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Chúc Mừng Năm Mới 2025 Image by goodfon
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Announcements
- GUAVA Newsletter December 2024 is now available on the website. This issue highlights several GUAVA new initiatives and key policies and features three teaching articles by GUAVA Members (An Sakach, Trang Tran, and Jennie Tran)
- GUAVA Innovation Awards Now Open! These awards, offered by GUAVA, recognize outstanding, innovative, and transformative teaching of Vietnamese Language Education. Three prizes ranging between $150 and $300 will be awarded this year. The award winners will be featured on our website.
- The Southeast Asian Language Council (SEALC) proudly announces the Fall 2025 Hybrid Symposium: Piloting the Proficiency-Based Instructional Materials and Assessments Tools: Insights and Lessons learned hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI Dates: September 26-27, 2025; Venue: University of Hawai`i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
- The National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC) is hosting a VIRTUAL summer workshop to help language teachers meet the challenges of teaching heritage language students, whether in mixed or heritage-specific classes. Dates: June 23 - July 17, 2025; Location: Online via Zoom. Application deadline is January 31, 2025.
Workshops & Conferences (CFPs)
- 2025 AZ Regional OER Conference: Open for Student Success and Closing the Gap. February 27 & 28, 2025; Call for Proposals Deadline: Sunday November 17, 2024
- MWALLT Conference, 2025. The Midwest Association for Language Learning Technology (MWALLT) is seeking proposals for its 2025 fully online conference to be held on Saturday, March 22. Call for Proposals Deadline: Friday, January 17th.
- The Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (JNCOLCTL), is soliciting articles for publication. Our general editorial focus is on policy, education, research, advocacy, and programs in the field of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs). Deadline: June 1st 2025
- 16th Heritage Language Research Institute at University of Wisconsin-Madison Dates: June 16-19, 2025; Submit Abstract by Jan 31, 2025
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GUAVA in Blog
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Celebrating Excellence: GUAVA President Chung Nguyen Named 2026 Vietnamese Language Ambassador Abroad
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The Group of Universities for the Advancement of Vietnamese in America (GUAVA) is delighted to share groundbreaking news with our community of educators, scholars, and language advocates worldwide. Our current GUAVA President, Ms. Chung Nguyen—Director and Senior Lecturer of the Vietnamese Language Program in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University—has been officially named a 2026 …
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Elevate Your Teaching: Join VietTBLT’s 2026 Public Workshop Series on Developing Task-Based Curricula
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As educators, we are constantly seeking ways to make language learning more meaningful, engaging, and directly applicable to the real world. Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) offers a powerful framework to achieve this, moving beyond mechanical drills to put authentic communication at the center of the classroom.To help educators navigate the transition from theory to practice, VietTBLT—an initiative dedicated to advancing task-based …
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To share forthcoming notifications, news, and updates, kindly direct them to our editor Huy Phung at phunghuy@hawaii.edu and guavamerica@gmail.com or submit the form below.
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