#teach english in vietnam

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Teach English in Vietnam and Explore a New Culture

We dive into the exciting world of teaching English in Vietnam. Learn the benefits of living and working in one of Southeast Asia's most enchanting countries, from stunning scenery to delicious cuisine. Hear firsthand accounts from leaped teachers, and learn how to start your journey today. Visit us to discover how to teach English in Vietnam with TESOL Australia.

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Moto-Vlog : Why I came to Ho Chi Minh City, (Saigon) Vietnam n the 32 months I have been living in Vietnam I am often asked 4 questions. Where are you from? Why are you in Vietnam? What do you do for work? What are your hobbies? In this video I drive around Ho Chi Minh City and answer these questions.

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watching a tiktok and someone just described the black/blue gold/yellow dress meme as “one of the first things to ever go viral”

[teachermariamijoi]

Expression of the day with teacher Maria Mijoi

"On the nose"

Exactly, precisely

"I'll arrive to the dinner at seven o'clock on the nose"

Got questions? Feel free to ask below!

@teachermariamijoi

[petergoudge]

TESOL certified Vietnamese English language teachers are needed in every Province, City and Town across Vietnam. With Australian Government accredited TESOL Certification from AVSE-TESOL in Ho Chi Minh City, you'll be in a brilliant job as a Vietnamese English language teacher in four weeks or less. Reach out to AVSE-TESOL today.

Website: www.avse.edu.vn Email: peter@avse.edu.vn

Australian RTO: 45373 Course: 10773NAT

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Join us in beautiful Nha Trang City

[loneberry]

I think I am inscribing the phrase “original sin” on the skin of the air….

If only I could submit these images to the Italian citizenship bureaucrats as evidence that I am, in fact, Italian. Look at the way I talk with my hands! Even my students note it in their teaching evaluations!

Being half Chinese, half Italian feels like a ridiculous thing to be. Lately I’ve been thinking I need to get a hat that says “noodle-noodle girl”.

Today I went to this incredible shop to get my name engraved on a piece of metal… because apparently, when the police come to do their residency check, you are in big trouble if your name is not engraved on a plate affixed to the entrance of your building.

I told the young man working at the store, Whoa this place is cool. His grandfather bought it after WWII and his father ran it until recently. He asked me lots of questions about my life and told me lots of things about his, his years teaching in Vietnam, his social work in a remote part of Peru. Everywhere he goes he travels by motorcycle.

He asked me if I wanted to put my first name or only the initial of my first name on the plate.

“Wang…probably not a lot of Wangs in your building.”

“True, but there are a lot of Wangs in the world! 107 million in Asia alone!”

“It’s Chinese, right?”

“Yes. I am Italian and Chinese.”

His wife is Vietnamese and they have a young child. Every week they alternate between speaking Vietnamese, English, and Italian to the child.

Ah, so there are other half-Asian half-Italians in the world, I thought but did not say.

[nanowrimo]

30 Covers, 30 Days 2023: Day 23

For Day 23, we have Adventure novel Seek Thy Truth by R.S. Knight! This cover was designed by the amazing returning designer, Marc English!

Seek Thy Truth

A retake on the classic story, the Pied Piper but with an adventurous twist… The story follows Godfrey, an exuberant historical con-artist during the 1700's who's hellbent on trying to rewrite fables to his liking throughout different parts of the world just to gain popularity and money. He hears about the chilling story of a mysterious female figure in Hameln, Germania who showed up and took not only children away, but the adults as well. He decides to try his luck in rewriting their tale by finding out what he can to spin, only to realize there must be a more sinister force at hand than a mere fairytale.

About the Author

This author has chosen to keep their identity a secret!

About the Designer

Marc English (marcenglih.design) has been making art since he was a kid. He became a designer as a young adult, then went to MassArt for the same. Within four years of graduating he was teaching there, and has since taught design in grad and undergraduate programs in the U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala. An author of a book on identity, Marc has served clients across the U.S., from Vietnam to Tel Aviv, and places in between, focusing on his version of identity. President of AIGA/Boston, he founded, served as president for the Austin chapter, created their Design Ranch retreat, and served on the AIGA national board of directors. He spends his time watching films, reading books; banging on a variety of musical instruments; roaming on four wheels, 2 wheels, under sail, on foot; and listening to strangers tell their stories. He has a few of his own.

