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Do you enjoy teaching languages or always wanted to try?
Do you want to improve your Spanish?
Then come and join us!
We are an international language institute located in Villa de Leyva, Colombia, a few hours north of Bogotá, and we are looking for native speakers to teach their language, especially English, French, and German, to students of all ages: children, teenagers, and adults.
We offer private and group classes with a limit of 5 students per class. Most of our teaching activities take place at the institute, but as part of our social impact program, we also go to rural schools to teach English to children from low-income families.
We have been working with volunteers for more than 3 years now and we love it! We want to give you the opportunity to spend time in Colombia and know more about its unique culture and traditions and meet some of the friendliest and warmest people you will ever meet. Our goal is to help you have a fulfilling experience and make you feel at home.
If you join us, you will get accommodation and 5 hours of Spanish classes per week.
Are you a whizz on WordPress? Love posting on Insta? We're always keen to get a tech-savvy person here to help us with web and social, if you're a keen videographer and photographer too - that's an added bonus!Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Pratique d’une langue
Enseignement
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Accueil / tourisme
Aide informatique/internet
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
You will have lots of opportunities to learn about the Colombian culture, whether it is through conversations with your students and the local community, or during the Spanish classes you can take every week.
Villa de Leyva is a major tourist destination and is famous for its colonial architecture, white buildings, red tile roofs, stone streets and large main square. It is a quiet and beautiful town that has a lot to offer: delicious restaurants, cozy coffee shops, beautiful mountains and waterfalls, museums, festivals, and very friendly locals.Projets impliquant des enfants
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Aide
If you decide to join us, you will teach private and group classes, and go once a week to a rural school to teach larger groups of kids with a fellow volunteer.
We are open Monday to Saturday morning.
You will teach between 3 and 5 hours of classes per day.
Schedules tend to change regularly, and you will most likely have classes in the morning and in the afternoon.
We expect you to be punctual, prompt, and reliable, to cooperate with us and fellow team members, and to prepare your classes and adapt your teaching strategies to student needs. We favor the communicative approach and comprehension-based methods in our classes. We have different books and materials to guide you and help you teach.
In addition to teaching, you may be asked to do promotional work for the institute.
You can expect an inclusive and welcoming culture, respect for your time, commitment, and skills, and regular meetings with us. We will also provide housing and 5 hours of Spanish classes per week.Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: Courant
Français: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
We want you to share your culture with us and our students, and have fun doing so!Hébergement
You will share a house with 5 other volunteers. It is located on the outskirts of town, a 20-minute walking distance from the institute. It has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a big living room and kitchen, a washing machine and a good Internet connection.
It is very important for us to know that you are okay with sharing a house, as it will be a big part of your experience here, and that you will respect the house rules.Autres infos...
In your free time you can go on hikes or bike rides, go out for food or drinks and visit museums. If you like to cook, you will find that the food is pretty cheap.
Public transportation is comfortable and cheap, so you can easily visit small towns nearby.
Villa de Leyva is 3 hours away from the northern terminal of Bogota. By bus, it will cost you around 35.000 Colombian pesos to get here. It is a good idea to bring cash although you will find ATMs without problem.Informations complémentaires
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Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
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Anáis was very helpful and and kind. Thank you so much for giving me this wonderful opportunity. Our lovely Spanish teachers Patricia and Alejandro thank you also for your patience and support. I was lucky enough to help teaching English to a 12… read more
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Anáis was very helpful and and kind. Thank you so much for giving me this wonderful opportunity. Our lovely Spanish teachers Patricia and Alejandro thank you also for your patience and support. I was lucky enough to help teaching English to a 12… read more
She taught French to adults and English to kids and did an amazing job. She was patient, dedicated, approachable, and connected easily with her students. She was always ready to help and actively participated in our projects. She also contributed to the… read more
Being a teacher at this institute means having the opportunity to teach students of all ages and levels, and to personalize lessons since they are often one-on-one or in small groups.
It also gives you the chance to teach at… read more
I made amazing friends with the other… read more
I feel like I learned a lot while teaching at the school, I didn't have constraints (except sometimes at the rural schools) on what to teach and how, I had fun preparing the lessons and trying to deliver my knowledge in alternative ways, avoiding what I considered to be boring… read more
Sharing accommodation with other volunteers allowed for great multicultural encounters.
We took the opportunity to do indoor sports… read more
However, you will most likely develop relationships with… read more
Anaïs est toujours disponible pour répondre à nos interrogations et la liberté donnée pour préparer nos cours et choisir les sujets que nous souhaitions enseigner était vraiment appréciable. Les cours à l'institut sont tout aussi intéressants que les… read more
I was teaching kids, teens and one adult in English and I went to rural schools to teach the whole class. The rural schools were definitely my favorite part of teaching! The kids were really lovely and the teachers were very thankful for our help.
