We also help new teachers get settled in Santiago by recommending medical services, housing, restaurants, things to do, and explanations of how things work in the city. If one of a teacher s goals while in Chile is to learn Spanish, we also provide a great opportunity by offering an exchange of English classes for Spanish classes. Our methodology is based in the communicative approach to language learning. We also do not translate in class because it is important that the students begin to think in English as soon as possible. This is an exciting teaching support system that greatly adds to the dynamism of the class and is a great means of developing the student s listening comprehension.
Classes are very interactive with a great deal of student participation.
In fact, Linguatec has a rule that the students should do the majority of the talking, and not the teacher. Actually, some of our best teachers have been people who had never taught before coming to Linguatec. The curriculum at Linguatec has been developed so that teachers do not need to create lesson plans or find material to use in class. This makes for very motivated students who are fun to teach. Our group classes are usually limited to just four students, which is much smaller than the industry norm.