Exciting competitions in schools
Having been exposed to English from an early age, Tran Chu Hong Anh (grade 4/5, Vinh Hai 2 Primary School, Nha Trang City) is very interested in this subject and soon shows outstanding talent when practicing the skills of "listening - speaking - reading - writing". Therefore, she is always a pioneer in participating in English competitions launched by the school. Most recently, Hong Anh participated in the Golden Bell English competition for primary school students in 2025 and entered the final round. Hong Anh shared: "The competition is a useful playground, helping me to self-study and practice English. I hope there will be more competitions like this for students at all levels".
Hong Anh is just one of thousands of students from schools in Khanh Hoa province who are always excited about English competitions in schools. Considered the “key” to open the door to world integration, learning English in schools is increasingly focused on. Schools in Khanh Hoa province have had many solutions to improve the quality of teaching and learning English, creating positive changes. Along with that, many activities and playgrounds have been created to further promote the emulation movement to develop English in the school environment. Schools also increased the organization of extracurricular activities in English, implemented English clubs in classes and participated in activities within the framework of the Khanh Hoa People Speaking English Program sponsored by Vingroup ... For example, the "English Arena" and "Sing to shine" competitions with the participation of candidates from Nguyen Van Troi High School, Ly Tu Trong High School, Pham Van Dong High School (Nha Trang City), attracted 4,822 online participants, 500 direct participants. Or the "English Arena" competition for students of Khanh Hoa University with more than 200 students participating...
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| Students participate in the English Arena competition. |
Spread the English speaking movement
Nha Trang is a famous tourist destination, so it is very important that people working in tourism, especially those who have direct contact with tourists, have the ability to communicate in English. It is not difficult to find a hotel or restaurant staff who communicate fluently in English with tourists; even a small trader sells to Western customers thanks to his limited English. Ms. Hoang Thi Minh - owner of a smoothie shop on Da Tuong Street (Nha Trang City) said: "Every day, my shop has many foreign customers coming to buy, including Korean, Russian, European customers... I still use English to communicate and sell. Although it is just a few simple sentences, both the shop owner and the customers understand and can communicate well." It can be said that English has become the dominant foreign language in Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa compared to many other foreign languages. In particular, since the Khanh Hoa People Speaking English Program was implemented, local people have had more opportunities to learn and communicate in basic English, promoting the English speaking movement in daily life and serving the overall development of the province.
According to the report of the Program Steering Committee, after 2.5 years of operation, the program has organized and attracted more than 165,000 people in the province to participate in movements, events, English speaking contests, English singing, English eloquence, game shows such as: Golden Bell, English Arena, English events for the community at traditional markets, shopping centers, public gathering places, squares, beaches, parks, high schools, universities and colleges. The groups participating in the program are very diverse such as: Officials, civil servants of departments, branches, sectors, Women's Union, Youth Union, students, army, police... In particular, in phase 3, the program has connected groups of people who have direct contact with foreign tourists such as cyclo drivers, taxi drivers, hotel and restaurant staff. Up to now, these groups have become more confident and can communicate basically with foreign guests. This is a group that the province is very interested in and expects to be able to apply English communication in work, thereby changing the perspective of international friends about a dynamic, integrated and developing Khanh Hoa .
HOANG DUNG
Source: https://baokhanhhoa.vn/xa-hoi/202506/khanh-hoa-tieng-anh-chiem-uu-the-tu-truong-hoc-ra-xa-hoi-64716ca/
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