The… read more
Pro's: you're based in a beautiful town which has a range of amazing festivals, a vibrant atmosphere, and that's surrounded by beautiful mountains.
The people in the town are extremely kind, including the students taking the classes and their parents.
Anais, who runs the institute makes sure things are… read more
I was lucky to volunteer with a lovely group of people who were supportive and fun to hang out… read more
Thank you Anaïs and Natalia :)
It was a rewarding experience to be able to talk with locals as well as help them improve their English. Anaïs is helpful, welcoming, and will answer any questions you may have.… read more
Giving the classes is also a very nice way of getting in touch with the local people. The people in Villa de Leyva… read more
I volunteered here for 3 months (2022 April-May, and then again 2022 July). I completed my tefl certification here. And more than that, I had the most amazing time with some really amazing people. This place seems to really attract a good crowd.
Every one at the volunteer house was extremely friendly, and it was always… read more
Thank you Annie! Best wishes
Thank you for everything Luis! You're welcome back anytime.
I spent 3 amazing months in this institute and working there was a pleasure. Students are lovely, our working environment is peaceful and Anais does her best to help volunteers.
That's not my first workaway and I will consider it as my favorite, accommodation is nice, I got spanish lesson every day and the work do not over past 25… read more
The people than I met there will stay in my hurt, for sure !
About the place : I am writing this review while on the bus, saying goodbye to the beautiful city that is Villa de Leyva. You can find all kinds of things to do here, from hiking to quad tours and going to other cities. The food is very nice and really, REALLY cheap (for an European… read more
Thank you so much!
We will miss you and we hope we can meet again soon!
Thank you guys and sure i ll be ack one day!
the students natalia and I will miss you and wish you to continue enjoying colombia,
your experience here with us was amazing, you made many friends… read more
We hope that everything you do from now on will make you very happy, you are a man… read more
sincerely that you agreed to come made our days very pleasant, happy and exciting, you were the favorite teacher of many of the students, nata, the other foreigners, the students and I miss you but we hope you continue enjoying colombia and its surroundings, you are an incredible person and very… read more
I spent two beautiful months in Villa de Leyva at the institute teaching classes of various levels and ages. The students are incredible, eager to learn, friendly,… read more
without forgetting that you are beautiful inside and out, meli each one of us… read more
thank you so much for being such a generous and kind human being, we know that the universe will bring all that love back to you.
thank you for trusting us and coming to villa de… read more
Juliana is an exceptional host and she made me feel confortable since the very beginning until the very end.
She’s extremely hospitable and welcoming, a beautiful person, very positive with who you can have some very interesting and… read more
Basically, we had between 3 and 4 hours of class everyday, with no more than 3 students per class, and 1 hour of spannish class with an amazing teacher.
We learnt a lot, made friends and enjoyed.
Te deseamos el mejor para ti Juli y el instituto
Any question we had about teaching they were always super helpful and engaging and always listened to any feedback that we had regarding classes.
The institute is an incredible vision… read more
Julianna, her mother Jolima, grandmother, uncle, friends and… read more
This workaway lives up to all the brilliant feedback given before me. Villa de Leyva is a fantastic place to stay for a few weeks, it is beautiful, many things to do, friendly locals, very safe, lots of dogs, warm days and cold nights...… read more
Laura and Juli are both amazing humans and tried to make all of us volunteers have an amazing experience. We had lots of dinner and movie nights, day trips and jam sessions, and after a… read more
This is a great opportunity if you don’t have experience teaching and… read more
The teaching itself was really fun. Each class is small (either one on one or small groups) and is typically supported by a teachers manual which was great… read more
I found Laura and Juliana incredibly helpful and loved spending time with… read more
Juliana and Laura are two extremely professional individuals with bubbling potential and an impressive motivation for their institute. They seem to cherish it as if it is their baby, and this is amazing to see.
They do everything for the volunteers to feel at home, provide them a… read more
We hope your future experiences to be… read more
I liked teaching there because you have all you need to (books, explanations from Laura and Juliana..).
Also you have a good balance between teaching and chilling.
Juliana… read more
I'm sure you've improved your Spanish in classes and… read more
we send you a… read more
It was my first experience teaching and i really liked it. They give you some guidelines, workbook, exercice to help you teaching. But you can always do it your way too.
The institute has got a kitchen, few rooms etc. It is really confortable and nice to stay there.
Villa De Leyva is a… read more
My fiancé and myself received a message from Laura and Juli several months back when we were still traveling in El Salvador. At the time we didn’t know our exact timeline for making it to Colombia but we were actively looking for Workaway… read more