Teaching placements - Argentina

only  £1500

Teaching placements

Ref:

GYC 1146

Countries:

Argentina

Duration:

from 4 Months

  

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This placement would suit:

Lattitude placements suit individuals with a can-do attitude who are willing to make the most of their placement and above all enjoy it. Who enjoy teaching to other young people, in particular teaching English as a foreign language.

 

Cost details:

Those on teaching placements take a one-week Teaching Skills Course before departure which costs £168.

 

Duration details:

A second, full placement can be arranged at a discount rate

 

   

Product Details

For applicants from the UK, we have a number of bursary schemes available for volunteers from a variety of backgrounds.

Our bursary scheme and funded placement projects reduce the barrier of cost for young people experiencing financial problems. They are designed to help young people who would not otherwise be able to afford to go.

For more information contact Liz McKenna on lmckenna@lattitude.org.uk

Volunteers will assist other teachers and also take classes for themselves. Students range from around nine years of age to mature adults - such is the popularity of learning English! This fantastic opportunity not only equips Argentinean children with a useful skill but also furthers the personal enrichment of volunteers who know they are making a valuable contribution to Argentinean society.

You will be working with conversation classes, dealing with reading comprehension and vocabulary mainly. The age group is mainly adults but you will be working with children and teenagers as well. Adults work in companies and need both every-day language and Business English. Many students prepare for Cambridge exams and TEFL. In a couple of placements you will be asked to share break-time duties with the other teachers, helping the secretary with office work, photocopying and library work. In one placement you will be asked to assist with classes in the state school giving you an opportunity to interact with less privileged.

Placements are fairly equally divided between schools and institutos (language centres teaching seven different languages). All these are generally private, non-state establishments.

Schools have kindergarten, primary and secondary sections, with pupils arriving aged four and staying on the same campus till the age of eighteen. Institutos cater for the phenomenal growth in the need to learn the English language. They vary in size from 50 to 1000 pupils, though most pupils only attend for a few hours each week. They work mainly in the mornings and evenings. Classes tend to be small, rarely more than 10 and occasionally individual tuition. The Institutos normally follow strict syllabuses and award certificates at the end of each year.

Locations

Lattitude teaching placements are nearly all in the west of the country, never far from the Andes. They stretch from Salta in the north, close to the Bolivian border, to Neuquen in the south, the largest city of Argentine Patagonia, and going eastwards to Buenos Aires and Cordoba.

Skills required

Some knowledge of Spanish is also desirable for work in institutes and essential for work in schools, where the ability to help with music, drama or sport could be an advantage. However if you have no Spanish but are willing to learn, you may also be considered.

only  £1500

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or call:

0845 3 447 500