Faculty of Foreign Languages and Technical Education (FFL-TE) currently offers two regular training programmes in English Language Studies (ELS) and Technical Education (TE). The Faculty, whose first official name was Faculty of Foreign Languages (FFL), was developed from the base of the modern facility and highly qualified teaching staff of the Center of Foreign Languages, which had reputation for excellent TOEFL and communicative English training in Ho Chi Minh City and other southern provinces in Vietnam. In 2012, the Department of Technical Education, whose mission is to train teachers of technical education for public high schools and vocational schools, was merged into the FFL, and the Faculty was renamed as Faculty of Foreign Languages and Technical Education. FFL-TE has successfully trained about 3,000 bachelors of English Language Studies.

1. Vision: FFL-TE will become one of the prestigious institutions in terms of English language teaching and technical education in Vietnam and South East Asia.

2. Mission: FFL-TE provides well-trained and highly qualified human resources majoring in English language studies and technical education. 

3. Strategic objectives: The FFL-TE continues to offer and upgrade undergraduate programmes to train human resources being capable of (1) researching and teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) at universities, colleges, high schools, technical schools, and foreign language centers, (2) working as translators and interpreters in science and technology majors, (3) working as office workers for companies and corporations in which English is used as a mean of communication. (4) working as teachers of technical education in public and private high schools and vocational schools. 

 4. Philosophy of Education: The education of the FFL-TE emphasizes “Integration, Autonomy, Responsibility”, with the implications as follows: 

-  Integration: having ability and willingness to proactively integrate into a working environment in the most positive way, working effectively with others, flexibly adapting and applying their professional competence into working place, and unceasingly improving new knowledge and updated technology through discovery, interaction and creation,

-   Autonomy: having a strong sense of self-efficacy, applying critical and creative thinking in their study and work, having effective self study and strategic plans to achieve their set goals; 

-  Responsibility: being responsible to oneself, continually self training for better competence and values, responsible to others and community for their involvement at different levels. 

These values are the program expectations and also the qualities to be practiced in teaching -learning, and working culture of the Faculty.

Training Programme: FFL-TE currently recruits 180-200 students, once in every school year, for two undergraduate programmes in English Language Studies and Technical Education. The yearly enrollment number is allotted to FFL-FE by NLU and approved by the Ministry of Education and Training. To graduate and be conferred with a bachelor’s degree, a student is required to achieve the minimum of 136 credits, regularly completed in 4 years. Brief information about FFL-TE two training programmes/majors as follows:

 (1) English Language Studies (ELS):

This is a full-time programme providing students with fundamental and specialised knowledge of English-American linguistics, culture, civilization and literature. Students are also equipped with necessary skills such as critical thinking, effective communication, work organization, business correspondence, time management, etc. Students of ELS can moderate their study plan into one of the two concentrations in English Teaching and English for Management.   

(2) Technical Education (TE):     

This is a full-time programme providing students with fundamental and specialised knowledge on technology, agricultural science, teaching methodology, educational psychology and curriculum development. After graduation, students have solid knowledge of the basic principles of agricultural, forestry and fishery production processes. In addition, graduates are capable of applying the knowledge of psychology, education, teaching methodology, economics, business, management in technical education at high schools and vocational schools. 

The ELS program is a long-standing program, with its first intake in 2001. The first intake attracted roughly 100 students and the number of enrolments has been scaling up to 350 per intake in recent years. To be eligible for graduation, students are expected to successfully earn 136 credits within the period of four academic years, which can be extended up to eight years. Graduates of this program can easily find suitable jobs in education or business sectors.

Brief introduction about the ELS program 

The ELS program provides the labor force with proficient knowledge and skills in English in order to perform educational and office management tasks and others which require the application of the English language in international business and related contexts. It provides applied English language support and aids the learners in conducting applied research for the sake of their industry, and contributes to Vietnam's economic, cultural and social integration on the global scale.

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