Cultural awareness training helps you to settle into your new environment, make local friends, avoid misunderstandings, and enjoy success in social and professional life.
Our Program Includes:
Pre-departure Support
- We’ll outline the entire process you’ll follow to realize the teaching abroad dream.
- You’ll be provided comprehensive information relating to each step in the pre-departure process and you’ll have the opportunity to ask as many questions as you like, no matter how silly you may think they are!
- We’ll explain and help you get the necessary documentation prepared prior to departure.
- We’ll assist you with all planning, packing, visas, costs, budgeting and booking flights.
- We’ll ease any anxieties you may have regarding your trip and share the positive and life-changing adventures of the teach abroad experience.
Logistics and Safety when arriving
- Airport pickup in Thailand and Cambodia (provided participants land within two days of start date, and are going to the designated hotel. Note that airport pickup in Phnom Penh will be using a TukTuk.).
- We’ll introduce you to your 24/7 support team on the ground.
- Transfer from the airport to your accommodation. Read more about accommodation during the TEFL course in Thailand here.
- We provide guidance on SIM cards (SIM cards, airtime and data for your own account) so that you can contact your loved ones back home and your new friends you’re about to make on your epic orientation!
- We provide guidance setting up a local bank account so you can save money on international withdrawal fees. Your salary is paid into your local bank account.
- You’ll get to meet and greet fellow teacher travelers.
A toolkit for navigating your new country
A toolkit for navigating Thailand – In-Class TEFL Participants only
Our 1 week cultural orientation on Thai culture and language gives you the perfect foundation for adjusting to life in Thailand as well as an opportunity to bond with your fellow teachers-in-training and in-country staff members.
Learn foundational Thai language
We help you with foundational language to help you navigate:
- The bustling markets.
- Grabbing a taxi.
- Ordering a delicious meal.
- Garnering respect from locals.
(plus it’s pretty cool to impress your mates at home or add it to your resume!)
Cultural and History lessons
- Learn from local Thai staff and ex-foreign teachers who have made their home in Thailand.
- You’ll understand the cultural dynamics so that you don’t feel like a fish out of water.
- You won’t be making any faux pas or disrespecting the locals.
- How to address locals and your fellow teachers.
- You will know what you can and can’t do in Thai classrooms.
Relevant Cultural Excursions
Excursions include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Visit Buddhist temples and learn about Buddhist philosophy.
- Visit local Thai markets and learn how to barter and purchase fresh local produce.
- Take part in a Thai cooking course.
- Volunteer in a stray animal rescue organization.
- Self-empowerment workshops.
Visit local markets and learn how to purchase the freshest produce.
Take part in fun Muay Thai lessons.
Learn how to cook traditional Thai food as part of your orientation in Thailand.
Participants meditate with, and learn about Buddhist philosophy from a local monk.
A toolkit for navigating Cambodia – For both In-Class TEFL and Placement Only participants
Our cultural orientation sessions on Cambodian culture and language gives you the perfect foundation for adjusting to life in Cambodia as well as an opportunity to bond with your fellow teachers-in-training and in-country staff members.
Learn foundational Khmer language
We help you with foundational language to help you navigate:
- The bustling markets.
- Grabbing a taxi.
- Ordering a delicious meal.
- Garnering respect from locals.
(plus it’s pretty cool to impress your mates at home or add it to your resume!)
Cultural and History lessons
- Learn from local Cambodian staff and ex-foreign teachers who have made their home in Cambodia.
- You’ll understand the cultural dynamics so that you don’t feel like a fish out of water.
- You won’t be making any faux pas or disrespecting the locals.
- How to address locals and your fellow teachers.
- You will know what you can and can’t do in Cambodian classrooms.
Cultural Excursions
Excursions could include, but are not limited to, one of the following options, dependent on the time of year, weather, size of the group and a number of other factors:
- Local market visit
- Visit to local Buddhist temple to learn about religion and receive a blessing from a Cambodian monk
- Visit to the Royal Palace
- Killing Fields excursion
- Welcome Dinner at the end of the orientation
Visit Buddhist Temples during your orientation in Phnom Penh.
Experience authentic culture with your fellow teacher travelers.
Sample delicious local food during your orientation.
A support network of fellow teacher travelers
In addition the personal assistance and 24/7 support we provide, you’ll also have a support network of fellow teachers.
24/7 In-Country Support
- Ex-foreign teachers and local, on-the-ground support staff provide you with personal assistance throughout the duration of your teaching experience.
- You can rest assured knowing that any queries will be answered such as translation help, culture shock, legalities, emergencies, travel options or school queries. Someone is on hand.
- Teacher meet-ups.
- We check in with you regularly and keep up to date with your teach abroad experience.
Have some fun and embrace your new adventure!
Anglhor Wat is a national symbol and sacred site of Cambodian Buddhism, the complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
Explore a country with rich culture and history, at great value, from transport to food, you can’t beat Cambodia for low-cost travel and living. |