An Investigation Of The English Teaching Programme At Primary School In Vietnam In Relation To Implementing A Curriculum Innovation
Year: 2017
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Since its introduction to second language teaching, the Communicative Language Teaching approach (CLT) has become a worldwide approach and focal point in second and foreign language education policy in many countries (Butler 2011; Nguyen and Nguyen 2007; Littlewood 2007). In Vietnam, it has been officially presented in the curriculum for English language teaching in secondary schools released by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) since 2006 (Tran, 2015), and implemented in a curriculum for English language education in primary schools.\nThis thesis investigates how English teachers in a Vietnamese context implement the English teaching programme for primary schools designed by the MOET in terms of applying CLT. Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory (SCT), with its notions of scaffolding and mediation, was used as the framework to explore teachers’ perspectives and teaching practices in relation to the following research question: How is CLT implemented in the MOET program of English Language Teaching for primary schools?; and the following subsidiary questions: How is CLT understood by Vietnamese teachers in this context?; How is CLT practiced by Vietnamese teachers in this programme?; How can CLT be adapted in this context to improve MOET outcomes?
Author: Thi Bich Diep Khuong
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2977623438