Spend some time with local children helping them to improve their English in Thailand

Thailand

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16/09/2020
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2020

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I run a small English school . I sometimes need volunteers to help with English camps or to fill a gap while waiting for full-time teachers. There's several branches of the school so we might need volunteers in Chiang Mai, Rayong, Bangkok, Phayao, Prachinburi, Korat and Phuket. Just message me then I'll tell you about our available schedule and location.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Teaching
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Volunteering as an English teacher will surely give you the best experience. It's a good opportunity to spend time with Thai children and help them to improve their English. You'll learn how to teach. We will also provide you a nice place to stay with a scooter and food allowance. This is a nice way to explore this beautiful country. explore the temples, the rural countryside, discover the delicious food, learn the language and mix with the locals for a unique cultural experience.
Help
We're looking for volunteers as English teachers. So the volunteers need to be sure that your English is good enough to teach. However we have all lesson plans planed and we'll teach you how to teach if you have never experienced teaching English before.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
A private room with a private bathroom.
What else ...
Food allowance and a scooter are provided. An interview is required as we have limited availability.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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Feedback left by and about host (40)

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Accuracy of profile:
(4.9)

Cultural exchange:
(4.9)

Communication:
(4.8)

30/07/2020

Left by Workawayer (sara) for host

I taught the weekend classes - 6 classes in total for the month of July. The classroom was well equipment and the classroom environment was pleasant. The children were delightful and the two teaching assistants did a LOT MORE than assisting. I enjoyed very much my time with everyone - children as well as staff. I consider the opportunity for… read more

(Very good )

29/07/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (sara)

Sara had helped me in Chiang Mai for a month. She's a professional teacher so she's perfect for our students. She's also a very delightful person to have conversation with. I really enjoyed spending time with her. Really recommended.

(Excellent )

31/03/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Brynna)

Brynna was a great help in Phayao with teaching. She's a good teacher and easy to host. Recommended.

(Excellent )

30/03/2020

Left by Workawayer (Brynna) for host

Teaching English for the place was such an amazing cultural and learning experience. I got assigned to the town of Payao, and loved it. The kids were adorable at my school and I was given clear lesson plans and instructions on what to teach. The teaching days weren’t long and I was left with plenty of free time to explore the town and take weekend… read more

(Excellent )

05/03/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (M P KAVINAH)

Kavinah helped to teach for a few weeks. She's responsible, easy to host and gave her best to the classes.

(Excellent )

18/02/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Ivana & Egoitz)

Iva and Ego helped me for a month in Phayao. They both were helpful and responsible. The kids like them.

(Excellent )

15/01/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Roya)

Roya had helped us at the English Academy Chiang Rai. She is a great teacher, full of energy to play with kids and always make sure the kids learn much from her lessons. She's also responsible and friendly. People from the school love her and her cooking skill. Unlucky me that didn't meet her in person. Thou I hope we'll crash into each other one… read more

(Excellent )

14/01/2020

Left by Workawayer (Roya) for host

I stayed in Chiang rai for 2 weeks in a fancy flat close to the place where I taught English to cute 3-12 YO Thai kids. I only taught 5 days in 2 weeks and received allowance besides free accommodation.
I didn't meet Jin but we were in contact & she was so nice to me. The manager of the institute & her family were super amazing and caring and did… read more

(Excellent )

03/01/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Elliot & Eva)

Elliot had started with committing for 2 weeks English camp in Uttaradit province. He ended up helping me most of his time in Thailand. He helped at my branch in Chiang Mai and also a school in Phayao. He also helped with planting some plants in my garden. We got along so well and have become friends.

Elliot is really friendly and funny. He… read more

(Excellent )

02/01/2020

Left by Workawayer (Elliot & Eva) for host

This was the first time I have traveled outside of the United States, and Jiny brightened and enhanced my experience tenfold. She helped me when I was navigating public transport; from trains to busses, all the meanwhile she stayed in close contact, compensating me for my lack of direction. During my time volunteering for her, she instilled a… read more

(Excellent )

15/12/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Haley)

Info notice: Workawayer cancelled stay or there was a no show at the last minute

(No show)

14/12/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Rhiannon)

It's been quite awhile since Rhiannon had volunteered for me. What I remembered was she had been easy-going much enough to travel between 2 provinces to help me with teaching. She's also responsible and good with children. I never got any complain from all the schools that she had been teaching with. I'd recommend her to any host and I'd host her… read more

(Very good )

30/11/2019

Left by Workawayer (Rhiannon) for host

I have just now renewed my Work-away account so this feedback is a little late as I left December 16th 2019:

Myself and my (now ex unfortunately) partner had an amazing experience teaching English for Jin in her language centre on the weekends and a couple of hours a day in local schools in the week.
We also travelled to Phayeo for 2 days a week… read more

(Excellent )

28/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Matt & Hyemin)

Matt & Hyemin are professional teachers. They did great preparation before teaching to make sure the kids learn while they were having fun. All the kids and the teachers love them. They both are also responsible, reliable and really easy to host. I highly recommend this couple.

