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CONTENTS

ABOUT OPENTESOL............................................................................11

THE 8TH OPENTESOL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020 13

EDITORIAL ............................................................................................17

SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS ..................................................19

LEARNER AUTONOMY..........................................................................20

EXPLORING THE SPATIAL DIMENSION OF LEARNER AUTONOMY FOR

STUDENTS AT TERTIARY LEVEL ...........................................................................................21

Ms. LE HA TO QUYEN.................................................................................................21

Dr. DANG TAN TIN......................................................................................................21

GLOBALIZED CURRICULUM | MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT.....54

ESTABLISHING AN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CURRICULUM FOR ENGLISH

MAJORS: A NEW DIRECTION OF ENGLISH EDUCATION IN VIETNAM....................55

Dr. PHUNG HA THANH..............................................................................................55

DEVELOPMENT OF FIFTH-GRADE MATERIALS IN A GLOCAL CONTEXT..............72

Ms. VU DOAN THI PHUONG THAO.......................................................................72

Ms. PHAM THI QUYNH..............................................................................................72

K-12 | YOUNG LEARNERS.....................................................................91

ORGANIZING ENGLISH CLUBS IN A REMOTE MOUNTAINOUS AREA:

LESSONS LEARNED......................................................................................................................92

Ms. LE THANH HUYEN..............................................................................................92

IMAGE USE EFFECTS ON YOUNG LEARNER VOCABULARY ACQUISITION......... 106

Dr. CLAY WILLIAMS ................................................................................................106

NAEKO NAGANUMA................................................................................................106

SPEAKING WORKSHOP: KIDS’ JOURNEY TO BECOME JUNIOR PUBLIC

SPEAKERS..................................................................................................................................... 117

Ms. NGUYEN DIEU LINH........................................................................................117

Ms. DANG THI QUYNH TRANG ...........................................................................117

Ms. VU DOAN THI PHUONG THAO....................................................................117

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TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE POLICY OF TEACHING ENGLISH TO

YOUNG LEARNERS .................................................................................................................... 139

Mr. TRAN QUANG HAI............................................................................................139

CULTURE IN ELT..................................................................................150

INTERPRETING VIETNAMESE PICTUREBOOKS WITH A WESTERN

SEMIOTIC FRAMEWORK......................................................................................................... 151

Mr. NGOC TAI HUYNH ............................................................................................151

Dr. ANGELA THOMAS .............................................................................................151

Dr. VINH THI TO........................................................................................................151

TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHERS TO TEACH AND LEARNERS TO LEARN

CULTURAL WORDS FROM EFL TEXTBOOKS .................................................................. 181

Ms. PHAM THI THANH THUY..............................................................................181

Ms. CHU THI THU HUYEN.....................................................................................181

HELPING VIETNAMESE STUDENTS WITH NO INTEREST IN WESTERN

CULTURES IMPROVE ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL: PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES.. 209

Ms. LE THI TRUNG DINH.......................................................................................209

INCORPORATING LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS

OF EFL SPEAKING CLASSROOM IN THE 4.0 TECHNOLOGY ERA............................ 221

Ms. NGUYEN HOANG VUONG ANH...................................................................221

TEACHING AND LEARNING LANGUAGE SKILLS ........................241

NON-ENGLISH MAJORS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING DIFFICULTIES: A CASE STUDY . 242

Dr. TRAN QUOC THAO............................................................................................242

Ms. TRAN NGOC THUY DUONG..........................................................................242

PROSODY-BASED TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING EFL LEARNERS’

LISTENING SKILLS .................................................................................................................... 263

Ms. LUU THI MAI VY................................................................................................263

Prof. ANDREW LIAN................................................................................................263

Dr. PEERASAK SIRIYOTHIN.................................................................................263

THE EFFECT OF METACOGNITIVE NOTE-TAKING SKILLS ON CRITICAL

THINKING..................................................................................................................................... 278

Ms. PHAN PHAM KIEU MI.....................................................................................278

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ENHANCING PRONUNCIATION FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS BY

EMPLOYING HYBRID LEARNING FROM STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE .................... 302

Ms. THANH NGOC HUYNH....................................................................................302

Ms. LINH THUY LE....................................................................................................302

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TOP NOTCH AS A TEXTBOOK FOR EFL

