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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 Innovation in Vietnamese Language Education: The 2025–2026 GUAVA Innovation Awards Showcase

    On May 16, 2026, the Vietnamese language teaching community came together for the GUAVA Innovation Awards Showcase — an annual celebration of the most creative, impactful, and forward-thinking approaches to teaching Vietnamese in U.S. higher education. Now in its second year, the GUAVA Innovation Awards were established by the GUAVA Board in 2024–2025 to recognize outstanding contributions to Vietnamese language education. Each …
    Celebrating Innovation in Vietnamese Language Education: The 2025–2026 GUAVA Innovation Awards Showcase

    A New Home for Vietnamese Language Teaching Resources: Introducing the Vietnamese Language Teaching Hub

    A New Home for Vietnamese Language Teaching Resources: Introducing the Vietnamese Language Teaching Hub
    We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Vietnamese Language Teaching Hub, a collaboration between GUAVA and the Digitizing Vietnam team. The hub was officially launched at the full-day workshop "Digitizing Vietnam: Vietnamese Studies in the Age of Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence" at Columbia University, where GUAVA President Chung Nguyen introduced the hub to the broader Vietnamese Studies …

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