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...were packed with students eager to impress their potential interviewers. Also visiting campus, however, were the Peace Corps, which places volunteers in developing countries to promote growth and peace; Education Services Overseas Ltd., which places American and British teachers in the Mediterranean, Middle East, and South Asia regions; and WorldTeach, which offers students a two-month opportunity to teach English in a developing country. That these service organizations were promoted alongside the more traditional e-recruiting companies merits praise...
...Ellen C. Bryson ’11, a Crimson editorial editor, is a history concentrator in Cabot House. She spent this summer in Poland as a WorldTeach volunteer...
...sorry, I have to take a moment to collect myself. (Drinks deeply from a J.P. Morgan Nalgene bottle). Whew. Okay, here we go. Now, let me look at your resume. It seems that last summer, you did something called “WorldTeach.” I don’t suppose that was a bank of some sort? (You shake your head.) Strategy consulting firm? (You shake your head.) Oh, I see, it’s one of those save-the-world, en-gee-oh things all the kids want to work for before they end up working...
...Outside of academics, another popular method of international experience among undergraduates is participation in programs that teach English as a second or other language (TESOL). WorldTeach, for instance, is a Harvard-based NGO of high repute that sends student teachers to developing nations. Many other similar programs have arisen, especially in Asia where the demand for English is particularly high. Such international opportunities, however, fail to consider the broader implications of global language politics. Selma Sonntag articulates the complexities of language policy, describing the global hegemony and “stampede towards English” around the world?...
...summers away from Harvard, Hemel has served as a travel researcher for Let’s Go Publications in the Baltics, a beat reporter for the New York Sun, and a vocational English teacher in Ecuador with WorldTeach...