Mai Hong Quan
International University - Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh city
About
Mai Hong Quan is a full-time lecturer at School of Languages, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He holds a Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics from University of Southampton, United Kingdom. He has 14 years of experience teaching courses on English language skills in addition to culture-related courses such as American civilization, British civilization and Cross-cultural Communication. His current field of research involves Anthropology and Area Studies, particularly on Anglosphere, Southeast Asian countries, and Japan. Besides, he is also interested in Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and 21st Century Skills as essentials for students in the 21st century.Sessions
Synchronous (Onsite) Vietnamese Students’ Perception of PechaKucha in English Public Speaking Classes more
Sat, Apr 29, 13:00-13:25 Asia/Seoul
A PechaKucha is a presentation format of 20 slides of images with little text, each of which advances automatically after 20 seconds. Despite being quite popular globally in the last two decades, in Vietnam, PechaKucha is a relatively new concept, as most English Public Speaking classes still employ the traditional slides. This includes the researchers’ organization, International University, HCMC Vietnam National University. With the aim of offering students and their audience a new choice of presentation style, and investigating Vietnamese students’ perception of this style, PechaKucha was introduced to 10 English public speaking classes. A questionnaire was then administered to students who used PechaKucha for their assignments. Fifty responses were collected for data analysis. The results show positive feedback in general, but there are some concerns about the time constraints and the extra amount of work. Implications of the results can assist changes in the syllabus of the subject.