CLASSES......................................................................................................................................... 318

Dr. LE THI THUY NHUNG......................................................................................318

Ms. DANG VU MINH THU.......................................................................................318

TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF USING VIETNAMESE IN ENGLISH READING

CLASS.............................................................................................................................................. 336

Ms. DOAN KIM KHOA..............................................................................................336

THE UTILIZATION OF COGNITIVE AND META-COGNITIVE VIEWS TO TEACH

READING SKILLS TO SECOND-YEAR ENGLISH MAJORS: OBSTACLES AND

SOLUTIONS................................................................................................................................... 349

Mr. PHAM DONG QUAN .........................................................................................349

Mr. BUI DO CONG THANH.....................................................................................349

APPLIED LINGUISTICS.......................................................................369

TIME-COURSE ACTIVATION OF SEMANTIC PRIMES IN L2-ENGLISH WORD

RECOGNITION............................................................................................................................. 370

Dr. CLAY WILLIAMS ................................................................................................370

STRATEGIES FOR TRANSLATING ENGLISH IDIOMS INTO VIETNAMESE: AN

ANALYTICAL APPROACH........................................................................................................ 383

Mr. KHAU HOANG ANH..........................................................................................383

Ms. VO THI HONG Y .................................................................................................383

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SYNTACTIC CONSTRUCTION OF

NOMINALIZATION USED IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS RESEARCH ARTICLES BY

NATIVE ENGLISH WRITERS AND VIETNAMESE COUNTERPARTS ....................... 398

Dr. DUONG MY THAM.............................................................................................398

Mr. NGUYEN NGOC ANH THI...............................................................................398

THE RECIPE FOR 2ND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: CONNECTING SLA

THEORY WITH CLASSROOM PRACTICE ........................................................................... 422

Mr. EDWARD BROWN............................................................................................422

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APPROACHES........................................................................................435

DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERING ENGLISH MAJORS IN DELIVERING

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS................................................................................................ 436

Assoc. Prof. Dr. NGUYEN THI THU HIEN........................................................436

Dr. HA THANH HAI ..................................................................................................436

CONSTRUCTIVE ALIGNMENT IN TEACHING ENGLISH AT TERTIARY LEVEL:

AN INSIGHT INTO AN AUN-DESIGNED COURSE........................................................... 450

Mr. NGUYEN THANH MINH .................................................................................450

PROMOTING STUDENTS’ MEANINGFUL STUDY THROUGH A SERVICE

LEARNING PROJECT ................................................................................................................. 463

Ms. TRAN THI THANH MAI..................................................................................463

TERTIARY ENGLISH-MAJORED STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF LEARNING

COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH GRAMMAR........................................................................... 477

Dr. TRAN QUOC THAO............................................................................................477

Ms. NGUYEN THI THUY LINH..............................................................................477

SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING........................................................499

LECTURERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES OF EFL CLASSROOM WRITING

ASSESSMENT............................................................................................................................... 500

Ms. NGUYEN THI TUYET NHUNG......................................................................500

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF E-PORTFOLIO AS A LEARNING TOOL IN AN EFL

WRITING CLASS ......................................................................................................................... 518

Mr. NGUYEN TRONG NHAN.................................................................................518

Mr. NGUYEN MINH TRI..........................................................................................518

USING TERMS OF BLOOM’S DIGITAL TAXONOMY IN REVISING THE

PARAGRAPH WRITING COURSE SYLLABUS OF AN ONLINE PROGRAM.............. 531

Ms. LE PHUONG THAO ...........................................................................................531

TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................................557

ATTITUDES TOWARDS FACEBOOK-BASED ACTIVITIES FOR ENGLISH

LANGUAGE LEARNING AMONG NON-ENGLISH MAJORS........................................... 558

Dr. TRAN QUOC THAO............................................................................................558

Mr. NGO XUAN DIEU ...............................................................................................558

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USING QUIZLET TO ENHANCE VOCABULARY ACQUISITION OF NON￾ENGLISH MAJOR FRESHMEN................................................................................................ 576

Mr. HO DINH VAN.....................................................................................................576

Ms. PHAM THI SONG THUYET............................................................................576

Ms. HUYNH NGOC THANH....................................................................................576

IMPROVING PRONUNCIATION OF FRESHMEN THROUGH MOODLE-BASED

ACTIVITIES................................................................................................................................... 591

