About Us

LanguageCorps offers comprehensive programs of training, placement and logistical support for talented people interested in travel, internationalism, and teaching abroad.

We provide unique training combining TESOL certification, local language and cultural immersion, and guaranteed placement into paid teaching assignments with select schools – all toward the end of empowering our Teachers to thrive as professionals abroad.

LanguageCorps’ MISSION is to offer participants a rewarding experience living in, working in, and learning about a new culture; affording them a unique opportunity to learn and apply new skills and challenging them to develop a wider, first-person perspective about the diversity of cultures and populations around the world – all within the security of a guaranteed paid job, a highly organized system, and a supportive community.

LanguageCorps’ GOALS are to:

Empower our Teachers with training, placement and support, focusing on the process so our Teachers can focus on the experience of living as professionals abroad

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness -- all foes to real understanding. Likewise, tolerance or broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in our little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
- Mark Twain

Challenge our Teachers to learn and apply new skills, while making real contributions to the success and well being of others in the world
Help mitigate the risk often associated with living and working in a new part of the world, far from home - allowing our Teachers enjoy a secure, rewarding adventure
Work for our Teachers, not for the schools which employ them
Facilitate the development of culturally responsive "citizen diplomats," who appreciate cultural diversity, foster mutual respect, and encourage understanding among culturally diverse peoples

Our Training and Certification Partners

The School for International Training (SIT) is an accredited US graduate school and affiliated NGO. SIT's mission is to prepare students to be interculturally effective leaders, professionals, and citizens. SIT's TESOL Certificate is a 130 hour course designed by SIT faculty and based on humanistic, experiential, and progressive teaching. The course provides practical training through teaching demonstrations, lesson planning and analysis, and practice teaching and feedback. Participants put their new knowledge and skills into practice through daily teaching sessions. The SIT TESOL Certificate is recognized worldwide.

For over two decades, Bridge-Linguatec has been at the forefront of language instruction with the development of its cutting edge methodology, which combines the classroom use of interactive media with a teacher-based direct conversational approach. The Bridge-Linguatec International TEFL Certificate is a 120-hour course designed to link real-world language with real-world situations. Using a communicative approach of dialogues, drill work, listening comprehension activities, reading exercises, and discussion; participants are prepared to teach adult ESL/EFL classes of different levels, feel comfortable choosing the right material to teach a given class, and complement their classes with audio-visual aids.

The LanguageCorps TESOL certification course builds on 30+ years of experience in the English language-training field, combining the most current academic thinking with decades of hands-on wisdom gained from practical teaching worldwide. The 160-hour, four-week course integrates the most important aspects of real teaching: 90 hours of Academic Inputs, 40 hours of Language & Cultural Awareness Training, and 30 hours of Teaching Practice directly benefiting the local community.