Teach English in China

  China

• All Other Areas in China: 
Qingdao,  Zhenjiang,  Sichuan
• Rural Areas: 
Rural Areas

Duration of Program: 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 3-6 months
Dates: Inquire for dates

Description: Teaching English projects involve teaching spoken English in Middle Schools, (11-18 years old) Vocational Schools, (16-18 years old) Teachers Colleges, (18-22 years old) and Medical College, (18-22 years old). Volunteers can use their varied experience and skills to support their teaching; skills in drama, art, sport and music are extremely useful.

Volunteers will generally work between 12 and 15 hours per week. An abundance of common sense and a sense of humor are vital for projects in China. Also important is a good standard of literacy in written English, a clear and articulate speaking voice, and a record of reliability, responsibility and punctuality - careful lesson preparation and good timekeeping are very much the Chinese style.

Volunteers will have to adapt to the attitudes, values, and customs of a very unfamiliar culture, a good amount of physical and psychological resilience is required. Volunteers in China must also maintain a cared for appearance, extreme courtesy, good manners, and sensitivity.

Highlights: The cities where our volunteers work are generally in medium sized Chinese cities, not large cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou. Most cities are in the range of 250 000 400 000 in terms of population. The Lattitude volunteers will in some cases be the only Western residents in the city.

Lattitude has projects in seven provinces Zheijang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Qingdao, Yunnan, Guangxi and Sichuan.

Qualifications: This truly unique cultural experience will give you the opportunity to improve your students English language skills and future prospects. It will suit those who are enthusiastic, engaging, can think on their feet and have the confidence to teach up to 50 children at any one time.

Cost in US$: please see website for details

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 18 and above

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to China Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Alumni Network

Lattitude Global Volunteering Canada (formerly GAP)'s Mission Statement: Lattitude Global Volunteering Canada provides a distinctive, international experience for young volunteers, through a journey of discovery that fosters independence, helps others and promotes global understanding. Lattitude Canada places youth (ages 18 to 29) in volunteer placements overseas (3 to 12 month terms - depending on country).

Year Founded: 1970