English teaching tries to get past ‘how are you?’
Vietnam: Low efficiency in teaching English at universities is a thorny issue (nothing to do with the students, obviously), especially since the State has invested money and resources in improving courses. A first-year student at the Ha Noi National University summarised his English learning process from the sixth grade to university as a stretch of road where he had to learn to say “How are you?” at every education level. He said the present curriculum did not interconnect these levels well, making teachers and students waste time.
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