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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Implementation of outdoor activities at Le Loi upper secondary school to enhance

the students’ speaking ability

LĨNH VỰC: English

NGHE AN TRAINING AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

LE LOI UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Implementation of outdoor activities at Le Loi upper secondary school to

enhance the students’ speaking ability

Writer: Nguyễn Thùy Dương

Group: Literature - English

School year: 2021-2022

Phone number: 0368127702

Email: thuyduongtanky3@gmail.com

Tân Kỳ, năm 2022

TABLE OF CONTENT

1.1 Teaching and learning English speaking skill 3 1.2 Outdoor activities in teaching speaking 3

2.1 Students’ viewpoints on speaking skill at Le Loi high

school

4 2.2 Applying outdoor activities in teaching speaking 5 2.3 Difficulties in using outdoor activities at Le Loi high

school in the past few years

7

2.4 Tips for successful lesson for outdoor activities 14

3

Samples of using outdoor activities in teaching speaking

skill for students at Le loi high School 14

3.1 A day as a journalist competition 17

3.2 Organizing English Speaking Club 25

4.1 Achieved result 30

I INTRODUCTION

1 Reason for choosing the topic

As we know, English has been one of the most popular languages and a means of communication in the world In our modern society, the world is changing quickly with the exploration of information science, technology which develop like rain and storm Languages has been a serious barrier to cooperation and the acquisition of technical and cultural advances among nations Therefore, English has been chosen as an international language Subsequently, the Ministry of Education and Training has launched English in Vietnam’s education program from the Primary Level It has been considered as a core subject at any stage of the School Education System However, Teaching speaking English skill in upper secondary school is a big challenge for the teachers because the teacher should grow the students interest in order that they have motivation to speak It can be said that speaking is very important skill for the high school students because it prepares them to face the global world In fact, the ability of Vietnamese students to communicate has not been mastered One of the reason is that teachers have not created a suitable communication environment for students to learn foreign languages Most teachers make use of textbook and donot invest for the design

of a variety of useful activities Learning English is to communicate, however, in speaking lessons they are passive, only write and hardly say and after speaking students donot know how to express their ides in a real situation related the topic they have just learnt Being a teacher of English for a long time and from my personal experience I myself find out that sometimes it can be difficult to keep my students on task in four walls of the classroom Some students show their depression during the lesson by looking out of the window especially as the school year is approaching its end and the weather outside is nice, the sun is shining You and your students are sweating in the classroom You are explaining something( for the nth times) and the class is not paying attention Some are even nodding off in the back May be it is time for a change of pace, a change of atmosphere and outdoor activitities is really considered as a wonderful inspriration for students to speak up in English if they are close to nature Learning beyond the classroom is one of the ways to address the challenging of making students interested and wanting to learn in fun ways Beyond the classroom activities carried out encourage students to learn English by focusing on task-orientated activities that encourage students in creative language use When they are outdoor they can get more motivation to learn something By taking outdoor activities the teachers find it easier to define some concepts, some definitions that are hardly explained when teaching in the classroom

Working as a teacher of English for a long time, and working in a mountainous area, I understand who my students are and what difficulties they have to face when learning a language Also, I have found out the disadvantages we have to encounter when working with students coming from ethnic minorities Therefore, I always try to look for the most effective ways of teaching so that my students can understand the lesson easily and love learning English I together with my colleagues have applied a variety of different ways of teaching related using teaching aids and other technilogies However, the most effective method that allows my students to participate in is outdoor activities Because students can relax and learn at the same time, they have no pressure of

studying In the recent years I have been appointed as a leader of English group, I have been more opportunites to apply many outdoor activities at Le Loi high school on a large scale and also ask other English teachers to do so as I have done From then on I have found that our students have studied more actively and effectively They are always more eager to access the lesson than before My students always look forward to outdoor activities They no longer feel stressful and bored during the classes To be honest, I feel absolutely satisfied with the teaching initiative I have done

Based on my long working time and real activities I and my students have done for several years, I have made decision to choose the topic “ Implementation of outdoor

activities at Le Loi upper secondary school to enhance the students’ speaking ability” with the aim of sharing my ideas with other colleagues

