Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR)

Profile

Profile

My PhD examines English language curriculum innovations for English teaching and learning in Vietnamese higher education. The aim of the evaluation will be to check whether the changes made to the curriculum contribute to meeting business needs. It is hoped that this may inform some recommendations for English language curriculum development in the Vietnamese context (an English as a foreign language setting), which might subsequently be transferable to other emerging countries in South-East Asia.

Qualifications

• 2006 MA TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
• 2002 Diploma TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
• 2000 BA English Language and Literature

Related professional experience

• 2008 Certificate of Participation Shaping the way we teach English: successful practices around the world. The consulate general of the United States of America. The university of Oregon, USA.
• 2006 Certificate of English language assessment for university teachers. Center for Educational Testing and Quality Assessment, Vietnam National University, HCMC
• 2005 Certificate of Teaching Knowledge Test. British Council Vietnam
• 2005 Certificate of Achievement in Teaching English Methodology. Consortium for Global Education (CGE) and Institute for Educational Research-HCMC University of Education (IER)
• 2004 Certificate of Research Methodology. Institute for Educational Research-HCMC University of Education, Vietnam (IER)

Discipline Areas

• Curriculum development
• Curriculum evaluation
• DIY materials design
• Teacher support
• English language teaching (ELT)
• Communicative language teaching (CLT)
• Computer-assisted language learning (CALL)

Publications

• 2008-The improvement of English language training with IT support in The improvement of English language training in higher education. Vietnam National University Publishing House
• 2007-Computer assisted language learning: Impediments to success in ELT in Vietnamese higher education: Problems and Solutions. British Council, Cambridge ESOL and Vietnam National University-HCMC. Vietnam National University Publishing House
• 2006-Active teaching methods: Possible solution for teaching improvement in An Giang high schools. University of Education-HCMC, Institute for Educational Research, Center for Educational Evaluation
• June 2004 - The effect of English tests on English intonation learning of high school students in HCMC, Vietnam in The record of conference: The role of assessment in education innovations in Vietnam. University of Education-HCMC, Institute for Educational Research, Center for Educational Evaluation
• 1999-2004 - Communicative English language learning . Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper, English in Communication Series

Conference papers presented

• English Language Curriculum Innovation Evaluation: A case study of the English Language Curriculum in the Vietnamese tertiary education context - Presented at Postgraduate conference Diversity, change and imagination - University of Portsmouth May 2012
• The improvement of English language training with IT support – Presented at the conference The improvement of English language training in higher education - Vietnam National University 2008
• Computer assisted language learning: Impediments to success – Presented at the conference ELT in Vietnamese higher education: Problems and Solutions - British Council, Cambridge ESOL and Vietnam National University January 2007