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Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Duration: Minimum 1 month commitment.
Cost: $150 USD for 1 month placement. Includes 24 hour support, 2 day orientation to Buenos Aires - Does not include accomodation or food. Accommodation starts at $100 USD a week. You should budget around $5-10 a day for food.
Travel: You will be given easy to follow instructions on how to get from (Ezeiza) Ministro Pistarini International Airport to the Project HQ in central Buenos Aires. Alternatively you can arrange to be met at the airport for an extra $50 USD.
Work: Teach English to Argentinian Kids
Introduction
This project will put you in a classroom full of eager to learn children. Teaching English to children can be quite challenging, but very rewarding. It is a great way to experience Argetine culture whilst making a difference to some young lives.
Daily Life
You will help children in small groups with speaking, listening, writing,reading, grammar and vocabulary lessons. You may also be asked to give private tuition.
As a volunteer teacher, you may either teach a class on your own or you may act as a teacher’s assistant within the class room. Depending on your experience with teaching and your level of comfort in the classroom, you will be assigned a specific role.
You will assist the English language teachers with lesson planning, pronunciation exercises, conversation, etc. Our teaching volunteer project will provide you with invaluable classroom and language experience.
Accommodation
You will be staying in the newly built Volunteer Guesthouse. You will have; Internet and Wi Fi. Kitchen, bathrooms, storage closet, bar/common area, tourist information, laundry service, DVD room, library, book exchange, housekeeping service. Located in a renovated historic building with a great atmosphere in the heart of the city, you are extremely close to the subte (subway), buses, and trains.
There is no curfew, and you will have a real chance to practice Spanish and immerse yourself in Argentine culture with students and people who conduct workshops for youth and adults. If you want, you can participate in interesting meetings, dinner and movie parties with other volunteers.
There are also the options to stay with a host family or rent your own apartment. Please discuss this us when applying
Requirements
* Min age 18 - Max age 60
* Minimum 1 month commitment - 25+ hours a week.
* Enthusiasm and interest to work in teaching
* Intermediate Spanish (Lessons available)
* Full travel & medical insurance
* Necessary vaccinations
* Necessary flights & visas
NO commission is added to the cost of this project by Global Nomadic. We ask instead for a flat placement fee of £125 per project (paid securely via Paypal). We offer full pre-departure support, ongoing email assistance and a full range of discounts with our selected partners.
Send us an email enquiry to find out more, or click the 'Join this Project' button below if you are ready to get involved. |
