We are excited to share that the 3rd Venice-Tempe Vietnamese Language Teaching Symposium is taking place virtually on June 28, 2026, jointly hosted by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Arizona State University. Organized by GUAVA members Trang Phan and An Sakach, this annual symposium brings together teaching and research faculty of Vietnamese from around the world to explore methodological insights and technological advancements in Vietnamese language instruction.
The event will be held entirely online via Zoom. All times below are in Vietnam time (ICT).
Program Highlights
This year’s program features nine presentations covering a rich range of topics — from AI in the classroom and heritage language pedagogy to corpus linguistics, prosody, and cross-linguistic transfer. Here is the full lineup:
Session 1 | 7:15 PM ICT
Masaaki Shimizu (The University of Osaka)
A Proposal for Teaching Northern Vietnamese Tones to Japanese Learners
Session 2 | 7:45 PM ICT
Nguyễn Hoàng Phương (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU – Ho Chi Minh City)
Applying Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Improving Vietnamese Reading Skills for Foreigners: From Error Analysis Theory to Adaptive Learning Environment
Session 3 | 8:15 PM ICT
An Sakach, Ha Vo & Trang Phan (Arizona State University; University of Social Sciences & Humanities, VNU Hanoi; Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Language, Belonging, and Everyday Participation in Intra-Asian Student Mobility
Session 4 | 8:45 PM ICT
Nguyễn Trần Quý, An Sakach & Trang Phan (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU – Ho Chi Minh City; Arizona State University; Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Building a Padlet-based Learner Corpus for Vietnamese Address Forms: A Reproducible Semi-Automated Annotation Pipeline
Session 5 | 9:15 PM ICT
Tạ Thành Tấn, Masaaki Shimizu & Giang Vu (Hanoi University of Education; The University of Osaka; University of Languages & International Studies, VNU Hanoi)
Disambiguating Multifunctional Vietnamese Wh-Words: The Role of Prosody and Syntax
— 15-minute break —
Session 6 | 9:30 PM ICT
Amanda Dalola & Ky Nguyen (University of Minnesota)
Bánh Mì: A Recipe for Linguistic Justice in Vietnamese Heritage Language Teaching
Session 7 | 10:00 PM ICT
Trang Tran (Brown University)
Beyond Gamification: Story-Based Vietnamese Language Learning as Pedagogy
Session 8 | 10:30 PM ICT
Thi-Nham Le (National Chengchi University)
Family Language Policy and Motivation in Vietnamese Heritage Language Development among Taiwanese–Vietnamese University Students
Session 9 | 11:00 PM ICT
Trang Phan, Lan Chu & Bianca Basciano (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; University of Languages & International Studies, VNU Hanoi)
When Chinese Helps, and When It Doesn’t: Learning bất-, vô-, phi- in L2 Vietnamese
Time Zone Guide
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam (ICT): 7:00 PM
- 🇺🇸 Arizona / PST: 5:00 AM
- 🇺🇸 Eastern: 8:00 AM
- 🇺🇸 Central: 7:00 AM
- 🇮🇹 Italy (CEST): 2:00 PM
How to Join
The symposium is free and open to all. Register via the link on the symposium flyer to receive your Zoom access information. We look forward to seeing the Vietnamese language teaching community come together for another inspiring day of scholarship!
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