Vietnam

  • Teaching and Traveling within Vietnam!

    What a Difference!  It still amazes me how the teaching style is different from Canada. While preparing for Vietnam I had a rough imagination of how the classroom and teaching…

  • Teaching in Translation: Adjusting to Vietnamese Classrooms

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    By Olivia Vieira This week I started teaching at a primary school in Da Nang, Vietnam. My students are in grades 4 and 5, and from Tuesday to Thursday morning,…

  • Teaching and Learning in the Vietnamese Classroom

    Wow, how has it been a month already?! Our time in Vietnam has been flying by– especially now that online classes and volunteering at the school are in full swing.…

  • The start of a wonderful journey in Vietnam

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    Xin Chao!  It still feels like a dream that I am actually in Vietnam writing my first blog! Before leaving Calgary, I was telling everyone how I can handle Vietnam’s…

  • Adapting to Life in Vietnam

    These first few weeks in Vietnam have been a whirlwind of excitement, surprises, discomfort, and adaptation. Having only traveled through Canada and the U.S., I wasn’t sure what to expect…