Our school

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Our school is a state language school funded by the regional government. We offer courses of English, German, French and Valencian. Our students are between 14 and 70 years old.

The courses are mainly in the afternoons, but we have some English courses in the morning.

Erasmus Mobilities

At EOI la Vall d’Albaida – Empar Granell, we are fully committed to innovation, inclusion, and international collaboration in language education. Thanks to the Erasmus+ programme, our teachers and staff have been actively participating over the past course 2023-2024 in training courses, job shadowing, and sustainability initiatives across Europe.

Over the past year our teachers attended five specialized training courses in Dublin (Ireland), Vantaa (Finland), Amsterdam (The Netherlands), and Florence (Italy), focusing on language teaching methodologies, AI applications in education, mindfulness in the classroom, and environmental education. These experiences help us bring the latest innovations in teaching back to our students.

We also carried out threejob shadowing in Munich (Germany), Cork (Ireland), and Baden bei Wien (Austria), where our teachers had the opportunity to observe best practices in foreign language teaching and vocational training. These visits allow us to exchange ideas with European educators and improve our teaching strategies.

Thanks to the our observation stays, this course 2024-2025 we carried out our first student mobility to Vantaa (Finland), from April 27 to May 3, 2025 in which nine students participated.

At our school, we also organise cultural and linguistic activities with native speakers and all the experiences have been successful.

Thanks to Erasmus+, we are not only enhancing our teaching methods but also creating a global learning community, helping our students and staff grow beyond borders. 🌍✨

Lastly, the school has just been accredited in February 2025, so we are satisfied to announce that we are now an accredited Erasmus+ centre, which means that for the next four years we are guaranteed funding to be able to carry out more mobility of our students to European centres.

Traineeship

We are looking forward to welcoming graduates, who want to spend a good time with our students and job shadow our lesson.

Graduates welcomed

Since November 2024 we enjoyed the visit of Aldo, a student from the LA, the United States, who was always in a good mood and wanted to socialize with our students. His time at the school has left its mark.

Read here about Aldo’s experience at our school:

I volunteered at ‘EOI La Vall d’Albaida’ and my experience was very satisfying. Teachers and students are both very nice. I felt there was a sense of community, and the school takes a very practical approach to learning English; that’s why their students learn about pretty cool and practical topics (IA, economy, and such).

Since March 2025 we enjoyed the visit of Ajda, a student from Slovenia, who brought her enthusiasm and goodwill to our classes. The students loved her because she was so approachable and friendly.

Watch Aldo’s opinion about our school!▶️

Watch Ajda’s opinion about our school!▶️

Read here about Ajda’s experience at our school:

I loved working at the Official School of Languages because all the teachers are very open, and they prepared interesting activities for their students, which involve a lot of communicative practice. Students are very well coming, and I felt like at home.

Internships

In May 2025 we enjoyed the visit of Kira and Rossi, two young students from Germany who came to Ontinyent for a three-week internship. They took part in several cultural activities and talked a lot with our students both in German and in English. They also collaborated in the Occupational Centre ‘José Antonio Bodoque’ with students with disabilities where they were very helpful participating in their daily activities such as crafts, psychodance workshops tennis and yoga.

Read here Kira’s opinion about our school:

During our internship in Ontinyent, we observed German and English lessons and supported students of all ages which was really interesting to see since we’ve never seen classes like that in Germany. All the teachers made us feel very welcome and helped us get used to everything. We also had time to explore the area, try local food, and go to Valencia at weekends. While there were some challenges, the experience was fun, meaningful, and helped us grow. We met many people who made us feel like we had found a second home. I’m very glad to have been given this opportunity and I was able to learn a lot!

Kira and Rosi in our visit to Bocairent

Read here in German about Rosi’s experience at our school:

Was uns besonders beeindruckt hat, war die Art und Weise, wie die Lehrerinnen und Lehrer ihren Unterricht aufgebaut haben. Für uns war das eine neue und sehr inspirierende Erfahrung. Die Methoden waren kreativ und praxisnah, wodurch das Lernen für alle Beteiligten lebendig und motivierend wirkte. Mir persönlich hat diese Lehrweise sehr gefallen, weil sie gezeigt hat, wie Sprache auf unterschiedliche, moderne Weise vermittelt werden kann.

In April 2022 we enjoyed the visit of Johny Orr, a student from London, who really encouraged our students to practice their oral skills in English and German. The exchange was not only linguistic but also cultural. It was a true gift having him at our school!

Read here about Johny’s experience at our school:

My internship at the ‘Escuela Oficial de Idiomas La Vall d’Albaida de Ontinyent’ was fantastic. It was a pleasure to work with the teachers there, who are all really friendly and know how to teach languages effectively. It’s a wonderful place to work.

International Teachers

We are also willing to receive international teachers interested in learning from our methodology and exchanging teaching-learning experiences.

From May 5th to 9th, we had the privilege of hosting four education professionals from Slovenia, who came to learn about our way of working firsthand.

In addition to enjoying classes with several of our school’s teachers, they were able to observe how we are applying the knowledge we have acquired from this year’s in-school training:

  • Artificial Intelligence applied to teaching, shared by our colleague from the Valencian Department, Joan Fuset, and
  • Inclusion in the classroom, addressed with sensitivity and experience by Maria Martínez, from the English Department.

This visit was part of the Erasmus projects to establish contacts with European partners for future student mobility.

The four Slovenian teachers on a guided tour with our students

In March 2023 we enjoyed the visit of Manuel Pfeifer from the Weimer-Niederwalgern secondary school. It was an excellent experience for our students and for all the staff.

Watch Manuel’s opinion about our school!▶️

Manuel Pfeifer, our visiting teacher form Germany.

International Guests

At our school, we organise cultural and linguistic activities with native speakers.

Last week, some language assistants located in our city came to our school to talk to our students. They explained how well they feel here and gave us some information about their hometowns.

It was a pleasure to host them and our students really enjoyed their visit!

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