(Excellent )

27/11/2019

Left by Workawayer (Matt & Hyemin) for host

We spent a total of 8 weeks volunteering for Jin and we enjoyed every minute of the experience. Our first week we taught at a kindergarten in Phayao which is a little east of Chiang Mai. The kids there were lovely and it was nice to stay in a quiet town with no tourists around. Then the rest of our time we spent in Chiang Mai, first teaching kids… read more

(Excellent )

14/11/2019

Left by Workawayer (Konstantin) for host

I try to be objective in my reviews and rate them based on what I expect to be reasonable conditions and expectations from the host as well as comparing them to the other hosts that I've had. Thus a lot of these ratings aren't based on some kind of absolute scale (according to me) but relative to other workaway experiences. Anyway, one of the good… read more things that I'll say about this workaway experience is that generally speaking Jin followed through with all that she promised, which isn't the case for quite a few of the other hosts (e.g. cancelling last minute or very shortly), thus she showed herself to be reliable. Despite the bus arriving late to Chiang Mai (2 am), she still allowed me to come into my apartment there, which was thoughtful. The work assigned was generally reasonable, although going to different schools they have different expectations and standards. It isn't much of a problem because generally it's fairly simple material that has to get taught. It's nice that your own apartment is provided so you have privacy and don't need to deal with living with someone else, and being bothered by them all of the time. The food allowance is nice, and people don't typically cook in Thailand, at the hawker centers you can get fairly good food for about 40-60 baht a meal.

The schools and classes all vary in quality from a teacher perspective, in some of the schools there isn't exactly a lot of room for individual attention. The academy classrooms are fairly good though and you can meet and teach some really nice kids there. I think my favorite part was the high school students because I was able to have a more engaging lesson with them, and felt like we really learned and discussed a lot in the class. Teaching the very young kids (3-4 years old) can be difficult due to their short attention spans, but some of the 5-6 year old classrooms were very good and the kids were sweet.

I'd caution teachers that some of the 7-8 year old (?) large classrooms can be quite naughty and it is extremely difficult to get any kind of attention from them, though a lot of the older classes are fairly manageable. The con of the position is that you obviously don't get the high salary you would as a full time teacher, but the pro is that you're not committed to a long time contract (and if this isn't the work for you, you don't want to be stuck doing it all year). The other pro is that Jin can transfer you to another city, that way you get to travel and see more of Thailand. The other piece of advice I'd give is that if things go wrong you're on your own basically, so have a back up activity ready, just make something up, some flash cards, coloring pages, games, etc., you don't want to be caught off guard especially if not in the mood to ad lib, it can be frustrating. For the kindergarten classes it's nice that you can play music for the kids on a bluetooth speaker, along with child classics e.g. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, I also played some kid friendly Beatles songs, and the kids loved it. Sometimes when you do some of body motions for weather or animals (as directed) the Thai co-teacher look at you awkwardly...lol.

It was nice of Jin to take us out on my birthday, it was the sticky waterfalls and is difficult to get to without a car, but I never heard back from her after I left Thailand. One last thing, cities in the Northeast are in some ways better than Bangkok because the people are more friendly and it's more quiet than in Bangkok, but it may get a bit lonely, or boring if you're there for an extended period. I'd say this is a good opportunity for those that wanted to give ESL teaching a try but didn't want to make a long term commitment, and see a bit of Thailand along the way.

(Very good )

02/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Sonja)

Sonja had helped me for 2 weeks with running an English camp. She was professional, responsible, good with kids and really really helpful. She's also mature, easy-going and easy to talk to. She will always be welcome back to help anytime you'd like.

(Excellent )

28/09/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Annelize & Amélie)

Annelize & Amélie had helped in Lamphun for 2 weeks. They're responsible and got along well with the kids and the school.

(Very good )

02/09/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Issam)

Issam had helped teaching in Phayao and also a bit in Chiang Rai when I asked him to work extra on his day off. He's a very good teacher. He got the skill and well preparation for his classes. Our students really like him. He's also nice, easy-going, fun to talk to and hang out with. He's welcome back to work with us anytime :)

(Excellent )

02/09/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Henry & Lilli)

Harry and Lilli had helped teaching in Chiang Mai. They are great teachers and they're really professional ones. They're well-prepared, fun, kid friendly and responsible. They are now become our part-time teachers after the volunteer period. Really recommend.

(Excellent )

26/08/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Geraldine)

Geraldine has helped at our kindergarten for 2 days and the language school for another 2 days. She did good job even she herself might not confident that she could do it but she did it well. She also left the apartment room very clean and left the scooter full of gas.

