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In-service upper-secondary teachers will be able to:
- Understand the structure, contents, approach and methods employed in the new
English language curriculum for Grade 3-10 in Vietnam;
- Deliver their English language classes effectively within the new English language
curriculum;
Major Objectives - Conduct proper testing and assessment the new English language curriculum;
- Adapt their teaching within the new English language curriculum to different con-
texts, learners, needs and for their own professional development; and
- Apply different methods and techniques in English language teaching, especially at
the level of ELT techniques.
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
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dertake;
- Set up cer-
tain activities
for the follow-
ing weeks of
the course
1B. Teachers Teachers can: - PPT slides - Study the new curriculum and
Overvi can under- - Identify the - The new the official guide via
ew of stand the general princi- English instructional videos and
the new curricu- ples applied in language materials
new lum (in developing the curriculum - Take notes of the key features
Englis terms of new curricu- for Grade 3- of the new curriculum
h principle lum; 12 in - Reflect on this training
langua develop- Vietnam course to see the relevance
- Restate the
ge ment, aims - The offical and plan their training
curriculum
curricu and teacher’s accorindgly
lum objectives, aims and ob- guide for the
for contents, jectives; new English
Grade methods of - Name the language
3-12 in teaching and competences curriculum
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
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@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
of learning in
the new curric-
ulum.
2 2. An Teachers can: Teachers can: - Survey re- - Study the survey results and
over- - Under- - Remember sults on the analyze the main points. Re-
view stand the the key teachers’ late to their own situation.
of the context in points about opinions on - Watch training videos, PPTs
new which the the context the new and take notes of the overall
Tieng textbooks in which the textbooks. context, objectives, struc-
Anh are intro- textbooks - Training ture, content and methodol-
text- duced. are intro- videos ogy, components etc. of the
books - Familiarize duced. - PPTs new textbook
themselves - Name at - Extracts tak- - Study extracts of the new
with the least 03 key en from the textbooks and relate them to
overall ob- differences new text- the overall objectives, struc-
jectives, between the books ture, content and methodol-
structure, “new” text- - Quiz ogy, components etc.
content and books and - Writing and - Try some quizzes and writ-
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
overcome different
them. components
of a text-
book set.
- List possible
difficulties
they may
encounter
and antici-
pate the
ways they
could over-
come them
in the future
3 3. Ap- Teachers can: - Teachers can: - Slides - Discuss and list the differences
proach - Identify the + list the differ- - Videos: between the old series of English
es and differences be- ences between + accuracy and textbooks and the new one
meth- tween the old the old series of fluency activities
ods in series of Eng- English textbooks + types of com- - Explore CLT:
the lish textbooks and the new one municative ac- + Identify the features of CLT
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new and the new + match types of tivities + Watch a video clip about fluen-
text- one activity/practice + Integrated-skill cy and accuracy activities and de-
books - Understand with activities approach cide if each activity taken from
the approaches from Tieng Anh - Readings Tieng Anh textbooks aims at ac-
in designing textbooks + CLT curacy or fluency
the new Tieng + identify the dif- + integrated-skill + Differentiate between mechani-
Anh textbooks ferences between approach cal practice, meaningful practice
- Use this un- different types of - Quizzes and communicative practice;
derstanding to activities - Performance match the activities from Tieng
analyse how + develop their tasks Anh textbooks with types of prac-
these ap- own definition, tice
proaches are reasons... + Watch a video clip about types
used in differ- of communicative activities and
ent parts of the decide the type of communicative
textbooks practice each activity taken from
- Use the Tieng Anh textbooks belongs to
knowledge - Explore integrated- skill ap-
from this mod- proach:
ule to design a + Watch a video clip about inte-
plan to teach a grated-skill approach and develop
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
new vocabu-
lary
6 6. Teachers will Teachers can - Video about - Discussion: Students’ attitude
Teach- be able to - understand how section ‘Closer towards grammar lessons.
ing - understand grammar section look 2’ in the - Watch a video about grammar
gram- the principles in the new text- new textbooks. section in the new textbooks.
mar and suggested books is de- - Readings about - Read and do exercises to distin-
approaches in signed. approaches to- guish 2 approaches towards
teaching - distinguish be- wards teaching teaching grammar.
Grammar in tween deductive grammar. - Watch a video and do exercises
the section and inductive ap- - Video about to understand about controlled
‘Language’ ; proach towards controlled activi- practice activities.
