TAILIEUCHUNG - Teachers’ Evaluation of primary English textbooks for Vietnamese schools developed under the National foreign language 2020 project: A preliminary internal survey

The aim of this survey research is to get evaluative feedback from the teachers who are using the primary English textbooks developed under the National Foreign Language 2020 Project to find out their strengths and weaknesses so that further corrections and revisions will be made to perfect the materials before putting them into use on a large scale. | VNU Journal of Science: Education Research, Vol. 31, No. 4 (2015) 1-15 RESEARCH Teachers’ Evaluation of Primary English Textbooks for Vietnamese Schools Developed under the National Foreign Language 2020 Project: A Preliminary Internal1 Survey Hoàng Văn Vân* Center of Linguistics and International Studies, VNU University of Languages and International Studies, Phạm Văn Đồng Road, Cầu Giấy, Hanoi, Vietnam Received 02 August 2015 Revised 26 September 2015; Accepted 22 December 2015 Abstract: The aim of this survey research is to get evaluative feedback from the teachers who are using the primary English textbooks developed under the National Foreign Language 2020 Project to find out their strengths and weaknesses so that further corrections and revisions will be made to perfect the materials before putting them into use on a large scale. Overall, the results of the research have shown that teachers’ evaluations of the textbooks are very positive. There are, however, some things that need to be done to improve the quality of the materials. The research consists of 4 parts. Part 1 provides a brief overview of Tiếng Anh 3 and Tiếng Anh 4 - the two English textbooks which are being piloted in 92 selected primary schools throughout Vietnam. Part 2 is concerned with the design of the research which consists of aim of the research, sites and subjects of the research, research instrument, the questionnaire, research procedure, and method of data analysis. Part 3 presents in some detail research findings and discussion of those findings. Part 4 provides a résumé of the strengths and weaknesses of the textbooks as seen from the point of view of the teachers’ evaluations, points out some limitations of the research and makes some suggestions and recommendation for further study. Keywords: Teachers’ evaluation, preliminary internal survey, National Foreign Language 2020 Project, three pilot English curricula for Vietnamese schools. 1. Introduction1* In the National Foreign .

• Giáo dục học
• Teachers’ Evaluation
• Primary English textbooks
• Vietnamese schools developed
• The National foreign language 2020 project
• A preliminary internal survey
• Training of trainers for primary
• Trainers for primary English teachers
• Stakeholder evaluation
• Primary English teachers
• Training of trainers
• Students’ and teachers’ evaluation
• Materials of the blended learning program
• Evaluation on materials of the blended learning
• Materials of the blended learning
• Blended learning program
• Summary of Doctoral dissertation
• Educational science
• Evaluation management of the professional competency
• Teachers teaching
• Eelementary school visually impaired students
• Predictive evaluation enables teachers
• Textbook selection
• Language teachers
• National curriculum
• ELT textbooks
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• Bài viết nghiên cứu khoa học
• Self help skills
• Visual impairment
• Autism spectrum disorder
• Teachers evaluation
• Journal of technology and science education
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• Teaching learning environments
• Physics applets among teachers and lecturers
• Professional development
• Refresher training programs
• School teachers
• University of Danang
• University of Science and Education
• Blended learning
• E Learning
• Pre service teacher
• Collaborative learning
• Blended learning model for pre service teachers
• Teachers education course
• Art works
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• Lecture Art craft and calligraphy
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