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The Cultural Aspects of Communication Reluctance in the EFL Classroom: The Case of Vietnamese Students.

Dat, Bao – English Teacher: An International Journal, 2001

Offers cultural explanations of communication reluctance in the English-as-a-Foreign-Language classroom in Vietnam. Investigates what actually happens in the mind of the students when they first join a course, and explores how the lack of verbal performance in the language classroom reflects what they deem appropriate in their own culture.…

Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries

The Contributions of Vietnamese Learners of English to ELT Methodology

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Tomlinson, Brian; Dat, Bao – Language Teaching Research, 2004

This article reports a survey of 300 intermediate-level EFL adult learners' views about the instruction they receive and of 15 of their teachers at the National University of Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City. Its main focus is on how learners can contribute to ELT methodology. The article reviews the literature on learner cultures and perceptions in…

Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Methods, English (Second Language)