{"id":4044,"date":"2014-11-04T15:33:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T15:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/?p=686"},"modified":"2014-11-04T15:33:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T15:33:43","slug":"become-a-language-assistant-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/become-a-language-assistant-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a language assistant in Canada!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why choose Canada?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You\u2019ll get to live in Quebec, which offers a unique opportunity to experience a French-speaking region in a North American setting<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s also the largest Canadian province and offers a diversity of settings, from rural snowscapes to the European-style capital Quebec City<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll be able to travel to other parts of Canada and potentially the United States, to cities such as New York or Boston.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/files\/2014\/11\/aerial_view_of_quebec_city.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-687\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/files\/2014\/11\/aerial_view_of_quebec_city-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"aerial_view_of_quebec_city\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/language-assistants\/become\/canada\/case-study\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Read about Laura Gardner&#8217;s experience of being a Language Assistant in Canada.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Posts are available in primary (pupils aged 6-11) and secondary (pupils aged 12-17) schools along with a small number of posts in adult education centres for undergraduates and graduates. Focusing mainly on spoken English, you&#8217;ll help the teacher bring the language to life. You will work either with the class teacher or on your own or with groups of between two and 15 pupils.<\/p>\n<p>The general terms of a placement in Canada are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dates of appointment:<\/strong> 1 September \u2013 31 May<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hours:<\/strong> 18 per week<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay:<\/strong> around CAN$1,700 per month net<\/p>\n<p>A full medical examination is necessary as part of the work permit application procedure. You will have to pay between \u00a3200 and \u00a3300 for this.<\/p>\n<p>Information taken from the British Council website, for more, visit:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/language-assistants\/become\/canada<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why choose Canada? You\u2019ll get to live in Quebec, which offers a unique opportunity to experience a French-speaking region in a North American setting It\u2019s also the largest Canadian province and offers a diversity of settings, from rural snowscapes to the European-style capital Quebec City You\u2019ll be able to travel to other parts of Canada &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/become-a-language-assistant-in-canada\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Become a language assistant in Canada!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-goglobal-opportunities"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2014\/10\/english-tea.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4RiUv-13e","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}