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Description
English is proclaimed to be a compulsory foreign language subject for all students nationwide from primary level onwards (MOET, 2018). However, the domination of grammar-translation method (Nguyen & Pham, 2019) and grammar-oriented exams (Tran & Le, 2020) in English language education has turned students into those who may succeed in doing tests but struggle to communicate meaningfully after seven to ten years of its learning (Vo & Ngo, 2021). To make the teaching of grammar interesting and meaningful and develop communicative competence in which language users shows their grammatical fluency and appropriateness, grammar instruction should be integrated in teaching language skills. In other words, students are provided with opportunities to use proper grammar structures in appropriate contexts (Ellis, 1990) which center on students’ own lives (Ellis, 2016; Nation & Macalister, 2021). Self-formulating grammar rules enables students to remember better and more effectively. In this workshop, some strategies and activities associated with contextual teaching (Pienemann, 2019; Nassaji & Fotos, 2017) are proposed to improve primary and secondary students’ grammar fluency and accuracy, thus, make their English learning purposeful and communicative. Plus, at the end of the workshop, the floor for discussion will be open to vary the activities to serve teaching grammar of different levels.
Biography
An Duc Nguyen has been working at Tay Bac University since 2008. She was awarded to study in Vietnam, Thailand and the USA. She has presented at numerous conferences and conventions in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and the USA. As an active and enthusiastic language educator, she has been funded (by RELO, US Embassy, British Council, Son La Doet, Son La Youth Union, the National Project, Aus4skills) to serve as a teacher trainer, organizer, coordinator and/or leader in a range of professional development projects to contribute to her community's socio-economic and educational development. She is the founder and leader of VietTESOL EdTech group, as well as the core team member of VietTESOL K-12 PD. With her tireless efforts, she was awarded the title of the outstanding innovative young teacher from 2019 to 2021. She can be reached at annd@utb.edu.vn.
