📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Hanoi University of Industry (HUI) is located to the North West of Hanoi. Its mission is to provide students with education and training on many fields, levels and high quality science. With the hope to create opportunities for students to improve their English skills, the university sets up different curricula for both English-majored and non-English-majored ones.
Main Aims and Activities
The fact is that lots of students can not communicate well in English, even though they have spent 6-7 years learning it at school. Their motivation of learning English might be to pass regular tests or examinations; meanwhile they can barely use it in a real conversation. Regconizing this fact, the university arranges the constant courses named “Conversation Class” to help students on one hand know how to use English naturally, on the other hand be confident on their speaking skill. Each course starts and maintains upon the timetable of international volunteers. The number of classes depends on the quantity of students who register to join. There are around from 15 to 25 students per class.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers are expected to be the main teachers in the classes with the support of Vietnamese teaching assistants. The possible tasks of the volunteers may include (upon volunteer’s request):
• Prepare lesson plans with teaching assistants
• Teach the students
• Organize and participate in side activities for students
Working time will be from 8.00 am to 4:30 pm but it is changeable, depending on the schedule of specific classes. Volunteers work maximum 30 hours per week including in-class activities, weekly meetings with the team and other outdoor/extra activities.
Travel to work: about 50 minutes by local buses.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in a dormitory with rooms shared with other volunteers. Sometimes project stay may be arranged. 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. During working-days food is provided by the host placement.
📍 About the location
The university is about 10km from the city center.
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers should pay a program fee of 400USD for the first 2 weeks and 100USD for each week after. This is to cover airport pick-up, orientation, food and accommodation, transportation to work as well as regular support from VPV team.