Description

Travel for less and tip the advantage your way by enhancing your resume through volunteering with the Conversation Corps. Let GeoVisions provide you with an incredible and unique volunteering experience, while allowing you the free time you want to explore and experience your host country in depth! Put in a couple of hours each day speaking English with your host family, and the rest is free time for you, its that easy! "Meet" your family in advance through email and phone calls. Each family is interviewed and carefully screened by our in-country staff.

Currently, the Conversation Corps exist in these great destinations:
* Conversation Corps - Austria
* Conversation Corps--Brazil
* Conversation Corps--China
* Conversation Corps - Ecuador
* Conversation Corps--France
* Conversation Corps--Germany
* Conversation Corps--Italy
* Conversation Corps--Jordan
* Conversation Corps--Peru
* Conversation Corps--Russia
* Conversation Corps--Spain
* Conversation Corps--Thailand
* Conversation Corps--Turkey

Duties and responsibilities include:
* Teaching the host family English up to 15 hours a week Monday to Friday
* Come up with creative, fun and informative lesson plans
* Keep your room tidy and clean
* Respect host family's rules and habits
* Manage your own personal expenses (telephone bills, clothing, entertainment and spending money)
* Helping children with their English homework
* Play games in English with the children
* Create and teach educational games and activities

Highlights

GeoVisions' Conversation Corps provides English conversationalists a chance to live with a family and teach them English. Because of the close proximity of the "students" this will be an amazing adventure of living in your teaching environment. This is a high-energy position. The parents have been working all day and the children have been in school but you still need to come up with fun and enthusiastic ways to teach them English. We provide the materials; you provide the personality to liven up a family class or dinner conversation!

Qualifications

Participants will instruct their host families in English, and must be native speakers. Corps members need to have earned a high school (secondary school) diploma or certificate, be in good health and abide by the family's rules and habits. Placements are available year 'round and range in duration from one to three months. Participants must devote up to 15 hours per week, Monday thru Friday, for lessons and conversation. Lesson plans and family activities are provided by GeoVisions as part of your pre-departure.

Minimum Education

High School

Job Types

• English as a Second Language

Languages

• English

Languages Used as a Medium of Teaching

• English

Cost in US$:

Please visit our website for current pricing.

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country staff support
• Medical insurance
• Pre-departure orientation/Training
• Written materials pre-departure

Program Fees Include:

GeoVisions programs include accommodation, meals, airport pick-up, project training, in-country support, extensive medical and accident insurance, extensive pre-departure information and onsite project orientation.

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• English Teaching

Age Range

18-70

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Phone/Video Interview
• Resume
• Transcript
• Written Application
• Essay

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network

GeoVisions's Mission Statement

GeoVisions is committed to help individuals develop global skills to succeed in the twenty-first century. These skills will ultimately lead to greater cooperation and understanding among nations and peoples of the world. We are committed to treating every person on a GeoVisions program with respect, and devoting our energies to helping participants meet their individual and collective goals.

Year Founded

2001