This field study proposes a basis for the establishment of a
professional development program for Vietnamese high school
teachers.
The social background and the problems of teaching and learning
English in Vietnamese high schools are discussed, including the
students' goals in learning English in high schools; the teachers'
qualifications and the methods of teaching commonly used; the
coursebooks and how they are used; learning facilities, and the
attitudes and policy decisions of education authorities.
To develop effective solutions to these problems, it is
necessary also to know the background to teaching and learning
English in Hanoi Foreign Languages Teachers' College.
In-service training is of vital importance in the education of
all nations. A review of what other people have done in this field
is included with particular reference to the problems which are
relevant to the situation in Vietnam. Given the constraints of
funding and work procedures, a short full-time in-service course
would be the most practicable for the Vietnamese situation.
A survey of the needs of high school teachers in their
professional development has been carried out and is discussed in
relation to the priorities to be given to various components of an
in-service syllabus. The priorities were found to be: to improve
the language, teaching techniques and awareness of a communicative
approach to teaching and learning language of high school teachers
in Vietnam.
These priorities having been identified, the study considers:
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1 - the syllabus model.
2 - the development of specific goals.
3 - the development of content.
4 - possible modifications of the syllabus in the future.
The solution to the problem of professional development must
take into account not only the work of internationally known
authorities, but also the needs of Vietnamese teachers. The
proposed course suggests ways of finding out and meeting the needs
of participants and points to possible future development.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219029 |
| Date | January 1986 |
| Creators | Nguyen, Thi Hong, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Information Sciences |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Thi Hong Nguyen |
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