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Description
This practice-oriented presentation reports on a teacher-led professional learning initiative implemented to develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-oriented English project lessons in a Vietnamese lower- and upper-secondary school context. The initiative was developed from regular professional meetings of an English group and aimed to make lesson planning, classroom observation, and post-lesson discussion more closely connected with student learning evidence and meaningful English use. English teachers collaboratively selected suitable project lessons, designed real-life learning tasks, conducted a demonstration lesson, observed students’ participation, analyzed classroom products, and revised the lesson after professional discussion. English remained the central subject, while interdisciplinary elements were integrated through local problem-solving tasks, digital tools, group collaboration, product design, quick response codes, bilingual digital maps, posters, slides, and oral presentations in English. Evidence from lesson plans, observation notes, student products, and professional discussions showed that the initiative supported teachers in designing more practical English learning activities and helped students develop collaboration, digital literacy, creativity, problem-solving, and meaningful English communication beyond textbook-based practice. The presentation shares what was implemented, the outcomes observed, the challenges encountered, and practical conditions for adapting this model in similar school contexts.
Biography
Vo Thi Ngoc Anh is an English teacher and head of the English group at Tran Ngoc Hoang Lower and Upper Secondary School in Can Tho City, Vietnam. She holds a master’s degree in English language teaching methodology and has experience in teaching English to secondary school students, developing lesson plans, and leading school-based professional activities. Her professional interests include lesson study, project-based language teaching, student engagement, competency development, and the integration of digital tools into English language teaching. In her current school context, she has worked with colleagues to design and implement English project lessons connected with real-life topics, local issues, student products, and meaningful language use. She is particularly interested in helping students use English beyond textbook-based practice through group collaboration, oral presentations, bilingual products, and accessible technology. Her recent professional work focuses on using regular English group meetings as a platform for collaborative lesson planning, classroom observation, post-lesson discussion, and evidence-based improvement of teaching practice.
| Affiliate type | Vietnamese public school |
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