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"Very simple booking process, would recommend to others seeking this type of course."
Laura, Italian Cactus Level 1
"I'm making real progress with the language. I really enjoy the lessons and the teacher is very good."
Michelle, Polish Cactus Level 1
"I am enjoying the course very much. I'm very happy with my teacher, who is enthusiastic and professional."
Moe, Polish Cactus Level 1
"I really like it. The teacher is managing well to attend to everyone´s different learning capabilities."
Cassianie, Greek Cactus Level 1
"My wife tells me I'm a very difficult man to impress. I have to say, though, that I'm hugely impressed with your speed and efficiency, and that of Cactus in general."
Francis, Spanish
"One of the best teachers I have ever had and I have been attending lessons for a number of years."
Linda, Italian Cactus Level 5
"The course content was very good and not in the least bit boring. The two hours seem to fly by each week."
Helena, Spanish
"I booked through Cactus due to the ease of access, low cost and decent timings. The school and classes were very good and the location perfect."
Pankaj, German
"As an experienced teacher myself, I have been very impressed with the teacher. I am thoroughly enjoying the course and feel stretched by it."
Andrew, Italian Cactus Level 1
"This is my first time ever attempting to learn a language and I am impressed with the professionalism."
Kim, French Cactus Level 1
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*This discount is available to all Cactus teachers, who are currently teaching or have taught for Cactus in the past 12 months. It applies to all domestic evening & part-time group language courses, which have already met the minimum number of students required to run the course. Should the minimum number of students required not be met on your chosen course, you will be offered an alternative course or a full refund. To claim your discount, please call your local Cactus office, this discount is not available online.
Cactus Teacher Recruitment
We welcome trained, experienced language teachers looking for part-time teaching work for evening courses and/or business training.
All Cactus teachers are native speaker or native speaker level with specialist language teaching qualifications and experience in teaching modern languages.
Cactus teachers attend our Cactus Teacher Development Seminars and they are regularly observed so we can be sure they come up to Cactus standards.
Cactus are actively recruiting more language teachers!
If you are a qualified language teacher with minimum teaching experience of at least 1 year and the necessary work papers and would like to work for Cactus Language Training, please complete our:
Language Trainer Application Form
“Very friendly well run courses with very proficient teachers and small classes”
Hilary Dinham - Piccadilly French Lower Intermediate
Language Teacher Selection
All teachers are carefully selected with special attention paid to their qualifications, experience and references.
Language Teacher selection Process
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Support for Language Teachers
Once a class starts, there is continuous contact between the teacher and Academic Director of Studies. There is always full support for the teacher, both academic and operational.
Cactus Language Teacher Development
We believe that providing developmental input and support is key to the success of our work with teachers.
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As part of our ongoing commitment to teacher development, we provide Teacher Training Days for qualified and experienced teachers, so they can keep up to date with current techniques and ideas in modern language training.
Current Language Teacher Job Opportunities
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