The event, themed “English Language Education in Diverse Contexts”, aims to exchange experience and initiatives on teaching English, while expanding the network of English language teachers, educators, and researchers in Vietnam and in the Southeast Asian nations.
Participants were updated on new approaches to and effective reforms in researching and practising ways of teaching English, thereby seeking appropriate measures for the reality in Vietnam.
Addressing the opening ceremony, James Dean Brow from the US’s Hawai’I highlighted the impacts of the globalisation, internationalisation, regionalisation and localisation, adding that English language education has witnessed changes in policies and approaches where English is considered a global language.
Hoang Van Van from the Vietnam National University – Hanoi underlined the need to develop an English education programme meeting the European standards in terms of learning, teaching and evaluating, saying that such a programme should be piloted before being applied nationwide.
Participants heard nearly 200 reports by 168 speakers, with focus on strategies for 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 of Education in 2014 and 2015.
