Study Spanish at ILC while you work in Perú

While you're working at ILC, you can study Spanish in Amazonas.

Remember that there are very few people in Amazonas (or even outside of Miraflores/Cusco), who speak English, so further travel will be made a lot easier if you can communicate.

You can study at beginner level, or intermediate level, or simply take conversation classes to make sure you understand the castellano spoken in Peru.

You can study daily at 3.30pm, or take a longer, more intensive class at any time during the weekends when you're not exploring the Amazonas region.

Normally, we charge students $7 per hour for Spanish classes, including materials.
For ILC teachers, this is reduced to $5 per hour. There are further discounts available if you decide to study for a month or even longer.

If you and other teachers want to study in a group, then the prices reduce as follows:
2 people: $4 per hour3 people: $3 per hour
4 people: $2 per hour

Some of your fellow staff members will already speak Spanish well. Others will be confused by the rapid speed of Peruvian Spanish.

Yet others will be beginners, or wanting to brush up on things long forgotten.

If you are working at the same time as a non-Spanish speaker, it’s a good idea to get together to study at a lower price.

Vous voulez vous évadez en Amérique du Sud? Le Pérou vous fait rêver ?

Vous voulez vous évadez en Amérique du Sud ?

Le Pérou vous fait rêver ?

Venez enseigner le français dans le département de l’Amazonas

International Language Center

Chachapoyas Amazonas

Nous sommes :

Une petite école de langue, nous enseignons le français et plusieurs langues européennes aux populations locales désireuses d’apprendre les langues étrangères.

Nous nous situons :

Dans le Nord des Andes, entre la côte Ouest, au cœur de la forêt tropicale, et aux portes de la forêt amazonienne et d’Iquitos.

Ce que nous voulons pour notre école :

Des enseignants parlant des langues étrangères, voulant enseigner leur langue à raison de 4 ou 5 heures par jours. Des enseignants ouverts, curieux de découvrir une autre culture que la leur sur un autre continent.

Si vous voulez faire connaissance avec la culture Andine, loin des sentiers battus touristiques du Pérou, rejoignez nous!

Nous accueillons des enseignants pour un mois, 2 mois, 3 mois… nous serons ravis de vous accueillir plus longtemps si vous le souhaitez (un an au Pérou, pourquoi pas?).

Chachapoyas :

La petite ville paisible fut autrefois un carrefour important des routes commerciales reliant la jungle à la côte. Chachapoyas est entourée de vastes étendues de forêts de nuages peu explorées, qui abritent de nombreux vestiges archéologiques ; plongez dans l’univers de Kuélap, une imposante cité construite entre 900 et 1100 âpres J.-C. par les civilisations pré – incas, qui trône à 3100 mètres au sommet d’une montagne escarpée.

Si vous vous imaginez en Indiana Jones ou Lara Croft, cette région est pour vous ¡

Vous êtes :

Âge de plus de 21 ans, vous parlez français et avez envie d’enseigner cette langue qui est la votre.

Vous voulez découvrir un nouveau monde, un nouveau continent, et avez envie d’aventure.

Une expérience dans l’enseignement est la bienvenue pour enseigner dans notre école, mais en aucun cas obligatoire.

International Language Center

Chachapoyas, Amazonas, Peru

School Size: 150 students

School Director: Fidel Elera

Telephone 00 51 41 478807

cybertauro@ hotmail.com

Visitez notre site Web :

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/internationalcenter

Facebook: International Language Center

ilc.chachapoyas@gmail.com

A Day in the Life of a Volunteer in Amazonas, Peru

THE AMAZING THINGS YOU'LL BE DOING

We arrange opportunities to teach English in the city of Chachapoyas and in surrounding villages. You can teach children, young people or adults in schools and kindergartens, or work with new programs being set up in the surrounding villages which gives a real insight in to the traditional life of the Andes.

English is not a part of the government curriculum but many schools include it. Our local staff work with the Peruvian teachers to arrange a timetable that gives you the opportunity to teach English and other languages, as well as providing clubs of your choice. There is a great sense of satisfaction in seeing the enthusiasm of the students and the improvement in their language skills and ability.

Placements include a detailed information pack, travel advice and assistance, being met on arrival and introductions, help with arranging local accommodation, as well as ongoing support from our local staff.We also offer a 4 week Ethical Holiday Placement - designed for people who do not have the time for a long term volunteer placement or have had enough of the usual package tours. It gives you the chance to give something back to the communities you are visiting whilst still having a great holiday.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A VOLUNTEER

A normal week will have around 22 hours of English or other lessons. When you include planning and preparation time as well, this is plenty. During lessons you may work with a Peruvian teacher,or if you have a TOEFL or TESOL qualification, you may have a class all to yourself. Your role is to focus on improving speaking and listening skills and building the students’ confidence to communicate with foreigners. This means lots of fun and interaction, including games, songs, art, sports and any other creative activities that get the kids using English.

The school day starts around 5pm and finishes around 10 pm. You are not expected to be in school when they are not teaching lessons but you are expected to ensure that you plan and deliver good quality lessons. In your spare time you can study Spanish at the school, get to know Amazonas better, explore the trekking regions of the eastern Andean cordillera, relax or study the history of Peru.
If you choose to work at one of our satellite village schools, during the week you would get to know the people of the village and have a rare insight into Peruvian culture and mountain village life. At weekends, it would only take 2 hours or so to travel back to Chachapoyas to catch up with emails, restaurants and nightlife.