Of course, this study can’t be perfect in limited time I do hope that the contribution of

my colleagues will bring it to perfection and be widely applicable

2 Aims of the study

The study is carried out to meet the following aims

- Provides in depth- information on the types of activities and environments learners participate in them, as well as how they engage themselves in such activities It provides the evidence in favor of the view that outdoor activities are valuable and should not be underestimated as a way to enhance learning opportunity and language exposure for students

- To give a brief overview on outdoor activities and introduce samples of outdoor activities out of the class

- To increase student creativity and activeness

- To reduce students’ stress and pressure

- To improve the quality of teaching and learning English at Le Loi high school

- To boost communication English skill of the students at Le Loi high school

- To identify the demotivation in English speaking learning and teaching

- To suggest some feasible solutions to eliminate the demotivating factors in English speaking lessons in order to better students’ English learning

- To suggest some outdoor activities in teaching speaking skill

3 Scope of the study

The scope of study is about applying outdoor activities in increasing students' interest in learning speaking to students at Le Loi upper secondary school

4 Method of the study

- I have collected and studies various materials relating to the subject so that I can find out the orientation for the content of the topic, understand the research problem and solve the problem with relatively accurate documentation

- Apply and adapt some essential knowledge from the workshops and classes I have participated in before

- Through attending English lessons of colleagues in and out of school I summerized some valuable experiences in holding outdoor activities

- Carry out surveys and interviews among students as well as having small discussions about the effectiveness of the application

- Through expert group meetings, I and my colleagues have discussed the problem of teaching method and skills to teach English speaking skills

5 Significance of the study

Hopefully, the findings will make a little contribution to the banks of teaching initiatives to increase interest in learning speaking English for students by implementing outdoor activities The study may also help to find out what are the difficulties when applying outdoor activities Furthermore, it may not only help to find out the difficulties when applying outdoor activities but also give some suggestions to help teachers to overcome these difficulties

II MAIN CONTENT

1.Theoretical background methods

1.1 Teaching and learning English speaking skill

1.1.1.Communicative language teaching approach – an effective language

teaching method

1.1.1.1 Definition of communicative language teaching approach

"Communicative language teaching (CLT), or the communicative approach, is an approach to language teaching that emphasizes interaction as both the means and the ultimate goal of study." (www.wikipedia.org)

Communicative language teaching makes use of real-life situations that necessitate communication The teacher sets up a situation that students are likely to encounter in real life Unlike the audio-lingual method of language teaching, which relies on repetition and drills, the communicative approach can leave students in suspense as to the outcome of a class exercise, which will vary according to their reactions and responses The real-life simulations change from day to day Students' motivation to learn comes from their desire to communicate in meaningful ways about meaningful topics

Margie S Berns, an expert in the field of communicative language teaching, writes

in explaining Firth's view that "language is interaction; it is interpersonal activity and has a clear relationship with society In this light, language study has to look at the use (function) of language in context, both its linguistic context (what is uttered before and after a given piece of discourse) and its social, or situational, context (who

is speaking, what their social roles are, why they have come together to speak)" (Berns, 1984, p 5)

1.1.1.2 The goal of communicative language teaching approach

The main goal of communicative language teaching is to build, to make, and to develop learners' communicative ability in the classroom and outside the classroom in order to the learners to be active speakers without many thinking about grammatical mistake In other words, the main goal of this approach is to make an improvement of the communicative competence, especially ability for speaking in the classroom or out of class with other person by using oral language

1.1.1.3 The way of learning English speaking effectively

Speaking is" the process of sharing meaning through the use of verbal and non-

verbal symbol, in a variety of context (Chaney, 1998, p.13) Learning English speaking as second language is actually not easy for Vietnamese students According

to Margre S.Berns again, "language is interaction, it is interpersonal activity and has a clear relationship with society" (Berns, 1984.p.5) Therefore, learning speaking is not just a process of imitation or repetition of drills It requires a lot interaction between students In speaking activities, the more communicative activities students attend, the more improvable speaking skills students get

The main criterion for success in learning speaking is whether or not the learners can communicate fluently in English The below steps are some guidance that can helps learners reach to this aim

