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In July 2025, I had the opportunity to join a two-week intensive summer camp in Guangzhou, China after being recruited by Gotoco. Gotoco handled the recruitment and placement, while the camp organisation itself provided support on-site. I worked as an English teacher, focusing on both language development and public speaking, following a CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approach. The camp provided pre-designed lesson materials, which made preparation easier, although I still found myself spending a couple of hours most evenings adapting content for my classes.
Alongside teaching, I was also involved in leading afternoon craft sessions and organizing evening activities like games. These parts of the day pushed me out of my comfort zone but turned out to be some of the most rewarding. I especially enjoyed working closely with the students and watching them grow in confidence over the two weeks.
The camp was certainly intense. Each day was fast-paced, but I came away with stronger teaching, leadership, and communication skills.
One of the most memorable moments was our camp dance. The kids loved it so much that we ended up performing it constantly. Even now, whenever I hear the song, I feel like dancing along again!
I would definitely recommend Gotoco to anyone looking to step outside their routine and have a short-term adventure abroad while gaining valuable professional experience. As each camp is unique, your experience may vary depending on the placement, but for me, it was a memorable adventure.

Amazing experience, a great way to practise teaching, explore new countries/ cultures and meet likeminded people. Everyone on the Gotoco team was very welcoming and supportive throughout the whole process, they did an amazing job at keeping us safe and informed whilst teaching and travelling. I had a really good time meeting new people from across the world and forming friendships whilst exploring new places together. Definitely worth experiencing, such an immersive, rewarding way to spend Summer!

I would recommend Gotoco to anyone who is serious about becoming an ESL teacher. Not only do you get the TESOL certification but you get the teaching experience which can help you decide whether the career is for you and help you with future roles.

Great staff and great opportunity to work abroad

I had a lot of guidance and support that helped me massively during my programme and made it so enjoyable

It was one in a lifetime experience

I had a really good experience with Gotoco, and had the opportunity to teach in China. They provide lots of support and communication particularly pre-departure to put your mind at ease! The whole experience is a very rewarding and I would recommend.

Overall a very enjoyable experience.

My most enjoyable moment of the trip was hiking up the hill at Sanremo to see the ruined city that was destroyed in an earthquake, and enjoying a lovely meal overlooking the surrounding area.

The experience of teaching my own class of students, making friends with other gotocoers, gaining teaching skills, meeting new people in a local context and exploring northern Italy! I also loved being immersed in Italy and its culture

I had an excellent experience teaching abroad through Gotoco - they were very helpful throughout the process in helping organise my placement in China and they gave very useful assistance in organising visa and providing me with pre-travel information. They also organised a really enjoyable end-of-program trip. Would recommend!

My experience with Gotoco in Thailand was amazing. I got to experience so many different things and learn more about Thai culture whilst teaching. I would 100% recommend!!

I had an incredible experience with GOTOCO, both at my summer camp placement, where I gained as much from the children in confidence and experience as I could ever have imagined, but also in the friendships and experiences at the after-camp trip in Yangshuo. It was a wonderful opportunity to explore China, and something I would not have undertaken without GOTOCO!

Incredible opportunities with lots of support. A fantastic way of experiencing another culture

This was really fulfilling as an experience - I learnt so much about teaching and gained loads of confidence, made many new friends, and got to learn about and live in an entirely different country from the UK. It was an intense schedule but entirely manageable, and the end-of-programme trip involved many fun activities, the highlight being white water rafting

There was sufficient funding and organisation to make the trip a truly immersive cultural experience whilst also helping one gain soft skills used for teaching and practical work in the field.

I had a brilliant time teaching in China - very well organised and a brilliant way to experience the country.

This course was an excellent way to prepare me for teaching abroad. The TEFL course was funded, and I got the experience to teach abroad. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a big change in their life

It was an overall cool experience where I made lots of friends, saw many beautiful parts of china and got to have real world teaching experience with the support of the gotoco team. Although I struggled a bit with the teaching as we didn’t receive a lot of training beforehand. However, I think I got the hang of it through help from the coordinators and other participants.
It definitely teaches you to be more independent as a leader for young kids and independent as a young adult. You also learn how to be more flexible and how to deal with unprecedented circumstances. I wouldn’t recommend it to people who get stressed easily and aren’t comfortable going with the flow as you will be put in many situations without a lot of prior notice.
Despite all that I definitely don’t regret going and am very grateful for the opportunity to see China and have a unique and fun experience.

my experience on the China programme was incredible. you meet so many interesting people from all over and get to share the experience together. it's not just about teaching but completely immersing yourself in a new culture altogether. if you are looking for something to do over summer this is a really cheap way to have a super cool and unique experience!!!!!!

Incredible teaching experience in China

We explored remote and large cities within China. It was such a unique experience run by highly knowledgeable coordinators.

The teaching aspect was very rewarding, I learnt a lot about myself and about the teaching culture in China.

An experience I will not forget!