VietTESOL International Convention 2025

Vocabulary taught in isolation often fails to stick. In our teaching across public secondary schools and English centres, we have observed that students, especially teenagers, struggle to retain and apply new vocabulary when learning from disconnected word lists. They need engaging and sustainable ways to develop lexical competence for both academic and everyday communication. This interactive...

Many secondary school learners struggle with English spelling, pronunciation, and word forms—not because they are weak students, but because they never received a solid phonics foundation. From Wrong to Right: Sound, Spell & Say Confidently is a 90-minute workshop that provides teachers with a pronunciation “repair kit” to help learners make sense of English sounds, spelling patterns, and word...

In response to the growing demand for educational innovation and digital transformation in Vietnam’s English language teaching, this study investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) tools can support teachers with classroom management and improve student outcomes. The research involved over 240 secondary and high school students in Hai Duong and Dak Lak provinces. A range of AI-integrated...

The term ‘sustainability’ has been defined in various ways. In ELT, ‘sustainability’ is coined to encompass “the knowledge, skills and attitudes we need in order to ensure a fairer, brighter future for people and the natural world” (Bilsborough, 2002, p. 4). As educators, we are responsible for guiding our students to acquire the skills necessary for success in their careers and as members of...

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...

Last year, I gave a keynote speech on contextualizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in lesson planning for adult English Language Learners (ELLs). The focus of this workshop is on another essential aspect of AI literacy: understanding the critical “how” of teaching and learning effectively with AI. Widespread adoption of AI as a tool to aid teachers and students in language acquisition is...

This interactive workshop shows how simple drama activities and artificial intelligence tools can help English for Specific Purposes (ESP) learners speak English with confidence in workplace settings such as tourism, hospitality, job interviews, and engineering. Speaking with confidence is not just about learning more words; it comes from practical, engaging practice in real situations. Backed...

The presenter will engage participants in an interactive workshop designed to introduce simple, low-tech games for boosting student engagement. It’s geared toward teachers who will be working with students from high school through university students. The focus of the workshop is incorporating fun ways to practice listening and speaking skills. The participants will be introduced to and have...

This workshop will provide participants with a background on contemporary practices in English language, teaching, including practices related to educational technology enhanced through AI and social engagement practices associated with what is often called the digital wild. These kinds of practices are what users across the Internet do when they are engaging with one another in social media...

This interactive workshop helps educators make intentional, pedagogically sound decisions when integrating technology into their teaching practice. Instead of simply substituting traditional methods with digital tools, participants will explore how to evaluate and apply technologies that enhance and transform student learning. Grounded in the PICRAT model and current research in educational...

What can go wrong if cultural study is excluded from EFL curriculum? For one thing, students are less able to identify problematic communication among groups. According to faculty, students in Vietnam are not always motivated to use English outside of exams or job needs. A 2024 article about Vietnamese tertiary learners’ intercultural competence supports the idea of integrating cultural...

Vocabulary taught in isolation often fails to stick. In our teaching across public secondary schools and English centres, we have observed that students, especially teenagers, struggle to retain and apply new vocabulary when learning from disconnected word lists. They need engaging and sustainable ways to develop lexical competence for both academic and everyday communication. This interactive...

Many secondary school learners struggle with English spelling, pronunciation, and word forms—not because they are weak students, but because they never received a solid phonics foundation. From Wrong to Right: Sound, Spell & Say Confidently is a 90-minute workshop that provides teachers with a pronunciation “repair kit” to help learners make sense of English sounds, spelling patterns, and word...

In response to the growing demand for educational innovation and digital transformation in Vietnam’s English language teaching, this study investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) tools can support teachers with classroom management and improve student outcomes. The research involved over 240 secondary and high school students in Hai Duong and Dak Lak provinces. A range of AI-integrated...

The term ‘sustainability’ has been defined in various ways. In ELT, ‘sustainability’ is coined to encompass “the knowledge, skills and attitudes we need in order to ensure a fairer, brighter future for people and the natural world” (Bilsborough, 2002, p. 4). As educators, we are responsible for guiding our students to acquire the skills necessary for success in their careers and as members of...

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...

Last year, I gave a keynote speech on contextualizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in lesson planning for adult English Language Learners (ELLs). The focus of this workshop is on another essential aspect of AI literacy: understanding the critical “how” of teaching and learning effectively with AI. Widespread adoption of AI as a tool to aid teachers and students in language acquisition is...

This interactive workshop shows how simple drama activities and artificial intelligence tools can help English for Specific Purposes (ESP) learners speak English with confidence in workplace settings such as tourism, hospitality, job interviews, and engineering. Speaking with confidence is not just about learning more words; it comes from practical, engaging practice in real situations. Backed...

The presenter will engage participants in an interactive workshop designed to introduce simple, low-tech games for boosting student engagement. It’s geared toward teachers who will be working with students from high school through university students. The focus of the workshop is incorporating fun ways to practice listening and speaking skills. The participants will be introduced to and have...

This workshop will provide participants with a background on contemporary practices in English language, teaching, including practices related to educational technology enhanced through AI and social engagement practices associated with what is often called the digital wild. These kinds of practices are what users across the Internet do when they are engaging with one another in social media...

This interactive workshop helps educators make intentional, pedagogically sound decisions when integrating technology into their teaching practice. Instead of simply substituting traditional methods with digital tools, participants will explore how to evaluate and apply technologies that enhance and transform student learning. Grounded in the PICRAT model and current research in educational...

What can go wrong if cultural study is excluded from EFL curriculum? For one thing, students are less able to identify problematic communication among groups. According to faculty, students in Vietnam are not always motivated to use English outside of exams or job needs. A 2024 article about Vietnamese tertiary learners’ intercultural competence supports the idea of integrating cultural...