Ho Chi Minh City: Survey of English proficiency of teachers from primary to high school

All teachers from primary to high school in Ho Chi Minh City must take an English proficiency test from April 23 to 29.

English teacher at Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Ho Chi Minh City, during a lesson - Photo: NHU HUNG

The Ho Chi Minh City Departmentof Education and Training has just issued a plan to organize a survey on English proficiency and capacity of civil servants and public employees in the city's education sector.

Non-English teachers also took the survey.

Accordingly, the survey subjects are teachers teaching at public primary, secondary and high schools in Ho Chi Minh City.

Teachers will conduct the online survey on computers or smart mobile devices at: https://englishsurvey.hcm.edu.vn.

The survey content is in the form of objective multiple choice tests, lasting 90 minutes. It includes listening, reading and writing skills to assess English proficiency according to the European standard reference framework CEFR (from A1 - C2).

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, the survey was designed and standardized by Cambridge Assessment English, ensuring objectivity, science and high reliability in assessing teachers' English proficiency.

The survey was conducted from April 23 to 29, divided into shifts for each district.

Making English a Second Language in Schools

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said the survey aimed at the following goals:

The first is to provide basic data for the Department to develop programs and plans to foster foreign language skills in a systematic, focused and key manner; in line with the orientation of developing the teaching staff according to a clear roadmap.

The second is to create conditions for teachers, especially teachers in charge of subjects other than English, to have the capacity to use English in professional activities, integrated teaching and support students to access knowledge in foreign languages. Thereby, gradually forming a bilingual learning environment, contributing to improving the quality of teaching and learning foreign languages ​​in schools.

Finally, the survey will be the basis for the department to develop the project "Gradually making English the second language in schools".

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HOANG HUONG

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