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Doctoral Forum
This research investigates assessment practices in English-Medium Instruction (EMI) classrooms within universities in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. With the increasing adoption of EMI in Vietnamese higher education, particularly in non-English-major disciplines, the role of assessment in supporting student learning and evaluating performance becomes critical. Using a mixed-methods...
This paper aims at enhancing teaching English as a second language; it examines the application of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to teaching academic writing for learners of English as a second language (L2), addressing limitations of traditional grammar-based pedagogies that isolate language from its context of use. Grounded in Halliday’s (1985) metafunctional framework- ideational,...
This workshop gives clear, practical advice on winning PhD scholarships in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. Two recent awardees—one at the University of Warwick (UK) and one at The Education University of Hong Kong — compare their application experiences in both systems. Topics include identifying supervisors, matching research ideas to funding priorities, drafting a proposal, and writing a...
Completing graduation theses for inexperienced English-major seniors is a challenging journey, especially within a tight deadline. This study dives into students’ lived experiences of motivation and growth through the lens of phenomenology and Self-Determination Theory. Four in-depth interviews with two male and two female students, each supervised by a different lecturer, revealed the...
