Teaching English for Disabled Children in Nguyen Dinh Chieu Blind School in Hanoi, Vietnam

  Vietnam

• Hanoi: 
Hanoi

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: year round

Description: Volunteers will teach English for children and create a friendly environment in order to encourage them to communicate in English. They should know that the most important part of this project is teaching English. Volunteers will be the teachers and they are expected to teach grammar and other aspects of English to their own classes which may have more than 10 students in. Volunteers will also record some "English tales" or spoken sentences on tapes for the blind students to listen to. They also will monitor and evaluate the students' progress and provide an assessment of English language skill to students. Volunteers encourage the students to learn English, for example, by organizing leisure activities in English (audio, books, etc...), by providing the self-study materials.

Furthermore, they maybe can help the teachers and staffs with other tasks in the
school.

1) Teach English for the children.
2) Organize leisure activities for the children.
3) Talk with students to understand more about them so that volunteers can
give out better teaching methods.
4) Record tapes in English for children and help them to learn how to hear English.
5) Encourage students to speak English a lot so their English will be improved.
6) Often evaluate studying progress of students.

Highlights: Nguyen Dinh Chieu is a school for blind children and a center for blind adults, who have difficulties in their daily activities. Established in 1985, the center aims to vocational training, cultural education exchange ideas and organized cultural performance for blind people in Hanoi and other provinces of Vietnam.

Children there come mainly from Hanoi, but the school also receives children from other provinces. Families from other provinces also want to send their children who are disabled there for schooling because of its good training quality. At this school children are paid for accommodation, schooling fee.

There are some blind children who are really good at playing some kinds of musical instruments, they also take part in some important events such as the ceremony for 35th birthday for Cooperation between Vietnam and Japan or they had a performance in France as well. There children are taught massage so that when they graduate from that school they can find a job and earn living by themselves.

Qualifications:
* Fluent in English.
* Previous English coaching/teaching experience is an asset.
* Willing to work and stay in Hanoi.
* Strong inter-personal skills, and experience in working with a wide variety of people, cultural sensitivity.
* Commitment to volunteerism, considerable experience as a volunteer
* Ready to live as local people (basic accommodations, transport by bus or bicycle, local food).
* Be patient
* High motivation and ready to be in face of many difficulties such as language and cultural difference, low budget, etc.

Cost in US$: 300/month

Experience Required: no

Age Range: above 18

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Vietnam Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 10

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Solidarites Jeunesses Vietnam's Mission Statement: By developing International Volunteering, we aim to: 1. Work towards a society of justice, peace and solidarity. 2. Break cultural misunderstanding between people and nations. 3. Improve local and global environment, provide informal education, help to reduce poverty and strengthen human rights 4. Encourage young people to participate actively in the society in which they live.

Year Founded: 2004