[organ-market]

Born With No Tongue

A personal essay of a Viet "no sabo" kid on language.

Given white names, white language, we were forced to assimilate. 

I am a first generation Vietnamese child, who cannot speak Vietnamese.

I cannot blame my parents for not teaching me my native tongue. They were only doing what they thought would help me. They were helping me avoid the hurt, the ostracization that comes with not knowing English. They were scared for me. They spent years afraid in America, at the mercy of strangers who could not even understand a single word. 

I mourn for the years lost. I mourn for the language I was never taught. I mourn for the culture I will never truly be a part of. 

Sometimes I think about freshman year, a baby faced me ready to face the world of highschool. I wanted to reconnect to my culture, so I enrolled in a Vietnamese 1 class. It was terrible. Everyone else there was Vietnamese and already knew how to speak the language. They just wanted an easy A. The best score I got was a C.  One of the students even grew up in Vietnam— the teacher made him help grade papers. The teacher would ask me why I was having such a hard time, saying that white kids had done better than me. I used to cry every day in that class, to the point where no one needed to gossip about my insecurity. It was simply seen as fact.

It was soul crushing. 

That experience made me scared to ever attempt to learn again. It was a loss of innocence, a loss of my hope to grow closer to those so far away. 

There’s a jealousy deep within my bones. It eats away at my marrow, growing stronger as the days pass. From jealousy, anger grows. From anger, resentment grows. 

Why was it me? What did I do to deserve this? This mocking, this dissonance? I cannot even claim a name from where I belong. You look at me and you see “Asian”. But how can I be, if I can’t even grant you a hello? If I cannot even tell you the name of my favorite food, what am I? 

I am a mockery of my parents' hopes and dreams. 

- the petals of a blue violet.

[redgoldsparks]

June Reading and Reviews by Maia Kobabe

I post my reviews throughout the month on Storygraph and Goodreads, and do roundups here and on patreon. Reviews below the cut.

A First Time For Everything by Dan Santat 

A beautifully illustrated memoir of a shy, Asian American thirteen year old's first trip to Europe, in 1989. Dan is a painfully self-conscious kid, bullied at school despite his best efforts to slip invisibly through the school halls. But on a three week summer trips with a dozen other kids his age, some from his school and some from other states, he begins to find himself. This story is framed through a series of "firsts"- first time traveling without his parents, first time tasting Fanta, first cigarette, first alcoholic drink, first time navigating a city alone, first kiss, first time sharing his art with someone. The main narrative of the trip is woven through with flashbacks to particularly emotional past moments- asking a girl out, being romantically rejected, rejecting someone else, helping a girl out who had gotten her period unexpectedly. It captures the wretchedness of junior high, and the way traveling can teach people both about the world and themselves.

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

An impactful series of essays that circles around the meaning of "Asian American" sometimes in very broad strokes, sometimes narrowing to the author's specific experience as a bilingual Korean American writer who grew up in the Los Angeles area in the 80s and 90s. I really appreciated the mix of memoir and history, research and cultural critique. Topics range from therapy, the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, racism in academia, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, stand up comedy, the 1992 LA riots, the way childhood is not allowed equally to white and POC kids, the film Moonrise Kingdom and the 1965 Civil Rights movement, shame, deconstructing the English language in poetry, the 2012 documentary Wildness about a trans bar scene in LA, intense female friendships in art school, the poet Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's life and death, activist Yuri Kochiyama, and what debt, if any, an Asian American writer and thinker owes to America. This is a book I can see myself re-reading in a couple years, and getting more from it on a second read; it's rich with quotes and references to other writers, artists and thinkers who have informed Hong's thoughts. Definitely recommend.

