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SEAMEO RETRAC would like to invite you to join our English speaking club in order to enhance your English skills, especially listening and speaking skills through practical speaking activities.

“Food and Drink” is very important in our life. Therefore, it is an interesting and familiar topic in many English conversations. In addition, this topic is also common in English speaking exams, with questions about your favorite food or drink, famous dishes in your hometown or describing a certain dish etc. …

SEAMEO RETRAC would like to invite you all to join our workshop in order to improve your English pronunciation, especially on intonation and chunking. Using correct intonation and chunking will help you speak English naturally and effectively.

Mr. John King, a native English teacher at SEAMEO RETRAC, will provide you with useful knowledge and effective practice activities to help you use the right intonation and chunking when communicating in English. Simultaneously, you will have the opportunity to practice speaking English …

SEAMEO RETRAC would like to invite all English learners to join our English speaking club in order to enhance your English skills, especially listening and speaking skills through practical daily speaking activities.

Sports is a familiar topic to English learners, and it is also a common topic in the IELTS speaking test. Mr. Simon Smith, teacher at SEAMEO RETRAC, will provide you with useful vocabulary and structures to help you talk about sports or describe your favorite sports accurately and …

SEAMEO RETRAC would like to invite all English learners to join our English speaking club in order to enhance your English skills, especially listening and speaking skills through practical daily speaking activities.

Technology is not only one of the common topics in the IELTS exam but also in daily life. However, many students find vocabulary on this topic difficult because most of the words are complex and terminological.

At the English club, Mr. Simon Smith, a teacher at SEAMEO RETRAC …

Many IELTS candidates might think part 2 of the IELTS speaking test is the most difficult part of the test because you have to deliver a long talk on a topic. Accordingly, the examiner will give you a topic consisting of a main question and sub-questions to suggest more about the topic you need to talk about. You will have up to 1 minute to prepare and 1-2 minutes to complete your talk.

In order to help you prepare better …

Are you looking for a place to practice your English language skills and make new friends at the same time? Join us for our upcoming English speaking club (ESC) at SEAMEO RETRAC. The topic for this ESC will be friendship. We’ll talk about the importance of making meaningful connections and how to form strong bonds with others. It’s an excellent opportunity not only to improve your language skills, but also to broaden your social circle and meet new people.

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SEAMEO RETRAC would like to invite all English learners to join the English speaking club in order to enhance their listening and speaking skills through practical daily speaking activities.

Mr. Michael O Donnell, teacher at SEAMEO RETRAC, will provide the participants with useful English knowledge and appropriate English usage to help them talk about and/or describe their favorite holidays accurately and effectively. Simultaneously, the learners will have the opportunity to practice speaking English directly with the English native speaker.

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In IELTS speaking part 1, the questions are often personal and revolve around familiar topics such as: hometown, family, job, study, hobby, etc. This part lasts for about 4-5 minutes, out of a total of 11-14 minutes of the IELTS speaking test. The questions in this part are usually not too difficult and ask about the candidate’s basic information. However, preparing and practicing answering the questions in the first part of the test is essential for you to get a …

Lunar New Year, also known as “Tet”, is not only the transitional period between the old year and the new year of the lunar calendar, but also the most important traditional holiday for Vietnamese people. “Tet” is also considered a “refreshing” day, a day for people to hope for a peaceful, prosperous and favorable new year and put aside all bad luck in the previous year. This is also an opportunity for people to gather with family and loved ones …

Christmas (or Noel) is the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ’s birth.

Besides its sacred religious reason, Christmas is a privileged family reunion holiday. This holiday is celebrated in different ways with the purpose of creating shared memories and maintaining the close bond between family members.

Christmas was introduced to Vietnam and accepted enthusiastically by a large number of people. Although it is not an official holiday, Christmas is gradually being considered as a public holiday, usually celebrated on the evening …