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Training course in Educational Management for High School Leaders

Funded by Belgium Technical Corporation, SEAMEO RETRAC organized three training courses for ninety high school (HS) administrators (principals and vice principals) in Vietnam r in October, November and December, 2009 respectively.

The training courses gave priority to HS administrators living in disadvantaged areas, being women or from ethnic minorities.  The training program focuses on perspectives, experiences and new trends in HS leadership and management in the region and the world. Training topics included Strategic Planning, Instructional Leadership, Quality Management in …

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12th Governing Board Meeting

12th Governing Board Meeting

The 12th SEAMEO RETRAC Governing Board Meeting was convened from August 10-13 at Nha Trang University and officiated by HE Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training. Attending the meeting were members coming from 10 Southeast Asian countries.
In his opening remarks, HE Nguyen Thien Nhan congratulated on the Center’s continued achievements for the past year, and re-emphasized the three major tasks MOET has assigned to SEAMEO RETRAC: (1) delivery of the pre-academic …

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International Conference on Branding in Higher Education

International Conference on Branding in Higher Education

In order to develop a forum for educators, administrators, professors and practitioners to exchange ideas, experiences and insights on branding activities at their respective institutions, SEAMEO RETRAC, in cooperation with Nha Trang University, hosted an international conference entitled “Branding in Higher Education: Practices and Lessons Learned from Global Perspectives” in Nha Trang on August 10 – 11.

Branding has lately become one of the major concerns of higher education institutions in the world and in the region.

This two-day conference

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Graduation Ceremony of Master in TESOL intake 4

Graduation Ceremony of Master in TESOL intake 4

Thirty six graduates of the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics (Intake 4) attended the graduation ceremony on August 9. The successful participants of this intake received their degrees conferred upon by the Chancellor of Curtin University of Technology, Australia.

Present at the ceremony were Professor David Wood, Pro-Vice Chancellor (promoted to be Deputy Vice Chancellor for International from October 2009), Humanities, Curtin University of Technology, Dr. Christopher Ward, SEAMEO RELC Deputy Director; Assoc. Prof. Do Huy Thinh, SEAMEO RETRAC

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Closing Ceremony of Pre-Departure Training Course for the Government Scholarship Recipients – Program 322

Closing Ceremony of Pre-Departure Training Course for the Government Scholarship Recipients – Program 322

The annual pre-departure training program was held at SEAMEO RETRAC from June 22 to August 28. Enrolling the program were 70 participants from institutions of higher education in Ho Chi Minh City and other central and southern provinces.

This program was initiated for the government scholarship recipients who are required to improve their iBT-TOEFL and IELTS scores as well as other academic skills prior to their overseas studies.

The program included 200 hours of class instruction and 100 hours of

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Faculty Meeting

Faculty Meeting

The Division of Foreign Studies (DFS) organized an annual faculty meeting on July 27. The meeting, attended by 70 teachers (Vietnamese and expatriate) and SEAMEO staff, aimed to give the faculty an update on the Center, the DFS, training programs, curricula, textbooks, regulations and policies. 
The agenda of the meeting included a report on activities in the last six months and a plan for the next six months, and a presentation on implementation of ICT in language teaching focusing on …

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Introducing Interactive Smart Board

SEAMEO RETRAC, July 17, held a training session on “Building an Interactive Smart Board (ISB) at low cost”. ISB has been introduced to the public since 1991, but mainly used in specialized classrooms due to the high cost of equipment and technology.

By utilizing ISB, teachers and learners can directly interact on the screen to enhance the visual effect for teaching and learning.

The Division of Technology has developed an alternative solution helping reduce the cost of the ISB in …

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Workshop on “the Total Reader and Lexiles Framework”

A workshop on “the Total Reader and Lexile Framework” for administrators and lecturers from universities, colleges and high schools in Vietnam was conducted at SEAMEO RETRAC by Mr. Richard Nangle, expert in the field from the USA, on July 16 – 17, 2009.

The Total Reader is an invaluable online tool for measuring and improving a student’s reading level.

It can also help with instruction plans, identify struggling readers, track the effectiveness of the curriculum and demonstrate accountability. The Lexiles

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Introducing Interactive Smart Board

SEAMEO RETRAC, July 17, held a training session on “Building an Interactive Smart Board (ISB) at low cost”. ISB has been introduced to the public since 1991, but mainly used in specialized classrooms due to the high cost of equipment and technology.

By utilizing ISB, teachers and learners can directly interact on the screen to enhance the visual effect for teaching and learning.

The Division of Technology has developed an alternative solution helping reduce the cost of the ISB in

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Pre-departure Training for the Government Scholarship Recipients – Program 322

The annual pre-departure training courses began at SEAMEO RETRAC on June 22 and will last for 3 months. Participants, recipients of the government scholarships for overseas studies, will be provided with intensive English language training and other related academic skills for their overseas studies.

About eighty candidates from the central to southern provinces of Vietnam have enrolled for the courses.

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