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My thoughts about working at CED after 7 months - Sina Gehrke

<span style="text-align: justify;">Earlier this day Thanh, one of the staff members at the Center for Education and Development, asked me to write another blog entry about my thoughts. Thus I sat down and really thought about what I could tell you within this entry.</span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/pxnAn93xCP1M95D9nU2XjTejE0NNCNbtQ1Txg2_c9hdvHM3uqexv9B5DlnyTh1JuqFTjsX0TQASSsPEprWiGYMBDFGKydvSezNyfuSe7u6AlAd6oNrLADMJrPDQfs7M8naK7k28vQTLUobHt3faflqcDtoBLE0IIXhx7587UIyN81bC4uZ5yV8CRWqWaVLAkIcnVwXM6pdePbCPOIdWKlbWWdvwAcMSuzteoUYwL53Aeu9G4v76PwRI0YmvAIO51prVV6Xn8i5S0PVsEI58JYHL0ApDy2KFMT3XNqOElRpeAhOC0X52VMknafzRf5dLzuwSSWYpcsoZNU5byh574Xz7qNEzmRBWbKYb-gdk4op1gvN9u3U4w3MetaFPzOgFQD3jr0KFhsai_G3eNMJYuyF66NdwZmp6TGUCmrxti7czzC12W3seVCUctPK8ShhF470NVVfg64lnHpUIVcAE5axpAs4Hw3t-5Co4KF47lwXYKfrws4MNg1E_QLBj7J1A_86oZKJ3FG0LcQBLntGDqgHadQ0rBq0ZJlE06H81Vj6uGswrG1lqPpTTIGow9Mb1SuPC3NWcb21W_ZFEh769n_7ZXfLUtbNmMNoVsml6Yw_A4Q_h0LoJgNtiYPMQOcmFwKmmdfeVE_DY5PQDO6PkkTphLEN0dw3g=w1454-h969-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="1454" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/pxnAn93xCP1M95D9nU2XjTejE0NNCNbtQ1Txg2_c9hdvHM3uqexv9B5DlnyTh1JuqFTjsX0TQASSsPEprWiGYMBDFGKydvSezNyfuSe7u6AlAd6oNrLADMJrPDQfs7M8naK7k28vQTLUobHt3faflqcDtoBLE0IIXhx7587UIyN81bC4uZ5yV8CRWqWaVLAkIcnVwXM6pdePbCPOIdWKlbWWdvwAcMSuzteoUYwL53Aeu9G4v76PwRI0YmvAIO51prVV6Xn8i5S0PVsEI58JYHL0ApDy2KFMT3XNqOElRpeAhOC0X52VMknafzRf5dLzuwSSWYpcsoZNU5byh574Xz7qNEzmRBWbKYb-gdk4op1gvN9u3U4w3MetaFPzOgFQD3jr0KFhsai_G3eNMJYuyF66NdwZmp6TGUCmrxti7czzC12W3seVCUctPK8ShhF470NVVfg64lnHpUIVcAE5axpAs4Hw3t-5Co4KF47lwXYKfrws4MNg1E_QLBj7J1A_86oZKJ3FG0LcQBLntGDqgHadQ0rBq0ZJlE06H81Vj6uGswrG1lqPpTTIGow9Mb1SuPC3NWcb21W_ZFEh769n_7ZXfLUtbNmMNoVsml6Yw_A4Q_h0LoJgNtiYPMQOcmFwKmmdfeVE_DY5PQDO6PkkTphLEN0dw3g=w1454-h969-no" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> If someone would have asked me a while ago, maybe I wouldn’t have had too much to say and maybe there also would have been a critical undertone in my words. But from today’s view on things I see it a bit differently. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> It took me a while to see how much work the people here are putting into this organization and how great it actually is that I can help them with whatever they need help with. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> I did not completely understand the range and influence CED actually has and how grateful those people are who get scholarships or get to work with this organization. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> In the beginning the only thing that I saw was, how less I could actually help and how frustrated I got over time. I came here thinking that I would immediately get a bunch of tasks I could finish easily in a short amount of time. I just did not want to see the truth; some tasks were quite hard for me to do, especially because I just graduated from high school and don’t have any knowledge whatsoever about the more advanced tasks here. So, clearly, in the beginning there wasn’t much that I could help with except for some text corrections and basic research. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> With time I received more complex tasks that I had to deal with over a longer time period and while reading through a lot of stuff and reading more about projects that CED works on/ with I slowly understood how big CED actually is and how much influence they have in Vietnam. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> After hours and hours of doing research on things I have never heard about I started not only gaining knowledge about all those things but also about the organization itself and how my research was actually helpful for them. I understood that it saves so much time for the staff members if I did research and sent them my results instead of them reading through it for hours. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> Sure, there are still tasks that I cannot do, but I could always try to work on them and if I fail the staff members would never pressure me but instead they would give these more advanced tasks to older and more experienced volunteers. In the beginning this bothered me a bit because sometimes there was just nothing to do for me- in hindsight it is really nice of them to give me the time I need to cope with tasks like that. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> Just to give you an overview about some of my tasks, so that you can understand what I actually do here, I would like to name some of my latest tasks: I recently did a lot of research about the illegal timber business in Vietnam and Cambodia and how the EU now wants to stop this together with Vietnam by designing a contract where only certified timber can be sold to other countries. I did not even know there was actually an illegal timber market and how much it affects the forests in Cambodia, but I found it highly interesting to read about this and to compile information so that CED could use it for a proposal. I also did research about school safety and children’s safety in Vietnam generally. I had to read a lot of bad stuff about how many Vietnamese children still get abused, not only physically but also mentally. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> I also read a lot about the Photo voice method, where people get to express a concern they have about something throughout pictures and I worked on a presentation that teachers could use in schools to implement this method in their classrooms. Lastly, I had to do some research about the programs One Drive and SharePoint so that we could have a presentation about it for the CED staff members and, finally, can use it to safe all our files and to share documents online in an easier way than before. Right now we are working on setting these programs up. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> I hope you could gain insight in the general tasks that I work on daily. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> What I meant to say within this article is, that it sometimes takes time to see the progress that we make and that nothing just happens because we want it to. You have to keep going and give it time. Then, after a while, you will finally see that your work and patience paid off. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> For the remaining 4 months that I get to work here I hope that I will be able to handle more complex tasks and to observe the progress that I made and still make in this project. <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <i><b>Sina Gehrke -  A </b></i><span style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>German volunteer</i></b></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

My thoughts about working at CED after 7 months - Sina Gehrke

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First impressions of Hanoi and CED

