NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGES PROJECT 2020

(E 2020 PROJECT)

(Beijing, 9,10 September 2012)

Dang Thuy Chi

International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam
 NFLP 2020
A. Challenges and Opportunities?
B. Project: Objectives, Tasks
C. Possible Solutions
D. International cooperation
E. Some suggestions
 A. Challenges

1. WTO, APEC, FDI, Hi-tech investment.

2. FTI, Asian Community after 2015
3. Employability skill requirements
4. Teachers: low proficiency, lack of training
5. Students: poor self study, lack of LLL
6. Teacher centered approach dominates
7. Vocab, grammar and translation exams
8. Over crowded classes: 50 -100
 Primary English Teachers’ proficiency Levels

97 % under qualified

35
30
25
20
Trình TA
15
10
5
0
D i A1 A2 B1 B2 C1
A1

4/31
Lower Secondary English Teachers’ proficiency Levels

93 % under qualified
50
45
40
35
30
25 Trình TA
20
15
10
5
0
D i A1 A2 B1 B2 C1
A1

5/31
 High School English Teachers’ proficiency Levels

98 % under qualified
60

50

40

30 Trình TA

20

10

0
D i A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2
A1

6/31
B. Opportunities
1. Government
commitment
2. High social
demands and
expectations
3. Fast development
of CNTT: 7.5
million PC for
education
B. Opportunities
4. New solutions for English
learning: Internet, Open
courseware, TV
5. Strong supports and
cooperation from
international
Governments,
universities
(scholarships,
exchanges, training
courses, workshops and
conferences etc.).
 C. Decision 1400 by PM
Decision 1400/Q -TTg dated 30 September, 2008 of the Prime Minister on the
Approval of the Project entitled “Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages in the
National Education System, Period 2008-2020”

Goal:
... by 2020 most Vietnamese students graduating
from secondary, vocational schools, colleges
and universities will be able to use a foreign
language confidently in their daily
communication, their study and work in an
integrated, multi-cultural and multi-lingual
environment, making foreign languages a
comparative advantage of development for
Vietnamese people in the cause of
industrialization and modernization for the
country”.
 2. Tasks
1. Establish Vietnam’s language proficiency
framework consisting of 6 levels to be
compatible with the Common European
Framework of Reference
2. Implement new compulsory English
programs for schools: Primary school
(A1), lower secondary (A2); high school,
college and university (B1).
3. Teach Math and science subjects in
English at high schools: Need to train
Math teachers
3. Conversion Table
 2. Tasks

4. Teach university courses at senior year in

English: ICT, Engineering, Tourism,
Business, Nursing etc. ESP for lecturers,
curriculum development
5. Train the trainers at foreign universities:
Mater and PhD
6. Renovate tests, exams to cover all 4
language skills. Train item writers, oral
and written graders
7. ICT in English language teaching and
learning: software and application
 AREAS FOR COOPERATION
Partner with Regional Teacher
Development Centers (RTDC) in Vietnam
Proficiency and methodology for teacher
training for local DOETs
Operate language centers, schools
Run TESOL certificate programs, train
testers (graders), test item writers
Train lectures to teach their courses in
English at college and universities
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