"TWOL gave us the opportunity for an education when all hope was gone."
Chelsea Medea - TWOL Student In Delmas, Haiti
Teach the World Online provides quality education to students around the world via video conferencing technology and volunteer teachers.
TWOL is establishing English language programs and curriculum to teach students in Haiti, Nepal, Cambodia, Colombia, Russia, Turkey, Tunisia, Pakistan & Brazil.
Talk about a win-win!
Via Skype, TWOL brings students around the globe who desire to learn English face-to-face with American college students desiring teaching experience.
TESOL Master's candidates and others gain valuable insights, not just as teachers but as global citizens. Read more about our methods and approach on the Skype education blog.
Talk about a win-win!
Via Skype, TWOL brings students around the globe who desire to learn English face-to-face with American college students desiring teaching experience.
TESOL Master's candidates and others gain valuable insights, not just as teachers but as global citizens. Read more about our methods and approach on the Skype education blog.
We invite you to explore the TWOL website and learn how you can help teach English language learners around the world, by donating or volunteering.
You don't have to be a professional teacher or college student to help us make a difference. TWOL volunteers come from all walks of life. They have in common a commitment to serve young people around the world by teaching English. In many cases English proficiency is directly related to getting a job giving the student a chance at a better quality of life. If you have a desire to volunteer teach, please contact us. If you would like to donate to TWOL, thank you. We are a 501(3)c charitable organization and all donations are tax-deductable.
TWOL Co- Founder Meets President Martelly
Jurate Kazickas had the pleasure of meeting President of Haiti, Michel Martelly, on Tuesday Sept. 20, 2011 when Martelly was in New York City for the Clinton Global Initiative.
“It is very important for our young people to learn English,” said Martelly after Kazickas told him about TWOL’s work in Haiti. Charming and gracious, he invited Kazickas and photographer Nadia Todres to meet with him on their next trip to Haiti. Read full story.
TWOL Co-Founder Describes Teaching Methodology in Skype blogs Karl Purnell, a founder of TWOL writes regularly for Skype's education website. Following are some of the articles which have been posted recently. Read the posts
TWOL Students Celebrate
“I am so excited to receive my certificate,” said Jean. “It was not always easy to get to class but I did my best to be here. I really like this program."
Some came from distant neighborhoods, traveling by tap tap, even through fierce rainstorms. All were eager to improve their mastery of the English language.
The TWOL lessons were designed to improve students’ use and comprehension of conversational English, focusing on everyday situations like shopping and applying for a job. Read full story
TWOL Volunteer Teacher Makes Surprise Visit
In June, Vicki Kessel, from Ohio, Illinois, came to Port Au Prince. She timed it so she would show up just an hour or so before her regularly scheduled class at 4 o’clock, which meets on the veranda of Stanley Simon’s home. She snuck into a back room with her laptop and at the appointed hour, called in via Skype. Read full story
Jameson's Thank You Speech
I was just one of those typical young Haitian males that had nothing to do, all I was actually doing was going to school, and studying for computer science, which I’m still attending classes for and will soon graduate. But I always had a passion for English, my little brother and I would always practice with each other daily, to try to become successful Haitians speaking English.
"I really enjoy being a member of TWOL because it touches my heart to see how we've helped hundreds of young males and females in our community. My heart goes out to all you've done for me."
Read entire Jameson speech
"Many Hatians say mastering English may offer the best path to getting back on their feet...The project [TWOL] offers learning when many schools and universities remain closed and countless workplaces lie in ruins.”
Los Angeles Times
New TWOL School Opened For Girls Near Medellin, Colombia
A class of Colombian girls began their first instruction in the English language at the end of February, 2011, in a rural school near Medellin, Colombia. The school is run by the American-based Marina Orth Foundation. This is the first school TWOL has conducted for Spanish-speaking students but the same set of Lesson Plans developed for other countries was used. The school's academic coordinator, Efraín Arturo Ferrer de la Torre, reported that the audio and video was perfect and the students were totally enthralled with their first lesson conducted by an American volunteer teacher giving instructions over the internet. "You are Superman,” he wrote of Teach the World Online, referring to the recent movie about education, "Waiting For Superman."
An Historic Moment:“Good morning TWOL Nepal,” “This is TWOL Cambodia calling”
Several minutes after the start of a Teach the World Online English class in Kampot, Cambobdia, this week, the US-based teacher, Karl Purnell, announced that he had a surprise for the eight students gathered for the evening session. (6 am EST, 5 pm Cambodia) The students had already met two puppets, Henry and Henrietta, who went over their homework with them, and they had seen a Youtube movie on hands, fingers, ears, eyes and other parts of the body. Now another surprise? Read full story
