"A great start to life in Madrid"

I've just got started with Canterbury English. I've arrived in Madrid and had my orientation and now looking forward to starting my English classes tomorrow. CE has provided a lot of helpful information and it makes the transition to Spain so much easier. The group trip to Sergovia yesterday was terrific. What a bonus!

"A unique experience"

In my opinion, you must absolutely join the beautiful family of Canterbury English! I have a lot of reasons to say so; joining this beautiful family has transformed my life for the better.

I am from a non-English speaking country. First of all, Canterbury English have had confidence in my abilities as a teacher without prejudice in spite of me being a non-native speaker. What they are really looking for is talent; for me, this is a factor that distinguishes Canterbury English. I used to teach at university before coming to Spain, but I needed a change in my life, a new adventure and CE have become the key in making this big change in my life.

During the process of me arriving in Spain, they were extremely supportive in the visa process. They specified each specific action to take to obtain the visa without any problem. They were easily contacted in the case of any problem and were extremely friendly. I could obtain the visa in a very short time as the result of the perfect guidance from CE.

From the time when I arrived in Spain until now, they have been like a family to me, trying to resolve problems I have encountered whether regarding opening a bank account or getting empadronamiento ( which is extremely important in Spain ) or finding students to support myself. Richard, the founder, is a true citizen of the world, very friendly, approachable and supportive.

I am happy that I am living in this beautiful country, with the Canterbury English family. I now can speak Spanish at advanced level ( a language I didn't speak even a bit before coming here ) and am experiencing the beautiful Spanish culture. All this has been made possible thanks to Canterbury English!

Now I have been with CE for almost 3 years and I can speak a new language in addition to English and my native language, know a lot of good people and my life has been more exciting. The experience of each person must be different when they make a change in their lives; for me, coming to Spain through CE has been a rewarding and fulfilling experience.

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Canterbury English is a great programme! The staff are so supportive and the other teachers on the programme are so lovely. I’m really enjoying teaching English and learning Spanish! I highly recommend this programme for anyone who wants to learn Spanish and teach English in Madrid.

"So pleased I stumbled across this organisation"

I have lived in Spain twice before but this was pre-Brexit when everything was a lot simpler! I was very keen to move to this wonderful country again but couldn’t see any way I could afford it. The only visa that seemed to be an option was the student visa but the cost of studying at most schools in Madrid was completely prohibitive for me. Plus being aged 50 I was excluded from some other teaching programmes.
To be honest, I had nearly given up hope when I came across a YouTube video where a TEFL teacher was talking about different teaching programmes available in Spain. Canterbury English was mentioned as one of the options so I checked out their website and was immediately impressed. The site was really comprehensive and informative and I felt very fortunate to have found it. My Skype interview with Richard Clarke, the founder, went very well; he is really helpful and positive and I was given a lot more useful information and was able to ask him any questions I had.
I have been in Madrid since January and I love it! My induction with Richard was extremely useful and I am able to meet other teachers on an impressive variety of weekly activities. I love my Spanish classes and Richard and his team are always there to support you. Canterbury English offer an incredible deal compared to other options that are available and Madrid is a vibrant and wonderful city and ideally located to travel to other areas of Spain and Europe. I am so grateful that I found Canterbury English and I hope to be in Madrid for many years to come!

"Great way to teach English in Spain!"

What can I say about the Canterbury English TEFL and Madrid Lifestyle Programs? For me,
joining Canterbury was one of the best professional decisions I ever made in my life. I had
always wanted to live abroad, and, being a native English speaker, I got my TEFL certificate.
Canterbury English offers a great ESL program at a great price and work as an English teacher.
A day before I was going to accept an offer to teach in Viet Nam, I had an interview scheduled
with Canterbury English Academy.
We had a great interview, and I was really considering changing the country I was going to go
to. I did a little research and discovered that my interviewer was none other than Richard
Clarke, the Founder and Director of the Academy. I was very pleased to know that someone at
that level in the company was so reachable and cared so much about his employees that he
conducted the interviews himself. And that is the culture Richard has fostered so successfully:
a
friendly community of ex pats all living out a great life in Madrid.
In terms of the work itself, the amount of hours you work depends on you. If you are
driven to make money while in Spain, you have plenty of opportunities to make money. If you
are more interested in exploring the city, the country, and the continent, you can make
enough
money to support yourself while abroad. How much or how little you work is really up to you.
In short, Canterbury English Academy gave me the opportunity to live and work