Developing young language learners’ proficiency in alignment with CEFR, focusing on A1 and A2

Developing young learners’ proficiency in accordance with CEFR has attracted the attention of several researchers and educators since its first publication. This paper aims at presenting a brief overview of CEFR and discussing the advantages and challenges in referring to CEFR in developing young language learners’ proficiency, focussing on the levels A1 and A2. This document ends with some pedagogical implications

Developing young language learners’ proficiency in alignment with CEFR, focusing on A1 and A2

Developing young learners’ proficiency in accordance with CEFR has attracted the attention of several researchers and educators since its first publication. This paper aims at presenting a brief overview of CEFR and discussing the advantages and challenges in referring to CEFR in developing young language learners’ proficiency, focussing on the levels A1 and A2. This document ends with some pedagogical implications

RESEARCHING LANGUAGE-IN-EDUCATION POLICY AT HUE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE

Since the issue of the project Teaching and learning foreign languages in the national educational system for 2008-2020 period urged the colleges and universities in Vietnam to reform their language educational programs. Within this context, The Project of Foreign Language Education at Hue Industrial College for 2012-2020 period was born. The current research aims to analyze the language-in-education policy at this institution. The analysis also implies some pedagogical implications for feasible implementation of the language teaching and learning policies at Hue Industrial College

Analysing Industry Needs in Orientation to Developing Vocational Students’ Workplace English Communicative Competence for Globalization

This study aimed at examining how English was used at work and what industries actually needed in terms of their staff’s English communicative competence for the current globalization. For these purposes, the research methodology was constructed with the main use of questionnaires survey and interviews with 126 employees and managers from 11 corporates in central Vietnam. The triangulation of data collection instruments, sources of information and various investigated locations helped to sort out important factors in order to enhance the vocational undergraduates’ English communicative competence at work. The findings reveal actual workplace communication needs of English as required by the employees majoring in business administration (BusiAdmin) and yield valid contents significant to developing the BusiAdmin students’ English communicative competence in orientation to the widespread globalization: (i) industries identified English as one of the prioritized recruitment standards; (ii) language skills for job purposes namely telephoning, reading and writing emails, business letters, contracts, memos and minutes, speaking and listening in social situations with business partners and job interviewing were recommended; and (iii) and the suggestions put forth by all the participants were catered for

EXPLORING THE USE OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE ACTIVITIES FOR VOCATIONAL STUDENTS AT HUE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE

This study documents the use of the grammar practice activities (GPAs) in English classrooms at Hue Industrial College (HIC). The findings show that in spite of a lot of difficulties, HIC’s teachers carried out various kinds of practice activities and techniques in order to encourage their learners to practice the target grammar patterns. Noticeably, written activities tended to outnumber oral ones. The data also reveal that the teachers placed the most emphasis on the forms and rules of the language and paid the utmost attention to the conduction of meaningful practice activities. Based on the findings, it is suggested that the teachers need to have well-balanced use of GPAs which would be suitable to the students at the level of vocational classes

EXPLORING THE USE OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE ACTIVITIES FOR VOCATIONAL STUDENTS AT HUE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE

This study documents the use of the grammar practice activities (GPAs) in English classrooms at Hue Industrial College (HIC). The findings show that in spite of a lot of difficulties, HIC’s teachers carried out various kinds of practice activities and techniques in order to encourage their learners to practice the target grammar patterns. Noticeably, written activities tended to outnumber oral ones. The data also reveal that the teachers placed the most emphasis on the forms and rules of the language and paid the utmost attention to the conduction of meaningful practice activities. Based on the findings, it is suggested that the teachers need to have well-balanced use of GPAs which would be suitable to the students at the level of vocational classes