beware of people with no teaching qualifications or experience offering spanish lessons.

with Europe's highest unemployment rate and so many foreigners wanting to learn our language it comes to no surprise that so many Spaniards are trying to make their way in life by teaching their own language. unfortunately for you, not every NATIVE speaker of spanish is a teacher of spanish.

YOUR TEACHERs SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS. THERE ARE MANY RECOGNIZED UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE WORLD. SOME ARE BETTER KNOWN THAN OTHERS. THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND INTERNATIONAL HOUSE ARE REPUTEDLY AMONG THE BEST.

YOUR TEACHER SHOULD ALSO HAVE A HIGH CULTURAL LEVEL. ALL KIND OF TOPICS WILL ARISE IN YOUR CLASSES AND YOU SHOULD CERTAINLY BE WITH SOMEONE ABLE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THEM. 

YOUR TEACHER SHOULD ALSO SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGES, IF NOT NECESSARILY YOURS, BECAUSE NO ONE WILL UNDERSTAND YOUR DIFFICULTIES AND THE WHOLE LEARNING PROCESS BETTER THAN THOSE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED IT BY THEMSELVES.

FINALLY, DEMAND A CLASSROOM. A SPACE DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR TEACHING. TAKING LESSONS ON GREEN PARKS, COFFEE SHOPS, BAR TERRACES OR SOMEONE'S LIVING ROOM IS NOT SERIOUS, NOR PROFESSIONAL EITHER AND WILL DEFINITELY PREVENT YOU BOTH FROM SWITCHING INTO THE NECESSARY CLASSROOM MOOD.