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only £2825
Learn Spanish and teach in Patagonia
Ref:
GYC 2787Countries:
ChileDuration:
from 4 monthsor call:
0845 344 7615
more info:
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Product Details
Oyster offers voluntary English teaching placements in friendly schools in Patagonia. You'll travel as a group and enjoy a language course and three day expedition before you start to teach. It’s a brilliant opportunity for those who want to learn a lot of Spanish and to experience Chilean life and hospitality.
Contributing to local life and the Spanish course
We will place you in selected primary and secondary schools in and around the town of Coyhaique. You'll be teaching English, using games, songs and pictures to make your lessons fun and interesting. It sounds daunting, but you'll be shadowing the teacher until you settle in, and our pre-departure course will give you plenty of tips. You'll soon discover imaginative, dramatic and artistic talents you never knew you had! The staff and children will really appreciate it if you help out with extra-curricular activities too.
As well as developing your teaching skills, you'll be learning a lot of Spanish. We run a specially tailored 10 day Spanish course at the beginning of the placement (if you do not speak Spanish now you must commit to learning some before departure). Our programme also includes a 3 day expedition that you chosoe as a group. Over the years groups have chosen to raft, hike, canoe and take a horseback camping trip.
Living a Chilean life - food and accommodation
You will live in a hostel on arrival and during the Spanish course, during which you move in with a carefully chosen Chilean family. They will provide breakfast, lunch and dinner (a minimal affair in Chile).
Although it’s a challenge at first, our volunteers have loved living with their Chilean families and still stay in contact. You are treated as part of the family but are free to have your own social life too There is no better way to learn Spanish and to find out about the local culture than chatting in the kitchen with your Chilean ‘mum’. We usually place volunteers with a family on their own, although other Oyster volunteers will be close by.
Your social life and the great Patagonian outdoors
By the time you have completed our UK based pre-departure course, language course and camping expedition together you'll have some firm friends among the group and a good idea of things to do and see. On weekends you can meet up with your friends and hang out in Coyhaique, which has bars, restaurants, shops and more. You'll probably find yourself invited to meals and parties with local Chileans as well.
You can also explore the beautiful countryside on foot, mountain bike, horseback or boat.
Oyster Worldwide Support
Our experienced UK staff will be there to help you up to your departure. As well as an initial informal interview and briefing, we run a UK Pre departure course specifically for your group where you can get to know each other and often meet past Chilean volunteers too.
Having been waved off by us at Heathrow you'll be met on arrival by our local representatives Jacqueline Orgill and her husband Ian who have lived in Chile for many years and are British born. Jacqueline runs the first class Spanish course that includes Salsa dancing and a traditional Barbeque and gives you plenty of useful information. They live locally and will gladly offer help throughout. They will keep us updated on your health and progress and liaise with your hosts to ensure all is well.
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