where I live the food and lodging`s cheap too,and I can help you arrange that.If you`re planning to get a "certificate" to teach ESL in Lat.Amer.,just keep in mind that certificates are USELESS here.I use a special system,and show you the ropes.I`ve been living in Lat.Amer.several years,and speak Spanish fluently.
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The following link is also helpful
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There are many, but few have english speaking instructors.  I'm gonig to a place near COEX.  The teacher speaks some english, enough for me to understand what I need to do.  Mostly we do striking, Jiu-Jitsu and MMA striking/takedown.  If you're interested in knowing more send me an IM or email.
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Lab's are getting out of fashion. I don't think they are getting very effective Why don't you make some extra research on the only advanced bilingual college program in the US? www.suagm.edu/orlando This will be an excellent add-on to your conclusions in the project.
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Yes you said that right, spanish is an easy language to speak of course I say this cause I live in Puerto Rico heh.  I have family in Spain and you will have a GREAT time.  As for a program worth the time, money and effort.  Um sorry nope the only good thing would be taking a class.  Denada y perdona por no poder contestar tu pregunta.  Hope you understood that.  Heh\nGood Luck, Have Fun...Buena Suerte ...que te diviertas.
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My daughter would love to help but I'm afraid she lives in Essex so it's a bit far to commute for lessons. However, on that basis I would have thought you may well get a response from someone a little more local to you. Few people that know B.S.L. advertise their services as a tutor as there is not the demand and most  of the hearing B.S.L users look for employment as interpreters. Keep posting and, with a little luck, the right person may read this.\nHave you tried posting this in Special Education?\nGood luck.
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Certificates are key in ESL teaching. The one offered by St. giles is highly respected and will get you in. I believe its the CERTA Certificate or something like that. If you want to teach in Europe, you'll definately need one. Asia, (somewhat) elsewhere they are usually just stoked you're interested in teaching ESL.
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I believe not.  There are frequent ads on Craig's List (craiglist.org) from organizations that are looking for people (like you!) to teach English abroad, and claim that they can help you get a TESL certificiate in 5 days (with no prerequisites other than already speaking English).\n\nHere's pointer you might find helpful:\n\nhttp://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/wri/157217574.html
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Take a class. My girl friend and I are learning Spanish. We did 101 and got a lot out of it. Now we're trying to learn on our own. There's always a reason to put it off. Without deadlines and tests it just doesn't get done. Your local community college will have languages and it should be cheap for residents. \n\nOtherwise: I'd go Pimsleur.
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If you live in the US, it would be more helpful to learn Mexican or Central American Spanish, Cuban Spanish if you live in Florida or New York.  Puerto Rican speakers can pretty much talk to everyone.  I still think Costa Rica would be a good choice, even with a lot of English speakers there to help you through the rough spots. They'll be speaking mostly Spanish with some US slang thrown in, but you probably can't escape "hey" "baby" and "wussup" no matter where you go today.
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my friend went there for a year, (last year) he went to teach english. look for ads in your local or city newpaper. they need lots of young people to teach there and you dont need a degree, they supply the living space, and people to live with and of course they pay you. you just need to fly your but out there!..lol
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My friend Andrew currently lives in Mexico and is teaching English in business settings. I don't think he has changed citizenship, but he may be able to answer some questions for you. I'll link his myspace below!
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Hi I work as an online instructor, and previously at Berlitz. They use the "natural method of teaching" where you teach and speak only the targeted language. I left about a year ago so I don't really their approach to online teaching.\n\nHowever, when I left I went into online training and ever since I've developed my own methodology and the only online esl tutoring info website. I went into online training and I've since developed several teaching materials based on the natural method (not the Berlitz method) for teaching ESL. This approach seems to work well, and I've been using it online (and inside the classroom) for about a year using Skype's chat and voice conferencing feature - sometimes 1:1 or 5:1. I use interactive video, questioning techniques .... which are all accessed by students on the web as they speak to me. You can also teach grammar, writing, and just about any other subject but this would be a slightly different approach.
