DISCUSSION ON THE COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE VIETNAMESE PRESERVICE ENGLISH TEACHERS

Abstract

 It is of significance to be aware of the competence of teachers in general and language teachers
in particular. With an aim to evaluate the competence of a teacher of English in Vietnam, Dudzik (2008)’s
English Teacher Competency Framework, which is supported by the MOET National Foreign Language
Project 2020, is used. However, after scrutinizing various English teacher competence frameworks
proposed by different scholars and organization, the author realized that there are some gaps in the
Dudzik’s framework which could be improved. The aim of the research is to systematically summarize
theoretical and conceptual foundations so that further research could base on to develop a competency
framework which is more comprehensive and suitable for assessing Vietnamese EFL preservice teachers;
it also analyzes the gaps in the literature and propose solution for addressing them.