May 2012
137 posts
Leaving Hue
This morning at O Dark 30 we leave our beloved, somewhat warm city of Hue (yesterday it was apparently over 103 here). Next stop - Nha Trang south, and on the coast. Hue is a wonderful city - only if it would be about 1 degrees cooler! We had a wonderful reception yesterday by the Hue University College of Education. They seem to be working hard to “modernize” curriculum and teaching...
Fresh Focus on Students
Today we enjoyed a visit with faculty members and graduate students at Hue National University’s College of Education. It was, I think, one of the better visits so far. As I reflect on it, I think the reason I appreciate it more than the others is that the faculty members seemed to convey a genuine concern for the development of Vietnamese students over that of the economy. We did hear many of...
Illiteracy
At today’s reflection, someone shared their personal experience of better understanding how international students in their classes must feel during a class taught in the U.S. in English. I thought this was an interesting comparison and pondered it even more. Walking down the streets, although I am fortunate to never have to truly experience it, I try to imagine what being illiterate must...
Faculty/Staff Recruitment
Today we visited Hue University College of Foreign Languages, which is a regional university. Many young lecturers joined us in the meeting, and it is surprising to learn that some of them just graduated from this college as an undergraduate and stayed as lecturers in the same program that they graduated from. The dean explained to us that every year they would try to recruit the best students in...
