Trần Thị Thúy’s world opened up after she read a magazine that was in both Vietnamese and English. She then became an English teacher. Her classroom has often been on a computer screen because she wants her students to make friends all over the world.

Teacher Trần Thị Thúy uses innovative methods to help local students study English and connect with thousands of friends around the world.

Their huge workload, limited teaching hours and large numbers of students in classes prevent teachers from improving their classroom-based assessment practices, considered vital to improving English teaching, an expert has said.

This year’s British Council New Directions in English Language and Assessment conference will be held in Hà Nội on 13 and 14 October 2016.