The first step is realizing the fact that learning the English language should not be a duty or chore for the learners; it should be taken as a fascinating hobby that will help learners to expand their horizons in many aspects of their life One of the most important aspects of improving spoken English is to have an extensive vocabulary so that they could express their thoughts clearly and easily Having a good stock of words would help them to be more precise with their construction and more articulate with their speech

Next, having knowledge of basic grammar is another very necessary component of improving spoken English It is not necessary to have an extensively detailed knowledge of grammar for speaking fluent English In fact, speaking in absolutely correct grammar may sometimes lead to awkwardness in casual and informal meetings or talks So, learners just have a basic knowledge of grammar would be enough to get learners started

The other step is to be able to convey what they want to express in a confident and easy manner For this, learners need to believe in themselves Also, do not hesitate

to ask the other persons for clarification if learners do not understand them or they themselves are stuck on a word or two in the middle, and need some help

Last but not the least, keep practicing.– Speaking English themselves as much as they can and trying to understand the different accents of native English speakers are two things that would take learners a long way in retaining what they learnt as well as improving their spoken English skills Watch English movies, news channels, etc to hear crisp English diction and absorb the different styles of pronunciations

1.2 Outdoor activities in teaching speaking

1.2.1 Definition of outdoor activities

According to Miskimmin states the outdoor activities are exciting means of providing opportunities for huge learning and personal growth While Hornby, the outdoor activity is an activity done outside a house or building Outdoor activity means student’s activities that are done outside the classroom whether in the school yard, the town park, the zoo, the industry, or any other places Outdoor activities usually mean activities done in nature away from civilization

In addition, according to Rickinson states the outdoor activity is a board and complex one, which touches on a wide range of educational activities in many different setting Relevant examples include outdoor adventure education, field studies, nature study,

outdoor play, heritage education, environmental education, experimental education and agricultural education

Outdoor activities at school are carried out in parallel with other educational activities

in schools It is a part of teaching and learning a certain topic in a curriculum of the school Students take part in outdoor activities under the instruction of the teacher Through the practice, specific actions of the students, outdoor activity is a purposeful, organized educational activities conducted on or off campus of school to develop and improve the quality and the potential of the students themselves, nurture the senses of self- reliance, share with the people around

Its aim is to create creativity, different environment for students to be most experienced, turn creative ideas of students into reality so that they can show off their speaking’s ability

1.2.2 Outdoor Activities Method

Outdoor activity is one of teaching method that the students are under the teacher guiding and make the certain and concrete aim to go to place or area for learning and observing something Outdoor activity is a visit to certain place outside the class that is done as academic activities and it has an education purpose

Outdoor activites are very delightful teaching learning method because the students will have the pleasant activities and get the enjoyable experience Teacher and students can

go to certain places such as supermarket, factory, traditional market, a famous person’s house…

Based on the explaination aboved, we can conclude that outdoor activities are the teaching learning activities that are done at class outside for learning something, where the students can directly observe an object The students can also make recreation during the activities and refresh their mind from boring learning activities From these outdoor activities students will get the direct experience that can make them interested

in the topic which is delivered by the teacher, so the students want to have deepen knowledge by finding information from books and other sources, it can develop their self-study, their co-operation

In general, outdoor activity is encouraged by motivation to find information about certain thing, exercise students attitude, develop students interest and appreciation and enjoy the new experience Outdoor activities can make the students see directly event and increase the students experience This experince cannot got by them in the class only The life in the four walls is very restricted Meanwhile, they will get so many knowledge that enrich of things which cannot be learnt in the class

1.2.3 When to use outdoor activity?

When the weather is nice and flowers are blooming, the only problem with the spring bloom is being stuck inside a classroom When the fresh air and sunshine beckon, I’m glad to take my students outside because I know we can still be productive when we are free of walls Yes, it is possible to absorb knowledge when they can explore everything

by themselve We have found that the students can bring back energy and pay attention more when they return to the class

One of the most memorable classes for students are those that they are spending outside The more experiences they have, the more knowledge they get So we should spend time organizing outdoor activities whenever we can I am assure that they will bring bebefits to our students as well as our teachers Outdoor activities can take place

at any time during the academic year

1.2.4 The advantages of outdoor activities in teaching speaking

It is easy to realize that outdoor activity is very significant in language teaching It is really a worthwhile learning experience for both the students and the teacher Not only can students have more opportunities to "act" and "interact" with their peers trying to use the English language, but also students' English speaking, listening, and understanding will improve Students learn to use the language in a more realistic, more practical way Also, through outdoor activities, the students learn how to express ideas, opinions, by using words or sound of articulation

