📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Hanoi high school for gifted students belongs to Hanoi National University, which is located in the western gate of Hanoi Capital. As these students will become the future high qualified professionals of Vietnam, providing them with good English skills will be decisive for the international development of the country.
Main Aims and Activities
The aim of the program is to provide English native language speaking environment for gifted students in a special program to develop their skills before starting university studies.
The school has about 1000 gifted students from a wide region around Hanoi. The students are trained in different majors related in Sciences, IT, Mathematics or English language. These students will become teachers of foreign languages or will work with the foreign languages as a professional tool.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will be expected to help with the followings:
ï¨ Improving listening/speaking/reading/writing skills for students
ï¨ Improving students' competency in communication
ï¨ Teaching independently in the classroom
ï¨ Organizing games and other activities in and outside classroom
Normally volunteers will teach about 25 hours a week. No placements available in summer time (June July).
Travel to work: about 20-25 minutes walking.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in a dormitory with rooms shared with other volunteers. Living conditions will be Vietnamese standard with separate bathroom, single bed with mattress.
Food will be provided at accommodation. Meals will be mostly local food, which vary from the daily cooking schedule. Volunteers, especially those who are vegetarian may be required to do some cooking by themselves.
📍 About the location
The school is located in a busy and convenient area with a lot of coffee shops, street restaurants and convenient stores.
ℹ️ Additional information
The program fee is 400USD for the first 2 weeks and 100USD for each week after. This is to cover pick-up, orientation, food and accommodation, transportation to work as well as regular support from VPV team.