About VietTESOL

Under the sponsorship of the National Foreign Languages Project 2020, the U.S. Embassy, the Australian Embassy and the British Council, the first and second international VietTESOL conferences were jointly organized by Hanoi National University of Education and the National Foreign Languages Project 2020 in Hanoi in 2014 and 2015.

      This year 2017, after a one-year gap, marks the fabulous return of the 3rd  international VietTESOL conference with collaborative building and mutual support in academic and organizational terms from numerous independent ELT professionals around Vietnam, the Regional English Language Office (RELO) – US Embassy, and other interested organizations. This conference is one of many initiatives within a strategic planning scheme towards the sustainability of the annual international VietTESOL conference in Vietnam and the establishment of Vietnamese English Language Teacher Association.

    The international VietTESOL conference aims to bring together diverse stakeholders of English language teaching, learning, research, and usage in an engaging platform to fulfill such honorable missions as fostering the English language teaching profession, enhancing English proficiency and lifelong learning among professionals and learners, and advancing English language teaching, learning, research and usage in Vietnam and beyond. The specific objectives of the annual international VietTESOL conference include:

  • exchanging and disseminating initiatives and good practices associated with English language teaching and learning;

 

  • strengthening and broadening a professional network among practitioners (teachers/ lecturers), educators, administrators, researchers and entrepreneurs associated with English language teaching and learning across educational levels in Vietnam, the ASEAN community and beyond;

  • updating the latest research trends and innovations of practice in English language teaching and learning;

  • devising pathways to accommodate English language teaching, learning, research and usage in Vietnamese contexts;

  • promoting the application of ICT and innovative research in English language teaching, learning, and usage;

  • encouraging the participation of English practitioners, researchers, and teacher students at primary and secondary education levels,  particularly those working with vulnerable groups and in disadvantaged/ marginalized areas;
  • nurturing the ethos of openness, respect, diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability among the communities of English teaching, learning, research and usage in Vietnam and beyond.