The specifics of your day will depend on how you prefer to work – teaching children, young people or adults, teaching English, French, Portuguese, German, or Italian, but whichever one is chosen, there will be lots to do and plenty of opportunities to work closely with Peruvian children and adults and get to know them very well over the time they are there.

The city of Chachapoyas was never defeated by the Inca Empire until the Conquistadors arrived in the 1500s. Spanish colonial grandeur replaced the majesty of pre Incan engineering, and today both vie for dominance in the many Chachapoyan jungle fortresses surrounding this city alive with history. Chachapoyas is surrounded by some of the greatest and least explored archaeological sites in the world including Kuélap, the Gran Vilaya and the world’s third tallest waterfall at Goctá. It’s a short hop from Chachapoyas to the southern cordilleras of Ecuador, to the northern surf coast, or to the source of the Amazon river, and waterway to Brazil.

VOLUNTEER TRAVEL - WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?

Are you looking for an adventurous trip with a purpose, or on a gap year or career break? If you want to make a difference in some of the world’s most important conservation areas - and in community projects - then volunteer trips are for you! Volunteers tend to have a sense of adventure, and come from a range of different backgrounds and from all over the world.

Edward Abbey said 'sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul'.

HOW THIS HOLIDAY JOB MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Poverty is never very far away in Peru, and the wealth divide between tourists and locals is nowhere more drastic than in Amazonas. You just need to go a few roads away from the main square to find people living in tin shacks and cooking over dirt fires. You will also find a population of street children who make a living polishing shoes or even scavenging rubbish. As Chachapoyas is one of the undiscovered tourist attractions of South America, an increasing percentage of income for the city comes from the newly established interest in tourism. This means that those with the best English stand the best chance of earning a living. As a volunteer teacher you can help to pass on skills which can lead to jobs. Social responsibility - when volunteers arrive we provide them with a detailed information pack on the area they will be visiting. We try to educate and encourage our volunteers to understand and respect the local cultures and customs and get involved with local communities. For Peru, this includes the need to learn some Spanish. Economic responsibility – a significant proportion of the students that volunteers teach are studying on scholarship, in local programs. We always work with locally owned Peru businesses where possible and while volunteers are in-country, we encourage them to buy locally and support local businesses. Environmental responsibility – one of the main negative impacts of our volunteers travelling, is the carbon dioxide created from flights. We work with a 'carbon neutral' charity to help ensure that an amount of carbon is sequestered through tree planting or the promotion of low energy technologies. While our volunteers and customers are overseas, we identify and encourage simple steps to minimise their impact on the local environment.

International Language Center

Jr Ayacucho 1041-1045, Chachapoyas, Amazonas

Tel 00 51 41 478883 Email ilc.chachapoyas@gmail.com

About ILC

Who owns the school?

The school director, Fidel.

How old is the school ?

The school was founded in 2003.

Is it licensed by the government with proper permits to provide EFL instruction?

ILC is licensed in Amazonas under Resolución nº 0772-2005 / 0228 - 2008.

How many students are enrolled in the school?
Currently we have around 145 students per month enrolled in the school. This varies seasonally: the government vacation months (January, February, and August) are particularly vulnerable to fluctuation.

Are classes given in a traditional classroom learning environment?

Lessons are provided in classrooms, in the traditional manner.

However, we also offer foreign language karaoke, weekend conversation clubs, reading materials, computer access, interactive CD ROMs with a variety of learning games, 3rd language taster classes, self study materials for pronunciation and listening, a school football team, and show foreign language movies on a regular basis.

So there are many informal opportunities to practise the target language, also.

What is the job description?

As a small school, all contracted hours are negotiable, and depend upon availability of groups for study.

Class sizes : 4 - 12 students per class

Class duration : 1.5 hours per class, generally but not exclusively in the evenings, between 5 and 10pm.

Materials : All student books, workbooks, CDs, marking rubrics and teacher materials are provided.

English – Pockets / Let’s Begin / Let’s Go textbooks (children aged 4-11)

English - American Headway textbooks (basic, pre-intermediate, and intermediate levels);

English - New Headway (upper intermediate and advanced levels).

English – specialist courses: Person to Person (conversation), At Your Service (tourism), ToEFL iBT, Michigan ECCE.

French - Café Creme: Tout Va Bien.

Italian – Caffé Italia.

German – Tangram Aktuell

Portuguese – Bem Vindo

Spanish - Español Sin Fronteras, ELE Curso de Español para Estranjeros, Conquistando El Español.

Exams : Written exams (one hour) are held in the last lesson of each month.

Course duration :

Each standard monthly weekday course lasts 18 lessons. Effectively, students pay for one month of classes at a time (it takes 4-6 months to complete a full level of a course).

Therefore, teachers are expected to work 3.5 weeks per month.

Teachers have between 1-3 days' break at the end of each month - combined with a weekend, this is an excellent opportunity to travel.  Three times a year, you'll get a week or more free, at Navidad (Christmas), Pascua (Easter), and the Fiestas Patronales de Chachapoyas (early August).

Accommodation :

11 Fully equipped teaching rooms, with CD, or DVD/television, whiteboard, and a library of books / newspapers.

We have two offices, and 11 classrooms on two separate city center sites, three blocks apart .

There are also some private rooms and a kitchen for staff who elect to live onsite.

In June 2009 we’re also opening a second branch in Bagua Province, closer to the selva (jungle), which has 5 rooms and living accommodation.

How many hours will I actually teach English?

An estimated 4-6 hours per day, dependent on demand.