Overseas Industrial Training Programme

Friday, March 12, 2010

Day 5. 12th March 2010. Friday.

The final class of Vietnamese 101. We learnt about time, dates and the calendar. There wasn’t any student interaction today because DTU was preparing for their open house. We used this opportunity with Miss Nga (our Vietnamese teacher) to vet our English lessons on power point for the orphanage kids later in the afternoon. To our chagrin, she pointed out a few mistakes which Google translator did not catch. A couple of us spent our lunch time perfecting the translations whilst the rest enjoyed their sumptuous lunch of prawns, grilled chicken and chilli pork.
Having Vietnamese class


Having lunch

We headed off to the orphanage after lunch. I think our English lesson today would be one of our most impactful gifts for them. In our PowerPoint lessons, we taught them about fruits, clothing, animals, numbers, timing and basic conversations in English. Some time was also spent teaching them the right pronunciation. We also made them practice reading and memorization.
We were very misinformed about their English standards. Many already knew what we were teaching them. One of the girls was very shy about her verbal English and required a lot of coaxing before she started practicing. We found the children to be very smart - they adapt and learn at a very fast rate. After that, we played some educational games to reinforce their learning. Pictionary, matching words with pictures and an adapted Bingo. The kids were very excited and enjoyed themselves. The president of the orphanage gave a short speech to thank us and invited us to return.



Playing games

Group photo

In the evening, we walked along the Hanh river and enjoyed the scenery. The colorful lights along the river banks and the bridge were very romantic especially when reflected by the river.


Night view


Reported at 9:30 PM


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