In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee 

I'm not going to give this book a star rating, because it deals with some extremely heavy topics I have no experience with (multiple suicide attempts, physical abuse of a child by a parent). This memoir covers four years of the main character's life, all of high school. Korean American Jung Jin, who goes by Deborah or Deb at school, made most of her friends in orchestra in junior high. But in high school she falls out of love with violin and quits music to focus more time and energy into drawing. She floats through school, feeling disconnected from peers and family, especially her mother, who swings from supportive to volatile. Another main theme is friendship- a solid, long-term friendship which Deb neglects, and a shorter, intense friendship that consumes Deb's emotional world until it falls apart. This is a story of quiet survival, of incremental steps towards healing, balance, and self actualization. Like life, it is somewhat loose in structure, but the illustrations are stunning.

The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings read by Angel Pean

Set in a world similar to but one step sideways from our current world, this story follows Jo, a creative, biracial, bisexual woman trapped by the restrictions of her society. In this US, women are under constant suspicion of witchcraft, a crime that can still be punish by public burnings. Women who aren't married by 30 are especially suspected, and have to check in with a counselor bi-weekly, and risk losing their jobs, freedom, and ability to have their own bank accounts or own property. Jo is 28, and while she is causally dating, she has no interest in marriage. She has a hard time believing that love can even exist under the pressures placed on women. It doesn't help that her mother disappeared when Jo was 14, and during the investigation, she was questioned by witch hunters. It's been 7 years and Jo's father decides it's finally time to declare Jo's mom officially dead. This ends up opening up a clause in her will that requests Jo travel to a island in the middle of one of the Great Lakes on a very specific day in autumn and collect a certain fruit that only grows there... This book is so skillfully written, for the first half I was left wondering if magic really did or did not exist; it could just be the excuse that men used to oppress women, queer people, and people of color. But then the book takes a really Kelly Link or Octavia Butler-like twist in the middle and gets weirder and wilder. Highly recommend, especially the audiobook.

How A Mountain Was Made: Stories by Greg Sarris 

A collection of short stories by long time Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, Greg Sarris; a writer I've been hearing about for years and am finally sitting down to read! These stories are all set around the Sonoma Mountain and Cotati, very close to where I grew up, and I loved being able to picture the foggy mornings, the many oaks, the quail, poppies, lupine, hawks, coyotes, and creeks in these stories. The book has a frame narrative of two crow sisters, Question Woman and Answer Woman, who introduce each story and also appear as characters in one. The stories are interwoven, nearly all set in the village by Copeland Creek where Coyote lives as headman with his wife Frog, his cousin Chicken Hawk, and his many neighbors. The stories use a lot of the kind of repetitive language that lends itself to memorization; I honestly didn't feel like sitting down and reading the book cover to cover wasn't the best way to experience them. It might have been better to flip the book open to a random story and read whichever one caught my eye, especially to read it out loud, either to myself or to a young listener. Maybe I'll get an opportunity to read it that way sometime to a nibling.

The Two Doctors Gorski by Isaac Fellman read by Helen Laser

Annae is a PhD student, a brilliant researcher, and a survivor of academic abuse. She is forced to leave the US when her former mentor claims her research and ruins her name (after sleeping with her). They work in a small field, advanced magic so complex it feels almost more like science, so Annae transfers to a university in the UK to complete her degree. There she finds herself in a cohort of entirely male graduate students under a famous but cruel teacher. Her main defense mechanism and invasive habit is reading minds, a kind of compulsive act that lets her see how her peers view her, and themselves. Unsurprisingly, these insights bring her no peace; Annae tries to rebuild her research, but urge to fall into the same traps as her role models is strong. This is a novella, only about 4 hours as an audiobook, and fairly open ended but I'm still thinking about it.

