Teaching English to Underprivileged Children in Vietnam

Volunteering

Overview

Teach English to underprivileged children in Vietnam through online classes.

You have:

• Must have a passion for teaching English to children.
• Patience is required when teaching English to children.
• Teaching certificate and experience are desired but not required.
• Ability to teach proper pronunciation and correct errors in English spelling or word usage.

Contract

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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 cannot communicate in English even though English is part of 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 does not focus on speaking and communicating in English. Universities often teach their students about advanced grammar and vocabulary that is rarely 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 especially hard time 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 that 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 expert volunteers from English-speaking countries. This program will support our mission of improving education for underprivileged children and youth and contributing to the effort to advance SDG 4 on Quality Education in Vietnam.

To that end, we are seeking the support of Online Volunteers to play a role in teaching English to help Vietnamese children practice their speaking. Each Online Volunteer member is assigned to teach 1-3 groups of children (1-3 hours each week). Specifically, we need your help to:

1) Teach the children how to pronounce the words/sentences properly; 2) Help them identify and correct any errors in English spelling or word usage.

Each session lasts for an hour. Most of the sessions are in the evening ICT (7 pm, 8 pm). Some sessions are in the morning or afternoon on the weekend. Lesson materials are provided. Online Volunteer members are also welcome to create their lesson materials if they have related experience.

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

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