Description

Cultural Embrace by API offers a wonderful chance for you to affordably live in Barcelona, Spain! Teach and tutor a local Spanish family with the English grammar and oral skills in exchange for room and full-board seven days a week. You will be responsible to teach for 15-20 hours per week from Monday to Friday. Thus, your weekends are completely free, allowing enough spare time to explore this beautiful country, learn the Spanish language and culture, gain a new perspective of your own life, and make new friends!

Highlights

Our Language Living Program Offers:
* The satisfaction of helping others
* An opportunity to broaden your perspective and worldview
* An economical way to live and travel abroad
* An opportunity to participate in and learn local cultural activities (e.g.: language, dance, cooking)
* Memorable travel experiences with the chance to see exotic sites you have always dreamed about
* The ability to make lifelong friends from around the globe
* A valuable work experience that strengthens your resume
* A great way to develop and support your self-confidence and interpersonal skills
* Guaranteed Host Family Placement Prior to Departure

You will be provided with a host family profile that matches your language level, goals, and preferences prior to your departure date. All host families are pre-screened and have a past in hosting international students or other cultural exchanges. You will tutor English or your native language (ie: French, German, Russian, Chinese, etc) to your local host family for 15-20 hours/week

* Private Accommodations and Full-Board
You will receive a private room in your host family's home, as well as 3 meals per day, 7 days per week as compensation for your services.
* Arrival Assistance & Orientation
Airport pick-up will be available, as well as an arrival orientation in Barcelona that includes 2 nights accommodation and all meals.
* Visa Assistance
Cultural Embrace by API will provide you with the proper documentation needed to obtain a visa. We have no control or guarantees of government issuance and visa availability.
* Insurance Assistance
Cultural Embrace by API highly recommends obtaining international travelers insurance. Cultural Embrace by API offers many options for insurance plans and will be happy to work with you to sign up for a policy.
*Cultural Embrace by API Pre-Departure Kit
Useful tips, advice, and information to prepare you for the amazing adventure of living and teaching abroad.
*Full-time Support
Cultural Embrace by API provides representation in the United States and your host country prior to, during, and after your placement.
* Optional On-line TEFL Certification
Preparation of skills and techniques required for successful language teaching at the leisure of your own schedule and computer. This 20-units course requires approximately 80-100 hours of attention. TEFL course may be added for a minimal additional cost!

Qualifications

* Be competent and fluent with your native language, English is most requested from local families, but other languages can be arranged too (knowledge of host country's language helpful but NOT required.)
* Have earned a high school diploma or certificate.
* Enjoy tutoring/teaching children or adults
* Good lesson planning and organization skills
* Be a non-smoker, or willing not to smoke in the host family's home
* Flexibility to embrace foreign cultures and living abroad
* Responsible and dedicated to full-term of commitment
* Criminal background check may be required by some positions

Minimum Education

High School

Languages

• English

Languages Used as a Medium of Teaching

• English

Salary/Pay

Private room and board (7 days per week)

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi and South African Participants.

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Phone/Video Interview
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Resume
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

2 weeks-1 year

Post Services Include

• Exit Debriefing Abroad

Cultural Embrace by API's Mission Statement

Our mission is to encourage people to recognize and appreciate cultural diversity. We believe that visiting a place firsthand allows one to truly experience the authenticity of a culture and develop his/her own impressions. Our goals are to provide quality service and opportunities for people to explore their world and enlighten their eyes, mind and heart. Traveling is a reciprocated flow of communication and interaction between people...the more you seek, the more you learn. "Discover the Similarities - Share the Differences"