Teaching English in Rural School

teaching english srilanka Sri Lanka is economically and educationally disadvantaged country, though rich in culture and beauty. As a developing country, Sri Lanka also has to take support of English language for the overall development of the country and knowledge of English language is a great boon towards the prosperity of the Sri Lanka. Sadly, English learning opportunities are limited to rich class families, leaving the poor having no access to the English education. Volunteering in this project helps the children especially needy ones to make their future better and boost confidence on them. Through the means of English learning, underprivileged Sri Lankans can have access over opportunities and better ways of life.

Your Responsibility as a Volunteer

You will teach English to the children between the age group of 6 to 16 in a local rural school. You can also use a variety of teaching techniques such as gestures, flash cards, artwork, music, and songs to help children learn English better. If you have the experience, you can also teach mathematics, science, literature or physical education. You can also help in administrative works of the school administration. You will teach between 9 AM - 3 pm on weekdays.

Project Skills Required:

As an English teaching volunteer, you must have fluency in English language, though you need not necessarily be a native English person. To be a proficient instructor, prior experience in teaching English would be helpful. However, if you are not confident in your teaching abilities, RCDP can place you as an assistant teacher. They should also be flexible, self-motivated with openness to a new culture and should have a willingness to learn.

Project Location:

Our projects are located in a beautiful town of Galle, 5 hours drive from Colombo, near the southern end of the country. And it's a district that boasts a great variance of scenarios, from beaches to marsh lands to dry planes to hills. During their free time, volunteers can visit to beautiful beaches, monasteries, temples, parks, churches, museums, art galleries etc. There are many beautiful villages nearby Galle where volunteers can visit and explore Sri Lankan typical culture, way of living style, people, society and so on.

Room/Food/Supervision

RCDP-Sri Lanka arranges room, food, and supervision for our volunteer from the very beginning to the end of the program. Volunteers stay with host family during the first week of language and cultural program. Host family arranges you a separate room providing Sri Lankan meal thrice a day. During your work as a volunteer, you will also live with host family in warm, welcoming and pleasing environment. They provide you a separate room. You may have to share shower and bathroom facilities with host families. We can also manage you to stay in hotel with little more additional fee, if you like. Volunteers will have 24/7 access to our office in Sri Lanka by e-mail or telephone. Our staff also will visit each volunteers in every one to two weeks to acknowledge their situation and to have feedback of the program.