Announcements
- GUAVA recently hosted GUAVA Connect 2025, a workshop that highlighted the intersection of digital technology, heritage preservation, and language education. The event featured a comprehensive presentation by the “Digitizing Vietnam” (Di Sản Số Việt Nam) project team, sparking lively discussions among educators and researchers globally. Read more or watch the recording here: https://guavamerica.org/guava-connect-2025-breathing-new-life-into-vietnamese-heritage-through-technology
- [GUAVA] Contribute to GUAVA Newsletter - Special edition Vol 5 Dec 2025 (pdf/print) Deadline: December 15. The submission can include but is not limited to the following topics or areas: General news; job announcements and career opportunities; teaching resources and practical teaching ideas and innovations; book and multimedia reviews; member highlights and achievements; student success stories etc. We welcome contributions from all members and non-members. We look forward to receiving all news and updates from you, your colleagues or students, and are happy to work with you to create content for the newsletter. Please send your ideas and suggestions to our editor, Huy Phung at phunghuy@unc.edu.
- Registration open for Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) MOOC. This FREE 5-module open-enrollment self-study course is for language educators beginning to learn about Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL). Course open: January 5 - June 30, 2026; A digital badge is available for candidates fulfilling course requirements.
- Southeast Asian Flagship Languages Initiative (SEAFLI), a special initiative of the Boren Awards for International Study, administered through the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers awardees intensive language study options (Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese) both domestic and abroad. Applications for the 2026-27 cycle are now OPEN! More info: https://seafli.wisc.edu
- The Vietnam Studies Center (VSC), Fulbright University Vietnam will launch the pilot Summer Program in June–July 2026. The Summer Program will offer a five-week experiential learning opportunity for international students and Vietnamese-heritage students. More info here from the VSC Facebook.
- Brown University is offering EAST 0655: Savoring History – The Story of Vietnamese Food Across Regions and Time, a six-week hybrid summer course led by Trang Tran (East Asian Studies). Students explore Vietnamese cuisine as a means of memory, identity, resilience, and cultural storytelling. The course is taught in English and has no prerequisites.
- The 39th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 39) will be held on December 5-7, 2025, in Hanoi, Vietnam. This 3-day conference is hosted by the Association for the Vietnamese Language and Speech Processing.
Workshops & Conferences
- The sixth annual Language OER Conference
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Saturday, March 7, 2026 via Zoom.
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Call deadline: Monday, January 5, 2026.
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- The 2026 ACTFL Annual Convention & World Languages Expo Friday, November 20-Sunday, November 22, 2026, San Antonio, TX. Call deadline: Monday, January 19, 2026.
- TBLT in Asia June 5-7, 2026, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Call deadline: February 15, 2026
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