As we know, in the class the teachers face many kinds of students There are students with full spirit to study, students with lack of motivation just like reluctant learners, the students that just want to play, the students that did not understand English, or students that just sit quietly without saying a word But the teacher can manage that problem with outdoor activities just like English problem itself Oliver(2009) said that “ Outdoor education can provide motivators that will aid not only the reluctant learner, but students of all types”

When the students make groups and the teacher is ordering them to use English when they were communicating in outdoor class and the students use it very well They can communicate effectively through each other, they express ideas and make their works easier and faster

Larsen Freeman explained that outdoor activities are important in the communicative approach because they give learners an opportunity to practice communicating in different social contexts and different social roles In addition, it is also allowed students to be creative and to put themselves in another person's place for

a while The outdoor activity would seem to be the ideal activity in which students could use their English creatively and it aims to stimulate a conversation in which students might find themselves so that they can practice and develop their communication skills

1.2.5 Disadvantages of using outdoor activities

In many places, taking a class outside is prohibited because of safety, liability, time constraints, or being located in an unsuitable area

Outside classroom activities depend on the weather so much On cold or rainy day, we can not carry out them and sometimes it if not safe for the students

It can be denied that leaning English by using outdoor activities classroom can take a lot

of time to prepare for it The Teacher must plan the outdoor activity carefully and have the permission of the principal to do it

It also costs much money in each lesson to buy things necessary for the lesson Sometimes we call some charities donating money in order to oraganizing for these activities

2 Practical background

2.1 Students’ viewpoints on speaking skill at Le Loi high school

I have collected a number of students coming from different classes and conducted the research about students’ viewpoints on speaking skill and here is the result

Statements Like very much like Like a little Donot like

The above table show most of students (40%) like speaking English and like a little (30%) while some other students(15%) do not like and a small of students(15%) like speaking English very much

I have also raised a question for my survey is “ Is it important to learn speaking skill?” and here are the answers

Statements Very important Important Quite

2.2 Applying outdoor activities in teaching speaking

Nearly 2/3 of students (65%) state that their teacher sometimes apply outdoor activities

in teaching English and the rest of students (35%) state that their teacher rarely used this activities

Most students (70%) think the way that teachers apply outdoor activities is very interesting, the percentages of students think that it is quite interesting is 30%, no one thinks it is boring

2.3 Difficulties in using outdoor activities at Le Loi high school in the past few years

My school is located a mountainous area in Tan ky district, Nghe An province where English learning condition is quite difficult specially teaching speaking skill is a big challenge for our teachers here Because the teacher should grow the students’ interests

My colleague and I have encounter some problems in carrying out outdoor activities Below are some most common ones:

+ Teachers:

Although we can see the leading advantages of using outdoor activities in teaching English, some teachers feel it new and strange They are reluctant to apply them in their lesson Moreover, some think that they are too old to change something in teaching method They are not confident to organize some outdoor activities

+ Students

Some students are also lazy to take part in outdoor activities Most of outdoor activities are group work or pair work so it requires spirit of solidarity, however some students are not active, they do not work, only rely on others

+ Student’s parents

Some students’ parents do not understand the purpose and features of outdoor class, they worry about their childrens’ safety Some others cannot support their children with money

+ Weather:

Of course, before organizing outdoor activities, teachers have to consider the weather but sometimes it changes suddenly so outdoor activities cannot go smoothly

2.4 Tips for successful lesson for outdoor activities

Learning outside classroom is a practical activity in which students play an important part in designing the activities Therefore, the school board, the teacher, the students and the parents should discuss the plan before hand seriously and carefully The teacher must have the permission of students’ parents before carrying outdoor activities

