Boomers Abroad

Highlights

All Asia programs (Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam) feature the same TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Certification course and training methodology.

TESOL Certification course
LanguageCorps' academic staff has over 30 years of experience in the English language-training field, both in pure academics and in day-to-day teaching in classrooms worldwide. The LanguageCorps TESOL Certification course in Asia relies on this wealth of experience to combine the best and most current academic thinking in the TESOL field with decades of hands-on wisdom from practical teaching in remote areas of the world.

The 140+ hour, four-week course integrates the aspects of real teaching that we have found most important:
- Ninety hours of classroom-based Academic Inputs
- Approximately thirty hours of Language and Cultural Awareness Training
- Up to thirty hours of Teaching Practice and Observation
LanguageCorps' Language and Cultural Awareness program is designed to:
- Give you the local language skills necessary for daily life in Southeast Asia
- Put you in the learner's seat, re-acquainting you with the struggle to acquire a new language
- Let you be part of the learning process
- Provide a major cultural overview and orientation to local customs what's polite and acceptable, how to fit in, the importance of making an effort toward understanding, etc.
LanguageCorps' Teaching Practice program is similarly goal-based:
- You will typically be seeing the same students on a regular basis for 8 to 10 hours each week, so your lessons will be continuous, one building-on and leading-to the next. The students you teach are actually your students, allowing you to plan from class to class based on student progress and need.
- Your teaching assignment will often be a local community resource (hospital, police station, city hall, orphanage, immigration office, etc.) so your teaching time directly benefits the community. By the end of the class, your students will have had approximately thirty hours of English Language classes, free. This may not seem like much, but it is approximately the same number of hours a class in many public schools will get in one academic year.

Qualifications

The Primary Qualifications for successful LanguageCorps Applicants include:

* Excellent native or native-level English speaking skills
* A valid and current Passport issued in your name. U.S. citizenship is not a strict requirement
* A level of maturity and flexibility to be successful living and teaching abroad.
* A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university is required for some programs.

LanguageCorps Teacher Profile:

From our experience, we know that these are key factors that will make your overseas teaching adventure enjoyable and rewarding for you, and valuable for your students!
* You have a genuine interest in living and working in a different country and culture than your own
* You have the flexibility to adapt to new surroundings and new ways of doing things
* You are comfortable being the center of attention and curiosity
* You are a self-reliant, outgoing, charismatic person, who will be able to engage a classroom of eager students, and who enjoys interacting with new people
LanguageCorps teachers see themselves as true "global citizens". They are comfortable with, and excited about genuine intercultural exchange. They embrace opportunities to share their own culture with others, and to immerse themselves into new and different worlds.

Minimum Education

Associates

Job Types

• English as a Second Language

Languages

• English

Languages Used as a Medium of Teaching

• English

Cost in US$:

from 1,750

Cost Includes:

Cost Include Description:

- The LanguageCorps Program Fee includes all of the above.
- The following are not included:
* Round-trip airfare to host country
* Personal expenses (meals, entertainment, local transport except as specified above, living expenses, and personal shopping)
* "Upfront" costs following the training period, such as apartment security deposits and first month's rent
* Visa costs and fees

Credit Available

no

Salary/Pay

This Program is open to

American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi Participant.

Participants Travel to Cambodia

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Phone/Video Interview
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

LanguageCorps's Mission Statement

LanguageCorps' mission is to offer participants a rewarding experience living in, working in, and learning about a new culture; affording them a unique opportunity to learn and apply new skills and challenging them to develop a wider perspective about the diversity of cultures and populations around the world.

Year Founded

2002