MS. NGUYEN THI YEN NHUNG ...........................................................................591

MS. DOAN THI KIEU OANH ..................................................................................591

MS. LE HUYNH HA VAN .........................................................................................591

A COLLABORATIVE TEACHING MODEL FOR HETEROGENEOUS CLASS IN A

COMPUTER-ASSISTED LISTENING COURSE................................................................... 616

Mr. LU DINH BAO......................................................................................................616

Ms. VO THI THU HANG...........................................................................................616

HOW READY ARE STUDENTS FOR LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE? A

PRELIMINARY CASE STUDY.................................................................................................. 629

Ms. HO LE HANG .......................................................................................................629

RESHAPING THE ROLES OF TEACHERS IN THE DIGITAL ERA FROM

STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES................................................................................................... 653

Ms. LE DO NGOC HANG..........................................................................................653

BLENDED LEARNING IN ENGLISH TEACHING AT VAN LANG UNIVERSITY: A

READING COURSE ON MOODLE .......................................................................................... 672

Ms. VO THI XUAN ANH...........................................................................................672

Ms. NGUYEN THI HUYNH LOC............................................................................672

TEACHING CHINESE............................................................................691

THE FORMATION OF CHINESE HOMOPHONE............................................................... 692

MS. NGUYEN CHAU MINH THU..........................................................................692

IDENTIFYING THE DIFFICULTY AND PROMOTING SUCCESS OF ONLINE

CHINESE TEACHING................................................................................................................. 702

Dr. LA THI THUY HIEN...........................................................................................702

RESEARCH ON LANGUAGE OF ADVERTISEMENT IN CHINESE:

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CONSTRASTING CHINESE AND VIETNAMESE............................................................... 710

Dr. HO THI TRINH ANH .........................................................................................710

A RESEARCH ON HOW TO TRANSLATE THE VERB-OBJECT SEPARABLE

WORDS IN SIMPLE STRUCTURES INTO VIETNAMESE .............................................. 726

Dr. NGUYEN LY UY HAN ........................................................................................726

BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE IN CHINESE LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAMS:

REALITY AND SOLUTION ....................................................................................................... 733

Dr. TRUONG VY QUYEN.........................................................................................733

A STUDY OF ELEMENTARY CHINESE LISTENING TEACHING MODEL BASED

ON CONTENT-BASED INSTRUCTION................................................................................. 744

Dr. LUU HON VU........................................................................................................744

TEACHING JAPANESE.........................................................................756

INVESTIGATING SELF-STUDY AWARENESS OF JAPANESE FRESHMEN

WHILE STUDYING GENERAL JAPANESE 1: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS .... 757

Ms. LE VO PHUONG LINH......................................................................................757

INVESTIGATING FIRST-YEAR JAPANESE LANGUAGE MAJOR STUDENTS’

DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING KANJI................................................................................... 775

Ms. PHAM MINH TU.................................................................................................775

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ABOUT OPENTESOL

Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City Open University,

The International Conference series was

established in 2012 by The Faculty of

Foreign Languages and The Graduate School of Ho Chi Minh City

Open University, a higher education institution offering a variety

of programs ranging from on-site to distance learning and

learning at satellite academic centers and aiming to meet various

learning needs of society and to contribute to enriching the

country’s human resources.

OpenTESOL is a conference for local and international

professionals in the field of Foreign Languages Teaching and

Learning. OpenTESOL has been recognized as a valuable

professional development forum for practitioners and

researchers in the region.

Since 2016, OpenTESOL has also published its conference

proceedings. All presenters are encouraged to submit their papers

for consideration in this publication.

OpenTESOL honors the following groups:

 Classroom teachers and teacher educators;

 Ph.D. students and researchers in the fields of foreign

language teaching and learning and applied linguistics;

 English language school’s managers and tertiary education

administrators.

 Foreign experts or researchers who wish to network

within the foreign language communities in the region.

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OpenTESOL aims to:

 Establish a quality hub for sharing ideas of appropriate

pedagogies in different teaching and learning contexts;

 Provide an opportunity for building a network of teachers

and those professionals involved in language teaching;

 Strengthen the ties between the foreign language teaching

communities in Vietnam and other nations;

 Connect local communities with international language

education institutions or associations;

 Present state-of-the-art research into language and

language education.

