Current Issues In Language Planning
Polity Editors: Robert B. Kaplan (University of Southern California), Richard B. Baldauf Jr. (University of Queensland) and Nkonko Kamwangamalu (Howard University)Bob and Dick are also editors of the book series Language Policy and Planning
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Volume: 8 Number: 2 Page: 162–173
doi:10.2167/cilp106.0
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Teaching English in Primary Schools in Vietnam: An Overview
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Nguyen Thi Mai Hoaa and Nguyen Quoc Tuanb
aSchool of Education, The University of Queensland, Australia, and English Department, College of Foreign Languages, Vietnam National University and bNational Institute of Educational Strategy and Curriculum, Vietnam
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This paper examines the English language situation at primary school level in Vietnam from a language planning perspective. It examines language policy for foreign language teaching in Vietnam to provide a picture of the role of English in foreign language education. It analyses language-in-education policy, curriculum and teaching materials, and teaching conditions and discusses the future of ELT in primary schools in Vietnam.
Keywords: Vietnam, language planning, primary English language education, ELT
© 2007 N.T.M. Hoa & N.Q. Tuan
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