Vietnamese EFL learners’ perspectives on learning English online and employability

Ngoc Tai  Huynh; Vi Truong; Tran Le Huu  Nghia

doi:10.1007/978-981-99-4338-8

Vietnamese EFL learners’ perspectives on learning English online and employability

Ngoc Tai Huynh, Vi Truong, Tran Le Huu Nghia

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Much has been written about the benefits of online learning; but few studies investigate the perceptions of learners learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) towards online learning and their employability. The current study aims to explore factors influencing foreign language learners’ decisions to take English online courses and examine challenges faced by learners and the impact of experiences gained from online courses on their employability competences. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with Vietnamese learners of English who have online English language learning experiences. The obtained data were then analysed and interpreted based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM; Davis et al. in Management Science 35: 982–1003, 1989) and Tomlinson (Education+ Training 59 (4): 338–352, 2017) conceptual framework of employability. The results reveal various factors encouraging participants to select online English courses, such as time flexibility, teacher–student interaction, cost-saving, recommendation from friends, teaching materials, and teaching methods. They also face some challenges when studying English online in terms of practicality issues and professional competence of online instructors. Overall, the findings indicate positive influences of taking online English courses on various aspects of learners’ employability competences.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	English language education for graduate employability in Vietnam
Editors	Tran Le Huu Nghia, Thi Ly Tran, Mai Tuyet Ngo
Place of Publication	Springer Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	15
Pages	327-354
Number of pages	25
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9789819943388
ISBN (Print)	9789819943371
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4338-8
Publication status	Published - Sept 2023

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Name	Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community
ISSN (Print)	2731-7552
ISSN (Electronic)	2731-7560

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Huynh, N. T., Truong, V., & Nghia, T. L. H. (2023). Vietnamese EFL learners’ perspectives on learning English online and employability. In T. L. H. Nghia, T. L. Tran, & M. T. Ngo (Eds.), English language education for graduate employability in Vietnam (1st ed., pp. 327-354). (Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4338-8

Huynh, Ngoc Tai ; Truong, Vi ; Nghia, Tran Le Huu . / Vietnamese EFL learners’ perspectives on learning English online and employability. English language education for graduate employability in Vietnam. editor / Tran Le Huu Nghia ; Thi Ly Tran ; Mai Tuyet Ngo. 1st. ed. Springer Singapore : Springer, 2023. pp. 327-354 (Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community).

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Huynh, NT, Truong, V & Nghia, TLH 2023, Vietnamese EFL learners’ perspectives on learning English online and employability. in TLH Nghia, TL Tran & MT Ngo (eds), English language education for graduate employability in Vietnam. 1st edn, Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community, Springer, Springer Singapore, pp. 327-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4338-8

Vietnamese EFL learners’ perspectives on learning English online and employability. / Huynh, Ngoc Tai ; Truong, Vi; Nghia, Tran Le Huu .
English language education for graduate employability in Vietnam. ed. / Tran Le Huu Nghia; Thi Ly Tran; Mai Tuyet Ngo. 1st. ed. Springer Singapore: Springer, 2023. p. 327-354 (Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community).

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