Volunteerism: Benefits to Students

HUE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

RESEARCH PROPOSAL
TOPIC: SOLUTION TO ATTRACT HUCFL STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN VOLUNTEER WORK

Name: Nguyễn Hoàng Bảo Trinh
Class: ASPK8E
Group:6

I/ INTRODUCTION

Nowadays, volunteerism is an important work in many schools. Volunteering means spending some of your free time helping others. You may volunteer to help other people, such as the families who lost their homes after a natural disaster. But you can also volunteer to protect animals, the environment, or any other cause that you care about. School volunteers make an essential contribution to the education of elderly generations. However, it is a controversial issue whether volunteer work brings us any advantages or disadvantages. As for me, every coin has two sides, yet the benefits that volunteer work brings to the participants always outweigh the drawbacks. To clarify this problem, I will make a research with topic: “Solution to attract HUCFL students to take part in volunteer work.” There are three main reasons why I choose this topic. Firstly, I want to more understand about benefits of volunteer work. From there, I can improve my knowledge about volunteer work. Secondly, I would like to find out what is missing in the volunteerism. Thus, I can give some measures to solve these problems. Finally, I want to encourage HUCFL students to participate in volunteer work. Because it helps our lives become more meaningful. My research will answer the following questions:
1/What are the benefits of volunteer work?
2/Why students don’t want to go to take part in volunteer work?
3/What solutions can be done to attract HUCFL students participate in volunteering?

II/ LITERATURE REVIEW

1/What are the benefits of volunteer work?
As a volunteer, we will enjoy the fulfillment of giving to our community and helping a worthy cause but we can also get valuable experience. The challenge is finding the volunteer position that is right for us. There are many benefits of volunteer work. First of all, it provides an opportunity to communicate, socialize and create a pool of network with other professionals. Thus, we can meet new people, extend our network, and make valuable contacts. Secondly, voluntary work can help promote an individual 's health both physically and mentally, especially for the more elderly generations. Volunteering is good for our health. Studies have found that those who volunteer have a lower mortality rate than those who do not, even when considering factors like the health of the participants. Volunteering has also been shown to lessen symptoms of chronic pain or heart disease. Thirdly, we have a good chance to expose the real life’s obstacles as well as contribute to the society. In other words, we may feel it a true happiness not only to be cared for but to take care of others as well. Finally, volunteering can teach us valuable job skills. Volunteering can help us build upon skills you already have and use them to benefit the greater community. For instance, if we hold a successful sales position, we raise awareness for your favorite cause as a volunteer advocate, while further developing and improving our public speaking, communication, and marketing skills. So, volunteering is a good choice for everybody who has free time.
2/Why students don’t want to go to take part in volunteer work?
Beside the advantages, volunteer work also has some disadvantages. That is why many students don’t want to participate in volunteering. Volunteer work takes time out of their schedule. Depending on the kind of volunteer work, it could cost as little as a few hours each month or a few hours each day of their time. Therefore, volunteering in certain settings could put a strain on their emotional, mental and physical health. The more time they spend volunteering, the more frequently they 're exposed to situations that can create feelings of stress, anxiety and frustration. An increase in stress or negative emotions could eventually lead to a deterioration of their physical health. In the process of trying to make life better for others, they could end up making themselves sick.
3/What solutions can be done to attract HUCFL students participate in volunteer work?
To encourage students to take part in volunteer work, I have three solutions. Firstly, publicize our event on social networking websites, such as Facebook. For example, we can create a page on Facebook for your organization. On that page, we can post the need for volunteers for an event or for general help in our office. Invite our friends, family and interested allies to join the page on the social network that we use. Secondly, we can organize some trips in order to attract students to take part in volunteering. Moreover, it can reduce stress and make us feel stronger. Lastly, writing a title that is attention grabbing and tell volunteers what they will be doing. In short, volunteer work may bring the participants both advantages and disadvantages, yet it will be more beneficial when they manage our time reasonably for any activities we take part in.
III. METHODOLOGY I. Subjects of the study
The research will perform among the HUCFL English major second year students. The subjects will survey on 30 HUCFL English major students, according to the following table :

Subject | Types of data collection | Numbers | HUCFL English major students | Questions | 30 students |

II. Producedares
a. Questionnaire:
The questionnaire will consist of 10 questions. It will deliver to 30 HUCFL English major second year students. The questions will clear and instructive in order to help students answer them as quickly and accurately as possible.
The questions will focus on 3 main ideas:
The benefits of volunteer work
The disadvantages of volunteer work
Solutions to attract HUCFL students to take part in volunteer work
b. Data analysis: Base on the collected data, this process will be the key of solutions to attract many students to participate in volunteering. Data analysis will mainly base on quantitative method. It will be analyzed by using statistical by means of frequency, percentage and the results were presented in figures and tables. IV. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 1. The benefits of volunteer work 2. The reasons why HUCFL students do not to take part in volunteer work 3. Solutions to attract HUCFL students to participate in volunteering V. IMPLICATION Voluntary work may help us develop a better picture of ourself. For example, we may find out how you work within a team, how you deal with customers. If I have a chance to do this research, I will have three solutions to make volunteer work become more attractive. Firstly, I will publicize our event on social networking websites, such as Facebook. For example, I can create a page on Facebook for my organization. On that page, I can post the need for volunteers for an event or for general help in our office.

LIST OF REFERENCES
1/ http://www.working.com/soundoff/story.html?id=0655199d-f747-4787-b05d-fb5eac351a69
2/ http://en.docsity.com/news/parties-and-university-life/volunteering-work-benefits-student-perspective/
3/http://www.infobarrel.com/Advantages_and_Disadvantages_of_Volunteering
4/http://www.ehow.com/list_7451236_disadvantages-volunteer-work.html
5/http://www.ehow.com/how_5250544_attract-volunteers-nonprofit-organization.html
APPENDIX
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References: 1/ http://www.working.com/soundoff/story.html?id=0655199d-f747-4787-b05d-fb5eac351a69 2/ http://en.docsity.com/news/parties-and-university-life/volunteering-work-benefits-student-perspective/ 3/http://www.infobarrel.com/Advantages_and_Disadvantages_of_Volunteering 4/http://www.ehow.com/list_7451236_disadvantages-volunteer-work.html 5/http://www.ehow.com/how_5250544_attract-volunteers-nonprofit-organization.html APPENDIX 1/