<span style="color: red;">September, 18, 2018</span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">3 weeks ago I arrived in Hanoi. The first impression I had of Vietnam was definitely relating to the weather. I felt as though being in a tropical house. My thoughts were going crazy in that moment (“how on earth should I survive here for one year if the weather was always that hot”, but luckily someone told me that it would get colder in a few months). <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On my first days, I had kind of an arrival-camp that helped me to deal with the cultural shock. Slowly, really slowly, I got used to the temperatures. I got used to the tons of rice that I already ate and which I will have to eat in the future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then I experienced the first rain here in Hanoi. It was so good! It cooled down the whole city (ok maybe just a little bit) and was just so refreshing. Back then, when I was still at home, I thought that it would rain all day in the rain season of Vietnam, but nothing like that actually happened until now. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A few minutes after the rain had stopped, the sun suddenly came out again and normally I would really appreciate the sun but here it is excessively hot. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Now that 3 weeks have passed by I experienced many sunny days and it was always way too hot, not warm but really hot. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">However, let’s skip back to the time I started working at my new workplace for the next year, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">C</b>enter for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">E</b>ducation and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">D</b>evelopment. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I went out of the house, way too early by the way because I didn’t wanted to come late on my first day, to head to the bus station. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I was more than happy when I got out of the bus in the right place and with all parts of my body being safe. I’m just kidding but the buses here still give me palpitations because everything is so bustling.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Ant6BMoZbk/W58iAsZTP0I/AAAAAAAABi8/ypv_yGigDKA5XrMCNezLnH1S9W_LZNC1ACLcBGAs/s1600/bus_ROHA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="450" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Ant6BMoZbk/W58iAsZTP0I/AAAAAAAABi8/ypv_yGigDKA5XrMCNezLnH1S9W_LZNC1ACLcBGAs/s320/bus_ROHA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/congestion-makes-hanoi-buses-unpopular-choice-61509.html)</span></div> <o:p></o:p><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When I arrived at the office, I started with my first tasks including that I had to introduce myself to the staff. Then I edited a whole bunch of texts that were translated word-by-word from Vietnamese to English by the staff members. Sometimes this was quiet challenging but I could always ask for help. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In the lunch breaks here we nearly always go downstairs to get some food at a nearby Vietnamese restaurant (they have the best spring rolls there, I promise!). I generally like spring rolls as well as rice with any kind of sauce (even tried the famous fish sauce). The only thing I rarely eat here is meat, because it is so different from what I am used to at my home country. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LZtKFt_gCLs/W58kEFX9laI/AAAAAAAABjI/pC-UsQlHgakM4GWWh6bh_UxLGFO7qiBeACLcBGAs/s1600/kotocooking3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="550" height="239" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LZtKFt_gCLs/W58kEFX9laI/AAAAAAAABjI/pC-UsQlHgakM4GWWh6bh_UxLGFO7qiBeACLcBGAs/s320/kotocooking3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(http://www.easytours24h.com/vietnam-tours/cooking-class-tours/koto-cooking-class-tour.html)</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After the lunch breaks there are three more hours of work left for me (which I think is quite a long time but when I asked Thanh, one of the staff members, he told me that he always works until 6pm or even longer and that kind of shocked me so I will never complain), so one of the CED staff members asked me to do a research about public spaces and playgrounds in Hanoi and it was really interesting because I found only a small amount of playgrounds in this whole area. Some of them were no longer useable. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">These are things that would normally never occur to my mind but now that I think about it, I really have to say that this is an issue. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My last task in these two weeks of working at the CED was to have a look at the DQ World program, which has been created for children to make sure that they use the internet the right way. I really wished we had something like that in my home country back then because today everyone uses the internet but too many just don’t know what consequences it can have if you don’t use it safely. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T_rbjNnJaVw/W58kz-TKbII/AAAAAAAABjQ/xTwoTvkFLvQ_ypYVwaBQf9nlWAz_socSwCLcBGAs/s1600/curriculum.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="366" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T_rbjNnJaVw/W58kz-TKbII/AAAAAAAABjQ/xTwoTvkFLvQ_ypYVwaBQf9nlWAz_socSwCLcBGAs/s320/curriculum.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(https://www.dqworld.net/#!/landing/whatisdqworld)</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">According to this, I am really looking forward to the next weeks, when I have to go to some local schools to show them the program and help them with it. This is one of the things I really like about CED; they really care about the students and their future. They even have collaborations to give out scholarships for disadvantaged students at universities who cannot afford their study course.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My conclusion is that I really look forward to the next upcoming months here in Hanoi and, of course, at the Center for Education and Development.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <br />

First impressions of Hanoi and CED

September, 18, 2018 3 weeks ago I arrived in Hanoi. The first impression I had of Vietnam was definitely relating to the weather. I felt ...

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A Merali Girl: “Never Gonna Live Like A Minute”

<div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On July 14th 2017</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hong Nguyen</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The road that goes to Yen Son village Ba Vi district is narrow, long and steep road. This land where the Dao ethnic minority  group living, has hill, green majestic mountains. There are huge and close clouds which make me feel like I could touch by hands. All the things embracing and protecting the Dao people (a ethnic minority in Vietnam). There are no noisy, no high-rise buildings, no cars as loud as in Ha Noi. Everything is quiet but not sad, people are hospitality, sicere and have gentle smiles. Their language is not words of greetings but beautiful smiles. I like the feeling of relief and peace. The most thing I remembered was radient smile and bright eyes of the children. Finish 5 days in Yen Son, I have undescribable emotions. There are things we must really experience to see the greatness of it. On the other hands, there are small things but we never forget…</div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8XwmJg4F44E/WpOu8mcD1hI/AAAAAAAABVw/9ZrctUiHUHMlyuFYYPf025_-CecUbeyjQCLcBGAs/s1600/19748343_1428247757264193_544022833527885845_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="212" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8XwmJg4F44E/WpOu8mcD1hI/AAAAAAAABVw/9ZrctUiHUHMlyuFYYPf025_-CecUbeyjQCLcBGAs/s320/19748343_1428247757264193_544022833527885845_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Nguyen Thi Hong is on the left (blue shirt) encouraging the children to talk about the discussion on the first day</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Yen Son was strange inside me at first day. It was warm greetings from Mr Nghia; Tinh, Giap seemed to be confused. We felt a little nervous about the strange look and the embarrassed smile on the children’s faces. But we quickly became more comfortable after some games, chasing words, some three stories, soccer, some fists. We excited, laughed,</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> They excited, laughed about each other in the game, did not hesitate to disclose and talked about each other. On this occassion, Yen Son had sisters, brothers and Dao ethnic children. There are also large pavilions, with a special feast of vegetables that can not be tasted twice. An invisible wall was initially broken quickly after a warm smile, friendly fists, small warmed stories about wild sunflowers, traditional medicine of indigenous peoples</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On the second day, we began with cleaning up the cultural area together, sweeping the yard, making weeds and finding recycling supplies for the afternoon activities, work that sounds simple but we have had great time to work together. Each drop of sweat can not remove the bright smile on their lips. A long day with a series of games with painting activities in the afternoon, but what they do more than what we expected, small hands drawn quickly each house, each boat, the buffalo, everything is extremely lively and creative. We had about two days to practice art performance. We divided into three groups and operated independently to perfrom. I were with a friend in charge of the 1st group. Perhaps we were lucky to be incharge of a group which naughty but adored us. We often had to shout the children, but seeing me fell down, all the kids ran out to ask me to make me feel very warm. Actually they are not naughty, just stubborn to get more attention. That day we danced a pretty exciting song. Rhythm swing, they learn very fast, only 1 evening had to hold the long post. A long day, although we were tired, but nothing could prevent the enthusiasm of the efforts of all 10 people.</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On the third day, the morning still began with the cleanup, we were fun because we educated children with awareness of public sanitation. By activities and lectures on life around us,, we teach them to feel life through the five senses that are hard to center on. Today they have heard a day full of interesting and useful things. We seem to know each other better, we shared more, the children were no longer afraid to tell me some stories in class, at home, about friends, and gossip me if anyone bully them. And of course I became a god of justice with boys. Therefore all of them are very obedient and not too stubborn. Such lovely children, I always smile when remembering them.</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On the forth day, also the most meaningful activity day. We got support from local people to make drawings to introducing medicinal leaves to the children so they can understand the culture here. Some stories about getting out of poverty with medicinal plants, thanks to the new medicine which let we know their life is very respectable. In the afternoon, we started with recycling: pigs, watches and racing cars. Every hand is dirty but not afraid to try to complete our work.</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> My team did not win any part in the race to reward. The children looked very sad but life is not always perfect and it was also a small race, a lesson of solidarity when the group did not work well. In the evening, we organized arts activities, many local people came to watch, as the children were dressed up beautifully.</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> We were not shy anymore, we were dancing together in the music, extremely fun. The most memorable memory for me was the camp fire activity and the villagers goodbye.</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The fire burned brightly, we were holding hands and running around the fire. Under the rain, we were singing the victory song. I have never lived like this for a moment, to be laughed, to be happy, to be companion. I do not know what your feelings are but to me that night was so perfect and wonderful. We were together weaving a part of youth. Look forward to coming back here with such wonderful days.</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Yen Son- See you another day.</div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NbEQZe_WmEQ/WpOvUBqxYDI/AAAAAAAABV0/NdPg3DJF6O00B5rb6n-3p3VOHsrTFf57gCLcBGAs/s1600/19748343_1430586230363679_7614665602182238355_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="426" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NbEQZe_WmEQ/WpOvUBqxYDI/AAAAAAAABV0/NdPg3DJF6O00B5rb6n-3p3VOHsrTFf57gCLcBGAs/s640/19748343_1430586230363679_7614665602182238355_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hong, other friends and the local children made a campfire</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ———————————————</div> </div> <div style="background-color: #efefef; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Nguyen Thi Hong (a sophomore majoring in Construction at the National University of Civil Engineering) is one of 40 students who received the Merali scholarship. Hong and 6 other girls joined the 5-day volunteer program in Yen Son village, Ba Vi Commune, Ba Vi District, Hanoi from 1-5 / 7. The event is part of a series of activities within the Merali Scholarship program to build the skills and confidence of the scholars.</div> </div>

