Dr. Đoàn Bá Ngọc, lecturer and course coordinator in TESOL and language & literacy at the School of Education, University of South Australia, paid a visit to SEAMEO RETRAC and delivered a talk to ELT teachers and lecturers in Ho Chi Minh City on “English Language Learning and Teaching in a Mobile World: Challenges and Possibilities” on March 9, 2017, at the Center’s premise. 

The talk pointed out various challenges and possibilities in learning and teaching English in the current globalized, mobile world. It also highlighted the framework, called the 3×3 Toolkit, designed to help non-native students studying in Australia cope with the difficulties in thesis writing. Working effectively through 1) developing the students’ critical reading capacity, 2) guiding their critical writing, and 3) providing feedback on their writing, the framework is an example for what language educators can do to meet learners’ language needs in the new situation.