Methodology and Teachers

Methodology

We give prominence to the communicative approach because it is activity-based, interactive and learner-centred and it encourages learners to use the language as much as possible for real and purposeful communication, in real-life or realistic situations.

We also follow an eclectic methodology in which the individual needs, interests, and learning styles of our students are taken into consideration. For that reason, we incorporate complementary techniques and strategies that have also proved successful in language learning.

Only Spanish is used in the classroom.

Before starting the lessons participants will undergo the TC Languages "placement or language test". On taking the test each participant will join a group depending on his or her command of Grammar on the one hand and Conversation and Vocabulary on the other. In our experience participants’ mastery of the two areas may differ and we therefore programme our courses to allow for this.

Participants may change their groups if both their teacher and the Director of Studies feel that this would be best for them. Such changes can be made on the Monday of each week.

Teaching Staff

The school has a professional and dynamic team of teaching staff, all holding superior university degrees and having undergone our in-house training programme.

All our language teachers are native Spanish speakers.

TCL is a Teacher-Training Centre for the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language for native Spanish speaking teachers.