A Merali Girl: “Never Gonna Live Like A Minute”

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GNHD Experience

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Dang Vu Minh – 10N2 Nguyen Tat Thanh high school, Hanoi, Vietnam </b></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Vietnamese students do not have opportunities to do research and learn many skills at schools. Students are confined in the classroom to learn from textbooks and take frequent exams during the year. So participating in GNHD gives me tremendous experiences and it opens a whole new world for me and I have learnt a lot and gain a lot of skills through this experience. This is the first time I know how to conduct a research, interviewing people, work as a team, write a report and prepare an exhibit. Normally, we do not have any opportunities to conduct any research during our study at school and so we were both busy with our homework and our final exams in late May at our schools, we did not have much time for our research until June. We have gone through great experience with full up and down moments which we will never forget. When we were preparing for the competition, we felt a bit stressed when we conduct literature review as there was little information available on the internet and at library. Collecting information, translating it into English and writing annotations is sometime daunting. However, going on field trips and interviewing people to collect our own data for our own research is actually exciting. We were inspired by conservationists and NGO staff that we met during our research. We were a bit nervous when we were getting very close to the competition but still have so much works to do. We were a bit nervous in the judging day and anxious while waiting for the result. Finally, our efforts have been paid off. We received our first ever gold medal and that moment was unable to describe. I’ve learned a lot through this competition and like the organizers kept reminding us: “Everybody is the winner”. We were very impressed with the work and exhibits from other teams from Hawaii, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand... And we have learned a lot from them our peers from their scientific methods to creative ways of presenting their work through their exhibits and presentations.</div> <br /> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZgQabqFCWTQ/Wc6gLbFeApI/AAAAAAAAAN4/IhCasreB1MUVqOMn6SFItwtZFU_qiwfgACLcBGAs/s1600/GNHD%2BExperience%2B01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNHD Experience" border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="637" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZgQabqFCWTQ/Wc6gLbFeApI/AAAAAAAAAN4/IhCasreB1MUVqOMn6SFItwtZFU_qiwfgACLcBGAs/s1600/GNHD%2BExperience%2B01.jpg" title="GNHD Experience" /></a><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I would like to thank GNHD team for allowing me to participate in this special and wonderful opportunity. We have made a lot of new friends from many countries. We have had a great time of learning from each other, sharing our culture, playing together, and enjoy all of great moments in Shanghai. From bottom of my heart, I would like to thank Mr. Behring for your generous support for GNHD and for our participation. I am inspired by your work, philanthropy, and donations around the world for education and conservation. You have made this world become a better place for everyone, especially for young kids like me. I cannot thank you enough. I feel a lot more responsible to protect our environment and preserve the wildlife after participating GNHD. I hope I and many other Vietnamese students will have chance to continue to participate in GNHD in the future. </div> <br /> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-naFzhwWdDog/Wc6gLUiH9cI/AAAAAAAAAN0/yozrYeYLiKo80H-2J_X5bIvnahmnR7CigCLcBGAs/s1600/GNHD%2BExperience%2B02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNHD Experience" border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="631" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-naFzhwWdDog/Wc6gLUiH9cI/AAAAAAAAAN0/yozrYeYLiKo80H-2J_X5bIvnahmnR7CigCLcBGAs/s1600/GNHD%2BExperience%2B02.jpg" title="GNHD Experience" /></a>

GNHD Experience

Dang Vu Minh – 10N2 Nguyen Tat Thanh high school, Hanoi, Vietnam  Vietnamese students do not have opportunities to do research and lea...

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CED field trip series: A trip to Fine Arts Museum

