Volunteer English Teacher Program
Highlights
- Opportunity to meet Chinese children and to experience day life in Chinese communities
- Get a taste of the real China in Yangshuo in Guangxi Province
- Facilitate lesson planning and teaching materials
- Official Letters of Invitation to assist with obtaining a Chinese Visa.
Overview
The cycle of poverty can only be broken through education. Poor peasant farmers struggle to pay the annual school expenses for their children to go to primary school but very, very few can afford the higher costs of sending the children to Junior Middle School or beyond. We know that if the children can learn to be comfortable with foreign visitors and speak some English they will be able to get work. Volunteer English Teachers are committed to helping these children realize a better future.
The Volunteer English Teacher (V.E.T.) Program will provide opportunities for poor village children in China's rural schools to practice speaking English to foreign visitors. By improving their basic and oral English skills, the students will have a greater opportunity to continue with education or to secure employment, especially in the tourism and service industry. :
• Enhance English language instruction in poor elementary schools in Guangxi Province during the regular school term.
• Place volunteer foreign teachers in these schools.
• To develop the poor village children's self-confidence and motivate them to learn English.
• Provide the opportunity for cross-cultural awareness.
• To assist poor village Chinese English teachers by encouraging them to improve their oral English skills and language teaching abilities.
• To assist poor village Chinese English teachers by encouraging them to improve their oral English skills and language teaching abilities.
• Develop a model volunteer program in Guangxi Province that will be recognized and used in other poor rural areas of China.
• Create a network of international volunteers willing to give their time to improve the opportunities for these poor village children.
Important Information
We are happy to have volunteers come to Yangshuo at any time throughout the year. However, there are a few times in the year where volunteers will not be needed, and this is during the examinations, national holidays, and festivals.
The non-volunteering periods are as follows (dates may vary from year to year, please confirm before coming) ：
1st week of May (national holiday)
1 week in June (student exams)
July and August (summer holiday)
1st week of October (national holiday)
1 week in December (student exams)
1 month in January/ February (spring festival)
During July and August, our aim is to develop volunteer summer schools depending on the number of volunteers during these months. So please contact us in advance if you plan to be in Yangshuo at this time of year. ■