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Ozone · Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 27 Location: Denmark

Hi,

I'm an American English teacher living in Denmark. I lived in Mexico for about half a year in the 90s...I'd love to return some day. I speak fluent Spanish....I was wondering if there are one-month "summer camps" for English in Mexico (like they have in China) where I would be able to teach...or other types of short-term (max. one month) English-teaching jobs there?

Thanks.

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

Although they may exist in some parts of the country, I've never heard of summer language camps in the city where I live.

If you could find a place to teach for a month or less -- maybe substituting for a teacher who wanted some time off or teaching an intensive short course -- I suspect it would hardly be worth the effort for what little money you'd earn. You'd be lucky to cover the cost of food and lodging, not to mention your work visa if you planned to work legally.

If you want to spend a month teaching in Mexico, you'd be better off to think of it as a vacation and volunteer some of your time as a tutor or conversation partner at a school or in an English program.

Just my humble opinion, of course.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Tim's right...it's extremely hard to get a short term position in Mexico. I thought that there would be at least some summer nglish camps or programs for kids who are now on vacation for 5 weeks, but I didn't find anything...nada.

Most language schools will want at least a 6 month committment. Universities need 1 full year.

Guy Courchesne

MELEE · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 5:23 pm Post subject:

Just to make it sure the points are clear,

I agree totally with Tim and Guy said.

Ozone · Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 27 Location: Denmark

Thanks for the information! I think I'll try some part-time volunteering.

some waygug-in · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 339

Hello, sorry I'm a bit late on this one. I ran across just that kind of thing recently, I was doing a search on altavista for mexican language schools and I found a listing. I'm sorry I can't remember the name of the site. But I do remember that a place called "Culturalingua" had such a program. It's probably too late for you to get in as a teacher this year, but 'quien sabe' and I am sure Tim and Guy are right about the money thing. But if you are just looking for a way to spend a few weeks...
que bien.

The listing had mostly schools which offer Spanish language instruction, but if you look through the list carefully you can find a few places that teach English and are looking for teachers.

This isn't the right one, but it should get you started:
http://www.planeta.com/schoolist.html

Why is it whenever I do a search I always come up with a different list of websites?
Hmm

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946