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> CED field trip series: A trip to Fine Arts Museum (66 Nguyễn Thái Học, Điện Biên, Ba Đình, Hà Nội) written by Soyeon Kim.</div> <br /> CED aims to develop and provide exciting field trips for local schools. We fervently believe that an efficient way of learning cannot be achieved without interactive, motivational and enjoyable activities that derives self-engagement and inspiration. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/bKUMEe2lsG3v5KehJj5fhISc-UeYve8TS_2SkGiJUIKUWX-6T35Paknhsu5aDwVRIc0iF4hwX2W7cKzPGbf36r9wQwm-ykWaKsjA0bdgE1Ri7ADkEdlyeFVuoKUYMEcvM2t1mxA=w278-h184-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/bKUMEe2lsG3v5KehJj5fhISc-UeYve8TS_2SkGiJUIKUWX-6T35Paknhsu5aDwVRIc0iF4hwX2W7cKzPGbf36r9wQwm-ykWaKsjA0bdgE1Ri7ADkEdlyeFVuoKUYMEcvM2t1mxA=w278-h184-no" /></a></div> <br /> On November 25th 2016, I visited the <b>Hanoi Fine Arts Museum</b> with some of the CED staffs and 8th grader students from <b>Trường THCS</b> và <b>THPT Thực Nghiệm school</b>. Our trip was organised as a taster to make improvements in the other trips and events which will be held in advance. I attended both the morning (8A class) and the afternoon (8B class) programme - each classes divided into two groups to cut down the number of students.<br /> <br /> At half past eight in the morning, all the staffs and the students gathered in the school, then headed to the museum by bus. It was not easy to get closer to the students as they seem to be too shy and nervous to talk to me. However thanks to the class tutor (she was an English teacher), who kindly introduced me to the class as a Korean volunteer, the students opened themselves up with a barrage of questions. Later, I noticed that the behavior of the students and the atmosphere of the class very much depend on the instructor/teacher.<br /> <br /> The museum has two exhibition platforms that are linked together, three floors on each building. Our tour was done starting from the first floor (the Ancient Art) to the second (Modern artwork collections). Though I had a problem understanding the meanings and the backgrounds of the displayed works due to the lacking English translations, the students were given full, informative commentaries of the works via instructor.<br /> <br /> In the Ancient artworks section, we have seen simplistic cave pictorials that convey totemism, then moved on to the Buddhist Art- which the religion itself is a widespread philosophy that runs through the heart of the country. <br /> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/r5JlvJWCHxVrakpR26rLOqHWx_SRamkXVsG8aJq0GoDeEt6J8riojn24M5jqs5GohwCW9Obc6mZapRHu1XZ51llnYU2KRslmofcPmHj5xqGj-HE-sB4JCX8-CNycqyr3y1uNCOU=w322-h215-no" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/r5JlvJWCHxVrakpR26rLOqHWx_SRamkXVsG8aJq0GoDeEt6J8riojn24M5jqs5GohwCW9Obc6mZapRHu1XZ51llnYU2KRslmofcPmHj5xqGj-HE-sB4JCX8-CNycqyr3y1uNCOU=w322-h215-no" /></a><br /> ← A student is carefully examining the displayed relics in the ‘Ancient art’ section.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A bronze sculpture of Buddha- interestingly, it has multiple pairs of arms with different postures. →<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/VFWzurdNsAYhh8WvBkdlV_Q6QnLdAfEuCj6SflaDcKdoA1UXS5JIm6f2fhrU78-lFWcYVK0l12GtBpGziJs1lrVFj6WJK2OPMImtYU08MOPi3zn3LvU0V9nN7UuPQt5lhSFvlxY=w259-h346-no" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/VFWzurdNsAYhh8WvBkdlV_Q6QnLdAfEuCj6SflaDcKdoA1UXS5JIm6f2fhrU78-lFWcYVK0l12GtBpGziJs1lrVFj6WJK2OPMImtYU08MOPi3zn3LvU0V9nN7UuPQt5lhSFvlxY=w259-h346-no" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ↓ Students amused by the breath-taking fondness of the sculpture<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/UfvyDcg1CVWSmSfYSkQdLCTvMd2a3EHdP-K4qfu4AUkDc-kHf-jhzYAZkxCFrpUit817BXFmg6AiNXLL-x-tduQQIGwnbx9gtS76ESWrN_DoQPnVFP4jDr0MSuAKbwh5B57xgeM=w602-h401-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/UfvyDcg1CVWSmSfYSkQdLCTvMd2a3EHdP-K4qfu4AUkDc-kHf-jhzYAZkxCFrpUit817BXFmg6AiNXLL-x-tduQQIGwnbx9gtS76ESWrN_DoQPnVFP4jDr0MSuAKbwh5B57xgeM=w602-h401-no" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> In Modern Fine Arts section, there were vast variety of collections on display with decent quality - landscapes, watercolor paintings, printings, oil paintings, stencils and so on. The works were mainly related to the ‘Vietnam war’ , and this existed as a fundamental theme of the paintings and sculptures. The artists had their own way of expressing the war - some painted their piece in the most gruesome and grotesque way, the others were somewhat in a bright atmosphere, showing optimism. Of course, every single artworks were exquisitely elaborated. Although I had a limited understanding of Vietnamese war, the artworks brought affinity by sharing Vietnam’s a traumatic reminiscence and agony from the war. <br /> <br /> Among them, my favorite was <Em Thuy > by Trang Van Can.With every touch of its brushmarks full of elegance, I would call it one of the best masterpieces I had seen from my past visits to art exhibitions regardless that of the East and the West. <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/S7HPhxsCvCQ3f0vHluQd-JyuCO7RUpN6dO-nm5hk0OZjss5WU2Ng_y8okbYxRyvEs0K_Cjl2U_jMW_NqekNa7qHw3fv213yOVRXpSIoCIWiyFcCj1_s2-HC38wuQRW4znw4AS3E=w352-h386-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/S7HPhxsCvCQ3f0vHluQd-JyuCO7RUpN6dO-nm5hk0OZjss5WU2Ng_y8okbYxRyvEs0K_Cjl2U_jMW_NqekNa7qHw3fv213yOVRXpSIoCIWiyFcCj1_s2-HC38wuQRW4znw4AS3E=w352-h386-no" width="291" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><Em Thuy (Little Thuy),1943></td></tr> </tbody></table> Em Thuy is a holistic portrait of an eight year old girl sitting on a chair, hands folded in her lap, dressed in a simple white clothing. She has short hair and an innocent face, with eyes widened under the light. As the title indicates, the name of the girl in the painting is Thuy, a neice of painter Tran Van Can. The work is praised for its aesthetic delicacy, and even designated as a national treasure that of Vietnam.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/RwdpXK_i3I7MUnQaOnpwsfIHHkWtr708xorpmqqyv2nyy459YDEPACioyUn110QLB-ZgIY2ywBFsOczMF2CrVsbOzvduATaUxw5fs89lbCK_yOwx0xZ2KffmoHyssJsiaDZn_g0=w602-h401-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/RwdpXK_i3I7MUnQaOnpwsfIHHkWtr708xorpmqqyv2nyy459YDEPACioyUn110QLB-ZgIY2ywBFsOczMF2CrVsbOzvduATaUxw5fs89lbCK_yOwx0xZ2KffmoHyssJsiaDZn_g0=w602-h401-no" /></a></div> <br /> ↑ Having a short break on a bench<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/JvDCCU6gDeOuTG4EC9G7PZ4zJd-631wg0KCTp-rgWPWIv4SjclrW1ZAOtNnltnTsDEjoKLSAMxb9VYpPKh-zhy49YvvbIeGQZzdSWWam44ALqVaMDZa1ARBdUetms9QcW9x-NVs=w602-h401-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/JvDCCU6gDeOuTG4EC9G7PZ4zJd-631wg0KCTp-rgWPWIv4SjclrW1ZAOtNnltnTsDEjoKLSAMxb9VYpPKh-zhy49YvvbIeGQZzdSWWam44ALqVaMDZa1ARBdUetms9QcW9x-NVs=w602-h401-no" /></a></div> <br /> ↑ The instructor is giving an explanation of the antique pattern on a circular object.The pupils seemed to be more engaged when they hear a behind story (either historical or personal) of an artwork, than simply describing what is seen.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/tXtNMqa-N3CeC8b9odXRP3vmSUjcrsZQFuGoOfMrFRWTBH0wW2ys3tvHVBNpknasPSj32TX30e9JApIhphRTLvnvX-72ZBpKNHMSQclo7e0984gI0PiWW3L_Fs3QQtA9xygJbV4=w353-h235-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/tXtNMqa-N3CeC8b9odXRP3vmSUjcrsZQFuGoOfMrFRWTBH0wW2ys3tvHVBNpknasPSj32TX30e9JApIhphRTLvnvX-72ZBpKNHMSQclo7e0984gI0PiWW3L_Fs3QQtA9xygJbV4=w353-h235-no" /></a></div> <br /> ↕Students imitating the statue; it is their way of drawing enthusiasm from the museum tour in an interactive way. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/3IvZczU0Tof-3nNKLVmA7FKb_aRrnFNo4fwcHtvInCloE-aVcyIBOpEmgFp63IOpN6F_EdkMgbc8XiMCuByAB4P0iCcPG3bunWYwMXps0A9Mu29fiLDHUcPetao56umVyC2sZ3E=w351-h233-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/3IvZczU0Tof-3nNKLVmA7FKb_aRrnFNo4fwcHtvInCloE-aVcyIBOpEmgFp63IOpN6F_EdkMgbc8XiMCuByAB4P0iCcPG3bunWYwMXps0A9Mu29fiLDHUcPetao56umVyC2sZ3E=w351-h233-no" /></a></div> <br /> The tour took about an hour and a half, and as time passed, the students did not seem to be fully engaged to the tour. Some students have shown very unsettling behavior, and that is, not showing enough concentration to the instructor and very few of them were on facebook or played games with their mobile devices.<br /> <br /> In my point of view, the main reason might have been that it’s more of a one-way learning, so when organizing the future project, an addition of thought-provoking and interactive elements could prevent students from losing attention. A good example of this is a mission-run trip, (completing a mission and winning a prize in the end). Moreover, I think it is crucial to relate the trip with their current syllabus to offer a comprehensive learning- from reading textbooks to understanding thoroughly with senses. Then, to wrap up their memories, they could possibly come up with beautiful presentations to share their experiences and thoughts. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/sCwX65OMxvBBKuLECYUZh0CGZ2hly6hf6GVBOznUh_EC23tpnOt5dEUPMbHIqkN4yWNuTmgLFGkAi8Vx8FF2s_En3qGkfM0EyDkJSrj1Qt88tvJTwROP0YYPSOMy5tnjrvfNAGc=w439-h293-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/sCwX65OMxvBBKuLECYUZh0CGZ2hly6hf6GVBOznUh_EC23tpnOt5dEUPMbHIqkN4yWNuTmgLFGkAi8Vx8FF2s_En3qGkfM0EyDkJSrj1Qt88tvJTwROP0YYPSOMy5tnjrvfNAGc=w439-h293-no" /></a></div> <br /> After the tour, we gave out survey sheets for feedbacks which will be very useful when planning our next trip. <br /> <br /> I think the best part of CED’s trip was an active communication between the students and international/local volunteers, providing an opportunity to use English and exchange viewpoints toward the exhibition. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did and hopefully there will be changes in terms of the contents and management.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/ftsy2-lBc36nNWKdsTBMsKd8_-esWEOtvlqSIrvc1YjOhYzLqXenaZFOQD0uP2t4DAlYQdsetCXgs6uu9hwIAJ03fz0Oz7ukPbG8W3nsncRzoWCNQpoyiSS5QjiH9SXamhjJgYo=w326-h448-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/ftsy2-lBc36nNWKdsTBMsKd8_-esWEOtvlqSIrvc1YjOhYzLqXenaZFOQD0uP2t4DAlYQdsetCXgs6uu9hwIAJ03fz0Oz7ukPbG8W3nsncRzoWCNQpoyiSS5QjiH9SXamhjJgYo=w326-h448-no" /></a></div> <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <i>It was one of the most valuable moments I had in Vietnam, although the trip only went on for a couple of hours. I really enjoyed not only meeting new people - both students and the staffs, but also visiting the most stunning art museum in Vietnam. Thank you for offering me to join such an amazing trip CED! </i></blockquote> <br /> <br /> <i>Written, photographed and edited by</i> - <b>Soyeon Kim</b> (international volunteer)<br /> <br />

CED field trip series: A trip to Fine Arts Museum

CED field trip series: A trip to Fine Arts Museum (66 Nguyễn Thái Học, Điện Biên, Ba Đình, Hà Nội) written by Soyeon Kim. CED aims to dev...

