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Conversation Corps Belgium

Location: Belgium: Brussels

Program Duration: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks

Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks

Dates: 1-3 months

http://www.geovisions.org

63 Whitfield Street On The Historic Guilford Green Guilford, CT 06437 United States

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Phone: 203-453-5838

Fax: 203-738-1024

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Description

Put in a couple of hours each day literally talking, teaching your host family conversational English skills in trade for free room and board, and the rest of your time is spent traveling and experiencing the Belgian culture.

Do you want to learn French or Dutch or brush up on your language skills? If available near your placement, assistance is provided in identifying suitable language lessons.

Exclusive materials written by GeoVisions staff will give you "a bag of tricks". Plus your free subscription to the ESL Lounge provide many items to help you with your conversations.

Tip the advantage to you by enhancing your resume by volunteering with the Conversation Corps. Job: "Private Language Tutor." References: Global. It just doesn't get any better than that.

You "meet" your family in advance through email and phone calls. Each family is interviewed and carefully screened by in-country staff.
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Join our Online Community and read our volunteer's journals, view their photos and watch their videos.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Sharing your language with the host family for at least 15 hours a week. Your schedule can be arranged with your host family in advance or upon arrival.
Using GeoVisions' teaching materials, your free subscription to the online ESL Lounge along with your creativity, provide creative, fun and informative language sessions.

Keep your room tidy and clean and respect the host family's rules and habits.
Manage your own personal expenses (telephone bills, clothing, entertainment and spending money)

Be available to help the children with their English homework.
Set up your tutoring schedule in advance, before you arrive in Belgium, with your host family. They are expecting to take the lead from you.

Highlights

Volunteer 15 hours each week in exchange for free room and board in Belgium! Weekends are normally free to experience the culture by traveling. Conversation Corps volunteers are placed all over the country.

The program has a focus on cultural exchange and host families are not only excited to learn English but also love to share the characteristics of their country, culture and cuisine.

Why choose Belgium? By train you will be 1 hour from Amsterdam. You will be 90 minutes from Paris. 2 hours from Cologne and from London. Each weekend you can experience a major European city and a new country. The location is perfect for people who love to travel.

Qualifications

Must be 18 or older and a native English speaker.

Minimum Education

High School

Languages
  • English

Languages Used as a Medium of Teaching
  • English

Cost in US$:

Minimum Length:1,310 Maximum Length:1,610

Cost Include Description:

What You Get For Your Program Fee
- Personalized Volunteer Placement through our Partner in Belgium, including all the coordination, in-person visits and communication necessary with the local organization.
- A comfortable, safe place to live in Belgium, including three meals per day.
- An experienced U.S. based GeoVisions Program Manager who will serve as your coordinator and liaison with our in-country staff in Belgium.
- In-country basic language assistance.
- Professional, locally-based staff to provide orientation, supervision and guidance throughout your stay.
- Extensive medical, accident and dental insurance along with emergency evacuation insurance.
- Important documents, including in-depth pre-departure packs, orientation information, and all in-country informational materials.
- A toll-free 24-hour emergency hotline in the U.S.
- Our own text book, A Tutor's Guide--Teaching English To Families and Children.
- Premium online membership at the ESL-Lounge.
- The President's Volunteer Service Award.

Credit Available

no

Volunteer Types
  • English teaching
  • tutor
Typical Volunteer
Outgoing, passionate about teaching conversational English, energetic and creative.
Age Range
18+
This Program is open to

Worldwide Participant.

Typical Living Arrangements
  • Home-stays

Participants Travel to Belgium

Independently

Application Process Involves
  • Online Application plus Application Assessment
  • Phone/Video Interview
  • Resume
  • Written Application
Post Services Include
  • Alumni Network
GeoVisions's Mission Statement

GeoVisions is committed to help individuals develop global skills to succeed in the twenty-first century. These skills will ultimately lead to greater cooperation and understanding among nations and peoples of the world. We are committed to treating every person on a GeoVisions program with respect, and devoting our energies to helping participants meet their individual and collective goals.

Year Founded

2001

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