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Improving teachers intercultural competence is one of the keys for successful implementation of intercultural education. This paper explores vietnamese primary education teachers level of intercultural competence as one of the first steps towards intercultural education in this country. The iss-15 questionnaire was used to collect data from 70 teachers working in different schools and english […]

Given the role of languages in disseminating knowledge, this study explored the positioning of vietnamese researchers in relation to the foreign language they used for research. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with six participants who were researchers in social sciences. Findings revealed that senior researchers positioned russian and french as an ebbing tradition while […]

Transnational education and english medium instruction (emi) has grown in asia in response to rapid globalisation. As a result, vietnam has invested in creating new model universities that partner with international institutions as a way to supply the demand for quality higher education. Yet, few studies examine the influence of emi on student learning, particularly […]

Teaching english as a foreign language (efl) to young learners has been implemented at primary school level in many non-english speaking countries. One factor that determines the success or failure of primary efl programmes is pedagogical practices. Recognising this importance, this study explores age-appropriate creativity for the practice of teaching english to young learners in […]

Drawing on qualitative research, this study explores (1) how hong kong university students existing l1 and l2 affect their learning motivation for an l3 and (2) how an individuals l2 motivation changes because of learning an l3, from a dynamic systems theory perspective. Eight undergraduate students from hong kong participated in this study. They were […]