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English lessons at the summer camp at Thực Nghiệm School

English lessons at the summer camp at Thực Nghiệm School. The summer camp was held from the 20th to the 24th at Thuc Nghiem School where students from around Hanoi participated. At the camp, I was teaching English for about one hour a day, therefore, the English classes and the instructions for them were the main parts I got to be involved in during the camp which was a lot of fun with all of the kids!<br /> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I mainly taught the older students at the camp, which was really fun. For the teaching, I mainly focused on having the students speak in English and having conversations with each other while doing activities and playing games. The students were very enthusiastic to learn through games and mainly benefitted in terms of becoming more comfortable in speaking English.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/RRHx4gamwP5DVo42RoX4BiJKso9kC7BEbOV4Q_hpOBNWZ0UGOpNL5Q9nOk2NwDDgTfDVTkovD_sbhcYJFPTgoGqtsMw8dLMSIeuJFbubRs51CHl9uYjOXyuJlK6MviI4-rGnH9qe0ty6Ijg7wNpCOPuNKE7Gfxlj4u3oBKxo_4Vw0GZlKBT4XjOm0KVmHDGAQluNsioIArkD1LFWFvrDzZGUmNzw1DCMbKWcZ_5rXszAz_L0eye5CSoC4j1Sz6YP33D8z-y8hbLMY4iR6IvhezHOKaGGSNBYW_ENvoSSAJhp2nka1iG4eQ-pcJyk3Ynn05k_MO2-X3zZphzDrcP6VUHWUH6DX6Uy4Gs2y6ix-80JihjhH0KSGyFgj2V_r2ESLu4ikHxJkKx-FQjaMMvtjmtJgp5GWfMVy-_e0jkRSWIRJ_x0-o6Sf0be4cz1u8iRoKLeDwfuwg91OuJrrzmCntoX68aGWV141ebUHSFPE8sVLx4DZZaDNAFRJqDRMzGwMozCmt_QoPTKfjBq5046omEfEGgy5hoRPvZ2Ao29i44xXqEe1RQ5KSXHzjCe_CisUDy6_BPaQxXZW3jA-znkmKaP22zROIqm=w555-h381-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/RRHx4gamwP5DVo42RoX4BiJKso9kC7BEbOV4Q_hpOBNWZ0UGOpNL5Q9nOk2NwDDgTfDVTkovD_sbhcYJFPTgoGqtsMw8dLMSIeuJFbubRs51CHl9uYjOXyuJlK6MviI4-rGnH9qe0ty6Ijg7wNpCOPuNKE7Gfxlj4u3oBKxo_4Vw0GZlKBT4XjOm0KVmHDGAQluNsioIArkD1LFWFvrDzZGUmNzw1DCMbKWcZ_5rXszAz_L0eye5CSoC4j1Sz6YP33D8z-y8hbLMY4iR6IvhezHOKaGGSNBYW_ENvoSSAJhp2nka1iG4eQ-pcJyk3Ynn05k_MO2-X3zZphzDrcP6VUHWUH6DX6Uy4Gs2y6ix-80JihjhH0KSGyFgj2V_r2ESLu4ikHxJkKx-FQjaMMvtjmtJgp5GWfMVy-_e0jkRSWIRJ_x0-o6Sf0be4cz1u8iRoKLeDwfuwg91OuJrrzmCntoX68aGWV141ebUHSFPE8sVLx4DZZaDNAFRJqDRMzGwMozCmt_QoPTKfjBq5046omEfEGgy5hoRPvZ2Ao29i44xXqEe1RQ5KSXHzjCe_CisUDy6_BPaQxXZW3jA-znkmKaP22zROIqm=w555-h381-no" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">I had a lot of fun with the students</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> On the first day, we focused on games and activities where the students got to introduce themselves and got to know each other. To begin with I let the students ask me a bunch of questions to let them speak English, which also worked well for introducing me. The questions from the students varied from where I was from and what I was doing in Hanoi – and all together it proved that the students were very good in English already and ready to communicate and participate in the lessons! Other than that I had the students get in two lines and gave them one question at a time, they had to discuss or introduce to the person standing opposite of them where they changed partner for each question. This worked well in making sure that everyone got to say hello and talk to each other! Lastly, we had a bit of time left to let the students identify parts of a drawing of a Volcano, related to the science class they had earlier in the day.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/fzaWJzdYYIMI32X0vda8RazzuL54a1mipQsEbowiQKfaBU1otY1hTBqbJEdgcT2pWpiZ-2BtTh69GPHuTOQ1fYBhwkyAmay_XJAU27J69Pzz6GSHi5u0fFnwWTzeawMvKMrjx-pzNKUUVsKrdehG297eHTTVAlbR3R5ntS-xylkARfcXMvJJVXyqD9xjEOJarZwBtIm0RhaMLSb6zKJxeblglf7xOzPdESbzgIPVrcAlo0_La_INDprriaG9H9X3CXxVMR0AEjVIGTukVTs12OjHXEzllmCxrbMGYGWeYyY_3HMVzhEsnWiqQfmsxnuSRTeJ0V_0AKDI6VUE4tebKUgHvO8bLFwEnd158okMcF0LnlLLTTg9-Z54T0LwVJcZcG3hmWDnpt2z1ghtxcVTiVvbWwDaUuVME-A0Gkp_H4iiPVRSdmMwA21n2NCS95IxFL2ql-LdcNPH2yyP3HcoMNla4pJAWi8a91fs1GPgvzsVVpP0eHahMQ3ZuDDnarePHNfsaQX-eAvHShZPBxCMwQOIRjCpoiavzDXvVNoc_OEUEu_VWuZakykldoVjawTyBpbbIEJA-r8jScptp1v7QlqBcA_UN1zZ=w578-h387-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/fzaWJzdYYIMI32X0vda8RazzuL54a1mipQsEbowiQKfaBU1otY1hTBqbJEdgcT2pWpiZ-2BtTh69GPHuTOQ1fYBhwkyAmay_XJAU27J69Pzz6GSHi5u0fFnwWTzeawMvKMrjx-pzNKUUVsKrdehG297eHTTVAlbR3R5ntS-xylkARfcXMvJJVXyqD9xjEOJarZwBtIm0RhaMLSb6zKJxeblglf7xOzPdESbzgIPVrcAlo0_La_INDprriaG9H9X3CXxVMR0AEjVIGTukVTs12OjHXEzllmCxrbMGYGWeYyY_3HMVzhEsnWiqQfmsxnuSRTeJ0V_0AKDI6VUE4tebKUgHvO8bLFwEnd158okMcF0LnlLLTTg9-Z54T0LwVJcZcG3hmWDnpt2z1ghtxcVTiVvbWwDaUuVME-A0Gkp_H4iiPVRSdmMwA21n2NCS95IxFL2ql-LdcNPH2yyP3HcoMNla4pJAWi8a91fs1GPgvzsVVpP0eHahMQ3ZuDDnarePHNfsaQX-eAvHShZPBxCMwQOIRjCpoiavzDXvVNoc_OEUEu_VWuZakykldoVjawTyBpbbIEJA-r8jScptp1v7QlqBcA_UN1zZ=w578-h387-no" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">The students were very good in English and ready to participate in the lessons</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>On the second and third day, we continued playing games and doing activities that were both fun, educational and had the students speak English. Both the Tuesday and Wednesday lesson, we started out the class by being in a circle and having each student tell around 3-5 interesting facts about themselves – it varied how fun the students found