English Language Assistant Review

by British Council

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Planning and implementation of English lessons for primary school children. Working either as support for class or taking the whole class.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Confidence, public speaking skills, organisation, French language


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • To create and carry out lesson plans for classes of up to 30 students is a considerate amount of responsibility. It helped that the teachers would always supervise the lesson


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I received lots of support as I had a supervisor/mentor who I could contact if I needed help.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the French primary schools. Both the teachers and students were lovely and welcoming.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I really enjoyed my placement, if I could I would return to the schools.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at British Council
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend British Council to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to British Council
  • I would recommend living close to the school(s) that you work at as it makes travel easier and allows you to immerse yourself in your environment better.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Education/Teaching

International

October 2023


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