FAQs for Students
FAQs for Students
Yes, GLI is entirely volunteer-run, allowing us to keep our services completely free. There is absolutely no cost to participate in the Global Language initiative.
We ask our volunteer conversational buddies to prepare speaking topics or activities for each week’s sessions. Depending on your preferences, you might just talk--about music, politics, fitness, school, or anything else that's on your mind--or your volunteer might introduce different activities--role playing, watching and discussing videos, etc.
Your volunteer is responsible for determining what to do in sessions but you can always make suggestions and requests for what to focus on!
Yes, to make sure that sessions are safe and effective, we ask participants to have their video on.
FAQs for Volunteers
You can volunteer with us as long as you want! At a minimum, it takes about 3 months for students to see improvement so we ask you to commit to that period of time.
Our students are from all over the world. All have prior experience studying English, though they have a wide range of proficiency levels, from pre-intermediate to advanced. We match students and volunteers by age--your student will be within 1-2 years of your age.