EVS activity in VIETNAM

Project 1 - Teaching English in CEC, Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen

Two volunteers needed

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CEC is an environment for children aged from 6-15 years old and an English supportive center for adults who take part in in-service training and associate training courses with universities and colleges throughout the country. In Phu Yen, volunteers will teach English to children and support the teachers to improve the English teaching methods.

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Role and tasks:

• participate as a full member of the national and international SJ Vietnam organization 

• Teach English to children and create a friendly environment in order to encourage communicattion in English. Volunteers will be the teachers and they are expected to teach grammar and other aspects of English to their own classes which may have more than 10 students.  

• Organize leisure activities in English (audio, books, etc) and by providing self-study materials.

• May help the teachers and staffs with other tasks in the school.

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Daily life

Working plan can be as below:

Morning: 8h – 11h; Afternoon: 5h30 – 7h

Volunteers will work from Tuesday to Saturday. Sundays and Mondays are usually off work but this can be changed due to the working plan of the center

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Accommodation and food

The CEC Center will provide basic accommodations with hot showers and kitchen facilities are available. Meals will be provided at the canteen of the center. Volunteers will have to pay if they choose to eat outside.

Internet is available at the center.

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Project 2 - Ha Long city, Vietnam (Ha Long University)

Two volunteers needed

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This project is aimed to support local teachers to give a genuine native speaking and listening training for students and interacting with students for culture exchange purpose.

The school locates at the rural area in Quang Ninh Province which is 4 hours’ drive from Hanoi.

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Role and tasks:

• Volunteers will teach English (and other foreign languages if required) to students to create a friendly environment in order to encourage them to communicate in English.

Particularly:

• Participating every regular class and provide vocal pronunciation when needed

• Organizing after-class activities including extra pronunciation & speaking class

• Daily close communication with teachers and students to understand their problems and needs.

• Improving students speaking and listening ability for the targeted language

• Trying to encourage the students to learn English by organizing leisure activities in English (audio, books, etc), by providing the self-help materials.

• Cultural exchange: For you and students to understand each other in a personal and cultural level

• Support school or local volunteer agency to raise the awareness of the project and the school to get further support from outside if needed.

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Daily life

Volunteer will work 5 days/week (25 – 20h/week). Sometimes required on the weekend but will be informed and agreed beforehand and will be compensated later.

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Accommodation and food:

The university will provide a simple dormitory with private bedroom and shower & toilet.

You will have meals at the school cafeteria or eating at local restaurants, cook dinner by yourself in the shared kitchen. Sometimes you may make your own if you may prefer another style of breakfast, and it should be better if you can eat alone those days.

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Project 3  Nam Dinh province, Vietnam (Dao Su Tich Secondary School 

Two volunteers needed

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ROLES AND TASKS 

• Volunteers will teach English (and other foreign languages if required) to students and children to create a friendly environment in order to encourage them to communicate in English. 

Particularly: 

•  Organizing activities and teaching English and the communication skill for children 

• Organizing activities and teaching English and the communication skill for students of Nam Dinh Youth Union 

• Teaching English for local community classes 

• Trying to encourage the students to learn English by organizing leisure activities in English (audio, books, etc), by providing the self-help materials. 

• Organizing extracurricular activity programs on the weekend, focusing on life skills such as team working skills, survival skills, communication skills, etc. 

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DAILY LIFE

Volunteer will work 6 days/week (25 – 20h/week). Sometimes required on the weekend but will be informed and agreed beforehand and will be compensated later. 

•  Lessons from Monday to Saturday 

• Lessons start in the morning at 7.15. There is a short break at 8.50 A.M. Then they last until 10.40 A.M. Even also there are lessons in the afternoon, from 2.00 to 4.15 

• On Monday, if the weather is fine, the principal of the school uses to have a motivational speech with all the students before the lessons start in the morning. 

• The volunteer has an own room in the school dormitory, with hygenic services, shower and wi-fi. 

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