English

This intensive course is designed to provide TESOL students with a deeper insight into characteristics of young learners and adolescents regarding learning styles, attitude, and needs. This knowledge enables them to choose suitable teaching approaches, methods, strategies and technique for different groups of learners. Students have a opportunity to design lesson plans and sharpen their teaching skills during the micro-teaching session. The course also fosters students’ competence in communication, collaboration, critical thinking and reflection through a wide range of teaching and learning activities.

This course provides third-year students majoring in TESOL Studies with a systematic overview of key concepts, methods, instructional strategies and classroom management techniques relevant to English language teaching. Students are required to work in groups, to practice designing lesson plans and conducting micro-teaching sessions of language components (Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation) and the four macro skills (Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking). They also observe classmates’ performance and give comments in relation to teaching principles. Feedback from peers and lecturers supports students’ learning to better their teaching practices. 

This course is to provide English-majored students at HCMUTE with learning goals and outcomes as well as career orientation. Learning strategies in general and English language learning in specific at higher education are introduced in order to help the students obtain desired results, essential skills and proper attitude towards future career.

The course is designed to outline the steps of a thesis design and supervise students through the process of conducting and presenting a research project. Students are required to demonstrate research knowledge and understanding of second language research methods through an original research project on a significant topic in the field. This project will involve shaping a research focus, formulating research questions, developing data collecting instruments, analysing data in coherent qualitative and/or quantitative models, and discussing and highlighting findings relevant to the field of second language teaching and learning. Each student will work with a personal thesis supervisor, with the final approval of the thesis being given by the thesis committee. The thesis must be presented at a public oral defence.