Artful
New member
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2016
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- England
- Current Location
- UK
Hi,
I am trying to find out whether it is feasible to travel around SE Asia and teach English on a voluntary basis, staying for maybe three months in one place and then moving on. The point of the teaching would be to integrate myself a bit into the community and possibly do something useful. I would be web-working a couple of hours each day and this would bring in enough money. I also have a couple of projects I am looking to devote some time to, but it would be great to teach or be a teaching assistant for one or two hours say three times a week.
I have some experience of teaching kids, although I wasn't teaching them English. I have no TEFL qualifications but have time to do whatever courses would be necessary before going out. I would be about 42 at that point.
I have seen that organisations like GVI offer volunteer programmes where you pay quite a bit for the privilege of teaching for free. Is this the right place to ask how to go about arranging something like this directly with a school (or possibly monastery), or if not, is there somewhere else I can ask? I am most interested in Laos and Vietnam. If the plan is a goer I would be looking to pick one and start learning the language.
Thanks in advance for any pointers
I am trying to find out whether it is feasible to travel around SE Asia and teach English on a voluntary basis, staying for maybe three months in one place and then moving on. The point of the teaching would be to integrate myself a bit into the community and possibly do something useful. I would be web-working a couple of hours each day and this would bring in enough money. I also have a couple of projects I am looking to devote some time to, but it would be great to teach or be a teaching assistant for one or two hours say three times a week.
I have some experience of teaching kids, although I wasn't teaching them English. I have no TEFL qualifications but have time to do whatever courses would be necessary before going out. I would be about 42 at that point.
I have seen that organisations like GVI offer volunteer programmes where you pay quite a bit for the privilege of teaching for free. Is this the right place to ask how to go about arranging something like this directly with a school (or possibly monastery), or if not, is there somewhere else I can ask? I am most interested in Laos and Vietnam. If the plan is a goer I would be looking to pick one and start learning the language.
Thanks in advance for any pointers