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Latin American Spanish for Beginners – registration now open

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You can now book Latin American Spanish Beginners classes. Book here now!

Where? Victoria Park Community Centre, Hackney.
When? Every Tuesday at 1800, starting on Tuesday 15 October

Find out more on our Latin American Spanish page.

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Student Registration 2019/20 now open!

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BOOK NOW!

Evening courses run from late September/early October to late March/early April, in two terms with breaks for school holidays. Each course will have 20 – 24 weekly sessions.

Join our mailing list to hear about our new classes as soon as they open for registration.

2019-20 Evening Classes:

Arabic
Mondays 6-8pm, starting October 14th
@ Chocolate Cafe, Islington, London.
BOOK NOW!

Bengali/Sylheti (beginners)
Mondays 6.00-8.00pm, 23/09/2019 – 2/12/2019 and 6/01/2020 – 16/03/2020.
@ Praxis Community Projects, Pott Street, E2 0EF, Bethnal Green.
Email to enquire!

Yiddish
Starting 5th October. See our Yiddish page for term dates.
@ Chocolate Cafe, Islington, London.
Email to enquire!

Latin American Spanish
Starting week commencing 14th October 2019

 

Evening classes operate a sliding scale fee policy – you choose what you can afford. Depending on your financial situation each 2-hour class will cost you:

£10 – Student (total course cost £200 – £240)

£15 – Standard (total course cost £300 – £360)

£20 – Supporter (total course cost £400 – £480)

All profits from these fees go towards running our free English classes for refugees and migrants – so the more you pay, the more people we can support and teach!

There will also be ONE place in each group reserved for a person who can only afford £5 per class, they will be asked to do around 30 mins-1 hour per week volunteering for Babel’s (eg. arriving early to help the teacher set up, photocopying worksheets, promoting us on social media). This place cannot be booked via the website/booking app, please email us.

 

Now recruiting ESOL volunteers / TAs

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We are  looking to fill up our contacts list and source new volunteers for our ESOL courses happening in East and South East London, on various times in the day from Monday-Friday.
Babel’s Blessing delivers participatory ESOL targeting people who would otherwise be ineligible for ESOL education, and we can offer training, hands on experience and will also cover travel costs.
We are especially interested in receiving applications from individuals with a refugee / asylum seeker background.
More info:

For the 2019/2020 academic year we are looking for volunteers to assist our teachers

2 hours a week

East and South East London

We pay your travel costs and offer training & mentoring

     You will support the teacher with:

  • English language tutoring
  • Basic admin (eg. photocopying)
  • Promoting the class, encouraging people to attend
  • Leading children’s activities

    We are looking for people who are:

  • Confident and friendly
  • Understanding and empathic
  • Interested in migrants’ rights, solidarity, and activism
  • Having a DBS check is a bonus!

You do NOT need to be a native English speaker. 

We are keen to hear from people who learned English as a second language

and people with personal or family experience of migration/asylum seeking.

Job opportunity: Arabic teacher

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Babel’s Blessing is currently recruiting an Arabic teacher to deliver a 2 hour evening classes a week, from September onwards, in London, UK. Profits made from the course will go towards supporting ESOL (English language) provision to refugees and migrants who are ineligible for funded ESOL courses.
 
We’re particularly interested in supporting teachers from a refugee / migrant background, as part of our organisation’s ethos.
 
More information: 
Babel’s Blessing are looking for a committed, imaginative, qualified teacher to run a
weekly evening class for beginner speakers in Arabic.
You will deliver one 2 hour class a week for 20 weeks (divided into 2 terms of 10
classes each)
Pay is £16/hour, plus course expenses (printing, etc) on a self-employed basis
(registered with HMRC)
A great opportunity for Arabic-speaking teachers with relevant work experience and an
interest in community education/critical pedagogy to broaden their skills! Become part of an organisation working to change the face of language teaching/learning. We also hold regular training and skillshare sessions.
Babel’s Blessing is a grassroots language school. We run low-cost evening classes in
diaspora languages, and use the income from this to fund free English classes for
refugees and migrants.
We think that language learning is about cultural exchange, community building, and a
way for members of diasporic communities to reconnect with their/our heritage. We teach about politics, culture and history through language as it is spoken – valuing street
language and varied accents rather than one ‘correct’ version.
We strive to apply critical pedagogy methods and principles across all our classes, and to
run as a horizontal and democratic community of learners. More information about the
project can be found on our website.
To apply please send us your CV and a covering email to babelsblessing@gmail.com
In your email please tell us about:
– your teaching experience
– any experience you may have of participatory teaching/facilitation
– what you can bring to the organisation

Se solicita profesorx de Español

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Te interesaría unirte a nuestro equipo de profesorxs?

Babel’s Blessing busca unx profesorx comprometidx y dinámicx para dictar clases
semanales de Español para hablantes con niveles de principiante y elementarixs.
El profesor o la profesora dictará 2 clases de 2 horas por semana, por un
período de 20 semanas (entre 2 semestres de 10 semanas cada uno).
La profesora o el profesor se enfocará en explorar todas las variedades de la
lengua castellana, a lo largo de España y América Latina, así como discutir
varios de los temas lingüísticos y culturales asociados a las comunidades
hispánicas.
El salario es de £16 por hora, más gastos del curso (impresiones, etc) y se
trabajará de forma autónoma (self-employed), registrado con el HMRC.
Esta es una excelente oportunidad para unx profesorx castellanohablante con
experiencia y con un gran interés en la educación participativa, y la pedagogía
crítica. Sé parte de una organización que lucha para cambiar el contexto de la
enseñanza de los idiomas. Además de eso, te invitamos a que participes y
compartas en nuestras sesiones de formaciones de forma frecuente.
Acerca de Babel’s Blessing:
Babel’s Blessing es una academia de idiomas de base. Impartimos clases a bajo
costo en idiomas hablados por las distintas comunidades de diáspora que se
encuentran en Londres. con los ingresos de estos cursos, financiamos clases del
inglés gratuitas para refugiadxs y migrantes.

Nosotrxs creemos que la enseñanza de idiomas se centra en el intercambio cultural
y en la construcción de comunidad y en encontrar una manera en que lxs
integrantes de comunidades de diáspora puedan reencontrarse con sus raíces.

Enseñamos sobre temas tales como política, cultura, e historia, a través de la
puesta en práctica del idioma. Nosotrxs valoramos los idiomas callejeros y la
diversidad de acentos en lugar de creer en una sola versión correcta de las lenguas.
Incluimos metodologías de la pedagogía crítica en todas nuestras clases, y nos
autogestionamos como una comunidad horizontal y democrática de estudiantes.

Para postularse, por favor envíe su curriculum/CV con una carta de
motivación/cover letter (en inglés o en español) a babelsblessing@gmail.com
La carta debe de contar con lo siguiente:
-sus experiencias como profesorx
-si la tiene, alguna experiencia de la enseñanza participativa