The four of us Goducate workers sent to Vietnam to teach English are now also helping in a new project meant, among other things, to improve English communication skills. This project is the newly formed club of iCan International Education called iCan Productions. It is a video club designed for students and professionals who are interested in acting, video editing, and film-making and who have the desire to improve their English communication skills. The members meet every two weeks, on Saturday evenings..
At the first session, we started with an introduction about the video club and included some warm-up activities, ice breakers, and drama-skill activities related to self or body awareness. Then, we taught them pronunciation, followed by enunciation and conceptualization of the story. After the acting workshop, we taught them camera parts and usage and helped them to understand shutter speed, aperture, and white balance.
At the second session we reviewed most of the best acting activities we did during the previous session and added hands and face drama movements. Most of them were excellent in their group performance. Then, we taught them pronunciation and enunciation. Next, they were taught about how to structure a story for a movie based on The Hero’s Journey. Finally we taught them about camera angles and lighting.
The project will teach the members more than just film-making and English communication skills. Members will learn team-work and creativity, and will have fun letting their hair down in the process. They were also learn to compete, for there will be a film competition on Aug 9.
Merianne is one of the Goducate teachers sent to help in Vietnam