English Tertiary Education in Vietnam

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Chapter 1: Vietnamese Foreign Language Policy in Higher Education: a Barometer to Social Changes (Lam Thi Lan Huong and James Albright)
Chapter 2: Globalisation and Vietnamese foreign language education (Thi Thuy Le and Shen Chen)
Chapter 3: Nation Building and Language-in Education Policy (Phuong Anh Vu)
Chapter 4: Current Challenges in the Teaching of Tertiary English in Vietnam (Trinh Thi Thu Hien and Mai Thi Loan)
Chapter 5: Vietnamese higher education language planning and university students’ career development (Thuy Bui, Thi Thom Thom Nguyen and An Duc Nguyen)
Chapter 6: Textbooks as Cultural Mediators: Exploring Representations of Culture in Vietnamese tertiary EFL Textbooks (Trinh Thi Thu Hien)
Chapter 7: General English for Non-majors in Higher Education (Loan Thi Lam)
Chapter 8: EFL Speaking Assessment in Vietnamese Tertiary Education (Nam Lam)
Chapter 9: Business students’ perspectives on the use of English medium instruction in Vietnamese universities (Le Thi Thuy Nhung)
Chapter 10: Rural Students’ Motivation for Learning English: Implications for Transition to Tertiary Education (Cuong Pham and Cynthia White)
Chapter 11: Examining the motivation and achievement of Vietnamese university students as they undertake English classes (Truong Cong Bang and Jennifer Archer)
Chapter 12: Learner autonomy in tertiary English classes in Vietnam (Nhung Bui)
Chapter 13: Vietnamese EFL teacher training at universities: Review of the design and cultural aspect of the curriculum (Mai Thi Quynh Lan and Pham Thi Thanh Thuy)
Index

About the author

James Albright is Professor of Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia

Summary

This book documents the significant progress and challenges in the realisation of Vietnam’s English language policies as they are enacted in the higher education sector and how government policy is providing for a substantial and comprehensive renewal of Vietnam’s tertiary education as part of their 2020 plan.

Product details

• Authors: James Albright, James (The University of Newcastle Albright
• Assisted by: James Albright (Editor), Albright James (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780367484088
• ISBN: 978-0-367-48408-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Vietnam, EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, EDUCATION / Comparative, Educational strategies & policy, Regional / International studies, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Higher education, tertiary education, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher