Entry Requirements

Qualifications Required

Applicants should be native speakers of English -  non-native speakers need to be bilingual.

As the course is academically challenging, applicants must have solid University entrance qualifications (ie A Levels for UK applicants)  as a minimum educational requirement, or related experience with teaching or languages. Applicants should also have reasonable IT skills, as the two projects  need to be typed, and materials for lessons downloaded.

Trainees do not need to speak French to follow the course, as the methodology enables you to teach students whose language you do not speak.

Applicants must be 20 - 65 years of age when course begins. Under 20s can occcasionally be accepted if they can demonstrate motivation and independence. With this in mind, please do not contact us on behalf of a teenage son or daughter.

Team teaching in week 1 of the course

Workload Commitment and Professionalism

The course is a lot of fun, but you will be busy, working about 8 hours a day, Monday to Friday, and sometimes a day or even two of the weekend at home, for the 4 weeks. Trainees will NOT be able to combine the course with ANY other form of work (or other time consuming) commitment  during their month with us. Professional development, (ie displaying an attitude befitting of a teacher during the course)  is part of your grade too, so late nights in the bar are not recommended - you will have to wait until after the course! Some trainees have to spend more time working than others - this usually depends on how long it was since they last studied!

However, there is still time to enjoy this beautiful and exciting city. We are in the city centre so just the walk to the school will be a pleasure!

The Musee d'Augustins

This is roughly how a typical day looks:

9am to 10.45 am - Theory session 1

11 to 12.45 am - Theory session 2

Lunch

2pm to 4pm Lesson planning time

4pm to 6.10pm Teaching practice

6.15 to 7pm Feedback

The city centre Grand Rond park - (the origin of the green "O" in our logo!)