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Description
We are living in the world marked by dramatic and dynamic technological and socio-economic changes that have taken place over the few last on the global scale. As one version of a well known quote goes, ‘The best way to predict the future is to create it’. Although the future is very uncertain, we, English language educators, need to think of an imagined landscape that envisages the future of English language teaching and learning.
In this talk, I will first look into two major challenges that I am convinced will revolutionalize ELT: digital technologies and multilingualism. These two challenges will be with us for at least the next decade. Then, I will present my ideas of how ELT in Vietnam should be changed in different educational contexts: General Education, Higher Education, and Teacher Education. To be more specific, by situating the global trends in the local context, I will present practical recommendations on how ELT in Vietnam should be remapped in the face of the continued uncertainty. This talk conveys a message that the future of ELT will be characterized by diversity, bottom-up innovation and local adaptability.