- apply some teaching gram- ties in teaching - Read and watch demo about dif-
techniques to mar grammar ferent less-controlled activities.
presenting - apply three - Readings about
grammar; techniques in pre- less-controlled
- apply some senting grammar. activities.
techniques to - understand the
practicing differences be-
grammar. tween controlled
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
- apply appro- ic and structure (pre, while, post) - Teachers watch a video of a
priate tech- - use different demo lesson
niques to teach techniques to
each stage of a teach three stages
reading lesson in a reading les-
effectively son
8 8. Teachers will Teachers can -Video about -Watch a video and discuss the
“Skill” be able to - understand the stages of a listen- purposes of the 3 stages of a lis-
: De- - identify nec- purposes and the ing lesson tening lesson
velop- essary stages sequence of a lis- - Video about the - Do exercises to recall types of
ing lis- in a listening tening lesson in use of different pre-listening activities
tening lesson; the new textbook; activities to guide - Present several activities in pre-
skills - apply several - implement 4 ac- students in listen- listening stage
teaching tech- tivities to activate ing for gist and - Do exercises to reflect on the
niques to teach students’ prior details pre-listening stage in the new
Listening les- knowledge and 2 - Reading texts textbook
sons effective- activities to ac- about Teens and - Do exercises (reflection, watch
ly; and quire new listening skills video) to understand the purposes
- keep a collec- knowledge in the which various ac- and techniques in the while-
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
tion of feasible pre-listening tivities to use listening stage in the new text-
ideas to better stage - Video about book
their teaching - classify 5 types How to teach lis- - Do reflection tasks to under-
of Listening of listening and tening skills in stand the post-listening stage
skills. the corresponding the ESL class-
task types in the room
book
- apply 6 tech-
niques to facili-
tate students’ lis-
tening compre-
hension in the
while-listening
stage
- use 7 techniques
to check student’s
understanding of
the listening texts
- understand and
identify 2 forms
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Online Teacher Development Program
of post-listening
tasks
- carry out the
post-listening
stage with differ-
ent task types
provided in the
book
9 9. Teachers will Teachers remem- - Reading 1: - Get to know speaking lessons in
“Skill” be able to ber the order of Principles in the new textbooks,
: De- - understand the three stages teaching speak- - Read to understand principles in
velop- the stages in a and apply them in ing, teaching speaking,
ing speaking les- a speaking les- - Reading 2: - Read to know practical notes in
speak- son, son, Stages in a speak- teaching speaking,
ing - apply a varie- - Teachers can ing lesson, - Watch videos to know how to
skills ty of practical anticipate and - Reading 3: conduct 3 main stages in a speak-
notes to teach deal with some Practical notes in ing lesson,
speaking, common situa- teaching speaking - Discuss common problems and
- understand tions in a speak- - Video 1: Pre- solutions in a speaking lesson,
and apply ing lesson, paring for the - Comment on a micro speaking
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
10 10: Teachers will Teachers can - A video about -Participants do exercises to iden-
“Skill” be able to - tell the differ- product approach tify approaches to teaching.
: De- - distinguish ences between to teaching writ- -Participants categorize writing
velop- different ap- the two main ap- ing practices in the new textbooks to
ing proaches to proaches to - A video about understand 3 main types of writ-
writing teaching writ- teaching writing process approach ing exercises.
skills ing skills, skills. and using pic- - Participants watch the videos
- recall prin- - select and/or tures to help stu- and answers related questions
ciples of teach- combine ap- dents brainstorm - Participants do reflection tasks
ing writing and proaches to teach ideas for their on their teaching writing
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
11 11 Teachers will Teachers can - Readings about - Read about four models of inte-
“Com be able to - recall the con- Integrated learn- gration
muni- - understand cept of integrated ing - Study the sample Communica-
cation the four mod- learning; - Readings about tion & Culture lessons and identi-
& Cul- els of integrat- - know how to Project-based fy the possible kinds of integra-
ture” ed learning. teach Communi- learning (PBL) tion
and - understands cation & Culture - Videos about - Rearrange the given steps to
“Pro- the principles lessons following Project-based teach a Communication & Cul-
ject” of Communi- the Integrated ap- learning (PBL) ture lesson and reflect on their
cation & Cul- proach; own experience on teaching this
ture lessons - understand the section.
and Project concept of pro- - Watch videos about the defini-
lessons. ject-based learn- tion and stages of a project
- understand ing; - Read about the suggested pro-
how to teach - identify the cedure in teaching “Project” in
the Communi- basic steps of a the new textbook
cation & Cul- project work and - Relate and reflect on their expe-
ture lessons what teacher and rience of teaching “Project” in the
and Project students are sup- new textbook
lessons follow- posed to do in
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
tests and profi- real use test al- alternatives to ternatives are used with the new
ciency tests of ternatives tests Tieng Anh textbooks;
English for - Slides - Watch a video explaining crite-
upper- - evaluate ex- ria of a good test and practise
secondary tracts from real with evaluating given test ex-
school students tests against giv- tracts;
as regulated in en criteria; - Rearrange the list of stages in
MOET official - schedule a test construction into their correct
documents; working proce- order and reflect on their own test
- be aware of dure for stages in construction practice;
alternatives to test construction; - Mini project: Design a simple
tests in as- - develop their test plan for a progress test.
sessing stu- reasoning for the
dents ‘academ- test plan that they
ic progress design
- understand
the criteria of a
good test and
procedure of
test
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construction;
and
- apply their
understandings
of testing and
MOET regula-
tions of testing
English subject
to design a
simple test
plan for a pro-
gress test.
