Help with our English conversational classes in São Sebastião, Brazil

Infos

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  Description

  Hey there!
  
  Our program has been growing and improving in recent years. We teach English lessons from beginners to intermediate levels in an interactive way, Monday through Thursday.
  
  We invite international volunteers to join us so our students can gain a realistic understanding of what speaking English is like, experience different accents, and get a glimpse of life beyond Brazil—a cultural exchange.
  
  In Brazil, extracurricular English classes can be quite expensive. Our goal is to provide affordable classes, hoping to create future opportunities for our students. We believe in the power of language education to build connections, create opportunities, and enrich lives.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Enseignement
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  In São Sebastião, you will get to experience the local food and way of life and interact with a loving community. We are about 1,5 kilometer away from the beach!
  
  This region offers many attractions: beautiful beaches, great surfing, adventurous hikes, crystal clear fresh water pools and waterfalls and breathtaking excursions to many islands.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  We expect you to stay with us for at least 4 weeks. One of the most important distinctions between hot and cold-climate cultures in the work setting is that hot-climate culture is relationship-based. All hot-climate communication has one goal: to promote a friendly environment and a positive relationship. From what we’ve experienced so far, 4 weeks is a great way to start building these connections.
  
  We expect you to conduct conversational English lessons for students of all ages, from beginner to intermediate level, in an interactive way! No prior knowledge of Portuguese is required. You don't have to be a native English speaker, but you must have an advanced level. In addition to the regular lessons, we have a special day activity designed to give students the opportunity to practice English in a more natural way, similar to what we experience when traveling abroad. So, you'll be expected to give a workshop that can range from talking about your home country/culture to sharing your unique skills with students.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Portugais: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
  
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  Hébergement

  Accommodation:
  
  I will be your host family. When you're here, you become part of our family, so "make yourself at home." We share the kitchen, bedrooms, the social school area, and the school classrooms, all within one large building.
  
  Volunteers have a private room with two comfortable beds, shared with another volunteer. The room comes with a bathroom featuring a sink, mirror, toilet, and a shower with lush hot water.
  
  And there's more—YOU HAVE AIR CONDITIONING and a SWIMMING POOL! (Although we usually only use the air conditioning in summer when it gets very hot.)
  
  Meals:
  
  Food is something we don't mind at all. We want our volunteers to feel relaxed in our home environment, to feel that they can cook and eat whenever and however they want.
  
  Given that volunteers may have different dietary preferences, we've found it easiest to let volunteers cook for themselves.
  
  In exchange for your wonderful work teaching, we provide accommodation and ingredients for two meals—breakfast and dinner—each week. You’ll have access to the kitchen to prepare your own meals. We’ll ask for a meal plan and shopping list, including any dietary requirements. Just keep in mind, once your ingredients are used up, you’ll be responsible for the rest of the week’s meals.
  (We would appreciate it if you could do the same—integrate yourself and try to have as much natural Brazilian food as possible.)
  
  If you'd like snacks or certain foods from your country that are expensive here (for example: brie cheese, pesto, parmesan cheese), you'll need to buy these with your own money. Although many traditional dishes include meat or fish, it's not difficult to live on vegetarian food as well, given the rich supply of fruits and vegetables in Brazil.

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  Autres infos...

  A BIT MORE INFO ON FOOD EXPECTATIONS
  
  Travelling is all about reinventing and change of routine and lifestyle: whether it is how much you sleep and where, how long you have to wait for transport, doing without home comforts or trying new things.
  
  So yes, travelling is going to be a bit more challenging when you have certain dietary restrictions, food allergies OR when you are simply a picky eater. While it might be difficult — and sometimes even impossible(!) — to stick to your diet while away, it doesn’t mean that you can’t or shouldn’t visit countries where people have eating habits vastly different from yours. As a seasoned traveller (currently a workaway host), here is an advice on how you can respect both your dietary requirements and the local customs without going hungry.
  
  It’s important to remember that most of you come from countries where have a ridiculous amount of choice. Food has not been hard for the average person to find. Food, therefore, has gone from primarily being a source of nourishment to be a source of entertainment. Variety and flavor in foods are important to the development countries. They exercise their freedom of choice when it comes to eating. In a poor country or in a poor family almost anywhere, the priority is filling the stomach, not having a variety of special taste in foods.
  
  Consumerism trains us to be fussy that we should only eat organic, low fat, additive-free products that contain little or no salt and sugar. When we travel, we have to lose some of these hang-ups and high expectations, otherwise we're not going to be able to make the most of our time away.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Good wi-fi all day!

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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