Access English is a 4-year project developed and run by the British Council in partnership with ministries of education in 9 countries in East Asia: Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Although there is great diversity in the region, what the above countries share is a need for support in developing national English Language Teaching agendas at both primary and secondary level. The project aims to provide support to changes in English Language Teaching in three areas: support for policy makers, support for teacher educators and support for teachers.

For more details about the project in Vietnam, please contact Nguyen Mai Hoa.

Support for Policy Makers

Support for Teacher Educators

Support for Teachers

We are conducting research in key areas to support offices of education in their planning and to inform policy making. Activities to date include:

• Research conducted on Primary English Language Teaching in Vietnam
• Support given to the Ministry of Education and Training and the national textbook writing team to develop child friendly materials which supplement the curriculum
• Support given to Danang University to design a 6 month conversion course for teachers wishing to retrain as Primary English Language Teachers
• Inviting key policy makers to attend a regional symposium in Jakarta on Early Bilingual Education.

We are working with the Ministry of Education and Training and a number of Higher Education institutions in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City to run Primary Innovations, a trainer training course which aims to create a cadre of 41 Primary English Language Teaching Specialists. This course will equip participants with the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence to deliver workshops and teacher training courses to other primary English teachers in their local area.

We are also working with an established group of trainers from Vietnam’s English Teacher and Training Network (VTTN) to roll out Classroom Language training for secondary teachers of English in 11 provinces throughout the country. The aim of this training is to develop the skills of a core group of trainers who will then hold workshops in the provinces to develop local teachers’ confidence in using English in the classroom.