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Immerse yourself in the Latin American culture while teaching English to your host family in beautiful Bolivia

Language Assistant Boliva: Language Assistant Bolivia is a cultural exchange programme designed for native English speakers, where you live with a host family and in exchange for your own room and three meals a day, you help the family, usually the kids, with their English studies for around 15 hours during the week. In general, the families are quite affluent; you're looked after very well in lovely family homes.

When you send us your application form and supporting documents our partners in Bolivia will match you with suitable host families and encourage them to invite you as their language assistant. When we find a successful match, a family invitation will be emailed for your approval. After you've accepted, we then arrange for you to speak with the family over the telephone - this allows everybody to get to know each other in advance and organise your start date and airport pickup.

Your teaching responsibilities: When a host family offers you an invitation, and you've accepted, it's then time to discuss what form they anticipate the lessons taking. It is also important to agree a schedule so everybody is clear about when you will be teaching and when it's your time off. As the teaching is likely to be tutoring the kids for school, the chances are that you will follow their course books. We'll supply you with a starter pack with some great ideas of activities, but we also recommend you buy a good learner's dictionary and grammar book to refer to. DVDs, books, magazines and newspapers in English help you plan fun and interesting lessons. There are many free web resources available with useful teaching tips and printable worksheets etc.

Please note that your responsibilities are as a Language Assistant and you will not be requested to perform duties akin to a domestic help or an au pair - namely cooking / cleaning or childminding. However, you will be expected to take a reasonable role with day to day household chores, such as helping to prepare meals, washing up, general tidying etc.

Developing your Spanish language skills: This is a great opportunity to develop your language skills. Although you will be providing 15 hours of English lessons to the family, there is still plenty of opportunity to speak the local language. Discuss your aspirations with your host family and agree when English / Spanish is spoken. Furthermore you could also enrol on an language course along side your teaching to improve your language skills

Duration

3 weeks to 6 months

Start Dates

Any time throughout the year. The exact dates will be agreed and confirmed by your host family.

Requirements

Minimum age 18 yrs
*Your first language must be English
*Formal teaching qualifications are not necessary, but any experience will strengthen your application
*We also welcome applications from non European Union citizens*