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GUAVA e-Newsletter

November 2024

Announcements

  • GUAVA Connect 2024: Việt Ngữ Di Sản (Vietnamese Heritage). GUAVA is pleased to announce the upcoming social event GUAVA Connect 2024 on the theme "Vietnamese Heritage." The event will feature two speakers from Australia and California who have experience working with K-12 students. Register here: https://shorturl.at/POhLR
  • [GUAVA] Presentation slides from the GUAVA2024 workshop are available at https://guavamerica.org/guava2024; Many thanks go to the presenters for sharing their innovations and insights with the community.
  • Dr. Trang Phan (GUAVA Member) Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and Phong Lan Chu, Lecturer from Vietnam National University, Hanoi published a new set of textbook Vietnamese Vibes 1, 2, 3 by Cafoscarina Press. Dr. Trang Phan also co-edited a volume on Vietnamese Historical Linguistics published by Springer Nature. More info: https://guavamerica.org/vietnamese-language-and-linguistics-at-ca-foscari-university-of-venice-2024
  • SEALC/COTSEAL cordially invite you to attend the webinar: Teaching Listening Comprehension: Developing Listening Proficiency through Classroom Activities, presented by Dr. Catherine Baumann. SEALC and COTSEAL co-sponsor this webinar. November 8, 2024 7PM - 9PM Central Standard Time https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/5363646399
  • [OERs]: SEALC have uploaded more OERs for Vietnamese educators on their website at https://sealc.wisc.edu/vietnamese. Likewise, you can find materials from the SEALC symposium at Cornell here https://sealc.wisc.edu/cornell-2024/

Workshops & Conferences (CFPs)

    GUAVA in Blog

    Celebrating Excellence: GUAVA President Chung Nguyen Named 2026 Vietnamese Language Ambassador Abroad

    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 …
    Celebrating Excellence: GUAVA President Chung Nguyen Named 2026 Vietnamese Language Ambassador Abroad

    Elevate Your Teaching: Join VietTBLT’s 2026 Public Workshop Series on Developing Task-Based Curricula

    Elevate Your Teaching: Join VietTBLT’s 2026 Public Workshop Series on Developing Task-Based Curricula
    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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