Call for papers for the International Conference "Using English as a medium of instruction and research in the field of social sciences and humanities in Vietnam: policy and methodological aspects"

1. Reason for holding the workshop

Using English as a medium of instruction (EMI) is one of the orientations that many countries are interested in in internationalizing training and research activities at the university level. This is of interest and applied even in countries where English is the first language to attract students from countries where English is the second language.

Like other countries in the region such as Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, and Indonesia, Vietnam has recently been interested in the internationalization of higher education, especially finding ways to promote the internationalization of social sciences and humanities. In that trend, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, a leading training and research institution in social sciences and humanities in Vietnam, is also building specific directions to promote this orientation in order to improve the quality of training, research and attract international students to study at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Specifically, the school has been building programs and courses taught entirely in English, improving the quality of English for lecturers, promoting supplementary activities for international publication, etc.

Research, evaluation and development of solutions to promote the use of English in teaching and research (EMI) need to be focused on in order to create synchronous solutions from the perspective of lecturers, learners, learning materials, supplementary activities, etc. The University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi is currently participating with the University of South Australia in implementing an international project on "Connecting Vietnamese and Australian higher education institutions to address issues and challenges of the internationalization process". Within the framework of the project, in March 2018, 02 lecturers of the University attended a training program at the University of South Australia. Next, in December 2018, 5 experts from the University of South Australia will come to support lecturers of a number of universities through 2 days of training on issues related to teaching methods and the use of English in teaching and research. In conjunction with this event, the two schools jointly organized an international scientific conference with the theme:Using English as a medium of instruction in social sciences and humanities research in Vietnam: policy and methodological aspectsright after the training program in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang to create more opportunities for academic exchange and cooperation between the two universities (signed cooperation since 2010) on related issues.

2. Time and location of the workshop

2.1. Time:December 15-16, 2018.

2.2. Location:University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi.

3. Format and language of the Workshop:Presentation and discussion in the hall; presentation language: English

4. Workshop content

The workshop focused on discussing two topics with the following main contents:

Topic 1: Implementation of EMI policies at national and school levels

• Guidelines for implementing EMI at national and school levels in practice: current status, advantages and limitations in implementation.
• The school's support activities for EMI lecturers and students (both in terms of professional knowledge and language).
• Equitable access to EMI schemes for students.

Topic 2: EMI training program framework and teaching strategies in practice

• EMI assessment, teaching and curriculum practices.
• Using technology in the EMI classroom.
• The use of Vietnamese in EMI training programs.
• Bilingual/multilingual assessment test.
• Learning methods students use in EMI classrooms.

5. Information on abstracts and publication of conference presentations

• The abstract must be written in English and not exceed 200 words. Abstracts will be peer reviewed. See the abstract writing guidelines in the attached file for details.
• The presentations at the Conference will be published in the Conference Proceedings published by Hanoi National University Publishing House, or will be selected for publication in a publication considered for publication by Springer/Routledge Publishing House in the 2019-2020 period.

 6. Timelines

• May-July 2018: Announce the content of the Workshop on the website of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of South Australia, social networks, and the Workshop website.(http://vnemi.club)
• Before 20/09/2018: Deadline for abstract submission (in English)/see abstract instructions
• Before September 30, 2018: Announce selected abstracts to complete the report content for printing the proceedings and prepare the presentation content at the Workshop.
• Before November 15, 2018: Announcement of tentative Conference program.
• Before November 30, 2018: Authors submit full text of the article (English or Vietnamese, maximum 5000 words, see more instructions on presentation and citation) to the Conference's Technical Committee.
• December 15-16, 2018: Workshop.

7. Contact Address

• Department of Scientific Research Management, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi;
• Workshop Professional Board:

Dr. Doan Ba ​​Ngoc, University of South Australia, email:ngoc.doan@unisa.edu.au

Dr Jenny Barnett, University of South Australia, email:jenny.barnett@unisa.edu.au

• Email to send abstracts and papers of the Conference:vietnamemi@gmail.com
• Conference Website:http://vnemi.club
• Information of the Association is posted on the website of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi; University of South Australia, Australia.
• Link to submit abstracts to the Conference:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQ0eNuKytk_hIkLLQmzIMKa9u4c4I5J6HJxrJ-4T_a_RYsjA/viewform
• Link to submit reports to participate in the Workshop:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezJOK7KkZ5NS8dyYOAFAl4NUTophod8fY2wP3kyJLBCwQ-CA/viewform

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