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I have a second part-time job: I am now a French tutor ! My students are the mothers of two children I work with at the day-care center. One is Brazilian, the other is Japanese. I teach six and a half hours per week and I get paid 8 dollars per hour. I know it is not much for a private tutor, especially since it takes me the same amount of time to prepare the lessons. But, considering that I have little tutoring experience, that I enjoy doing it, that it’s a good opportunity for me to review some gramatical rules I have forgotten, and last but not least, that my students are extremely nice, I’m very happy with 8 dollars/hour.

Besides, I have started teaching workshops now and then to a group of French speaking Vietnamese students who will do their master’s degree in France. So much work, so much time, but so much fun! YAY!

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DEUX JOBS ET DEMI

J’ai un deuxième travail à temps partiel: je suis désormais tutrice de Français! Mes étudiants sont les mamans de deux enfants dont je suis la maîtresse à la crèche. L’une est brésilienne, l’autre est japonaise. J’enseigne six heures et demie par semaine à 8 dollars de l’heure. Je sais bien que pour un professeur particulier, ce n’est pas beaucoup. Mais enfin, vu que je n’ai pas beaucoup d’expérience dans ce domaine, que j’aime ça, que ça me donne l’occasion de revoir des règles de grammaire oubliées, et que mes étudiantes sont très sympathiques, ce forfait horaire me convient pleinement.

D’autre part, j’ai commencé à animer des ateliers pour des étudiants vietnamiens francophones qui s’apprêtent à faire leur master en France. Tellement de travail, tellement de temps, mais tellement de plaisir! Youhou!

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It’s hard to find a French teaching job in Ho Chi Minh City. I know English is THE popular language at the moment. But I really thought that there would be more opportunities for French-speaking people. Viet Nam was a French colony for a hundred years, for crying out loud! Despite that, the young generations have totally given up on the French language. So far, I have only met one 30-year old man who is fluent in French, and two other people who know a few words.

View of Ho Chi Minh City area from a plane.

View of Ho Chi Minh City area from a plane.

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