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Language exchange with local Koreans with cozy dormitory

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The experience

Hello travelers!
Our studio is a cozy spot for local Koreans and foreigners to share their culture and interact with each other.
Our main goal here is to help our local community practice speaking English, and while doing that, to have opportunities to make friends around the world. Our volunteers can enjoy Seoul, since we are just 20 minutes away from the capital, during their free time, and get immersed in the culture meanwhile making friends.

What you offer

4 hours of help per day

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

What you get

2 days off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Discounts on Parties: Get discounts at nearby parties and clubs.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Requirements

Fluent English

Between 18 and 35 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Be from outside South Korea

Mandatory volunteer introduction video

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Our volunteers meet a lot of Koreans during their stay and live in a cozy dormitory, 10 minutes away from the studio. We have people from all over the world who are always open to new friendships and hanging out together!
All the volunteers in our accommodation are looking for new experiences, so you will have a very high chance of making good friends from all over the world as you will be spending time with them.
After the shifts, the volunteers can have dinner together or hang out with Koreans they meet during sessions as well as their new foreign housemates. Since you will meet people with tons of different backgrounds, jobs, and characters, you will learn what real Korea and even the whole globe it is.

Activities & Shift

The main goal during the working shifts is to help Koreans improve their English skills, showing them new expressions and new vocabulary. It's essential to create a comfortable environment for making mistakes to have a friendly and nice experience.
We have a wide range of ages and levels, and so we expect you to adapt to them. That's why English fluency is vital. Before we confirm your stay, an English interview might be conducted.
You will meet different groups of people for each session and so many opportunities to make new friends will come! You will be assigned to talk to 1 to 3 Koreans for 4 sessions that last around 50 minutes, having a 10-minute break in between. We have a weekly schedule in which you need to complete 20 hours over 5 days of the week.

Rules

Our staff and the place itself is very chill and laid back, so there are not so much of strict policies, but one thing that we are strict about is punctuality, courtesy, and keeping your house chores.
If you could just show up on time and be gentle with our students, there won't be anything to worry about!