The Wolf at the Door by Charlie Adhara read by Erik Bloomquist 

In this contemporary murder mystery/romance novel, werewolves exist and have always lived in small numbers around the world. A few years before this story starts werewolves outed themselves to the US government in order to better liaison with law enforcement to address werewolf-human crimes, but the general public still does not know werewolves exist. Cooper Dayton survived a werewolf attack, and is subsequently transferred from his former job at the FBI into the BSI, the Bureau of Special Investigation. When two bodies turn up in the woods in rural Maine, Agent Dayton is chosen for a trial program, and he is paired up with an agent from The Trust, the werewolf government. Dayton is attracted to his new partner, Agent Park, immediately- but when it turns out Park's family is active in the area of the murder, Dayton realizes he can't rule out the possibility that his co-worker might be actively covering for the criminal. This book starts an enjoyable paranormal romance series complete with plenty of spice but also very solid procedural mysteries. I was glad to be able to guess some parts of, but not all of, the mystery as it unfolded and I also thought the romance novel beats hit well!

The Wolf at Bay by Charlie Adhara read by Erik Bloomquist 

At the start of this second installment in my new favorite paranormal romance/murder mystery series, Agent Cooper Dayton and Agent Oliver Park of the Bureau of Special Investigations have been sleeping together for 4 months but still have not defined their relationship. Some of their miscommunications stem from cultural misunderstandings, but more of it comes from them both being too gun shy to be the first one to say "I love you." Meanwhile, Cooper takes Oliver to meet his family in the small town of coastal Maryland where he grew up- introducing Oliver only as his partner at work, because Cooper's family don't know he is gay and also don't know werewolves exist. Then a 25 year old skeleton is uncovered on the Dayton family property, and Cooper and Oliver have to set aside their other issues to solve the cold case, which might implicate one or both of Cooper's parents. A very enjoyable second book which manages to avoid a lot of the things that often bug me in romance novels and develops the relationship in satisfying ways.

The Mermaid, The Witch and The Sea by Megan Tokuda-Hall 

Evelyn, the closeted lesbian teen daughter of nobles in an oppressive and strict empire, sets to sea aboard the Dove on a six month voyage to meet the husband her parents have chosen for her. On the Dove she meets Florian, a sailor her own age she who she befriends despite his lack of education and rough manners. But what Evelyn doesn't know is that Florian is also Flora, an orphan who joined the crew out of desperation and killed a man in cold blood to earn her place. And also- the ship is crewed by pirates, who plan to take all of the passengers as slaves. They have also committed a crime against the very sea itself: the capture of a mermaid with intent to sell it's blood, which men drink to forget. This is a dangerous and violent world, but the connection between Evelyn, Florian/Flora and the mermaid might be enough to save them all, with the help of some cleverness, bravery, magic, and love. This book had some tonal shifts that I struggled with, but I deeply appreciated the multifaceted queer rep.

Thrown to The Wolves by Charlie Adhara read by Erik Bloomquist 

The third book in the werewolf/detective romance series I've been wolfing down on audiobook. In this installment, Cooper Dayton, human BSI agent, is still heaving from the wounds of his previous case when Oliver Park, werewolf BSI agent, learns that his grandfather and head of the pack he abandoned several years ago died. Oliver asks Cooper to come with him to the funeral, and Cooper agrees, having no idea what he's getting into. The couple narrowly avoids a deadly car-crash on the way up to the family mansion in Canada, where Cooper learns that even though Oliver's family is fine with him being gay they are not really fine with him dating a human. Several of Oliver's relatives very explicitly try to scare Cooper off, then he's shot with a tranquilizer in what may or may not be an accident, then it turns out that Oliver's grandfather might not have died of natural causes. Amongst all this chaos, will Cooper decide the wolf world is just too much and that he needs to back away from it? Or will be just dive in even deeper? Even though I could easily guess the answer, I am still very hooked and will definitely read more!

