The 7^th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning: Emerging Trends in Foreign Language Teaching and Research (Academic year: 2024-2025)

On April 27, 2025, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade successfully organized its Faculty-level Conference for the academic year 2024–2025, a significant academic event aimed at enhancing the quality of teaching and research in the field of foreign languages.

The conference served as a meaningful academic forum where lecturers and students of the Faculty shared knowledge, presented research findings, and engaged in discussions on innovative teaching methodologies, the application of technology in the classroom, as well as specialized issues in modern linguistics.

Key Outcomes

·       A total of 16 papers were selected and published in the Conference Proceedings:

ü  The Efficacy of Blended Learning in Enhancing Listening Proficiency Among University Students in Vietnam

ü  Pronunciation Challenges of English Stop Sounds: A Study of Non-English Majored Students at HUIT

ü  Native English Teachers’ Perspectives on the Barriers to Intercultural Communication in Vietnam: A Qualitative Research

ü  A Study on the Effectiveness of Teaching and Learning Vocabulary through Sentence Construction for EFL Undergraduates at the Tertiary Level

ü  Current Trends in Undergraduate Theses in Chinese Language Studies: Status and Solutions

ü  Cultural Conceptualizations of “Đỏ/Red” in the Vietnamese Context

ü  Cultural Conceptualizations of “Trắng/White” in the Vietnamese Context

ü  A Study into the Advantages and Challenges of Implementing CLIL at the Tertiary Level

ü  Exploring Strategies to Improve Language Teaching Practices for Beginners at HUIT

ü  A Practical Approach to Task-Based Language Teaching, Communicative Language Teaching, and Total Physical Response: Classroom Observations in an EFL Context in Can Tho City

ü  Investigating English Speaking Anxiety and Self-Efficacy among English Majors at HUIT

ü  Cultural Conceptualizations of “Màu Xanh” (Blue/Green) in the Vietnamese Language

ü  Exploring the Effects of AI Chatbots on the Speaking Skills of Non-Majored Students: A Case Study at Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade

ü  Towards Toponym Translation: A Case Study of the “Seven Sacred Mountains” in An Giang Province

ü  Language Barriers in Intercultural Communication: Implications for English Teaching in Vietnamese Tertiary Education

ü  Exploring the Social and Ethical Dimensions of Entrepreneurship: A Literature Review

·       In addition, six high-quality presentations were delivered at the conference.