📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Deriving from the fact that Vietnamese students often have a long summer vacation and the need of improving language ability is obvious, the project VPV Community Class was first kicked off since 2011 and now has become an annual voluntary teaching project held by VPV with a good reputation in the Vietnamese youth community.
Main Aims and Activities
This project offers 2 -3 months English/French courses for the Vietnamese young people with the aim to create an English/French speaking environment to foster their language abilities as well as enhance cultural exchange among the young.
There are 2 different types of students: primary students (8-11 years old) and university/college students (18-23) who do not have so many chances to approach foreign language environments (English/French) and most of them have financial difficulties to afford language classes.
The project will adopt student-centered and task-based approaches to learning English, which aim to let participants express their opinions and to encourage more interaction between international volunteers and Vietnamese participants.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers are expected to be the facilitators in the classes with Vietnamese volunteers. The possible tasks of the volunteers may include:
Prepare the plan for the interactive activities such as debate, Forum Theater, etc. with Vietnamese volunteers.
Facilitate those activities in groups to encourage the participants to speak up.
Hold and join extra activities such as field trip, watching movies, etc. for the participants.
*Note: Volunteers will receive training about facilitation before starting the project.
The project starts from June 10th to August 10th, 2019.
Each class lasts for 2 hours and a half. Working time will be from 8.00 am to 5:30 pm but changeable, depending on the schedule for 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: Classes take place at a nearby primary school or other locations which are in walking distance.
Important notice: volunteers can participate during the whole project (9 weeks) or for a minimum duration of 2 weeks (starting from a Monday).
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in a dormitory with rooms shared with other volunteers. Living conditions will be Vietnamese standard with shared bathroom, shared room with bunk-beds. Mattress, blanket, pillow and mosquito net are provided.
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, depending on the location of the work, volunteers can go back to volunteer house for lunch or eat out.
📍 About the location
Address: classes take place at a nearby primary school or other locations not so far from VPV house.