In order to reach a goal, the outdoor activity is done in four steps: planning, implementating, observing, and reflecting First, the activities of planning are the researcher preparing material, making lesson plan, designing the step doing actions, preparing list of students’ name, and scoring, preparing sheet for the classroom observation and researcher preparing test to know whether or not the students’ speaking ability Second, the activity in action or implementation in classroom action research are, the researcher giving pre- test to the students’ to know how far the speaking ability, the researcher increasing students’ ability by using outdoor activities, the activity is based on the planned material and planned steps, and reseacher giving post-test Third, the activity of this observation is perform when the students are in teaching learning process, the researcher makes notes in observation sheet like the students feeling, thinking , seeing and something they do in English teaching- learning process We should plan this observation flexible and open to record The last, reflecting means the teacher tries to evaluates the teaching learning process that has been done by seeing the result of the observation whether the teaching process of speaking using outdoor activities is good to imply in teaching process

Samples of using outdoor activities in enhancing speaking skill for students

3 Samples of using outdoor activities in teaching speaking skill for students at Le loi high School

3.1 A DAY AS A JOUNRALIST COMPETITION

a Purpose of this outdoor activity

- Improve speaking skill for students through conducting a video of a report

- Develop critical thinking, group collabration, find and process the information and solve problems

- Raise awareness of leaning English and make effort to improve learning condition

b Objective of this activity:

- All students in my school, teacher divides class into four groups

c Products of the competition

Students participating this competition have to make a video clip in English in which they mention the reality and solutions about certain problems that are concerned recently or they can talk about a good example that are greatly affected in their area

d Participants:

- The school board

- The school youth union

- The English teachers

- The former teachers

- The students

e Condition

- The school website is available

- The camera or the smartphone

f Steps of organizing the competition

+ Students can choose a hot potato problem to make video clip

+ Students make plan and video clips and edit them for 7 days

+ The students’ video clips will be uploaded for the vote from audience

+ The audience watch the report and vote if they like The groups who has the highest score will be the winner

- Evaluation:

+ collect the ideas and scores and give reward to the winners

+ collect the feedback of the audience’s satisfaction of the outdoor activity

+ have meeting for better organization

After preparing for 7 days, all the groups of students have sent their products to organizing group and the person who is responsible the website will upload the video of the groups In total, there are 16 videos have been posted on the social network of my school

I will attach videos in a floppy disk so that everyone can watch the products of my students easily

Here is the results of the competition

1 Three Education Doan Hong Quan 10A1 Dream jobs The champion

2 Group P.H S.T

Nguyen Trong Phong

11A1

Not Falling down

The runner-up and the highest vote prize

3 Sunflowers Nguyen Thi Cam Tu 11A6 School

violence The third prize

4 F6 Trinh Thu Huyen 11A2 A school trip The fourth

7 Happy Team Nguyen Thi Ha Vy 12A3 A school trip The fourth

10 Adventure Phan Nguyen Quynh

Your dreams

11 ABC News Dang Thi Khanh Thu 10A1 Hobbies

12 Group Cool Air Dao Mai Anh 10A5 School

violence

g Some samples of the competition of “ A day as a jounalist”

1 The “ Three Education” team coming from 10A1 of Le Loi high school talks about the topic “ Your Dream Job” This group has been awarded the first prize and highly appriciated from the other students at Le Loi High School

Quan Hi, I am Quan, I am in tenth grade at Le Loi High school As we have already

known, finding and pursuing one’s dream job are some of the most necessary things that our young generation has to do Not only do you chase your dream can affect strongly your future, it also gives you the reasons to live with passion and purpose in the present That is why today I’m gonna try to interview some

of the students in my high school in order to figure out what are their opinions about this topic

And the first question is what was your dream job when you were a child?

Nhi When I was a child my dream career in the future is to be an English teacher

Because English is my favorite subject and also my parents are teachers so they

hope I will be like them Linh

Thanh When I was a child I had a lot of dreams but what I miss the most is when I

wanted to become an astronaut

13 Group PPT

Tran Thi Phuong

Using mobile phones at school

14 Group LYT Tran Thi Lan Anh 10A5 School

English

17 Group BTV Tran Xuan Tra 10A10 Covid 19

Quan Thanks so those jobs are your dreams when you were a child

But is it still your dream job now?

If it is not then what is your dream job at the moment

And why do have that dream instead?

