As Vietnam advances its national agenda to integrate English as a second language across the education system, the adoption of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) is emerging as a key strategy. While this offers new opportunities for global engagement, many subject teachers face challenges in delivering content through English, often lacking the pedagogical training and confidence to...
In today’s rapidly evolving job market, both English proficiency and human skills are essential to employability. Research confirms English as the lingua franca of the workplace, with its importance expected to grow over the next five years. While technical skills remain valuable, human skills, such as collaboration, critical thinking and social responsibility, dominate the list of those...
In an age where content is increasingly self-generated and learning is often self-directed, NEAS is reimagining its Professional Development (PD) strategy to better reflect how educators learn best—by taking the wheel themselves. The most effective PD is teacher-driven and this 50-minute session will introduce NEAS’s new three-tiered PD framework, designed to empower educators while...
This talk explores how Korean primary English teachers navigate emotional labour, identity tensions, and professional resistance in a rapidly changing ELT landscape. Despite policy discourses promoting communicative and creative teaching, many teachers experience a gap between top-down reforms and classroom realities. These tensions are not merely pedagogical but deeply emotional and...
This keynote presentation explores the comprehensive Science of Reading (SoR) framework through a dual literacy lens, integrating both reading and writing instruction. While many educators recognize SoR's reading components, this session highlights the critical yet often overlooked writing dimension to create a cohesive literacy model. Presented by Learning A-Z's International Academic...
