Your Programme
This volunteer programme is a great opportunity to experience French lifestyle and improve your linguistic skills. You will live with a host family and in exchange for your own room and meals, you share your language with the host family for around 15 hours per week.
This programme has a focus on cultural exchange, designed for flexible people wishing to experience the French culture in depth. Participating in this programme implies sharing daily life with a French family, learning their language and culture and adopting it as their own for a period of time. At the same time, you participant will share your own language and culture with the members of the local family.
Depending on your language skills, you will also take part in a French course to again enhance your overall experience of the programme.
You will help the family, usually the kids, with their English studies for up to 15 hours per week.
Lessons can be as formal or relaxed as the family and you desire.
When a placement has been agreed by all parts, you will have to discuss with the family what form the lessons will take: the number of formal lessons, dinner conversation, sharing activities with the children, playing games in English, etc. It is also important to agree a schedule so everybody is clear about when you will be teaching and when it is your "time off".
We suggest that you prepare teaching tools in advance using the many web resources, as well as bringing a dictionary and a grammar book to refer to.
Responsibilities:
As being part of the family, you will be expected to keep your room tidy and clean and respect the host family’s rules. You will not be requested to act as a domestic help or an au pair - namely cooking / cleaning or child-minding. However, you will be expected to take a reasonable role with day to day household chores, such as helping to prepare meals, washing up, general tidying etc.
What's included in the programme
- Airport transfers
- Placement
- Orientation and all in-country informational materials
- All accommodation
- All meals
- Full support whilst in France from local staff
- 24-hour emergency contact in the UK
What's not included in the programme
- Flights to France
- Travel insurance
- Local transport
- Extra activities
- Any items of a personal nature
Prices and Durations
Teach English in France - 4 weeks £399
Teach English in France - 8 weeks £599
£699
Teach English in France - 12 weeks