this activity, but they did get to express themselves which was the point of the activity. Some of the students were also very engaged and kept telling more facts even when they had reached the 3 facts limit – which was great! The games and activities on those days included a board race game where the students were split into two teams and one person at a time had to run to the board and write a word related to the subject on the board. The subject could be verbs, adjectives, grammar or animals. These subjects could probably have been improved and be more educational, if they related more to a topic the children had just learned or something they could have learned at the camp. However, it was very fun to watch the children run to the board and compete to be the team with the most words within the set time limit.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/WwkFrsvGyKla8W4rVbnZ6IMvL040MtricU5yeY5PNLNf-TCJuahtzTz9lTgB9GG9hQvpmyk8rQCsXGk-NJ63JrYE7KDz0v-DFMuikZOqmjqVK1-4qiPWvDeb5weHJN8pChVuSSL-goO8xQGwPF9cU0B4-ZBhvWQ_xAgk_uo53jdW_6Bg4rykM9C5PTrl23UUSMkZ5JAcPpXPz4GqND8ttecHhEBxzsy-3NMuOyhXg2LyIRcD-vNPG9Uq1aUG4SOxHEy8chKUzFnIq32G7T3wK9icyz-M4CtqzBWTh6j5IryydD9sPnjKrfwsbcmT90DqQCnBSPy1JFA1BGgxo3CYuPjALOVjwd4MY9vRGFCXlS2TOs9-dusiGayznS2yxjm_0B4lUEqInGFjZsESYAhI0LX-C7bQbooP9WE74EG-KUGaBNZChmP-9_smzYYjYCRs-myk9m_OLIyOpS0K9Lhs27I0MHRPDMzfjP3V5WnWRQNdmcWJKMHPNCDFMFJfCZy1_bLYqu1t-83nHBlOI4q8M2p660eB2SsNuVi90-Axf21K1h4joDVxoD-W18MxMO8_4vc118zKfiDFxG3uZk6OOghRDqyfeNrF=w594-h408-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/WwkFrsvGyKla8W4rVbnZ6IMvL040MtricU5yeY5PNLNf-TCJuahtzTz9lTgB9GG9hQvpmyk8rQCsXGk-NJ63JrYE7KDz0v-DFMuikZOqmjqVK1-4qiPWvDeb5weHJN8pChVuSSL-goO8xQGwPF9cU0B4-ZBhvWQ_xAgk_uo53jdW_6Bg4rykM9C5PTrl23UUSMkZ5JAcPpXPz4GqND8ttecHhEBxzsy-3NMuOyhXg2LyIRcD-vNPG9Uq1aUG4SOxHEy8chKUzFnIq32G7T3wK9icyz-M4CtqzBWTh6j5IryydD9sPnjKrfwsbcmT90DqQCnBSPy1JFA1BGgxo3CYuPjALOVjwd4MY9vRGFCXlS2TOs9-dusiGayznS2yxjm_0B4lUEqInGFjZsESYAhI0LX-C7bQbooP9WE74EG-KUGaBNZChmP-9_smzYYjYCRs-myk9m_OLIyOpS0K9Lhs27I0MHRPDMzfjP3V5WnWRQNdmcWJKMHPNCDFMFJfCZy1_bLYqu1t-83nHBlOI4q8M2p660eB2SsNuVi90-Axf21K1h4joDVxoD-W18MxMO8_4vc118zKfiDFxG3uZk6OOghRDqyfeNrF=w594-h408-no" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">The students very especially in fast-paced games where they could win a prize</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> Another activity we did in class was dividing the students into teams and having each group pick two objects – without knowing which objects – where they had to create a product out of those two objects and come up with a business plan to sell it. The groups were provided with a piece of paper for writing down their business plan, where they all started creating an advertisement on the paper, without instructions to do so. The objects could include a ruler and a thread which became a ‘Mobile Ruler’ that could be around your neck, meaning you always had a ruler ready. The students were very engaged and created some very interesting products. The team with the best business plan won the activity, which was once again a good way to engage the students. Especially, if there are prices on the line!<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/s-1MFVuwipgw6feHeokhEIWRl-ZNBSCzo3pUKI2ZgYjcqhBuRK3XsDTrNY21e-1yHCrdN6ooXca5VeWDCpNAkM6n66FCU1EwhYDlQ6IWFrqjk_pMrACWwgR-DIGWFd7cW_rjsBH9EsXJ0JN30QUFU_vUGgB7pmoUZ_7fzfPqjU-9ga2lYgmsqWlwR4sny7xFFWiIMrfnKBUWotbguNa1f7fgQPkO0lJXDOZbS9_Y8n7kxK-JH9efEvTT4HwW972GqUDsnEXr08_rFF3fjoLUd1KYnhDZe9kOmzRNdN6IAsBm4MkvAuZLCdrMzD4OoCQx1UHSyF-RBDXe-Dk2REZCbjpk03Y6jS9UTVTRA2sZUUqO78hQrSVy_VRspcgajZ7sZg4fql-pCd2kfUB7_J944plbu6pt3017DHCDF59M7Z6uxf1k2s0Cf0K4LwOveyA404FoVOevmW4NXc30VK06sEd4rYOjJRXgWfGS2UHFyb9N18PMAxMX-39oPW6-lUMu8HM3tTpC5wniuBpW9AOLLErI8Qz0GggQ41TuKOdpnxYVU3727gzashTLHqc8VaxSRn0F7A0yVE3VccZDd2Z5dXSYvjyr2eAH=w617-h413-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/s-1MFVuwipgw6feHeokhEIWRl-ZNBSCzo3pUKI2ZgYjcqhBuRK3XsDTrNY21e-1yHCrdN6ooXca5VeWDCpNAkM6n66FCU1EwhYDlQ6IWFrqjk_pMrACWwgR-DIGWFd7cW_rjsBH9EsXJ0JN30QUFU_vUGgB7pmoUZ_7fzfPqjU-9ga2lYgmsqWlwR4sny7xFFWiIMrfnKBUWotbguNa1f7fgQPkO0lJXDOZbS9_Y8n7kxK-JH9efEvTT4HwW972GqUDsnEXr08_rFF3fjoLUd1KYnhDZe9kOmzRNdN6IAsBm4MkvAuZLCdrMzD4OoCQx1UHSyF-RBDXe-Dk2REZCbjpk03Y6jS9UTVTRA2sZUUqO78hQrSVy_VRspcgajZ7sZg4fql-pCd2kfUB7_J944plbu6pt3017DHCDF59M7Z6uxf1k2s0Cf0K4LwOveyA404FoVOevmW4NXc30VK06sEd4rYOjJRXgWfGS2UHFyb9N18PMAxMX-39oPW6-lUMu8HM3tTpC5wniuBpW9AOLLErI8Qz0GggQ41TuKOdpnxYVU3727gzashTLHqc8VaxSRn0F7A0yVE3VccZDd2Z5dXSYvjyr2eAH=w617-h413-no" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> On Thursday, I had prepared a game on multi culture using a PowerPoint and questions with pictures and facts; both one for the older students and one for the younger students. For the younger students, the questions were a bit easier and one of the Vietnamese volunteers was very kind to translate each question for the younger students. In the younger class, the individual student simply had to raise their hand if they knew the answer, where the older class competed in teams. This was a good way to end the English lessons, where the activity was mostly a game but the students still got to show their knowledge and expand it a bit. Friday was a movie day, where we all watched a movie in Vietnamese - luckily with English subtitles! This was very nice with all of the kids.