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Spanish teachers at IH Barcelona

"Me gusta dar clase en IH," Francesca Vilarrasa (right) tells us - I like teaching at IH. "Con tantos estudiantes de tantos paises, no hay ningún grupo igual, el ambiente es muy dinámico" - with so many students from so many countries, no two groups are alike, it's a very dynamic atmosphere. Barcelona-born Francesca has been teaching at IH since 1999.

 

Our Spanish teachers are all university graduates with extensive teaching experience. They have also been specifically trained to teach Spanish as a foreign language, which makes them highly effective when it comes to helping you maximise your learning.

Many of our teachers also work in our Spanish teacher training department [website] and in fact the majority of them have taken our own training courses.

Toni Martin (below) is Assistant Director of Studies at IH Barcelona.

"My job?" says Toni. "Well, I meet you on the first day, make sure we put you in the right level, follow up your progress, provide pedagogical advice if you need it -- that sort of thing. 90% of my job is providing solutions of one kind or another"

 

Our Spanish department staff can count on academic support and on-going training under the supervision of the director of studies and with the cooperation of the teacher training department.

The optimal quality of teaching that International House offers is constantly reinforced through teachers' meetings, classroom observations and teachers' workshops.

The staff at IH Barcelona, of course, includes not just the Spanish teachers but also the support staff, including the admin staff like Ester (above) who enrol you on your course and take of your accommodation and Japanese student counsellor Akemi Sato (below).