(HBO) - Taking us to visit the English classrooms fully equipped with projectors, suitable equipment, teacher Dinh Thi Thanh Tuoi, the Principal of Lac Son High School said: In order to implement the completion of the school facility to become a national standard school and, in particular, to improve the quality of English language teaching, the school has consulted and has been equipped with standardized English classrooms. Since the availability of English classrooms, the activities and quality of this subject has been much more delighted.



English classrooms of Lac Son High School are equipped with full standardized equipment to prepare well for innovating and improving the quality of learning foreign languages.

Talking with us, Mr. Bui Trong Dac, the Director of Department of Education and Training said: the task of improving the quality of teaching foreign languages, especially English at all levels and training is always identified as the main task in order to make strong educational innovation. Currently, the Department has directed to diversify the programs, forms of training and fostering in order to meet the training objectives and the need to learn foreign languages of students. Moreover, it is necessary to focus on building and developing an environment for foreign language practice through the development of foreign language learning communities. At the same time, they need to continue fostering foreign language teachers and lecturers, especially foreign language teachers of high schools to meet the requirement of implementing the 10-year foreign language program.

In addition, the Department of Education and Training also instructed schools to focus on fostering English teaching methodology for primary teachers who have not met the required standards or have not been trained in pedagogy so that they are allowed to take the courses to meet the required standards before assigning teaching. Elementary school teachers, who have reached the Level 4 (B2) or higher according to the framework of foreign language ability of 6 levels of Vietnam, will be arranged to teach 4 lessons / week. Teachers who have been fsupported to take part in training courses but have not met the requirements will be made payroll reductions.

The sector also increased the investment in facilities and essential teaching aids; applying information technology, renovating teaching materials of teaching foreign languages; to broaden and develop cooperative relations with international educational organizations and foreign educational agencies; maximize international support in terms of fostering the competence of foreign language teachers. Moreover, it is necessary to Renew examinations, examining and assessing foreign language skills and applying IT in teaching and learning foreign languages. Hoang Van Thu Gifted High School and some other schools are encouraged to offer bilingual English language teaching in Maths and Natural subjects.

The Department instructed the units based on the actual conditions to organize teaching English to enhance English of Grade 1, Grade 2, attaching importance to teaching all four skills, in which focuses on developing listening and speaking skills. In the first semester of 2017 - 2018, the rate of English learners is 58.9%, in which 16.6% of pupils studying 4 periods / week and 37.1% of pupils studying 2 - 3 lessons / week.

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