English + Language Teaching Assistant
Melbourne, Australia
Course
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2027
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: A language teaching assistant enters an Australian primary or secondary school and helps a teacher develop and deliver bilingual lessons. As a native speaker of the target language you’ll support classroom instruction, build conversational skills and gain experience in Melbourne. You’ll communicate with staff in English and interact with school children, improving fluency and cultural awareness. This role gives practical classroom experience, exposure to education settings and pedagogy, and enhances ESL/EAL, TESOL and TEFL skills.
Career Outcomes: Potential career opportunities include: ESL/English teacher, teaching assistant, classroom aide, language tutor, TESOL/TEFL instructor or further study in linguistics.
A language teaching assistant enters an Australian primary or secondary school and assists a teacher in developing and delivering bilingual language lessons to the children. As a native speaker of the target language, you will be of great help to the teacher and the students.
You will have an opportunity to meet and work with teachers and staff at a primary or secondary school. This will help to build your conversational skills and give you invaluable experience in a professional workplace. You will also get to meet and interact with Australian school children and this can be a fun and rewarding way of improving your English. You will mostly be communicating with staff in English.