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THE 8TH OPENTESOL INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE 2020

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. Nguyen Thuy Nga – Dean of Faculty of Foreign Languages

(FFL) – HCMC Open University

Vice-chair: Dr. Nguyen Thi Xuan Lan –Vice Dean of Graduate School –

HCMC Open University

Executive Member: Mr. Mai Minh Tien – Lecturer – FFL - HCMC Open

University

Coordinator: Ms. Nguyen Chau Bich Tuyen- Lecturer – FFL – HCMC

Open University

Members:

Dr. Bui Thi Thuc Quyen – Head of Non-English Major Division – FFL –

HCMC Open University

Mr. Bui Do Cong Thanh – Lecturer – FFL - HCMC Open University

Ms. Doan Kim Khoa – Lecturer – FFL - HCMC Open University

Ms. Ho Le Hang – Lecturer – FFL - HCMC Open University

Ms. Le Do Ngoc Hang – Lecturer – FFL - HCMC Open University

Dr. Nguyen Le Hoang Thuy To Quyen – Vice Director of Office of

Cooperation and Research Management – FFL – HCMC Open University

Ms. Nguyen My Phuong Quynh - Student Support Officer – FFL – HCMC

Open University

Ms. Tran Dieu Long – Lecturer – FFL - HCMC Open University

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TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Mr. Ninh Xuan Huong, Manager, Center of Information Management, HCMC

Open University

Mr. Tran Huu Nhan, Executive Officer, Center of Information

Management, HCMC Open University

Mr. To Quoc Minh Huan, Executive Officer, FFL, HCMC Open University

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS EDITORS AND

REVIEWERS

EDITORS

Dr. Le Thi Thanh Thu, Ho Chi Minh City Open University

Dr. Bui Thi Thuc Quyen, Ho Chi Minh City Open University

Mr. Mai Minh Tien, Ho Chi Minh City Open University

Dr. Lam Thanh Nam, Ho Chi Minh City Open University

REVIEWERS

Assoc. Prof. Clay Williams Akita International University, Japan

Assoc. Prof. Hoang Thi Tuyet Ho Chi Minh City Open University,

Vietnam

Dr. Dinh Truong Sinh Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam

Dr. Doan Hue Dung Hong Bang International University ,

Vietnam

Dr. Duong My Tham Nong Lam university- Ho Chi Minh City,

Vietnam

Dr. Ho Thi Trinh Anh Ho Chi Minh City Open University,

Vietnam

Dr. Kurt S. Candilas Lourdes College, Philippines

Dr. La Thuy Hien Ho Chi Minh City Open University,

Vietnam

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Dr. Le Thi Thuy Nhung Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City,

Vietnam

Dr. Luu Hon Vu Banking University, Vietnam

Dr. Nguyen Dinh Thu Ho Chi Minh City University of

Technology and Education, Vietnam

Dr. Nguyen Huy Cuong International University--VNU, Vietnam

Dr. Nguyen Ly Uy Han Ho Chi Minh City Open University,

Vietnam

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Binh HCMC University of Education, Vietnam)

Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha Ho Chi Minh City University of

Education, Vietnam

Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang SEAMEO RETRAC, Vietnam

Dr. Nguyen Thuy Nga Ho Chi Minh city Open University,

Vietnam

Dr. Pham Nguyen Huy Hoang HCMC University of Education, Vietnam

Dr. Phan Thi Thanh Huyen An Giang University, Vietnam

Dr. Tran Quoc Thao Ho Chi Minh City University of

Technology (HUTECH), Vietnam

Dr. Truong Bach Le University of Foreign Languages, Hue

University, Vietnam

Dr. Truong Vy Quyen Ho Chi Minh City Open University,

Vietnam

Dr. Vu Thi Hong Van Ho Chi Minh City University of

Education, Vietnam

Mr. James Barnett RMIT University Vietnam

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Minh Van Lang University, Vietnam

Mr. Oscar R. Duma, Jr. Department of Education (DepEd)-

Division of Quezon Province, Philippines

Ms Nguyen Chau Bich Tuyen Ho Chi Minh City Open University,

Vietnam