Help with teaching English to underprivileged children in Vietnam

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Volunteer to teach English to underprivileged children in Vietnam

You have:

• Teaching certificate and experience are desired, but not required.
• Volunteers need to have love for and patience in teaching English to children.

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According to a recent report, only 10.5% of graduated students in Vietnam have some degree of English proficiency that can be applied career wise and 51.7% of students who graduated college do not have the ability to communicate in English even though English is made as a class subject from primary school level.

Teaching and learning English are not efficient at public schools where English education relies heavily on grammar and not focus on speaking and communicating in English. Universities often teach their students about advanced grammar and vocabulary that is rarely being used in real life. A large number of students and employees have to go out to re-learn English at private English centers to adapt to the market’s requirements.

Students who come from low income families in the city and in rural areas have an especially hard time with learning and practicing English. Currently, English is on track to be the most spoken second language in Vietnam, however, compared to their city counterparts, these students are at a disadvantage and do not have the chance to study at English centers with native English teachers.

English teachers in Vietnam are lacking in both quality and quantity. According to a report done by the Ministry of Education and Training 1 , only 70% of English teachers got certificate level B2 (CEFR) in the English proficiency test. B2 is considered to be a standard which a teacher must achieve. However, a large number of English teachers in Vietnam can neither pronounce correctly nor communicate well in English, including those whose B2.

In order to address this, Better Life Vietnam has launched an Online English Class Program to provide underprivileged children and youth an opportunity to practice English with foreigners who are from English speaking countries.

Volunteer members play a role as an English teacher who will help Vietnamese children to practice speaking English. Each volunteer member is assigned to teach 1-3 group of children (1-3 hours each week). We need your help with two things:

1) To teach the children how to pronounce the words/sentences 2) Correct their mistakes.

Each session lasts an hour. Most of the sessions are in the evening ICT (7pm, 8pm). Some sessions are in the morning or afternoon in the weekend. Lesson materials are provided. Volunteer members are also welcomed to create their own lesson materials if they have experiences in doing so.

Teaching certificate and experience are desired, although not required. Volunteer members need to have the love for and also patience of teaching English to the children.

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Added 4 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: unv.org