Abstract
The paper reported on part of a study investigating Vietnamese upper secondary school EFL teachers’ use of the set of new English textbooks Tieng Anh 11 as resources for achievement tests. To carry out this research, both qualitative and quantitative approaches including questionnaires and interviews were used to collect the data from research participants at some upper secondary schools in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. The findings of the study showed the teachers’ practices in using the set of new English textbooks Tieng Anh 11 for achievement tests. They reported adapting the exercises and activities, following the teaching procedures, and referring to the book maps in the set of new English textbooks Tieng Anh 11 to organize revision, design one-period tests and semester exams. Especially, using the accompanying workbooks to revise what students learned accounted for the highest rate. Besides, major challenges of the upper-secondary school teachers in using this set are also uncovered through the results. The teachers mostly have difficulties in finding the relevant materials matching the prescribed test formats as well as the required language competence in the set of new English textbooks Tieng Anh 11, lacking the test formats and scoring criteria associated with achievement tests. From the research findings, some implications were suggested for teachers’ flexibility in teaching and test preparation processes, and for improving the set of new English textbooks Tieng Anh 11.
 
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Highlights
1.1 Research context The teaching and learning processes are accompanied with testing and assessment
Based on Decision 5209/QD-BGDDT promulgated in November 2012, by Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) regarding the Pilot English curriculum for Vietnamese Upper Secondary Schools and Decision 88/2014/ QH 13 on “Innovating Curriculum, UpperSecondary School Textbooks”, the set of new English textbooks designed and have been used at a number of Vietnamese upper-secondary schools
4.1 How teachers use the set of new English textbooks Tieng Anh 11 as resources for achievement tests The responses to the first theme of the questionnaire represent teachers’ use of the set of new English textbooks Tieng Anh 11 as resources for achievement tests
Summary
1.1 Research context The teaching and learning processes are accompanied with testing and assessment. In the context of education reform, Decision 1400/ QD-TTg on “Teaching and learning foreign languages in the national education system, Period 2008-2020” was promulgated. This decision deployed the implementation of the ten-year language program in the upper-secondary schools in 2012 – 2013. The set of new English textbooks have received many positive comments from teachers and students, many issues exist for teachers and students in different areas in using them such as the difficult topics, lack of references for teachers, or mismatch between learning and testing (Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang, 2018)
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