Category: Sharing English lessons

SEAMEO RETRAC in collaboration with the Oxford University Press organized a training workshop on the “Teaching Strategies for Solutions – 2^nd Edition”, on September 20, 2014, at the Center’s premises.

The training workshop was facilitated by Ms. Sadie Maddocks, Delta-qualified English language trainer, Oxford University Press. The workshop drew the participation of about 50 teachers at the Center. This workshop was to help orientate the teachers towards a latest coming textbook, the Solutions – 2^nd Edition, for the …

On September 06, 2014, SEAMEO RETRAC held Mid-Autumn activities for 2,500 students of Kiddy programs. This annual festival attracted the students with several interesting activities. For levels from kids to youngsters aged 07-15, students took part in a lantern decorating competition with a variety of creative ideas and topics that they loved. For starters levels aged 04-06, students creatively assembled lanterns. In addition, “Chi Hang” and “Chu Cuoi” visited classes to present candies and take photos …

On August 28-30, 2014, the 5^th Annual International Conference on Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) on “New Trends in English Teaching and Learning” was held at the Center’s premises by SEAMEO RETRAC in cooperation with Curtin University, Australia.

More than 240 participants attended 27 presentations and 4 workshops presented at the conference by eminent researchers, lecturers and scholars with such a variety of topics as: Creativity and Innovation in English Language Teaching and Learning; Technology in …

On August 27^th, 2014, the eleventh batch of students of the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics Program, jointly organized by Curtin University and SEAMEO RETRAC, celebrated their graduation.

Enrolled in this intake were 25 teachers of English from Vietnam. The program has so far recruited 537 candidates in 13 intakes. The twelfth and thirteenth intakes are now in progress. This is a successful training program, effectively contributing to the development of human resource for English language teaching …

On August 27^th, 2014, the eleventh batch of students of the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics Program, jointly organized by Curtin University and SEAMEO RETRAC, celebrated their graduation.…

On August 27^th, 2014, the Alumni meeting of the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics Program, jointly provided by Curtin University and SEAMEO RETRAC, organized at Palace Hotel Saigon, in Ho Chi Minh City.…

On August 27th, 2014, the training workshop on “Oral Corrective Feedback in Language Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition” was conducted exclusively for graduates of Curtin University Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics at the Center’s premises.…

The English training courses and the teaching methodology training course for primary school teachers of English, jointly conducted by Vinh Long Department of Education and Training, started on April 26, 2014 in Vinh Long Province.

The courses aim at helping primary school teachers of English improve their English language proficiency in order to achieve level 4 of Vietnam’s Foreign Language Proficiency Framework and be updated with the contemporary English language teaching practices and methodologies at primary schools. These courses are …

From August 04 to 15, 2014, Unilead Vietnam – University Leadership and Management Training Course, co-organized by DAAD Information Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Oldenburg University in Germany and SEAMEO RETRAC was conducted at the Center’s premises with the participation of 24 selected researchers and lecturers from universities in Vietnam. The training course was facilitated by invited experts from Germany and Austria in the fields of Project Management, Training Management and Curriculum Development. The course optimized the blended mode …

From August 07 to 08, 2014, SEAMEO RETRAC conducted the training workshop on “The Practical Aspects of Doing Research: Problem to Publication, Module 4 – Publication – Proposal Writing” for 30 lecturers and research fellows from universities and colleges in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces.

The workshop aimed to provide participants with the latest information about research, to develop and enhance the participants’ skills in doing research and to explore in-depth practical issues in this area. This module …