December 30, 2011
A foreign language class at Nong Lam University in Ho Chi Minh City Education officers admitted at a Friday conference that foreign language teaching in Vietnam has been a “failure,” as many college students cannot use the languages. Experts at the conference over a national foreign language project said that incorrect understanding of the subject has [...]
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December 30, 2011
Students of French department at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Poor career prospects have left fewer and fewer students choosing French as their major in Ho Chi Minh City, according to a report by the Tuoi Tre newspaper. The report cited the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), one of the country’s hubs [...]
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December 28, 2011
A foreign language class at Nong Lam University in Ho Chi Minh City Education officers admitted at a Friday conference that foreign language teaching in Vietnam has been a “failure,” as many college students cannot use the languages. Experts at the conference over a national foreign language project said that incorrect understanding of the subject has [...]
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December 27, 2011
Students of French department at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Poor career prospects have left fewer and fewer students choosing French as their major in Ho Chi Minh City, according to a report by the Tuoi Tre newspaper. The report cited the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), one of the country’s hubs [...]
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November 19, 2011
Shakespeare’s classic tragedy fails to win local hearts and minds The sound wasn’t great; voices were sometimes hushed and the words and music muddled together. And if the Old-English wasn’t difficult enough for local Vietnamese audiences to understand – native English speakers often don’t understand it – the poor audio system at the Ho [...]
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November 16, 2011
American student’s singing ambitions rekindled by the sound of Vietnamese Singing and teaching in Vietnam has not made Kyle Cochran (aka Kyo York) rich, but his life is better than ever. Photo courtesy of Kyo York When he first set foot in the Mekong Delta as a volunteer to teach English under a Princeton [...]
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October 31, 2011
An Australian chef in a restaurant in Hanoi Radhakrishnan from Sri Lanka has been a businessman for a long time. Of the several countries where he has worked, he finds it easiest to make money and live comfortably in Vietnam, and this is where he intends to stay. “Compared to my home country, it [...]
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October 23, 2011
A classic comedy sets the stage for realizing theatrical dreams for a couple of expats A scene in the dress rehearsal of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest.’ Critics said that Vietnamese up-and-coming Lan Phuong (in red) has fulfilled her role with good acting and English-speaking skills. “When one is in town one amuses oneself. [...]
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September 20, 2011
A scene in Vue de l’Autre The world-renowned English National Ballet is touring its Vue de l’Autre, a piece choreographed by Vietnamese dancer Le Ngoc Van, around the country this week, Tuoi Tre reported. Performances by the ballet, including Van, who was born in Hanoi and has worked for the company since 2003, took place [...]
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September 9, 2011
Soothsaying guide presents the past and foretells the future Tran Thi Dieu, 78, entertains a foreign tourist thanks to her fluent English and fortune-telling skills. Thuy Thanh Commune boasts an impressive tile-roofed bridge that is such an integral and central part of it that the village itself is now called the Thanh Toan Tile [...]
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