Teach English in Italy!
Location
Italy: Alcamo, Asolo, Bari and 22 other cities
Length of Position: SummerDescription
ACLE (Associazione Culturale Linguistica Educational) is a non-profit association accredited by the Italian Ministry of Education. Each summer the association trains and places more than 400 mother-tongue English tutors in camps to teach English to Italian children and teenagers. We receive over 1,000 applications from prospective tutors each year. We recruit tutors from January for the following summer period, which runs from the end of May until mid-September.
Training
After their initial application, prospective tutors complete a distance-learning course. Successful candidates are then invited to a 5-day, 40-hour orientation in Italy before they are sent to work in one of our camps. The orientation prepares tutors for their teaching position by providing them with activities, songs and games to teach the English language. In addition, we provide a manual and ideas on lesson plans and drama skits. Tutors need to bring their knowledge of songs, games, and drama as well as their own creativity and ideas to make the camps enjoyable for the children and themselves.
Tutors who successfully complete the distance-learning course, orientation, and approximately 120-hours of supervised tutoring in the field will receive a Teaching English as a Foreign Language Through Theatre and Play certificate (TEFL.TP).
During each part of the course, tutors are observed and given feedback to help them improve their performance.
Our Camps
ACLE has two kinds of Camps: Summer Camps and City Camps.
Summer Camps
Summer Camps are residential and usually held in a hotel where the children come and stay for a week at a time. Tutors also stay at the hotel and work all week with the children, providing activities such as pre-organized lessons, drama, games, sports, and evening activities.
City Camps
City Camps last for one or two weeks and are usually held at local schools. Tutors are usually hosted in families whose children are attending the camp.
Highlights
Benefits
ACLE provides accommodation, transportation from camp to camp, meals, a weekly reimbursement (EURO220 - EURO240 for new tutors and EURO250 - EURO270 for return tutors.
Through their experience with ACLE, tutors learn to:
- develop their leadership skills
- use the voice (tone, volume, speaking speed, clarity, projection) as an instrument of communication for generating interest and meaning
- lower the learners inhibitions and fears about learning a second language
- create games, songs, and activities around language functions, vocabulary, and grammatical structures
- use drama techniques to create simple scripts and theatrical performances that involve the learners
Not only do tutors gain valuable skills, they also discover the real Italy that many tourists never experience.