Tran Thi Thuy Linh, a teacher at To Hieu Secondary School in Vietnam, leads English extracurricular activities and has successfully organized international projects connecting her students with peers in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Portsmouth, UK. These projects have enhanced students' awareness of global issues and fostered a sense of identity and confidence, ultimately improving their behavior and attitudes. The school's reputation has benefited from these initiatives, highlighting its achievements in expanding students' global perspectives.

1. Speaker: Tran Thi Thuy Linh Teacher of To Hieu Secondery School, Vietnam

2. I am currently teaching grade 7 and 8, age 12 - 13 students at a good junior high school in Hai Phong City of Vietnam. What made me feel very happy in my job is that many of my students achieved prizes in English competitions at city level in the past few years.

3. At the school, I am designated to lead on the school English extra - curriculum activities. I have founded many clubs so far such as singing club, playing club, story-telling club, drawing club, etc. Being involved in the Connecting Classroom project in a role of school coordinator, I feel very much fascinated about the project because it provides our school, teachers and students with opportunities to get to know more about others countries, their cultures and people.

4. Working with teachers from Jakarta, Indonesia, we had a web-conference for my students with their Indonesian peers from 11 schools in Jakarta. Following on the success of the first web-conferencing, I arranged another web-talk with students from Springfield in Portsmouth, UK.

5. Although this is the first international project I have been involved, I am very keen to make friendship with teachers from other countries and would love to share my experiences on the project and teaching.

6. Impact of an international dimension to individual learner outcomes.

7. Highlighting Activities ( over the first year of the project ) - Creating international partnership with schools in Portsmouth ( UK ) and Jakarta ( Indonesia ) - Sharing teaching and learning methods and experience with students and teachers from Portsmouth and Jakarta. - Embedding global dimension in the curriculum (Art, Music, English, Geography, Technology, Biology) and extra- curriculum activities.

8. Details 1. Art class:  Impact: raise awareness of students’ identity.

9. 2. Geography class:

10. 2. Geography class:

11. Learner outcomes: - learn more about world challenges. - recognise their role as global citizens who will make a change and maintain sustainable development . - enhance their love and pride of their home city.  Teachers: - facilitate children thinking instead of telling them everything .

12. 3. English class:  impressive outcome: Ss realize that despite many differences, they also share similarities.

13. 4. Extra- curriculum activities - get more interested in international communication * Students: - gain more confidence.  Impact - widen their knowledge

14. “ Each day at school now is a happy day in my life . I love my school ”. impact: - change Students’ thinking and behaviour.

15. Learner outcomes: raise sense of their own personality, identity. enhance love and pride of their homeland Learn more about world challenges Better aware of their role as global citizens who will make a sustainable development . realize that despite many differences, they also share similarities. gain more confidence. increase level of interest in international communication positively change Students’ thinking and behaviour.

17. Raise School Reputation ” To Hieu Junior High School has had many activities that bring their children beyond the school boundary out to the world .That is a great achievement that the school has made! ” ( Hai Phong Educational Newspaper )