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Description
In Vietnam’s dynamic ELT landscape, online Communities of Practice (CoPs) have become essential spaces for professional development. This collaborative autoethnography examines how two in-service English teachers’ sustained participation in an online CoP by VietTESOL shapes their reflective teaching practices either before, during, or after lessons. Drawing on Wenger (1998)’s CoP framework - characterized by mutual engagement, a shared repertoire, and a joint enterprise - and Grushka et al. (2005)’s categorization of reflection-for-action, reflection-in-action, and reflection-on-action, the teachers will maintain eight weeks of reflective journals, conduct dyadic interviews, and gather online CoP artifacts such as shared resources and forum discussions. Through independent and joint thematic coding, the study explores how the interplay of these CoP dimensions influences teaching practices, ranging from pre-class and immediate pedagogical adjustments to post-lesson critical reflection, and deepens teachers’ sense of shared purpose. Expected outcomes include enhanced in-action responsiveness informed by collective insights, a richer repertoire of reflective tools for on-action analysis, and the co-construction of professional identities marked by increased self-efficacy and agency. Methodologically, the research demonstrates the power of multi-voiced autoethnography to capture the intertwined processes of reflective growth within online teacher communities.
Biography
Thuy Xuan Ngo is a lecturer in the English Department at Hanoi University, Vietnam. He holds an M.A. in TESOL and Foreign Language Teaching from the University of Canberra, Australia. His research interests include teacher professional development, pedagogical approaches, and language teacher psychology.
Hoa Phuong Do is a lecturer in the English Department at Hanoi University, Vietnam. She holds an M.A. in TESOL and Foreign Language Teaching from the University of Canberra, Australia. Her research interests include teacher professional development, academic writing, and syntax.
