Stories About Teaching Conversational English Abroad

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Tuesday – A Day For Teaching Both English & Cooking

Today the volunteers awoke to the sound of the ‘Mistral’, the famous wind that brought waves crashing into the shore just outside the Hotel Cleo. Our tranquil Adriatic Sea was transformed into a beautiful crashing and raging sea. School continued until noon and the volunteers could teach as many as four classes. Some went to […]

September 24, 2014/by Global Volunteers

Conversational English, Volunteer Voices Greece

5th and 6th grade.

Thursday, July 24, 2014: Message of the day: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of your dreams” Eleanor Roosevelt Our team has created a nice routine that seems to be going well for our 5th and 6th grade class. We begin each day by having them answer a question about themselves. […]

July 24, 2014/by Sam Pinakoulaki

Conversational English, Volunteer Voices Italy

It’s wonderful To Practice Conversational English!

We are back at the school today, ready and eager to meet with the students on our 3rd to the last day. Vicky and I accompanied Rita to her class and then worked with a small group of students, making up stories together and solving crossword puzzles. After more conversations with students in the classrooms, […]

May 28, 2014/by Global Volunteers

Conversational English, Reaching Children's Potential

Getting Our Feet Wet

Our first day of classes. We set out in 2 teams with excitement and trepidation. Steven had given us a description of the schools and number of students to expect, but we did not know what level of English we would find in our students. We had prepared as much as we could on Sunday […]

March 17, 2014/by Stephen Raja

Conversational English, Volunteer Voices Vietnam

Teaching English to Vietnamese Students is an Act of Love for Vietnam Vet

Jim Gorski, a Vietnam veteran and volunteer from St. Paul, MN, describes how teaching English to Vietnamese students with his wife Mary Lou enabled him to “pay a debt” to the country’s people. After serving with Global Volunteers in 2014, he and his wife volunteered in Ipalamwa, Tanzania, teaching English and supporting our Reaching Children’s […]

March 15, 2014/by Michele Gran

Conversational English, Family Volunteering Poland

Summer English Language Camp in Zakopane, Poland

The months of June and July blossoms with the beginning of the summer English language camps in Poland. Teams of volunteers who arrive in Siedlce and Zakopane eager to work with elementary school and high school students play a very crucial role in educating the future leaders of Poland. The conversational English exercises take the form […]

March 9, 2011/by Michele Gran

Conversational English, Volunteer Voices Peru

Reflections on Volunteering in Peru

If you are thinking about volunteering in Peru and teaching conversational English, here are two testimonies about volunteering at La Molina University. By Rick Coger: I volunteered to come to Peru in order to participate in the facilitating of teaching conversational English at the National Agriculture University at La Molina. My personal reason for coming […]

January 21, 2010/by Michele Gran

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