Teaching Volunteer Stories, Bolivia

Teaching in Bolivia - Richard Hughes I recently had the privilege of spending two months in the city of Cochabamba. My aim was to try out English language teaching and to see if I wanted to make it my new career. I was 50 at the time and, after working for over 25 years in IT, decided that I had earned a break. It’s great that so many young people now have the opportunity to take time out to travel but I reckon that it’s the old ones who really need it! Anyway, my trip was a success in the sense that it helped me to decide to pursue a career in teaching - but it was so much more than that.

Teaching in Bolivia - Vanina Preney When we first arrived in Cochabamba, Flor Alazraki (the friend I was going to share this experience with) and I thought we would be helping French and English teachers, but we soon had to face our new reality: we were needed to teach beginners starting from scratch, and to intermediates in need of practice.

Teaching in Bolivia - Jennifer Way Cochabamba is a pulsating urban hub in the muscle of the Bolivian mountains. It is located perfectly for exploring the country via bumpy overnight coach rides at terrifying heights leading to infinitely varying landscapes from jungles to Salt Planes. The intense mixture of colour, texture and scale in the landscape creates an energetic environment for South America's most enchanting, yet widely overlooked country.

Teaching in Bolivia - Kari Franklin In Bolivia, the major holiday stretches from December to the end of February, so if you are considering teaching at this time you will be involved with the Summer school programme. This is a special opportunity for several reasons. Firstly, the classes are optional and thus the students are the keen ones; they get up at 7am every other day in their summer holiday to come to your classes to learn English.