Thanks

Thanks for your opinion

Nhi It is still my dream and passion now and the more I grow up the more I love it

Linh My current dream job now is to be a teacher because I think it is suitable for me

and it is very useful for society Especially, I think I have the ability to do this I really like this job and I will try my best to do this

Thanh But now originally being a fashion designer is my biggest dream

Because it is suitable for me and I am passionate about fashion And I think that

I can create and bring beauty to people

Quan And the next question is, do you think the current flow of the society have great

effect in your career choice?

Nhi No I think society is not impactful on what I do in the future I think it is just a

small element to decide what I do in the future

Quan Thanks And the last question is: In your opinion what is the most important

factor of a career?

Linh According to me, we should do my favorite job because the most meaningful job

is to do what we love It is the most important

Quan Thanks for the interview, those are some great opinions that you are having

there

students Thanks

Quan Hi Hi

Can I ask you some questions, I am having some here for you?

Becoming a doctor is a career that I have always dreamed of

It can earn me some good wages and my family have absolutely no offense nor mine is obliged

Thanks So about you

Being a doctor is also my dream job I think this career is the most practical when we talk about helping people

But before the interview can you introduce yourself

Lam My name is Lâm

Thu My name is Thư

Chau My name is Châu

And the first question that I am having here for you guys is: What is your dream job?

Lam Becoming a doctor is a career that I have always dreamed of

It can earn me some good wages and my family have absolutely no offense nor mine is obliged

Quan Thanks So about you?

Thu Being a doctor is also my dream job I think this career is the most practical

when we talk about helping people

Chau I want to become an accountant, I love numbers and want to do calculations

every day So being an accountant will help me to live with my passion

Quan Thanks So those jobs are your dream And the second question is what are you

gonna do to achieve that job? And I am having that question for you

Lam I will try my best to get to the medical university of Ha Noi so I can have this

job easier in the future

Thu Thanks and the last question is do you think

That your job can suit the general trends nowadays?

Chau I think it is This job has such value to my family and society in this pandemic

Quan Thanks Those are some great opinions that you are having there

Quan But before that, can you introduce yourself

Toan My name is Toan

Kien My name is Kien

Quan Thanks, and the first question that is having here is what is your dream job?

Toan I want to be a teacher when I grow up It is such a good job since it suits my

personality and my passion And also, I love kids

Quan And about you?

Kien I’d like to be the police, I think it is cool

Quan Yeah, sounds to be a great job

And the second question is in your opinion which factors do you think that a perfect job should consist of?

Toan I think the perfect job is a job that matches your ability and has a great working

environment in Viet Nam

Quan Thanks, and do you have some opinions?

Kien I think passion and the requirement of society are some good factors of a perfect

job

Quan Thanks, and I have the last question which is pretty hard to answer And it is: Do

you think that it is unnecessary to go to school since most of the knowledge that you learned will not benefit your dream job?

Toan I think most of the knowledge that we learned at school will indeed be forgotten

But all the experiences, all the skills we have after having been to school will be very important in the future So I don’t this it is pointless

Quan Thanks and those are some great opinions

So there are some students’ opinions about dream jobs From those, I can understand that our young generation has already had some great and clear understandings about their dream and what they should do in the future in order

to achieve those

But it is not only that, their views on dream jobs such as: “what is the perfect career?”,” how society affects our career choice?” Can be some good materials for us to look at when we want to figure out what we wanna do in the future

It is foolish to fear what we have yet to see and know Therefore, just try to find out what your heart wishes you to live for then keep chasing it until you fulfilled your dream

Some picture are cut from the video of the team “ Three Education”

2 The P.H.S.T group coming from 11A1 of Le Loi high school talks about the topic “ Not falling down” This group has been awarded the second prize and the highest vote from online page of Le Loi High School

Cam Tu is waiting for The Sang He is late

Sang and

Tu

Hi, guys, we are interviewers from P.H.S.T team

Tu Why are you so late? Did you get any trouble?

Sang I have tried my best to finish my project, it’s really hard But in the end it’s done

Tu How wonderful!!! I really admire people who always try their best to do

something, you’re so amazing

Sang Yeah, never give up That’s the topic that we want to share today, right?

