This is a presentation I gave in May, 2012 at the international conference.

1. Phùng Văn Huy
phunghuy.edu@gmail.com
Faculty of Foreign Languages, Thai Nguyen University

3. “People do not learn a language then use it,…
… but they learn by using it.”
anonymous
Copyright © 2012. Phùng Huy. All rights reserved.

4. 1 = 15 [30; 60; 45]  30 ? Credit-based system
More than 400 students of English/year > < 37teachers
Mini-survey: 95% students of English
want a language-using environment (Thuyen, 2010)
Photo: Tuan Dung Dz

5. 1. Divide Unshaded portion of ‘A’ into
TWO equal & identical parts.
2. Divide Unshaded portion of ‘B’ into
THREE equal & identical parts.
3. Divide Unshaded portion of ‘C’ into
FOUR equal & identical parts.
Clues :
The solution is not in the form of triangles.
The solution lies in the problem itself.
4. Divide ‘D’ into SEVEN equal & identical parts.
Clues : The solution is not in the form of triangles.

7. Informal
Non-formal
Formal
CEC | Community English Club Sharing knowledge  Connecting community

9. Social Development Theory
Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934)

10. Second Language Acquisition

11. Community of Practice
It is through the process of sharing information and
experiences with the group that the members learn from
each other, and have an opportunity to develop
themselves personally and professionally .
(Lave & Wenger, 1991)

12. learning through
practice and participation
situated learning

13. Situated learning
I hear, I know
Cognition Deeper
Auditory Learning
Visual Kinaesthetic
I see, I remember I do, I understand
Memory Meta Cognition

14. Factors of a successful CoP
Individuals
Social
Collaboration
presence
Motivation

15. Concept of CoP
•
•
?

16. Social Media use
2 Billion views/day
24 hours/minute

17. CEC | Community English Club Sharing knowledge  Connecting community

19. Sharing knowledge, connecting community
CEC | Community English Club Sharing knowledge  Connecting community

20. CEC | Community English Club Sharing knowledge  Connecting community

21. Application
form
Participation interview
basic
training
CEC | Community English Club Sharing knowledge  Connecting community

22. Blended
solution

25. Levels of participation
Core members
Active members
Regular members

26. Out of the box
CEC
BBC
DVD

27. Emotions & motivation

28. interests
goals
Members
……..

29. Peer Education

30. “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be
those who cannot read or write,……
…but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”
Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist (1928- )
Copyright © 2012. Phùng Huy. All rights reserved.

32. Crawford, K. (1996) Vygotskian approaches to human development in the information era. Educational
Studies in Mathematics. (31) 43-62.
Lave, Jean; Wenger, Etienne (1991). Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. ISBN 0521423740. http://books.google.com/?id=CAVIOrW3vYAC. ; first published in 1990 as Institute
for Research on Learning report 90-0013
Kimble, Chris; Hildreth, Paul; Bourdon, Isabelle (2008). Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for
Educators. Information Age Publishing. ISBN 1593118635. http://www.chris-kimble.com/CLEE/ToC.html.