TRAVEL FOR LESS BY SPEAKING CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH TO A GROUP OF STUDENTS
 Volunteer 15 hours each week in Vietnam in exchange for free room and board. Conversation Partners are placed in either Ho Chi Min City or Hanoi. Weekends are usually free to explore local sites. You can even choose to spend one month in Ho Chi Minh City and one month in Hanoi.
Placements:
- If you choose to be placed in Ho Chi Minh City, you will work with college-age students at the Saigon Tourist Hospitality College. Live at the school or in a nearby apartment and have meals with the students and teachers at the school. This is a one-month placement.
- Your choice is Hanoi? This placement is at a school that prepares students for overseas work in English-speaking countries. The school is operated by the Labour Overseas Deployment Corporation. You will work closely with English teachers. Students will be studying English, but need lots of help with conversation skills. In Hanoi, you will live in housing right at the school, as there are overseas teaching staff that live on site. This is a one-month placement.
- Choose both placements for a 2-month stay.
 This is a high-energy and fun position. GeoVisions provides the materials; you provide the personality to liven up an informal conversation class! Find out first-hand how the Vietnamese people live and work day-to-day. Sometimes there are opportunities to take part in activities. Plus, the locals can show you landmarks and hidden gems.
Conversation Partner volunteers must be native English speakers. They need to have earned a high school (secondary school) diploma or certificate, and be in good health. Placements are available year 'round and range in duration from one to three months.
Duties and Responsibilities include:
- Sharing your language with the host organization for up to 15 hours a week on a schedule agreed to with your host institution, normally Monday through Friday.
- Using GeoVisions' text book, A Tutor's Guide: Teaching English To Families and Children, provide creative, fun and informative conversation sessions.
- Be on time to tutor your group.
- Manage your own personal expenses (telephone bills, clothing, entertainment and spending money).
What You Get For Your Program Fee
 Personalized volunteer placement at a school in Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi.
- Your orientation by a local coordinator.
- A comfortable, safe place to live in Vietnam, your own private room, all of your meals, and transportation from the airport. If you do not live on-site, or within walking distance of your tutoring site, transportation will be provided.
- An experienced U.S. based GeoVisions Program Manager (and former volunteer with GeoVisions) who will serve as your coordinator and liaison with our partner’s in-country staff in Vietnam.
- In-country basic language assistance and (optional) low-cost language classes.
- Professional, locally-based staff to provide orientation (including a half-day city tour in your arrival city), supervision and guidance throughout your stay.
- Extensive medical, accident and dental insurance including emergency evacuation.
- Important documents, including in-depth pre-departure packs, orientation information, and all in-country informational materials.
- A letter of invitation from your host school to facilitate your application for a visa to Vietnam.
- A toll-free 24-hour emergency hotline in the U.S.
- Premium membership at the ESL-Lounge.
- Two-months membership at Pongo Resume.
- The President's Volunteer Service Award including a lapel pen, letter from the President of The United States and certificate.
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