Bigelow meets with foreign language instructors in Vietnam

Martha Bigelow, associate professor in the second languages and cultures program (Department of Curriculum and Instruction), was invited to Hanoi, Vietnam recently by the U.S. State Department and the University of Languages and International Studies – VNU. She worked with the Faculty of English Language Teacher Education to create new English language courses for first and second year undergraduate students. While in Vietnam, Martha presented on this work to 90 foreign language instructors (Japanese, Russian, French, Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese). She also visited teachers’ colleges in Lan Son and Thai Binh provinces to meet with elementary English teachers and Engllish language teacher educators.
Here Martha is pictured with one of the ULIS instructors, Chi Hạnh Đỗ.