(Very good )

25/08/2019

Left by Workawayer (Geraldine) for host

My experience was awesome !! It exceed my expectations. Being teacher in a Thai school was one of the greatest experience of my life. Children and teachers were so kind. I played with them, we danced and they learned many new words in English with such a good pronuntiation despite of being so little. My first day was unforgettable: I listened them… read more

(Excellent )

31/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Alexander & Drew) for host

Drew and I had the pleasure of teaching English at a school in Phayao for Jin. Not only was the experience wonderful, but Jin was also extremely kind, thoughtful, and easy to work for. If you have the opportunity to teach for Jin anywhere in Thailand, take it!! Highly recommended!

(Excellent )

31/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Alexander & Drew)

Alex and Drew helped me in Phayao for a month. They both are good teacher and really responsible. I only heard good feedback from the school about them. They're also nice to hang out with.

(Excellent )

23/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Shaun & Laurence)

Laurence had helped to teach in Phayao for 2 weeks. He was a very good teacher and the kids love him. Laurence is also very fun to hang out with.

Thanks for helping and you're welcome back anytime xx

(Excellent )

19/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Imogene & Robert) for host

We had a wonderful experience volunteering for Jin at her English academy in ChiangMai.
We had excellent communication and clear lesson plans for the classes we led.
This is a professional, authentic experience which we highly recommend.
Imogene also enjoyed leading a craft activity at a temple school coordinated by Jin and volunteering alongside… read more

(Excellent )

12/06/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Imogene & Robert)

Imogene and her husband, Robert, had helped me with teaching kids English at my school in Chiang Mai. They both are good teachers and the kids like them. However I didn't host them as my place isn't available and they also already had a place to stay. They also refused to get paid for helping which was very kind of them.

Thank you Imogen and… read more

(Excellent )

08/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Beau)

Beau had helped with teaching and planing lessons in Chiang Mai for a month. He's a very good teacher and skilled enough to help with lesson planing.

(Excellent )

08/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Nikita)

Nikita was a big help in Prachinburi for 2 weeks. She was a very good teacher and responsible volunteer. I only heard the compliment from the school about her. She's welcome back to work with us anytime.

Thanks for helping Nikita X

(Excellent )

13/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Daniel)

Dan is a professional teacher. As he helped us with teaching he's perfect for us. He knows exactly what to do in the classes and really educated our students even just a short time. Dan is also easy to host and communicate. He's welcome back anytime.

(Excellent )

13/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Daniel) for host

Outstanding location, great school, excellent program, dedicated & professional staff, really nice kids, and exceptional support. I wish I could have stayed longer. Highly recommended!

(Excellent )

08/03/2019

Left by Workawayer (Eric & Katie) for host

We loved this workaway experience. The kids were fantastic and Jin and everyone at the school was welcoming and kind.

The work was rewarding and we will miss the children so much. We made great friends with everyone from phuket and they treated us like family. We recommend this school and these lovely people wholeheartedly. We can't wait to go… read more

(Excellent )

07/03/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Eric & Katie)

Eric and Katie helped out with teaching our students in Phuket for 2 months. They both were very easy-going and willing to help with anything. They both are also really good at teaching, our students loved them. They are welcome back to teach & stay with us anytime.

(Excellent )

03/02/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Natalya)

Natalya was a great help. She helped teaching in Phayao for 3 weeks. The students and Thai teachers loved having her at the schools, so she's also a great teacher. She's responsible and easy to host. She's welcome back anytime.

(Excellent )

03/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Natalya) for host

I had the pleasure of working at this school, and I couldn't have asked for a better experience! Jin is very attentive and makes sure that your needs are met when it comes to accommodation and communication. She was always there when we needed her or when we had questions.

The kids were great to work with, and the class load was manageable.… read more

(Excellent )

24/01/2019

Left by Workawayer (Karina & Ronaldo) for host

Jin went above and beyond to meet our needs. It was an amazing experience to teach English to Thai kids and everyone involved in the school was very helpful and open to new ideas. It was definitely a great way to start at Workaway. Very much recommended!

(Excellent )

06/01/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Karina & Ronaldo)

Ronaldo and Karina helped with teaching kids at one of my schools for 2 months. They were good teachers, good with kids, responsible and helpful with everything.

(Excellent )

22/09/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Sebastian)

Sebastian was a good Workaway guest with a good spirit. He helped out at 2 schools in Phayao province. He's quite easy-going and responsible. He's a great teacher too as I never got negative feedback from the schools. Really recommend this guy.

(Excellent )

21/09/2018

Left by Workawayer (Sebastian) for host

I can finally say I'm a teacher.

It feels good after reading so many blogs and seeing countless videos on teaching ESL. Getting to teach in Thailand has been one of my favorite experiences in my last 7 months traveling SE Asia. I'm very grateful for Jin giving me the opportunity to have this special role in their culture.

I taught for 2 weeks… read more

(Excellent )

03/01/2018

Left by Workawayer (Rebecca) for host

What an amazing opportunity! I had the best time volunteering at the school. Teaching English was an excellent experience. The children are adorable and my hosts were so welcoming, helpful and have become dear friends.
Don't hesitate to do this workaway, you won't regret it!

(Excellent )

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