At the office of the Faculty of Culture and Foreign Languages, Major Mai Xuan Huong (Deputy Head of the Department of Foreign Languages ​​and Vietnamese, Faculty of Culture and Foreign Languages) is discussing with English lecturers about some solutions to enhance digital transformation, apply information technology in innovating teaching methods, and improve the quality of foreign language teaching for students.

Major Mai Xuan Huong (back row, fourth from right) with the Olympic team of the Political Officer School at the closing ceremony of the fourth English Olympic Competition of military academies, officer schools, and universities.

Major Mai Xuan Huong always shows enthusiasm and strives for innovation in every lecture. In every class, he always wonders how to help students develop the strengths of technology, acquire knowledge, master grammar, remember new words, understand pronunciation and apply it in communication. That is the driving force that urges him to constantly research, create, dare to innovate active teaching methods, and apply digital technology in foreign language teaching.

With the motto "slow and steady wins the race", Major Mai Xuan Huong requires students to learn a few new words and a grammar structure every day; encourages them to use English every day. Along with that, he always searches for and collects images, videos , and evidence to incorporate into lectures to increase liveliness and practicality, along with interactive games that always make foreign language lessons more engaging. Besides, to improve the quality of self-study and encourage students to use foreign languages ​​more, he has suggested that students do individual exercises by reading, recording videos and sending them on google drive links, practice group exercises on presentations by topic, practice conversations, then the lecturer comments and gives feedback...

In parallel with teaching, Major Mai Xuan Huong is also passionate about scientific research, linked to practice. He considers this one of the important tasks to improve the quality of foreign language training. Last school year, Major Mai Xuan Huong was the head of the basic topic "Improving the quality of English teaching for master's degree students at the current Political Officer School", which was evaluated as excellent. In addition, he also participated in compiling the document "Practicing speaking skills at level 3/6", which was ranked as good and published 2 scientific articles related to teaching and learning English at school. These works not only contribute to the theory and practice of foreign language teaching in school but also open up a new direction in linking research and practice, directly contributing to improving foreign language proficiency for students.

With his own efforts, Major Mai Xuan Huong has been recognized by his superiors and awarded the title of Emulation Fighter in 2024 and 2025; Excellent School-level Lecturer in 2024 and 2025. Major Mai Xuan Huong believes that the achievements he has made are just the beginning, an important foundation for him to continue to strive to contribute to further improving the quality of foreign language teaching and learning in schools.

Article and photos: TRIEU THU THUY

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