13 13 Teachers will Teachers can Slides, Teachers use pronunciation di-
be able to - use pronuncia- Collected videos, agnostic feedback, and student
Test- - understand tion diagnostic Readings self-awareness
ing the aspects of feedback, and Quizzes
and as- vocabulary, student self- sample grammar, Teachers design pronunciation
sess- grammar and awareness vocabulary and tests on sounds, stress, rhythm,
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Online Teacher Development Program
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
tion, grammar
and vocabulary
14 14. Teachers will Teachers can: - PPT slides - Solve a crossword puzzle about
Test- be able to - understand key - Readings key terms in testing & assessing
ing - describe the concepts in test- - Videos: reading skills;
and as- features of the ing & assessing - Practical con- - Explore official regulations in
sess- reading com- reading skills; siderations in test test and assessing reading skills
ment: ponent in the design; (test specs, objectives, etc.)
Read- Standardized - reflect on their - Criteria of a - Watch training videos and take
ing Test of English school’s and their good test notes of practical considerations
Proficiency at own testing & as- - Quizzes in test design and criteria of a
their target sessment practice - Writ- good test;
level; (procedure, con- ing/presentation - Try some quizzes and writing
- apply their siderations, diffi- tasks tasks to check understanding.
understandings culties, etc.);
of the test to
design item - identify the
specification reading skills and
for progress task types target-
tests of Read- ed in each grade;
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ing skill;
- understand - understand the
practical con- reading test specs
siderations in as regulated by
test design and the Ministry of
criteria of a Education and
good test; Training;
15 15 Teachers will Teachers can - Reading materi- - Discussion about teachers’ opin-
Test- be able to - understand the als: Công văn ion on testing listening
ing - review the three important 5333, thông tư - Present official documents on
and as- criteria and documents about 1220, quyết định testing listening
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Online Teacher Development Program
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
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ing.
17 17: Teachers will Teachers can - Gabrielatos: - Group work: List out the ad-
Adapt- be able to - list the materials What to check in vantages of textbook
ing the - be aware of adaptation tech- a unit? - Discussion: Reasons not to de-
text- the strengths of niques in general. - Gabrielatos: pend totally on textbooks
books having a text- - list the materials Why may I want - Evaluate Unit 7- Tieng Anh 10 -
to dif- book and the adaptation tech- to adapt? Reading using Gabrielatos'
ferent limitations of niques applied in - Bloom's taxon- checklist and point out the aspects
learn- relying solely the activities pro- omy: for produc- that should/could be modified
ers and on one text- vides tive skills (speak- - Discussion: Reasons of adapta-
learn- book - use the 5 main ing and writing) tion
ing - evaluate a techniques to - Level of Bar- - Group work: What and how
envi- unit in the cur- adapt one les- rett's taxonomy teacher adapts parts of the text-
ron- rent textbook son/part of the - Further sugges- book to suit her students
ments - properly de- existing text- tions for materi- - Do activity 7 & 8 to understand
scribe and ap- books to suit their als adaptation for Blooms' and Barrett's taxonomies.
ply appropriate teaching contexts mixed-ability - Practice: Adapt one lesson using
adaptation - adapt questions classes adaptation techniques or the two
techniques to using Barrett’s taxonomies.
meet the lesson and Bloom tax-
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18 18. Us- Teachers will Teachers can: - Slides - Discuss and come up with a def-
ing be able to - give their own - Videos: inition of supplementary materi-
sup- - understand definition of sup- + Warm-up activ- als and activities
ple- the definition plementary mate- ities - Explore the reasons why sup-
men- and types of rials and activi- +How to improve plementary materials and activi-
tary supplementary ties speaking skills ties are used in English class-
mate- materials - come up with a (by yourself) rooms
rials - reason why list of reasons + Using authentic + Watch a video about warm-up
they should why supplemen- materials activities and fill the gaps
use supple- tary materials and - Readings + Watch a video about How to
mentary mate- activities are of- improve your speaking skills and
rials and ac- ten used in Eng- - Quizzes reflect on the effectiveness of us-
tivities in their lish language -Performance ing this in their classrooms.
classrooms classrooms. tasks + Watch a video about Using au-
- identify a list - make a list of thentic materials in English class-
of supplemen- reasons why they rooms and answer the questions
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
@2017 TRAINING UPPER-SECONDARY TEACHERS TO TEACH WITHIN THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 3-12 IN VIETNAM
University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi
Online Teacher Development Program
Con- have learned previous mod- ELT class- - Do a quiz or reflection task
solida- in the previ- ules; rooms and to evaluate their progress
tion ous mod- - Name and de- techniques and understanding of the
ules; fine in their around the previous modules.
- Consoli- own words world - Watch videos on ELT class-
date the some main rooms and techniques
knowledge concepts from around the world and do re-
and skills the previous flection tasks to relate to
acquired so modules. their own contexts, or broad-
far, especial- - Relate what er contexts of English lan-
ly in using they learn to guage teaching.
the new their own con- - Complete a survey on the
textbooks in texts, or to a course evaluation
teaching broader con-
English; and text; and
- Evaluate - Evaluate and
and reflect Reflect on their
on their own own progress
progress so so far.
far. - Evaluate the
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University of Languages and International Studies, VNU Hanoi