Paid Teaching Through LanguageCorps Vietnam

  Vietnam

• All Other Areas in Vietnam: 
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Length of Position: Usually 10-12 months

Description: As a LanguageCorps Flagship Program English Teacher, you receive TESOL Certification, a guaranteed paid job, and unique training and support services empowering you to thrive as a professional abroad.

Learn and apply new skills while developing a wider, first-person perspective about the diversity of cultures and populations around the world all within the security of a guaranteed paid job, a highly organized system, and a supportive community.

Highlights: Why choose LanguageCorps?

Our comprehensive Flagship Program in Vietnam includes:

* Pre-departure package
* Initial visa preparation
* Airport pick-up
* International cell phone and starter minutes
* Health insurance
* Local language and culture training
* Internationally accredited TESOL Certification
* Accommodations during training
* Fantastic excursions and events
* Option to receive graduate-level credit for LanguageCorps TESOL training while obtaining an advanced degree
* Guaranteed job placement
* Local staff assistance
* Ongoing community activities
* 24/7 emergency support
* Re-entry package

Vietnam offers an opportunity to see a country of traditional charm and rare beauty rapidly opening up to the outside world. This thriving nation possesses one of the world's fastest-growing economies, yet it is home to some of Asia's most beautiful scenery. Divine beaches dot the coast, while inland mountains are often cloaked in dense, misty forests. Mirroring the country as a whole, the Vietnamese people are hard working and industrious, and at the same time strikingly friendly and optimistic.

Still referred to as "Saigon" today, HCM City is the hub of financial activity and is the largest and most developed city in Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City is the heart and soul of the country: it's a bustling, dynamic and industrious center, the largest city in the country, the economic capitol, and the cultural trendsetter. Yet within the teeming metropolis are the timeless traditions and beauty of an ancient culture.

Qualifications: Successful LanguageCorps Teachers are true global citizens. They are comfortable with, and excited about, genuine intercultural exchange. They embrace opportunities to share their own cultural identity with others, and to immerse themselves in new and different worlds. While neither previous teaching experience nor foreign language skills are required, all Language Corps Teachers must possess excellent native-level English, a college degree, a valid passport; and must complete an application, interview, and background check.

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Cost in US$: $4395

• Transportation to Phnom Penh, Cambodia (where training is held) from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and back; welcome dinner and orientation.
  
• Internationally accredited TESOL Certification: 4-week course that combined joint training for all Southeast Asia Flagship programs at our combined facility at Pannasastra University in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, followed by in-country training and practice teaching. The TESOL Certification combines 90 hours of classroom-based work with 20-30 hours of Teaching Practice at a local community resource (hospital, police station, city hall, orphanage, immigration office, etc.) so your teaching time directly benefits the community.
  
• 30 hours of Vietnamese Language and Cultural Awareness Training.

Following TESOL Certification, LanguageCorps offers two job placement options:

• Guaranteed job placement at a select school within our primary focus area around the capitol city of Ho Chi Minh City.
  
• Explore a new region of Vietnam on your own, trusting that LanguageCorps advice and support are just a phone call away.

Salary / Pay: : Typical wages for LanguageCorps Teachers range from the equivalent of US$1200-$1500/month (pay is in Vietnamese dong). Benefits vary greatly from school to school. Local living expenses are low, about US$500/month. Most LanguageCorps Teachers can earn enough to live very comfortably.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European and Kiwi Participants.

Participants Travel to Vietnam Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

LanguageCorps's Mission Statement: LanguageCorps' mission is to offer participants a rewarding experience living in, working in, and learning about a new culture; affording them a unique opportunity to learn and apply new skills and challenging them to develop a wider perspective about the diversity of cultures and populations around the world.

Year Founded: 2002