On the 12th September 2014, at the University of Economics and Business – VNU, a seminar on teaching methods specializing in English was hold. Seminar was organized through the cooperation of the Office of Scientific Research - Development Cooperation and the Department of Finance and Banking.
From Tohoku University, Japan, participated in the seminar was speakers Assoc Peter John Wanner. Coming from the University of Economics and Business – VNU were Dr. Le Trung Thanh, Head of Scientific Research and Development Cooperation, Dr. Nguyen Thi Huong Lien – Head of Department of Accounting Auditing – Finance and Banking Sciences, the Faculty of Finance and Banking lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, Center for Quality Assurance and other department lecturers of the university.
Opening the seminar, on behalf of the university, Dr. Le Trung Thanh thanked Assoc Peter John Wanner for attending the seminar.
During the seminar, Prof. Peter John Wanner introduced CBI method (Content Based Instruction) in the teaching of specialized subjects taught in English. CBI can be used to teach any subject in any language other than the mother tongue. The content of the CBI focus on teaching guide based on content, not on the language. According to the speaker, the way to learn a language effectively is to start learning through teaching content or a specific language, not to start by focusing on grammar or word. To teach a foreign language course, we need to focus more on the key words related to the content rather than the grammatical issues. The process of developing foreign language lessons begins building new lecture content and to handle the problem of language. The trainer should build two types of lesson plans and syllabus content is topical syllabus. In addition, Prof. Wanner guide students in class using Quizlet software in teaching and learning. The last part of the seminar, the speaker received a number of questions related to the lesson content and teaching experience of students attending.
Seminar "Methods of teaching subjects in English" was organized for further improvement of English skills of teaching staff.