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Creativity in English language teaching
The atmosphere was truly buzzing with enthusiasm and
excitement at the 3rd National VTTN ELT Conference in
Hanoi on the 8 and 9 December 2005 as almost 450
teachers, trainers and managers from schools,
universities and Departments of Education and Training
from Vietnam and the region gathered to talk, meet,
share ideas and network.
We had a huge number of provinces represented ( 51),
allowing new ideas in English language teaching
methodology to reach even more teachers around the
country. 14 countries participated in the conference as
speakers or delegates. Out of the 68 speakers,
encouragingly 41 were Vietnamese with 15 VTTN
trainers and 5 Hornby Trust Scholars. This is a fantastic
reflection of how all of you in VTTN are working hard to
build the training capacity of the 100 trainers around
the country, as well as teachers. As one teacher put it “
the commitment of the VTTN participants and speakers
was impressive”.
The conference addressed the challenge of creativity
in the classroom for motivation, effective learning and
meaningful communication. The keynote speakers Alan Maley and
Carolyn Graham, who was sponsored by OUP, did a wonderful job of raising our awareness
about new ideas and how to implement these creative
ideas into lessons.
So a very big ‘thank you’ to everyone involved in the organisation, delivery and smooth running of the event.
And remember to get your ‘call for papers’ in by 22
September for the 4th National VTTN Conference on 8
and 9 December 2006 in Hanoi. The deadline for
registration for participants is 2 October 2006.
The highlight for two of our VTTN trainers was winning
the prize draw for the Pilgrims and
NILE Teacher
Training courses in the UK. Tran Thi Anh Nguyet, from
Phu Tho and Ngo Thi Xuan Hoa, from Yen Bai, will be
flying off to the UK for two weeks in July. We wish them
a safe journey and hope they find their courses both
professionally rewarding and enjoyable.
Tran Thi Anh Nguyet accepts help prize
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