Meeting with the delegation from English Language Institute (ELI), USA
“English language teachers with high professional expertise, rich life experiences, and good morals from the English Language Institute will come to teach at ULIS.”
On November 7th, 2018, ULIS welcomed the delegation of the ELI to discuss the faculty exchange program for the next school year.
Attending the meeting were President Do Tuan Minh, Dean of the Faculty of English Language Teacher Education Vu Hai Ha, representative of the Cooperation and Development Office.
From the ELI side, Mr. Collin Quingley, Director of International Recruitment and Coordination in the United States; Mr. Ryan Seinert, Head of ELI in Hanoi; Mr. Bui Van Ha, National Coordinator and Assistant Chief Representative attended the meeting.
About the ELI English Language Institute, Collin Quingley said: “The ELI English Language Institute has a global presence and is always looking for the best English language teacher in countries where English is the native language. The English Language Institute has collaborated with many major universities in Vietnam and is expected to send more native teachers to Vietnam in the future, of which ULIS is one of the institutions in which ELI wants to give priority. “
He also expressed interest in exchanging native teachers for teaching at FLSS as well as organizing workshops with the participation of English teachers of ULIS.
He affirmed: “This is a very valuable opportunity that the University has given to the ELI. Native English language teachers from the ELI coming to the University of Foreign Languages will have high professional backgrounds, life-experiences, and good morals.”
Delivering his remarks at the meeting, President Do Tuan Minh stated that the University always welcomed native teachers, especially those from ELI. The President highly appreciated the professionalism and competence of the teachers that ELI had sent to the University so far.
The President wished to cooperate with ELI in activities such as assisting young teachers or participating in the “Lang Son” and “Thanh Hoa” programs that the University had been implementing.