Int’l conference on English training held in Thai Nguyen
Managers, teachers and researchers involving in English training and representatives from the MoET and the US Embassy in Vietnam gathered to seek ways to promote the language’s training.
Thai Nguyen (VNA) – Managers, teachers and researchersinvolving in English training and representatives from the Ministry ofEducation and Training and the US Embassy in Vietnam gathered in Thai Nguyencity, the same name province, on December 7-8 to seek ways to promote thelanguage’s training.
The third international workshop on English training or VietTESOL was held by ThaiNguyen University in collaboration with the Management Board of the 2020 NationalForeign Languages Project, the US Embassy, and the British Council.
The event, themed “English Language Education in Diverse Contexts”, aims toexchange experience and initiatives on teaching English, while expanding thenetwork of English language teachers, educators, and researchers in Vietnam andin the Southeast Asian nations.
Participants were updated on new approaches to and effective reforms in researchingand practising ways of teaching English, thereby seeking appropriate measuresfor the reality in Vietnam.
Addressing the opening ceremony, James Dean Brow from the US’s Hawai’I highlightedthe impacts of the globalisation, internationalisation, regionalisation andlocalisation, adding that English language education has witnessed changes inpolicies and approaches where English is considered a global language.
Hoang Van Van from the Vietnam National University – Hanoi underlined the needto develop an English education programme meeting the European standards interms of learning, teaching and evaluating, saying that such a programme shouldbe piloted before being applied nationwide.
Participants heard nearly 200 reports by 168 speakers, with focus on strategiesfor learners, English language and skills teaching, teaching methods, evaluation,curricula development.
They also attended numerous academic and cultural exchanges during the event.
The first and second VietTESOLs took place at the Hanoi National University ofEducation in 2014 and 2015.-VNA
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At the workshop (Source: giaoducthoidai.vn) 
