TAILIEUCHUNG - Helping learners attain the standard based proficiency level: Perspectives of efl teachers and students at Hue university of agriculture and forestry

The study presents an investigation into EFL teachers and students’ perceptions and practices of teaching and learning in helping students attain the standard-based English proficiency B1 level within the CEFR-V. Both qualitative (in-depth interviews) and quantitative (questionnaire) data were collected from the participants. | HELPING LEARNERS ATTAIN THE STANDARD-BASED PROFICIENCY LEVEL: PERSPECTIVES OF EFL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT HUE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY 1 TRUONG VIEN 1, DANG NGOC THI GIANG 2 English Department, Hue University of Foreign Languages 2 Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry Abstract: The study presents an investigation into EFL teachers and students’ perceptions and practices of teaching and learning in helping students attain the standard-based English proficiency B1 level within the CEFR-V. Both qualitative (in-depth interviews) and quantitative (questionnaire) data were collected from the participants. The participants included 5 EFL teachers and 105 students from Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry (HUAF). Results showed that most of the EFL teachers and students had positive perceptions towards attaining the English proficiency level as required. In addition, participants highlighted specific activities for helping learners to be able to achieve the standard-based English proficiency B1 level within the CEFR in Vietnam. Furthermore, some challenges faced by both teachers and students were explored from teaching and learning. Finally, pedagogical implications were showed from the findings with typical issues related to helping learners be able to attain the standard- based English proficiency B1 level along with concrete suggestions. Keywords: English language proficiency, the Common Framework of Reference for Languages in Vietnam, CEFR-V. European 1. INTRODUCTION Vietnam is trying itself in innovation phases of national policies to keep pace with the globally current tendency, especially in education. Actually, English is regarded as the compulsory subject for the all degrees in domestically educational system. Along with the application of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR), the Vietnamese Government issued the Decision of on approving of the National Foreign Language Project (NFLP) on .

• Giáo dục học
• English language proficiency
• Reference for languages
• An overview of CEFR V
• Based English language proficiency
• Based English proficiency B1 level
• Academic performance
• Institutional based English language proficiency test
• Predicting students’ grade point average
• Learning orientations
• The Vietnam six levels of foreign language proficiency framework
• Non english major students
• National University of Arts Education in Hanoi
• English proficiency tests
• Improving ICTU students’ english proficiency
• Information and Communication Technology
• English in english class
• Teaching a foreign language
• Thai Nguyen University
• Master thesis
• Master minor programme thesis English linguistics
• English linguistics
• English proficiency
• Vietnamese standardized test
• certification exam
• test of English proficiency
• English language proficiency test
• exam in English
• high school English exam
• 600 A certification exam in English
• Kỷ yếu Hội thảo khoa học
• Hội thảo khoa học về Cơ khí động lực
• Assessment students’ English language
• Teaching in students’ English language
• English to real life contexts
• The actual capacity English of students
• English intensive course
• English language level
• Participation and homework completion
• EFL teachers
• Language proficiency maintenance
• Professional development
• Authorized institutions
• CEFR C1 level
• Foreign language
• Communication skills
• Lacking confidence
• Situational factors
• grammar in context
• Proficiency Level English
• Hugh Gethin
• Verb tenses
• English language school
• Michael Vince
• English Grammar in Contex
• certification exam tips
• exam certificates say
• english exam certificates
• document certification
• exam taken in English
• streamline english
• english exam taken
• proficiency test
• preparation materials
• English language
• Teacher action research
• Problem based learning projects
• Seven step action plans
• Improving language proficiency
• National Foreign Language Project 2020
• Pragmatic transfer
• Language proficiency
• Speech act
• EFL learners
• Concern and Forbearance strategies
• education systems
• higher education
• motivation
• educational experiences
• for example
• Requests and their responses
• Systemic Functional Gramma
• Test of English as a Foreign Language
• English proficiency of Vietnamese
• Short conversations in the listening
• Systemic functional grammar
• L2 motivational system
• L2 learning
• L2 motivational self system theory
• English major
• Intercultural communicative competence
• Business English
• Influential factors
• Business English teaching
• Data gathering instruments
• Students’ low English language proficiency
• Ngân hàng đề thi
• đề thi Tiếng Anh
• tiếng Anh hệ đại học
• trắc nghiệm tiếng anh
• ôn tập anh văn
• reading comprehension
• linguistics
• scientific reports
• research projects
• scientific research
• Foreign Languages