This chapter begins Part III that assesses the effectiveness of English language education in Vietnam and challenges that hinder the effectiveness. It reports a study that examines current employees’ feedback on their experiences with the General English courses offered by their former universities. The data includes 159 responses to the survey from graduates currently working in different professional sectors. The analysis reveals that overall the employees found that the English courses equipped them with good English knowledge and skills that can support their English use at work to some extent. However, several aspects of the English courses can be further improved to better prepare students for the world of work: (i) theorybased curriculum, (ii) unauthenticity of teaching activities, learning materials, and assessment tasks, (iii) a lack of ongoing feedback from using formative assessment so that students can improve their weaknesses, and (iv) students’ inability to selfregulate their learning. We discuss measures to improve such inhibitors so that the General English courses offered by Vietnamese universities can be more effective in preparing their students’ English skills for work purposes.
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Lầu 4, Nhà Điều Hành, Khu II, đường 3/2, P. Xuân Khánh, Q. Ninh Kiều, TP. Cần Thơ
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