Teach English to UNDP Madagascar personnel

Volunteering

Overview

Teach English to UNDP Madagascar personnel through innovative lessons.

You have:

• At least five years of experience in teaching English as a foreign language.
• Degree in education or English as a foreign language.
• Knowledge of ICT.
• Planning and coordination skills are required.
• Training in English at UNESCO-recognized universities/institutes will be a considerable asset.

Contract

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Our personnel mostly speak French, making it challenging for them to express themselves clearly in English. This can interfere with their professional development. The goal of the English courses is to help these personnel acquire tips on how to become fluent in English, and practice English on a more regular basis.

UNDP Madagascar is looking for twenty-one online volunteer to conduct English class for their personnel. Specifically, this task involves finding innovative ways to conduct English lessons. The aim is to develop and provide materials and strategies that will help our colleagues to cope well with English in all four competencies: reading, writing, listening and speaking

The online volunteer will do the following:

Develop a lesson plan by taking into account a pre-assessment that will have already been conducted to evaluate the personnel competency in English ; Deliver some English classes, by ensuring that all competencies are covered (listening, speaking, writing and reading) ; At the end of the assignment, on the last lesson of each group, administer a test to the participants to assess their level after 12 weeks of lessons ; Deliver a certificate to the participants who have succeeded to the all the assessments (test, interview…) with all required criteria.

Candidates should have prior experience in the teaching of English as a foreign language (at least five years of experiences). Similar experiences with UN Agencies will be highly considered. Knowledge of the use of ICT, responsibility, planning and coordination skills are required. A degree in education, English as a foreign language, is required. Application must contain CV of candidates with copies of their diploma and evidence of their most relevant experiences (references contact included)

Training in English at UNESCO-recognized universities/institutes will be a considerable asset in the evaluation of applications.

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