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Enhancing Intercultural Attitudes for ELT Students #449

Sun, Nov 22, 16:45-17:10 JST | Zoom 12
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Teaching intercultural communication (ICC) for English major students in Vietnam is a challenge because it demands the teachers to not only raise intercultural awareness but also reduce students’ stereotypes, most of whom have not had much intercultural exposure or gone abroad. With the emphasis on transforming students’ attitudes and motivations to develop their ICC, the paper will share some experiential strategies used in the lessons to change students’ attitudes towards a more ethnorelative perspective.

Thanh Do Thi Mai

Thanh Do Thi Mai

Vietnam National University, University of Languages and International Studies
Do Thi Mai Thanh is a lecturer of Intercultural communication at University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. She has been working and studying on Intercultural communication and Cross cultural communication for over 15 years. Her fields of interest include Inter/ cross-cultural communication, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics with the focus on the relationship between language and socio-cultural factors.
Vu, Thi Thu Thuy

Vu, Thi Thu Thuy

ULIS.VNU.Vietnam
As an enthusiastic and responsible teacher of English who aspires to inspire learners of English to study the language effectively by helping them understand the mechanism of language acquisition, develop study skills and motivate them to nurture a growth mindset in absorbing a new language, culture so as to become global citizens, I have become interested in linguistics, especially discourse analysis, pragmatics and language acquisition. Extensive reading contributes to my career as a teacher-researcher, and therefore, studies have been conducted for the sake of learners in their acquisition of languages.