I am writing to invite English Language educators to join me in this hybrid International TESOL Conference 2022 themed “Envisioning Possibilities” organised by English Scholars Beyond Borders and the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Ton Duc Thang University.
My presentation entitled “STUDYING AND TEACHING IELTS IN VIETNAM” is scheduled on Day 2 (10/12/2022) in Track 9 at Session 4 from 1:40-2:10 pm (GMT+7).
The abstract of my presentation:
This research project was conducted to investigate IELTS preparation practices in Vietnam regarding EFL learners and teachers’ difficulties in IELTS preparation, learning and test-taking strategies, and teaching approaches to consider practical implications for studying and teaching IELTS in Vietnam. The study followed an exploratory research design in which individual semi-structured interviews with teachers and learners were followed by a learner questionnaire. Qualitative data include themes of teachers’ difficulties and teaching approaches and the learners’ activities and difficulties in IELTS preparation and test-taking. Key quantitative results suggest specific learning and test-taking strategies and difficulties that have a statistically significant effect on the learners’ IELTS test scores and therefore should be prioritised. Apart from the priority list of difficulties and learning and test-taking strategies, this study contributed to the existing literature the learner questionnaire which can serve as a starting point for future studies and a working tool for action research, needs analysis, assessment and evaluation. However, due to such a pioneering work with a small sample size and a newly developed questionnaire, caution must be applied, and the findings require further research to be transferrable.
I hope to see you there. Thank you for your interest.
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