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GUAVA e-Newsletter

October 2024

Announcements

  • [GUAVA] Congratulations to ThuyViet Tran, Chung Nguyen, and Huy Phung on being elected to the GUAVA Board for the 2024-2026 term! Their dedication and commitment to our organization will be invaluable as we continue to move forward.
  • [GUAVA] The GUAVA2024 workshop and business meeting concluded successfully. Find the program, abstracts, and photos here. Slides may be added later. https://guavamerica.org/guava2024
  • [JOB] The Department of Asian Languages & Literature in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington seeks to appoint a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor of Vietnamese. The initial appointment, starting Autumn Quarter 2025, is for three years, with the possibility of renewal. For more info: https://apply.interfolio.com/152120
  • [OERs]: Two new Open Educational Resources (OERs) are now available for Vietnamese learners: Intermediate Vietnamese: A Task-based Journey; Advanced Vietnamese . These textbooks are free to use and adapt, so you can customize your learning experience to fit your needs.
  • Are you looking to enhance your Vietnamese language skills in a fun and interactive environment? Look no further than the Vietnamese Language Table! This virtual community offers a variety of classes for learners of all levels, from beginners to advanced speakers for FREE. For more information and to register, please visit: https://sites.google.com/view/vietnameselanguagetable/home
  • The 11th Annual Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference on October 4 and 5! The conference will be hybrid, held both on site at American University in Washington, DC and online.
  • CAL's Research to Policy Webinar on "Reverse-Designing Responses to Emerging Technologies in Multilingual Contexts" by Catherine Baumann et al. on Oct 08, 2024 (4:00–4:30 p.m. EDT)

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 …
To share forthcoming notifications, news, and updates, kindly direct them to our editor Huy Phung at phunghuy@hawaii.edu and guavamerica@gmail.com
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