Excellent English Learning Center

Excellent English Learning Center is an English tutoring class. This is not a public school. It is located in my house, in Bondowoso, East Java. Bondowoso is not a tourist place like Bali. This
small town is a peaceful place close to nature. Don't expect Bondowoso like Bali. This place is for foreigner who is ready to live like a local and willing to help me teaching English

This tutoring class is located right next to my house and is still part of my house. So, the volunteer will live in my house with my family and me. They will have a chance to experience local life style, shopping in traditional market, looking around the city, and meeting local people at spare time. The traveller will understand how locals learn English. The volunteers need to be patient and friendly because the children might be shy to meet foreigners. Native speakers are most welcomed. However, if you are non native but have great English spoken or teaching skill, yes please! Being nervous during class is normal. Hopefully you can manage it. I have a teacher assistant that will accompany you during class. The students will surely love you. The volunteers will be taught Indonesian Language if they wish. For the gym lovers, I will provide you first time free access there. If you want to go somewhere like you are looking for something, feel free to ask me to ride you.

Rooms & Food:
For the volunteer, we provide the upstair/rooftop with private bedroom (no AC but standing fan) , local bathroom (no shower no sink, but water tank and a squat toilet are way to go) and balcony for the volunteer in my house. The wifi is 50 mbps. It only works downstair. Why? Because if there is no volunteer, the rooms upstair are vacant. I live downstair. However, feel free to sit or relax on the couch downstair if you need the wifi. Feel free to sit together with my family watching TV together. By the way, you can see beautiful sunset at the rooftop.
For the food, we provide local food 3x. We eat rice for everyday as the main menu. You can use the fridge and kitchen in my house.
I think I've posted the picture of the accomodation and the video as well.

At my home, there are my husband, my 5-year-old son and me. We will treat the volunteer as our family. I am the only one that speaks English but my family is eager to communicate with you too especially my husband. He is enthusiast to communicate with you because he wants to improve his English speaking skill by talking with you.

Here, you will hear neighbourhood 5x Muslim Prayer Call is called Adzan at 4 AM, 11.30 PM, 15.00 PM, 17.30 PM, and 18.30 PM. The Prayer Call (Adzan) takes around 5 minutes only. I know maybe it will wake you up when it is at 4 AM. I hope you don't get shocked. You can wear your Airpods if you don't like it.

Regarding the classes here:
There are 2 types of classes here. They are Group Class (consists of 10-12 students) and Private Class (consists of 1-2 students).
For group class the volunteer and I will do it togother. The students' parents expect their kids to learn English with foreigner. But that doesn't mean all the private classes belong to the volunteer. I have a teacher assistant who will be with you during classes. Of course we will share the schedule. She and I will do private class as well and sometimes at the same time we have 2 private classes (one is yours one is mine).
Each class takes 60 minutes/meeting. Your portion is 4 hours per day.
To support the teaching learning process, I provide the Laptop. I will provide the worksheet related to the topics of the presentation.
IMPORTANT: This place is for foreigner who is ready to live like a local. Unfortunetaly, I cannot accept unmarried couple.

How to reach my location:
From Surabaya / Juanda Airport - I reccomend an open travel "Dieng Travel Bondowoso" I will give you its whatssap number. They pick you up in the airport usually at 4 PM and drive you right to my house. However, you need to wait for some hours in the airport because it is an open travel not private that is why it is cheap and airport is the last pick up route.
Noted: You pay your self for this.

From Bali -Ketapang Harbour Banyuwangi - Jember - Bondowoso
There is no train station in Bondowoso, if you go by train, you will be dropped in Jember. You can take a grab car from Jember to Bondowoso.

Last But Not Least
If you have a 'backpacker soul' and don't mind a simplicity, my doors are open! My home is very basic, but it’s perfect for those who prioritize authentic experiences over high-end comfort. Come with an open mind and an adventurous heart.

Thanks for reading the description! I hope I make my self clear

I am Elen the owner of Excellent English course. The classrooms are located in my own house so not far away to go. English is highly demanded in this area. I'm looking for volunteers to help me teaching children. The volunteer need to be calm, patient and kid friendly. Perhaps, it will be a bit effort to teach kid at age 5-6 because they like to play. Let's do both playing while learning English. There are 2 kinds of classes here : Group class and Private Class. For group class the volunteer and I will do it togother. The students' parent expect their kids to learn English with foreigner. I have a teacher assistant who will be with you during classes. Each classes take 60 minutes/meeting. Your portion is 4 hours per day. To support the teaching learning prosess, we provide the Laptop and worksheets related to the topics of each classes.

At my home, there are my husband, my 5 year old son and me. We will treat the volunteer as our family. I am the only one that speaks English but my family is eager to communicate with you too.

In my house you will hear 5x Muslim Prayer Call is called Adzan at 4 AM, 11.30 PM, 15.00 PM, 17.30 PM, and 18.30 PM. The Prayer Call (Adzan) takes around 5 minutes only. I know maybe it will wake you up when it is at 4 AM. I hope you don't get shocked. You can wear your Airpods if you don't like it.

If you are a vegetarian is fine. Just let me know ^_^

IMPORTANT: House rules: no drinking alcohol, drugs, weapons or ostensible LGBT items and no smoking inside my home. We will provide local food for 3x meals per day. If you are vegetarian or vegan it is no problem, please let me know.

Thanks for your kindness! Would love to see you soon! God bless!