Speaker
Description
The aim of teaching English is to focus on enhancing creativity and students’ participation to educate them about the importance of a second language in their life. It makes students be the center of the classroom, stimulates them and helps them learn best. The communicative approach to teaching is very important and is based on communication skills. It considers communication as the means of teaching, that is, teaching through communication, by communication and for communication. Realizing the importance of English in the modern world, I have been working to improve the teaching method.
Integrating multilingual arts into English language education represents a dynamic and comprehensive pedagogical strategy that responds to the cultural and linguistic diversity of 21st century classrooms. It leverages visual arts, music, drama and storytelling - expressed in multiple languages to create immersive, meaningful contexts for language acquisition. By engaging student’ linguistic and cultural background, multilingual arts foster deeper emotional connections to content, enhances communication competence, and supports cognitive development through multisensory input.
Drawing on sociocultural theory, translingual pedagogy and arts-integrated education, I argue that creative expression in multiple languages not only supports English language learning but also promotes identity affirmation, intercultural awareness and learner autonomy. For each lesson, I consider and skillfully elements into English teaching to suit. Sometimes it’s just a song or an image that helps students associate with the topic of the lesson and puts students in the context of the lesson more naturally. Moreover, with the characteristics of a northern mountainous province, we respect the mother tongue of students. Through arts, students can freely express their emotions and personal opinions in both English and Vietnamese of other languages.
In short, multilingualism provides a fertile ground for reimagining English language teaching as a vibrant, empathetic and transformative activity. (All activities of the research will be demonstrated with photos and videos)
Biography
My full name is Đào Thị Hải Giang. My hometown is Thái Nguyên city which is famous for green tea and Nui Coc lake. I got married and have 2 sons. I am a junior high school English teacher with nearly 10 years of experience. After graduating from university with a major in English pedagogy, I continued to study for a master's degree in English linguistics. I always want to learn more about new methods in teaching and learning English in order to bring learners the most creative and useful experiences. Currently, I am participating in the TEMA project - a multilingual English teaching project through art organized by the University of Glasgow, USA in collaboration with Thai Nguyen University of Education. Hopefully, with my own experiences, I will bring many interesting shares to the conference.
