How lively! The ‘Say It Right’ Festival (23-08-2010)

On the afternoon of August 22^nd, 2010, Vietnam USA Society (VUS) held a festival called ‘Say It Right’ for teenage students and their parents at the VUS headquarters, 189 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, Pham Ngu Lao Ward, District 1.

‘Say It Right’ English club

For teenagers, pronunciation is one of the most important elements to focus on when learning how to communicate in standard English. At the ‘Say It Right’ festival, teenage learners had a wonderful afternoon learning in a lively and interesting environment.

The attractive cartoons featuring famous cartoon characters made them feel especially interested. Practicing with native teachers, teenage students learned how to pronounce the alphabet in English, so that they would have the basic skills to pronounce English efficiently and correctly.

Nguyen Ngoc Tu, age 10, enthusiastically said ‘Thanks to the English club, I can now correct many mistakes in English pronunciation. Also, I, along with many friends, have taken part in games and received gifts.’

Seminar ‘How to help your child with English pronunciation’

Parents who participated in this festival were able to hear about many experiences at the seminar ‘How to help your child with English pronunciation’ held by teachers from the Specialist Department. The content of the seminar was very practical and fascinating. Dr. Stephen Thomas presented realistic situations as examples to the parents of teenage learners in order to help them understand the mistakes which their children often made so they could know how to assist their children more in learning English. The helpful knowledge of the seminar helped parents update and visualize the big picture in their thinking.   The seminar also served to soothe parents’ doubts by answering their questions about how to get their children to speak English at a high level.