Skype Volunteer Project

EnglishWorks focuses on the development and improvement in its students’ ability to communicate in English.

We use tourism as the context for learning English vocabulary and for conversation practice. Students have the opportunity to hear and speak English throughout the lessons, using digital tools in the classroom. They also have in-class support from teachers and volunteers. EnglishWorks operates in low-income areas of Rio de Janeiro where residents rarely have the opportunity to interact with native and/or fluent speakers of English. We use Skype for one-to-one conversation practice between native/fluent speakers and students. This gives students a chance to use the English they learned in class and to go further in conversations if they are ready for it. One-to-one conversation with native/fluent English speakers also exposes students to different cultures.

WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF 50 VOLUNTEERS! THE PROGRAM IS SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS THAT WE NEED MORE HELP!!!!!!

The goal

The main goal of the Skype volunteers project is to increase the opportunities for students to hear and speak English.

Profile of the volunteer
A person interested in volunteering with EnglishWorks, must believe in social change through education.
We need a minimum of 30 minutes per week at the day selected for the Skype conversations with students. It takes another 10 minutes a week to study the dialogue for that week.

A volunteer must have access to a computer with a good internet connection and a place where conversation will not be interrupted by noise.

Certificate

Volunteers receive a certificate at the end of the course.

Location, duration and resources

EnglishWorks in 2016 operated in 20 areas of Rio de Janeiro:Penha, Madureira, Irajá, Nova Brasília (complexo do alemã0), Santa Cruz, Vila Aliança , Padre Miguel among others. It is a partnership between the Sequoia Foundation and the Secretaria de Ciência e Tecnologia through a project called Naves do Conhecimento and the state of Rio de Janeiro and Rio Solidário through a project called Casa Futuro Agora

Classrooms are equipped with internet and there is a laptop for each student. Classes are two hours, once a week. At the end of the class, students have 30 minutes to practice on Skype with native speakers. YOU CAN PICK THE DAY OF THE WEEK AND THE TIME THAT IS MORE CONVENIENT FOR YOU!!!

Casas Futuro Agora Project

Frequency Time of volunteering
(Rio de Janeiro time)
Mondays 10:30 – 11:00
15:00 – 15:30

Tuesdays 10:30 – 11:00
14:30 -15:00
16:00 – 16:30
16:30 – 17:00

Thursdays 10:30 – 11:00
11:00 -11:30
14:30 -15:00
15:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:00

Fridays 10:30-11:00
15:00 – 15:30

Naves do Conhecimento
Frequency Time of volunteering
(Rio de Janeiro time)

Wednesdays 11:00 – 11:30
14:30 – 15:00 (Level 2)
16:45 – 17:15
19:00 19:30

Fridays 10:30 -11:00
12:45- 13:15
15:45 -16:15
18:00 18:30 (Level 2)

Interested?
Contact us!!!!!! SEND YOUR RESUME TO:

Roger Gillespie
gillespie.roger@gmail.com
Project Manager

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