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Description
Vietnam’s 2018 General Education Curriculum emphasizes communicative competence and authentic language use in English education. However, students in many rural and mountainous contexts still have limited opportunities to use English meaningfully beyond formal classrooms.
This presentation introduces a school-wide initiative at Nguyen Hue High School, Lao Cai, aimed at building an English learning ecosystem as a foundation for promoting English as a second language within the school environment. The initiative expands English use beyond classrooms through experiential, interdisciplinary, and technology-enhanced learning activities that promote authentic communication across school and community contexts.
Rather than treating English solely as an academic subject, the model encourages students to use English for communication, collaboration, creativity, and authentic learning tasks. Initial observations suggest positive impacts on learner motivation, confidence, communicative competence, and digital literacy. The initiative also highlights the potential of sustainable school-wide English-speaking environments in supporting authentic language use and learner autonomy in similar educational settings.
Keywords: English Learning Ecosystem; Communicative Competence; Experiential Learning; Learner Autonomy; Innovation in ELT
Biography
Ms. Hà Kiều Hoa is an English teacher and Head of the Foreign Languages and Informatics Department at Nguyen Hue High School, Lao Cai, Vietnam. With 23 years of teaching experience, she has actively contributed to English language education, curriculum implementation, and school-based innovation in ELT. Throughout her career, she has been dedicated to promoting communicative competence and creating meaningful opportunities for students to use English beyond formal classroom settings.
Her professional interests include communicative language teaching, experiential learning, interdisciplinary education, technology-enhanced learning, and the development of sustainable English-speaking environments in high schools. She has guided students through a wide range of learning activities, including English clubs, experiential projects, STEM/STEAM-integrated activities, digital learning initiatives, and community-based learning experiences that encourage authentic communication and learner engagement.
In addition to her teaching role, Ms. Hà Kiều Hoa has achieved notable accomplishments in teaching and educational innovation at both school and provincial levels. Her current work focuses on expanding English learning spaces and building an English learning ecosystem that supports learner autonomy and meaningful language use within school communities.
| Affiliate type | Vietnamese public school |
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