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/rDUeSm0Binj3pGx6jWZEtjRzEHK2tJMOKBSUHCYamLQPS_VK2kZLUpQ2GzH17PeT_2MQ_JVPoALCTS30K5TMNAZ6_4jW2adQ1JZIcD5oU9QUg86NMAAoScY2GP9odzXJy_5OFft0VhSYfnql4UIFBiOOc4uETrGXfSsalu0YwXLM6rpG0ueZRh6ztxHoBWQi7l6ORQdQiFxNw67Aj2Xc8MsvF4-9te8AvepawtCVAuYx5jkr13oWxwF1qORqawGnaGqmOKhZ7Nze4JjN3RZv74v601Zl4NbsG_Ilsxw_BfmyvmIkK5Dc1facdMw4m1kU99vGDCXK6DGb_thXxFOZBa9AngZmLqcXOMoX11173kAXglhYBRQK983bfQlj4s_dynBuErBqB_ENgH-kdaItx83TK0gZUcW5HtyX1SsakSnyMdyKQaGvUK4sBqyaoFcc2kS9Rgz6-UJ-OnwpXaYHLY5mncmwj6y75ql6iB5pHqIwFsu6su-H0CThJSiNitURHsQKrdmPAGJ5-ZIhlywMDUza00a_IYf-_4TACsxqMRBv0dnQQr7IuDNRNsKwjlIXt0d2x-QOn7hw05MpKC-UKn8zdohN1c_h=w608-h407-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/rDUeSm0Binj3pGx6jWZEtjRzEHK2tJMOKBSUHCYamLQPS_VK2kZLUpQ2GzH17PeT_2MQ_JVPoALCTS30K5TMNAZ6_4jW2adQ1JZIcD5oU9QUg86NMAAoScY2GP9odzXJy_5OFft0VhSYfnql4UIFBiOOc4uETrGXfSsalu0YwXLM6rpG0ueZRh6ztxHoBWQi7l6ORQdQiFxNw67Aj2Xc8MsvF4-9te8AvepawtCVAuYx5jkr13oWxwF1qORqawGnaGqmOKhZ7Nze4JjN3RZv74v601Zl4NbsG_Ilsxw_BfmyvmIkK5Dc1facdMw4m1kU99vGDCXK6DGb_thXxFOZBa9AngZmLqcXOMoX11173kAXglhYBRQK983bfQlj4s_dynBuErBqB_ENgH-kdaItx83TK0gZUcW5HtyX1SsakSnyMdyKQaGvUK4sBqyaoFcc2kS9Rgz6-UJ-OnwpXaYHLY5mncmwj6y75ql6iB5pHqIwFsu6su-H0CThJSiNitURHsQKrdmPAGJ5-ZIhlywMDUza00a_IYf-_4TACsxqMRBv0dnQQr7IuDNRNsKwjlIXt0d2x-QOn7hw05MpKC-UKn8zdohN1c_h=w608-h407-no" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Every day, the students were very motivated and happy to be doing something for the summer holidays. The outcome for the students from the English lessons could have been improved with a few adjustments though. I think that the outcome of the English lessons could be improved, if others - who will teach in the future at the camp - are provided with a clear outline or simple guidance from the beginning on what the teachers would like for the students to be taught. The main instructions I got from the beginning was to have the students speak English. It worked out well in class that the students got to speak in English and became more comfortable expressing themselves in English. Another time, instructions on different topics for the ones teaching could result in the classes both being more informative for the students which could be integrated more directly in some fun activities where the students speak English. Since I was unaware of the level of the students and what they had been taught beforehand; therefore, I think that I could personally have made the classes better, if I had been told that the students needed to learn something about for example past tense or a specific topic, which could have been integrated in some games.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/j4GsqOGpsfz18aDCWAcNtnb3Nrmt-r3yGxpsxSEaOqFIDqIjDGcunozAFL9u3hadV_43wRpgJRRsH5EqR1aQUEG0DE4K_dzKxBdUxV6VsBnyJs7Fty6Iz8QFPjn1GNuKFjuy-DYzqbiiHJCLhXGMxWzZwmcTeHh787PcU0D1Tvqrf0Kfxq3-t7qLviINSal-6i9Rw4kw9J7CxfAPCqkwAdMtxoBuYI3VGloSJr5oWEYz_tr-SE02zUIwwMRI8GysO9ZaHsWo_1cTjR4VwhPZfIMWNVraRCuV01vMKhng-g7rEbjmGItkfqr5DuQMSgNnHCBG5NuVUs1-7qpWuuDwnvkfkBv9VEDphBhJNMs3AjRsOMndOqRrF8It6zGG4d0nIvMwO9JKTVmAWkuZrwWV-LRPhIiH9vQWOb27q0oOMkE4CSu7OedCnSqTSdkFVuXaIN0ZsW1VI0OfaCJcLbjnwsNvLKophS6jLU8VWeEMhZ9kxSQeCS86ttDG5ExLMuXmT5fCKFZybFH7wPNAkjanBZDM_aaxiSirS-N2VHif2X6Ua0Z7aRJc2AIihHxgVsm2V-9nFRM-4XWhq--YZk82cl_Jtd8cwZOX=w628-h416-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/j4GsqOGpsfz18aDCWAcNtnb3Nrmt-r3yGxpsxSEaOqFIDqIjDGcunozAFL9u3hadV_43wRpgJRRsH5EqR1aQUEG0DE4K_dzKxBdUxV6VsBnyJs7Fty6Iz8QFPjn1GNuKFjuy-DYzqbiiHJCLhXGMxWzZwmcTeHh787PcU0D1Tvqrf0Kfxq3-t7qLviINSal-6i9Rw4kw9J7CxfAPCqkwAdMtxoBuYI3VGloSJr5oWEYz_tr-SE02zUIwwMRI8GysO9ZaHsWo_1cTjR4VwhPZfIMWNVraRCuV01vMKhng-g7rEbjmGItkfqr5DuQMSgNnHCBG5NuVUs1-7qpWuuDwnvkfkBv9VEDphBhJNMs3AjRsOMndOqRrF8It6zGG4d0nIvMwO9JKTVmAWkuZrwWV-LRPhIiH9vQWOb27q0oOMkE4CSu7OedCnSqTSdkFVuXaIN0ZsW1VI0OfaCJcLbjnwsNvLKophS6jLU8VWeEMhZ9kxSQeCS86ttDG5ExLMuXmT5fCKFZybFH7wPNAkjanBZDM_aaxiSirS-N2VHif2X6Ua0Z7aRJc2AIihHxgVsm2V-9nFRM-4XWhq--YZk82cl_Jtd8cwZOX=w628-h416-no" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Every day the students were very motivated and happy</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>From the other volunteers, I was told that one of the problems with how classes are organized in Vietnam is that students are taught that speaking in the classroom is bad, meaning that they are generally not encouraged to talk in class. Thinking back to my own education in Denmark, raising your hand, group work, presentations etc. acted as the main way of not only improving our English communication skills but also make us more aware of how to express ourselves on different topics. During the classes, it was impressive how a lot of the students were very motivated to speak in English during the lessons and quickly, they were all speaking all at once.