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman 

Seraphina is the assistant composer to the royal family of Goredd, which means she lives in the castle and spends her days auditioning new musicians, leading rehearsals, performing at state functions and giving the vivacious, whip smart, slightly spoiled princess her weekly harpsichord lessons. In two weeks, the most important dragon general will be visiting the capital city to celebrate the 40 year anniversary of the peace treaty between humans and dragons which he negotiated with the current human queen. But then one of the members of the royal family is killed, and some people start pointing the finger at dragons; tensions begin to rise in the city as anti-dragon mobs attack a young dragon traveling the city in his human form. Amidst this tension, Seraphina is even more desperate to keep her longest and darkest secret: that she is half dragon, and carries hidden scales, maternal dragon memories, and a mental link with other powerful beings. This was such an original take on a dragon fantasy, with a rich and complex world, characters that I immediately cared for and rooted for. I'm definitely going to keep reading this series!

Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing by Charlie Adhara read by Erik Bloomquist 

Human boyfriend Cooper Dayton and his werewolf boyfriend Oliver Park are trying to buy a house together; but their aesthetic sense of what makes an inviting home is vastly different, and neither of them are communicating their needs well to the other. How convenient that their next case for The Trust, the werewolf government, involves them going undercover to a couple's retreat where they will investigate a missing person report while also doing bonding exercises and couple's therapy. Will Cooper finally acknowledge that he was PTSD? Will Park admit their massive family wealth disparity could be a source of tension between them? Will they manage to figure out the link between a threatening park ranger, a local lumber mill owner who wants to buy the land the wolf retreat is built on, not one but two missing employees, the mysterious research of a wolf scientist (who may have experimented on his own children), a wolf pack leader showing up at the retreat unexpectedly? This installment continues the development of the central relationship while also fleshing out the lore and intricacies of the wolf world.

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"9/10 for the course and the assistance"

tefl online pro review, submitted by Lester. You never have to wait more than a day for assistance if you need it and when you do get it it is personal feedback from your online tutor. If you have questions about job assistance, you contact the main office and they also get back to you within their promise of 24 hours. The course (120-hour) was very good with many true-life examples of classroom…

[beardedmrbean]

The wife of an Iowa county supervisor was sentenced Monday to four months in jail after being convicted in a scheme to stuff the ballot box to support her husband's unsuccessful campaign for a congressional seat.

Kim Taylor also was ordered to serve four months' home confinement following her release from prison and to pay $5,200, KTIV-TV reports.Sign up for our Newsletters

Prosecutors said Taylor, a Vietnam native who was convicted in November of 52 counts related to voter fraud, approached numerous voters of Vietnamese heritage with limited English comprehension and filled out and signed election forms and ballots on behalf of them and their English-speaking children.

PREVIOUSLY: Northwest Iowa woman found guilty of 52 counts of voter fraud

They said the scheme was designed to help her husband, Jeremy Taylor, a former Iowa House member, who finished a distant third in the 2020 race for the Republican nomination to run for Iowa's 4th District congressional seat. Despite that loss, he ultimately won election to the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors that fall.

No one testified to seeing Kim Taylor personally sign any of the documents, but her presence in each voter's home when the forms were filled out was the common thread through the case.

Jeremy Taylor, who met his wife while teaching in Vietnam, has not been charged, but has been named as an unindicted co-conspirator.

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Scout does not like green eggs and ham

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/60313090

by Thatsallotadamage

Scout is illiterate. He's fairly insecure about it and doesn't want anyone knowing even though it's pretty obvious he can't read.

Suddenly his absent father wants to fix things and teach him how to read. What a joy.

Words: 3912, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Team Fortress 2

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen

Characters: Spy (Team Fortress 2), Scout (Team Fortress 2), Scout's Mother (Team Fortress 2), Scout's Brothers (Team Fortress 2), Medic (Team Fortress 2), Engineer (Team Fortress 2)

Relationships: Scout & Spy (Team Fortress 2), Scout's Mother/Spy (Team Fortress 2)

Additional Tags: Scout Knows Spy Is Scout's Parent (Team Fortress 2), Scout Learns Spy Is Scout's Parent (Team Fortress 2), Vietnam War, Illiterate Scout

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/60313090

[teachermariamijoi]

Word of the day with teacher Maria Mijoi

Tangible

Adjective

Something that is real and not imaginary

"We need tangible evidence if we are going to convict him"

Got questions? Feel free to ask below!

@teachermariamijoi