Tu Today we’ll invite a special guest to discuss about the topic Never Falling Down Sang Follow Phong and Huy to know more about this topic which give you more

information about how people react and tackle with their problems Let’s go

Phong Hello I’m Phong and Huy We are from P.H.S.T team Today we’ll meet a speacial

person with the topic “ Not Falling Down” Hello MS Thuy Nga

Huy How are you? We are glad to talk with you today?

Ms Thuy

Nga

Thank you I’m fine I am very glad to talk with you today, too

Huy Before entering the interview, can you please introduce a bit more about yourself

to the audience?

Ms Thuy

Nga

My full name is Tran Thuy Nga I live in village 6 Nghia Dong, Tan Ky, Nghe An

My job is manager of Thuy Nga’s library

Phong As you have just said, you are currently the manager of Thuy Nga’s free library

founded by yourself So when did you open this library?

Ms Thuy

Nga

I have opened this library since 2004

Phong I know that you had a lot of difficulties, but you made every effort to overcome

and especially never gave up Can you share with us about the challenges you’ve faced?

Ms Thuy

Nga

It’s a bit too much to say my life is thorns When I was 13, I got polyarthritis, I had

to stop my study to cure

I was a healthy, hardworking, agile girl with many dreams At that time, I was shocked to know that I could no longer walk on my feet I couldn’t accept it, I made every effort to get up from the bed, to hold onto the walk to walk, but my joints ached, they didn’t move the way I want I felt impotent as if my limbs were not mine anymore The tears seem to always be in the eyelids and kept falling uncontrollably Seeing my friends go to school in front of my house, I felt sorry for myself and regretted so many dreams, so much love and gratitude for my loved ones had to stop Seeing relatives struggling to treat me, and to take care of me little by little… I felt guilty and tormented myself a lot Then my brother failed in business and got a loan to heal for me that make our family poorer My mother was

so worried about house will be took away and we won’t have any place to live My mom was disappointed because my oldest brother was in debt and my health was worse, that made my mom stressed These days were very hard, but I felt very grateful for those days which taught me about the patience and gratitude Luckily, after that I read books, which balanced my mind As you see, my joints are broken but I tried to accept this disease as a part of my life Instead of blaming , I thought about many activities to do to find life more meaningful

Huy We are touched by the stories you have just told and that makes us even more

admired you What exactly helped you get over that?

Ms Thuy

Nga

Gratefullness helps me overcome everything, it was the lesson that I learned from the pain and depression Thanks for reading, I become more open-minded I realized that being born in life is a present

Phong Yeah, everyone always has to deal with lots of problems And now to understand

more about that fact, let’s watch the following short interview- asking people about their issue and the way they overcome that This is the reportage made by two reporters working at Le loi high school

Sang Can you introduce something about yourself?

My My name is My and I come from 11A1 class

Tu As a student I know you have many problems that you have to deal with How do

you feel when you get troubles with your family, your friends, your study and your teachers? Could you tell me some?

My Everyone has something hard in their life and me too I had some troubles when I

was 7, I failed the examination

Tu Yeah, Everyone has troubles in life and it takes a lot of efforts to overcome that,

right?

Sang How did you get over it?

My At that time, it was so awful and I felt a little disappointed but it taught me a lesson

that I had to do better next time

Sang So do you know Thuy Nga who is famous for her optimism and does not up on her

fate?

My Of course, I know her through Thuy Nga’s library I admire her a lot She inspires

me a lot of energy, she taught me how to overcome obstacles in a positive way

Tu Do you have any advice for people who try to solve their problems?

My I don’t much experience but I’ll share some tips to overcome difficulties First,

don’t complain this with others Instead of face it hit on and stay positive and don’t give up Thank you for spending time with us

Sang Can you introduce something about yourself?

Nguyen Hello, I’m Nguyen, I am in class 10A5

Sang As a student, I know you have many troubles in your life, your family So can you

tell me something and how do you feel?

Nguyen Yes, I still remember the time when I tried hard to pass high school exam I got

many troubles because of covid 19 but I tried my best and had a good result

Sang Do you know Thuy Nga, who is famous for her optimism and doesn’t give up her

fate?

Nguyen I was impressed by her energy Despite many difficulties in her life, she always

smiles and move forward She always share fun and useful things to other people

It doesn’t matter how slowly you so as long as you do not stop

Sang Thanks for your participating in the program