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ChrisO · Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 5 Location: United States

I'm a senior in college currently working my way through a CELTA, and I'm particularly interested in teaching English in Bolivia after I graduate at the end of May. If any of you have information about schools, particularly in La Paz or Cochabamba, I would much appreciate if you could share it. I've had a difficult time finding even basic information about Bolivian language schools online, let alone getting information about the reputation of schools from someone who's actually been there.

Thanks,
Chris

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

I know of one man there in Bolivia. He teaches for free, since he's retired. Money's not that great there. You'll be making about 5 bucks, if that an hourl See my PM
Sharon

ChrisO · Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 5 Location: United States

Thanks for the PM. I actually already sent a PM to gambasbo (I assume that's who you're talking about), and he provided a great reference.

Chris

Zajko · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:13 pm Post subject:

If you're interested in working in Santa Cruz, as opposed to La Paz or Cochabamba, you might want to look at the Cambridge College there - they pay pretty well for Bolivia, up to USD 1000 a month. PM me if you want contact details or more info - not sure I'm supposed to be posting web address links here Smile

ChrisO · Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 5 Location: United States

I don't seem to have enough posts to initiate PMs, so I'll just say here that I'd love contact info.

Zajko · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:01 pm Post subject:

No worries. PM'd you.

CountBassD · Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 33 Location: Bogota, Colombia

I would also love to get this information.

Thanks.

ChrisO · Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 5 Location: United States

I didn't get your PM. Maybe you mistyped my name? If you could resend it, that would be excellent.

Chris

CountBassD · Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 33 Location: Bogota, Colombia

ChrisO,
I did find these:

http://www.oxfordseminars.com/esl-schools-directory/South_America/Bolivia/3065_La_Paz
You need to be an 'Oxford Seminars' graduate to get more info...

http://www.eslbase.com/schools/bolivia
links to websites on that one.

When are you going to Bolivia? I'm starting to lean towards going to La Paz myself in August.

Zajko · Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:31 am Post subject:

Sorry guys, missed your post earlier. ChrisO, CountBassD, I've PM'd you the info re Cambridge College in Santa Cruz. Just let me know if for any reason you didn't receive it.

ChrisO · Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 5 Location: United States

Zajko · Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:29 pm Post subject:

Yeah - Santa Cruz is very flat, very wet, very mosquito-y and very, very humid. Has a certain charm but a very different environment to the highlands. Cochabamba is 2500-odd metres up though (from memory) and the climate is much cooler and more pleasant. A friend of mine worked up in the old capital of Sucre, which is really lovely, but unfortunately I don't have any contact details for whatever school it was he worked for there.

mangotoucu · Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

Zajko,

I'm also interested in receiving info about Cambridge College in Santa Cruz, but I've got the same problem as the other two...I haven't posted enough yet...to be able to PM you. Would you mind passing the info along to me?

Thanks!

Zajko · Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:39 am Post subject:

No worries: have sent it to you.