
2nd Step: Become an English Mentor
Self-introduction video
Hello potential mentors!
We're excited to get to know you better!
🎙️ Video Guidelines:
Here are a few important guidelines to follow when recording your video:
🔹 Speak in English during the entire video
🔹 Keep it between 4 to 5 minutes long
🔹 Record with your camera on
🔹 Use a well-lit, quiet space
🔹 Check your audio and video quality before submitting
🔹 Avoid reading a script: we want to hear you speak naturally!
🔹 Please answer the following questions:
Start your video by answering:
1. Who are you?
Tell us your name, where you currently live, and where you're originally from.
2. What do you do?
Briefly describe your current occupation, daily activities, or hobbies. Anything that helps us understand your background.
3. Why do you want to become a mentor at Soul Bilíngue?
Tell us what motivates you to volunteer, and what excites you about guiding a student through their learning journey.
4. What’s your availability?
We’d love to understand how mentoring could fit into your weekly schedule and how flexible you can be during the 22-week program.
5. How would you handle the following mentoring situation at Soul Bilíngue? Scenario: Your mentee has a good understanding of English but rarely speaks during mentoring sessions, even when encouraged. She often switches to Portuguese, saying she feels too nervous to try in English. What would you do?
6. Have you lived abroad? How do you connect with other cultures?
Feel free to share your personal intercultural experiences and how they have shaped you as a person and a mentor.
7.(Optional) Have you or someone you know participated in Soul Bilíngue before, as a student or volunteer?
We’d love to hear how you discovered the program or about any previous involvement.
⚠️ Make sure the video is set to 'public' or 'unlisted' so we can view it.
💡Tutorials:
🔗How to upload a video on Google Drive
🔗How to upload a video on Youtube
We look forward to connecting with you!
💡 If you change your mind and would prefer to schedule an online interview, click here.
