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Teaching the Target Culture in English Teacher Education Programs: Issues of EIL in Vietnam

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The Pedagogy of English as an International Language

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Vietnam’s modernization and integration with the outer world have resulted in increased connectedness and interaction between Vietnamese and speakers of World Englishes. This social communicative situation complicates the teaching of culture in tertiary English teacher education programs. In particular, it challenges the notion of target culture in English as a foreign language education by raising the question as to which culture(s) to be targeted; whether the native speaker’s culture(s) or those of the speakers of World Englishes? To identify how lecturers in English education would respond to this emergent complication, I conducted interviews with 11 lecturers from 5 English teacher education programs in Hanoi, Hue, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The respondents’ observation, beliefs and curricular practices indicated (1) a tension between a monocentric and pluricentric views on the teaching of culture in the English teacher education programs investigated, and (2) a paradigm shift towards the teaching of English as an International Language in Vietnam.

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    http://fia.mpi.gov.vn/News.aspx?ctl=newsdetail&p=2.44&aID=1140, accessed 24/05/2012.

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    http://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=621&ItemID=12410, accessed 24/05/2012.

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Doan, N.B. (2014). Teaching the Target Culture in English Teacher Education Programs: Issues of EIL in Vietnam. In: Marlina, R., Giri, R. (eds) The Pedagogy of English as an International Language. English Language Education, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06127-6_6

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