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/dhow0m2Y3BmDC2J9I1B2LV-OAU08HDdDY4I8H-i7oyDU-Py7wRQPOnmWlNDoVuycO3e73WVMoNL1NbIX7Buly8OlwGqlTSOOYGWa8jGegTPDaYDRa8mq0ogLPrBvYffXYxFdT0t7n3utVdqzEYdXMhE4SpGfi5b7HBybz6kBSM5Rryl5BIw3zVeAcLIpFQv1_CmoYg-dcNMqcxYS1cWZup_V6pbn1wlb8xQzzXoo7sukBG-Hixf0BP0uK310EdaYWT77S-w-xmN_uD9A6jVJW43SujvfiSBgkKAuInvZ55-6wVZRZo2m4649sduKM5V1j1F71VIWckvuEwtMl_lghaC44yWFY3mA2WwTtT0D23Bz5LtK2p9p6XZvVpjcBDffmQVglyWaxddfndwsVMmzgwDji8Ksg14IJj1wyd9Zfwf5Z_s0u9K0wEQH4QbzSfuPeL3l8wo3GuqCbgnRE9IeTztDLS0PTGAnpX4CnZnVT8OK_w6VSe3ZDoegq7UpeDjMi0GR1SvmkNjW50S_7hP7aLc3UVqCgvQAZytJB9V3Wbc-6FWy-NUgN3il4-tiYpqNFUZepmiANtjXnzFa0GyfaHr6uivkJILZ=w592-h397-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/dhow0m2Y3BmDC2J9I1B2LV-OAU08HDdDY4I8H-i7oyDU-Py7wRQPOnmWlNDoVuycO3e73WVMoNL1NbIX7Buly8OlwGqlTSOOYGWa8jGegTPDaYDRa8mq0ogLPrBvYffXYxFdT0t7n3utVdqzEYdXMhE4SpGfi5b7HBybz6kBSM5Rryl5BIw3zVeAcLIpFQv1_CmoYg-dcNMqcxYS1cWZup_V6pbn1wlb8xQzzXoo7sukBG-Hixf0BP0uK310EdaYWT77S-w-xmN_uD9A6jVJW43SujvfiSBgkKAuInvZ55-6wVZRZo2m4649sduKM5V1j1F71VIWckvuEwtMl_lghaC44yWFY3mA2WwTtT0D23Bz5LtK2p9p6XZvVpjcBDffmQVglyWaxddfndwsVMmzgwDji8Ksg14IJj1wyd9Zfwf5Z_s0u9K0wEQH4QbzSfuPeL3l8wo3GuqCbgnRE9IeTztDLS0PTGAnpX4CnZnVT8OK_w6VSe3ZDoegq7UpeDjMi0GR1SvmkNjW50S_7hP7aLc3UVqCgvQAZytJB9V3Wbc-6FWy-NUgN3il4-tiYpqNFUZepmiANtjXnzFa0GyfaHr6uivkJILZ=w592-h397-no" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">They were also very motivated to speak English</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It was clear however, that the students were very motivated to speak English! On the first day of teaching, many of the students would run up to me and introduce themselves and as the days passed, more and more would say hi and come up to me and ask me questions. The students were very interested in speaking English and it also seemed very useful and motivating for them to have someone from abroad at the camp, which meant that they had to speak in English due to my lack of Vietnamese skills. I think that it is a benefit when the goal is for the students to speak English to have international volunteers for the English classes if it is possible.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/K70kwFV1l7cxVFFcyftpCr0CempKvTF4Nw03khibT-L36j0B_iV3p-Rib_dOOnZznbG1_zl369hd3C35Sc1fenGTZgdvn6LvLKt91kGD6OoLFEYpurapiBWAMcsJprol8Mlk3Wrarcd8pr5Z0rDZkBSpboS5YElrw9EsdO3JC-zBgpx_i78AO6C9Sr6-BnLESGD_YPQv0JbVmARTJg6Xawv0L32u1szHXh8TXYhojnQNrnSjlcSwFY8vXMmokN3M21AMvyiTMwVEqwWwguyaPp7aNtZ3RRspijMSF4F2zeGEVXpGyE1jUq2QnKpQmHW2HjUvAkhcvSSp-iMsIRdCeWIWh7f1JazPN1QRMshs0itVU_9u-ugEfB6V90i8aywMx_ZmXTtsHw9X6DnfHiJzDZqfm8Jjz_9fVDc05BOb35g5U5iF-aZnE8DRrcou8yLWnn9EmqjxFKyjRD8JVR8itilSw7KYL4V6IJ6_W0QPLbd3uNAmFN0X6KvtPanrE4LwKO728cYgjXPCFvPLwNqlJvORWL0RNnrF9tDvRnDMPKc6tt5If8C7bno0wRrP4itQ4SZinpZPs8PFrUQZdAKPplNTLg6rBUiO=w595-h448-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/K70kwFV1l7cxVFFcyftpCr0CempKvTF4Nw03khibT-L36j0B_iV3p-Rib_dOOnZznbG1_zl369hd3C35Sc1fenGTZgdvn6LvLKt91kGD6OoLFEYpurapiBWAMcsJprol8Mlk3Wrarcd8pr5Z0rDZkBSpboS5YElrw9EsdO3JC-zBgpx_i78AO6C9Sr6-BnLESGD_YPQv0JbVmARTJg6Xawv0L32u1szHXh8TXYhojnQNrnSjlcSwFY8vXMmokN3M21AMvyiTMwVEqwWwguyaPp7aNtZ3RRspijMSF4F2zeGEVXpGyE1jUq2QnKpQmHW2HjUvAkhcvSSp-iMsIRdCeWIWh7f1JazPN1QRMshs0itVU_9u-ugEfB6V90i8aywMx_ZmXTtsHw9X6DnfHiJzDZqfm8Jjz_9fVDc05BOb35g5U5iF-aZnE8DRrcou8yLWnn9EmqjxFKyjRD8JVR8itilSw7KYL4V6IJ6_W0QPLbd3uNAmFN0X6KvtPanrE4LwKO728cYgjXPCFvPLwNqlJvORWL0RNnrF9tDvRnDMPKc6tt5If8C7bno0wRrP4itQ4SZinpZPs8PFrUQZdAKPplNTLg6rBUiO=w595-h448-no" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>All over, even though the students could have benefitted from a bit more specific learning - the students were very motivated and engaged and enjoyed getting to practice communicating in English during the camp and had a lot of fun for the entirety of the camp and it was clear they also had fun during the other activities at the camp!<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/XLZgFIE-tBsUP0MIjN2dpxNTsu1aaAcA10jCG1xSqSrB7tw4t1x5LsroBbegFp1JY8IA-PO2_PdkedxbhTU4q2aUyjdv7VlbpHEdjYef8O_9OwarfhMb6iR1JthDVKOcF5wbBR_zvh6npQ85rxBPW14799sXXOKs-5XV7gQ4WFSb8xMX6whjneuId0WxYFf0_xHcvOFeJX-qcVufpvRq0VpzL9dr6lDZI9Xsn32DDOn2wAHnAQBZwcfrK5Xs8ZbBwkmyo0bdA3DpaFLZ4_CFTx6Ob4aBA5iSKnee9eIfFf4RqPigXVIbR50NxnG8qpd1pvWkxuZRUzj2crJhm3DvjMxpZdTEOVNrvsbMZ5nioX9CjMMJ3D05pun6BzrW43CJDhnq2DBoeKek68zrXo6fut5sv9qYbTvv3ZoqXUdzNbxXfakjtewie9MAuVzLu1eqtD8MqSaATmK_dnRSYNVFWZhoHFnDZm-wTD8b_HloWy3THl8Wvt1XN3MW1gqmEoCyL7tIKd70sk9o6S6Ttuwuev3KpckkvrU5mHYPosipxSxc3cMb3271GxnuqFdNGZWqBzC-i2HrQ3Cpkv5v0XOLpRE3LyqNC2oD=w576-h386-no" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/XLZgFIE-tBsUP0MIjN2dpxNTsu1aaAcA10jCG1xSqSrB7tw4t1x5LsroBbegFp1JY8IA-PO2_PdkedxbhTU4q2aUyjdv7VlbpHEdjYef8O_9OwarfhMb6iR1JthDVKOcF5wbBR_zvh6npQ85rxBPW14799sXXOKs-5XV7gQ4WFSb8xMX6whjneuId0WxYFf0_xHcvOFeJX-qcVufpvRq0VpzL9dr6lDZI9Xsn32DDOn2wAHnAQBZwcfrK5Xs8ZbBwkmyo0bdA3DpaFLZ4_CFTx6Ob4aBA5iSKnee9eIfFf4RqPigXVIbR50NxnG8qpd1pvWkxuZRUzj2crJhm3DvjMxpZdTEOVNrvsbMZ5nioX9CjMMJ3D05pun6BzrW43CJDhnq2DBoeKek68zrXo6fut5sv9qYbTvv3ZoqXUdzNbxXfakjtewie9MAuVzLu1eqtD8MqSaATmK_dnRSYNVFWZhoHFnDZm-wTD8b_HloWy3THl8Wvt1XN3MW1gqmEoCyL7tIKd70sk9o6S6Ttuwuev3KpckkvrU5mHYPosipxSxc3cMb3271GxnuqFdNGZWqBzC-i2HrQ3Cpkv5v0XOLpRE3LyqNC2oD=w576-h386-no" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <b><i>By Rebeca</i></b><br /> <br /> <div> <br /></div>

English lessons at the summer camp at Thực Nghiệm School

English lessons at the summer camp at Thực Nghiệm School. The summer camp was held from the 20th to the 24th at Thuc Nghiem School where stu...

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