Description _ From 2018

The Bachelor of Arts in TESOL Program was initially offered under the name Bachelor of Arts in English in 2006. It weighed 210 credits and was primarily to improve students' teaching competence and their English language skills particularly in the engineering area. The program was then renamed into Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in 2014, and the number of credits was reduced to 150. It aimed at producing qualified English language teachers, consistently responding to the higher education reform agenda from the government. This program objective has remained the same till now but with a study load of 132 credits since 2018. The program objective is reflected in the following set of learning outcomes.

I. EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ELOs)

ELO 1. Demonstrate foundational knowledge of laws, philosophy and socio-economic development

PI1.1. Demonstrate an overview of major areas of laws and legal procedures;
PI1.2. Demonstrate foundational knowledge of philosophy, namely Marxism and Leninism;
PI1.3. Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental aspects of the socio-economic development in Vietnam and the world;

ELO 2. Compare and contrast cultural norms, civilizations and linguistic features

PI2.1. Compare and contrast cultural norms related to British, American, Asian and Vietnamese cultures;
PI2.2. Compare and contrast key features of British, American, Asian and Vietnamese civilizations;
PI2.3. Compare and contrast linguistic features between English and other languages;

ELO 3. Evaluate the pros and cons of different TESOL approaches in specific teaching contexts

PI3.1. Identify TESOL terminology related to teaching methodology used in General English and English for Specific Purposes courses;
PI3.2. Evaluate aspects related to language teaching and learning consisting of learners’ characteristics, learners’ motivation, learning styles, learning strategies, and teachers’ roles;
PI3.3. Evaluate different English language teaching approaches, methods, procedures, and techniques of teaching language aspects and four macro language skills;

ELO 4. Compose English language messages for social and professional purposes based on the interpretation of factual and literary texts

PI4.1. Produce oral messages in response to various aural inputs from different formal and informal contexts with a high level of accuracy and fluency;
PI4.2. Analyse complex and lengthy English texts of a specialised or literary nature;
PI4.3. Create well-written academic and non-academic texts in English language;

ELO 5. Design lesson plans and language tests under the provisions of learning aims, objectives and learners with different characteristics

PI5.1. Design lesson plans for teaching language aspects and four macro language skills;
PI5.2. Evaluate the potential success of activity design ideas, classroom procedures and time allocation from lesson plans for teaching language aspects and four macro language skills;
PI5.3. Design different types of test items to measure language aspects and four macro language skills;
PI5.4. Evaluate learners’ differences, institutional factors and social settings;

ELO 6. Demonstrate language teaching and classroom management techniques through learning activity organizations within the resources available

PI6.1. Design lecture notes and learning activities with the employment of appropriate software applications and technological tools;
PI6.2. Organize classroom activities on the basis of theory and practice of English language teaching and learning;
PI6.3. Demonstrate classroom management techniques during micro teaching sessions and full-session teaching practice;
PI6.4. Demonstrate teaching skills in micro teaching sessions and full-session teaching practice;
PI6.5. Demonstrate basic knowledge and skills needed for conducting and reporting research in TESOL;

ELO 7. Evaluate learning materials and teaching performance

PI7.1. Judge the appropriateness of learning materials in accordance with learning goals, learners’ characteristics and available resources;
PI7.2. Develop learning materials appropriate for internal and external factors of a learning context;
PI7.3. Self- and peer evaluate teaching performance in micro teaching and full-lesson teaching practice;

ELO 8. Compare different communicative strategies in social and professional settings

PI8.1. Apply different communicative strategies in social and workplace settings;
PI8.2. Analyse different communicative strategies in different social and professional situations;
PI8.3. Evaluate the effectiveness of different communicative strategies in social and workplace settings;

ELO 9. Select suitable collaborative strategies in social and professional settings

PI9.1. Apply different collaborative strategies in social and workplace settings;
PI9.2. Analyse different collaborative strategies in different social and professional situations;
PI9.3. Evaluate the effectiveness of different collaborative strategies in social and workplace settings;

ELO 10. Demonstrate the ability to think and make decisions independently in different teaching and learning contexts

PI10.1. Demonstrate flexible interpretations and conceptualizations of language teaching and learning in different contexts;
PI10.2. Apply appropriate intellectual tools for thinking;
PI10.3. Analyze the quality of one’s thinking skills;

ELO 11. Solve possible problems arisen from various social and professional situations

PI11.1. Discover various problems related to social and professional situations;
PI11.2. Apply appropriate strategies for solving problems related to social and professional situations;
PI11.3. Analyze the solutions in terms of their effectiveness and accuracy;

II. CURRICULUM STRUCTURE
A. General Knowledge (36 credits)
Compulsory (33 credits)

Political Theory + Law (13 credits)
Social Sciences and Humanities (17 credits)
Introduction to TESOL (3 credits)

Elective (03 credits)

Introduction to Python Programming (03 credits)

B. Specialised Knowledge (96 credits)

Fundamental courses and Professional Courses (78 credits)
Teaching Practicum (Professional Experience + Teaching Practicum) (09 credits)
Thesis /Graduation courses (09 credits)

III. COURSE CLASSIFICATION
A. Compulsory Courses (126 credits)
1. General Knowledge (33 credits)
2. Specialised Knowledge (93 credits):

Fundamental courses (54 credits)
Professional courses (for theoretical courses) (21 credits)
Professional courses (for teaching practicum) (09 credits)
Graduation (Students choose ONE of the following options):
a. Thesis (09 credits)
b. Graduation courses:
+ Testing and assessment (03 credits)
+ Pragmatics (03 credits)
+Students choose ONE of the following options:
_ Sociolinguistics (03 credits)
_ Second Language Acquisition (03 credits)

B. Elective Courses (06 credits)

General Knowledge (Students choose ONE of the following options):
•   Fundamentals of Vietnamese Culture (03 credits)
•   Vietnamese Practice (03 credits)
•   World Civilization (03 credits)
Fundamental courses (Students choose ONE of the following options)):
• English for Business Communication (03 credits)
• English for Environmental Technology (03 credits)