Do you need to be qualified to teach Spanish?
The answer is Yes and No.
If you are teaching people how to speak Spanish at a school, college or university then Yes you do need the necessary qualifications, absolutely.
However, if you are teaching people how to speak simple holiday Spanish outside of the education system then No you don't need to be qualified.
I have taught numerous group Spanish classes over the years and NOT ONCE has anyone asked me if I am qualified (which I am not).
All they want to know is this: can you help them reach the standard they want to reach in order to communicate more effectively whilst on holiday.
If your mother tongue is Spanish, as mine is, or you are fluent in Spanish, then that is a good enough qualification to teach people the basics.
Having said that, it is important that you know how to teach in such a way that people find the lessons enjoyable, fun and educational.
And the best way to do this is to use lots of role playing where group members practice small pieces of vocabulary with each other during the class.
This creates a real buzz in the room. People get to interact with each other. They get to practice many times with different people which helps them retain the information better as well as keeping the energy of the lesson really high.
This is one of the main advantages of teaching group classes over 1 on 1 classes.
It's also FAR more profitable for you.
In my FREE report I reveal exactly what I teach and how I teach it during the taster class. You can download a copy of the report from the link below.