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Practice is key.  Practice with someone familiar with the field (I am assuming you are a grad student) and a native speaker of English would be especially helpful.  If possible, make American and British friends in your department!  Talking to them may be free, but the practice will be like gold down the road...
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Watch TLN channel 35 AND WATCH SOAP OPERAS. Try to find someone who speaks fluently and can practise basic conversation with you. Go to the library and pick up some beginner spanish learning books, children books are best because they have pictures and they break things down for you. Something to keep in mind, spanish like english has many different accents and slang words from country to country, a word can mean one thing in say colombia and something totally different in peru. Also many countries have words that are native only to that country. e.g. in english we have ebonics, southern accents, proper english etc
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This depends on who your audience is.  Are you preparing a unit for all Spanish-speakers.  With respect, if you do not speak Spanish, you are the wrong person to prepare this unit! If you don't speak Spanish, this will be difficult.  You would need a Spanish speaker to help, as on-line translators and simply paging through a dictionary will almost always get you incomprehensible language.  Please delegate this task to a Spanish-speaking teacher.\nIf you are teaching ELL (English Language Learners), you can probably find the same kind of high-interest, low reading level materials that is written for students with learning disabilities. Textbook companies have prepared materials for commonly taught subjects (social studies, science).  Contact the publishers for sample materials. \nAre you preparing a unit for English speakers but want to differentiate for Spanish speakers? Using many more visuals, Spanish vocabulary for concrete nouns (which can be more reliably found in bi-lingual dictionaries), speaking more slowly, asking a more fluent bi-lingual student are all methods that can help you differentiate for the English language learners (as well as your students who have learning disabilities).\n\nI am sorry not to be of more specific help, but I would really have to know for whom you are preparing the unit to be of real assistance.\n\nThank you for more information. I suggest you log onto FL teach www.cortland.edu/flteach and ask the language teachers online. You can browse the archives without joining the list, which is an extremely active list with many Spanish teachers online.
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Sure. I can help you with your English...I'm currently learning Spanish, so I'm good on that, but thanks anyway! :) Feel free to contact me. musings_of_a_dreamer@yahoo.com. Please send your email address in an email to me then...! I think this could be a great learning experience for the both of us!! :) Even though I'm not learning another language here, I could certainly expand my knowledge of English I suppose...:) \n\nKiara\n\nP.S. I cannot tell you what LMAO means here, but I'll tell you in an email.
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First of all, I apologize for any typos.  I lost my reading glasses.  I am an ESL  (English as a second language) teacher and I commend you for helping your friend learn English.  I think it makes sense to approach learning a language in the most natural way possible.  When you think about how we learn language as babies and as young children it has to do with having to learn how to express our needs along with socially interacting with others in meaningful situations. We learn functional language first so that we can negotiate what we need and want.  So, think about what the needs are for your student.  Is your student a parent that would like to be able to have basic communication with their child's teachers?  Is your student in school themself and he or she needs to be able to communicate in their own classes?  So, what I am saying is it is best to design your curriculum according to what your student needs are in particular.  Once you know this information, you can create little role plays for praticing oral language skills.  Designing, reading and writng the role plays will help your student develop literacy skills.  What you teach your student will be meaningul to him or her and help them to function in real life situations.  If your student is a beginner just keep everything fairly simple at first and go slowly so that they don't get frustrated.  Keep in mind that it can be a scary to practice foreign language in front of others, but eventually you can set up real life situations for your student in order to give the chance to practice in a real exchange.  For instance, going to the grocery store and needing to ask whick aisle has the household wares.   Good luck to you.  I think you'll have a lot of fun with your student.  One word of caution; try not to codeswitch between languages (translating between Spanish and English) when you are working with your student.  Research has proven that this holds students back from learing language.