The Faculty of Languages- International Cultures is honoured to welcome all interested participants back to Professional Development Workshop # 5, scheduled on Thursday, 16 March, 2023, 9:00 am- 12 pm, Room 407, Nguyễn Văn Tráng Campus.   

This special workshop is a chance for participants to welcome, listen to and interact with the two distinguished guest speakers from Australia, Dr Trì Hoàng Đăng and Dr Susan Germein.  

Dr Trì Hoàng Đăng will lead the first section (9:00 am- 11:00 am) with a DEEP analysis of the two important but challenging parts in research paper writing: The INTRODUCTION and DISCUSSION. The discussion here centres around concerns as well as common ‘traps�?novice researchers and postgraduate students often fall prey to while writing these sections. The ‘practical�?part of the section lies in the use of REAL articles and thesis papers to illustrate and support the analysis.  

Dr Susan Germein will attend the workshop via Google Meet with a reflection on her ‘journey of an unconventional thesis�?in the context of DIFFERENT CULTURE. For those of us who are new to, or curious about ETHNOGRAPHY, this is the chance to get to know what it is like taking a POST-QUALITATIVE approach to the research process, the ethical issues and other important decisions an ethnography researcher, including Dr Susan Germein may have to make along the ‘journey�? 

Speakers�?Bios:

Trì Hoàng Đăng obtained a PhD degree in Linguistics at the University of Newcastle and an MA degree in Applied Linguistics from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. His research interests are English-medium instruction (EMI), and foreign language education policy, and World Englishes. Dr Trì Hoàng Đăng has an extensive background in teaching, and his experience in research is evident in the number of publications. 

Susan Germein has a PhD in Education from Western Sydney University. She is the Sustainability Education Advisor in the Office of the PVC-Educational Quality and Partnerships at WSU, as well as an Adjunct Research Fellow. Susan’s doctoral research was situated in a girls�?school in the Himalayan mountains of Uttarakhand. Sharing the experience of a socioecological education from the global south, the thesis invites educators to think differently about education and educational research. Susan has an extensive background in teaching and developing curriculum/pedagogy in Education for Sustainability at community, vocational education and higher education levels. She was part of a national team gaining a Green Gown Excellence in Teaching Award for a Vocational Graduate Certificate in Education and Training for Sustainability.

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The Faculty of Languages- International Cultures is delighted to announce that Professional Development Workshop # 4 is taking place on Thursday, 2 March, 2023, Room 507, Nguyễn Văn Tráng Campus.   

The key presenters at Workshop # 4 are Đặng Nguyễn Ngân Hà (Senior student of the English Language Studies) and Dr Lê Đào Thanh Bình An (Lecturer of the Faculty of Languages and International Cultures). 

In the first section (9:00 am- 9:45 am), Đặng Nguyễn Ngân Hà will ‘revisit�?and discuss, through her perspective, the methodology and the interpretive framework that are inherent and underpin any research projects. 

The methodological wrap- up is inextricably linked with the second section (9:45 am- 12:00 pm), where Dr Lê Đào Thanh Bình An will highlight the complicated nature of working with qualitative data and demonstrate steps in using thematic analysis to manually analyse qualitative data. There will be time for a break in the middle and questions at the end of the presentation.  

Together, the discussion of the day should be helpful for lectures, students and other novel researchers who are interested in qualitative approaches. 

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Although Dr. Louis Ndekha was not able to appear at the workshop but this didn’t make the conference go down a bit!  The seminar took place in a lively and happy atmosphere thanks to the sharing of research knowledge of Dr. Bui Yen Ngoc and Dr. Louis Ndekha.

Let’s review the ‘memorable�?images from this morning’s conference!