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<td align="left" valign="top"><b> Foreign language studies become a must </b></td>
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<td><STYLE><!-- p.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:14.0pt; font-family:Arial; margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in}--></STYLE><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><DIV align=left><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=1 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><A onclick="return openImageNews(this,307,400)" href="/dataimages/200604/original/images942639_sv.jpg"><IMG alt="Soạn: AM 742639 gửi đến 996 để nhận ảnh này" src="http://vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200604/original/images942639_sv.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=Image><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=1></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV><P class=MsoNormal align=left><FONT size=2>VietNamNet – By 2015 foreign language education programmes will include students of all levels and by 2020 most Vietnamese students will be fluent in one foreign language.</FONT></SPAN></I></P><P c!
lass=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Such are the goals of a foreign language teaching scheme to be included in the national education system. The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) compiled the scheme in cooperation with the Government Office.</SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The compilation group has set four specific goals and identified six groups of basic solutions.</SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Under the scheme, MoET will implement the ten-year foreign language-teaching programme and compile equivalent textbooks. The programme is to be implemented in three phases: 2008-2009, !
2010-2011 and 2015-2020.</SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The programme will run from 3<SUP>rd</SUP> to 12<SUP>th</SUP> grade. Students will be evaluated based on a Foreign Language Level testing system that allocates six grades.</SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Primary students must obtain the first grade, the second for intermediate students and third for high school students. Students at universities that do not specialize in foreign languages will reach the fourth grade, while tertiary level foreign language studies will obtain the fifth level. </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In 2007, all schools nationwide must define one of the followi!
ng foreign languages: English, Russian, French, or Chinese for teaching as the key foreign language at their schools.</SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The estimated expenditure for this scheme is up to VND16tril (US$1bil).</SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Prime Minister has assigned the MoET to combine with the Government to complete this scheme to submit to the Secretariat of the Central Party Committee and the National Assembly’s Standing Committee for consideration before approval.</SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal align=left><B><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ha Anh</SPAN></I></B></P></td>
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