Duy Doan argues that developing strong English skills and establishing an English environment are key to advancing careers and improving job prospects. He outlines several reasons why English is necessary, including trends in new technology, the development of the international school, and increasing demands and expectations from students, companies, and management. Doan then discusses strategies to improve English communication skills through a focus on pronunciation, intonation, stress, sound combination, and sentence structures. He proposes various solutions and activities to establish a stronger English environment at the school, including monthly TOEIC tests, bilingual documentation, and improving English communication skills.

1. Duy Doan (Donald)
CMU Group–International School
ENGLISH SKILLS &ENGLISH SKILLS &
ENGLISH ENVIRONMENTENGLISH ENVIRONMENT
A key tool to advance our careersA key tool to advance our careers
and helps to improve job prospectsand helps to improve job prospects
02-Jul-2016
By Duy Doan

2. Agenda
Necessary of
English Environment at S.I.E
English
communication &
more
Solution & Implementation
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3. Necessary
 Trend & Innovation of New Technology
 Development of Our Int. School
 Demand & expectation about quality,
job opportunity & career development
 Cooperation expanding opportunity
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4. Necessary
 Demand and expectation about training
quality, job opportunity and career
development
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5. Necessary
 Demand and expectation come from (market)
1. Student and parent
2. Company
3. Management
 Training quality, student’s qualification
reflect the image of academic organization,
including
1. Staff qualification and capability
2. Training programs
3. Infrastructure
 Moreover, reflect staff’s behavior
and attitude
Student’s employment house
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6. Necessary
 Trend & Innovation of New Technology
 Everything will be English and it seem a “shortcut” to
have everything updated
The way we live, we think, we work…The way we live, we think, we work…
ChangingChanging
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7. Necessary
 Trend & Innovation of New Technology
 Big Data, BI, Social network, AI, Data mining, Data
analysis, Automation marketing, Social influencer
marketing, Motion graphic, Video ads, Machine learning,
IoT, Cloud...
 Nowadays, technology switch to strategic, oriented and
integrated function (increase competition and
development) for business instead of support function
(decrease cost-to-company, automation) as before.
 English enable opportunities to keep them update and
catch up.
 Moreover, English isn’t only communication but also
reflect your qualification and productivity at work
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8. Necessary
 Development of Our Int. School
 Higher demand and expectation from market.
 Staff development with foreign
lecturer/researcher ,R&D and academic
exchange programs
 Curriculum development (21 majors) with more
majors in BA. and Ph.D, such as high-quality
computer science program, data science…
 Infrastructure development
 Entrepreneurship in Vietnam and DTU.
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9. English communication & more…
Basic English
communication
1.Pronunciati1.Pronunciati
onon
the way in which a particular
word is pronounced (Ngữ âm)
2.Intonation2.Intonation
the level of your voice changes to add
meaning to what you're saying (ngữ điệu):
raising/falling
3.Stress3.Stress
pronunciation depending on whether
words are in stressed or weak position in
the sentence (Nhấn-Trọng âm)
4.Sound combination
(connected speech)
a continuous sequence of sounds forming
conversations in spoken language (Luyến-nối)
5.Structure5.Structure
the way a sentence is
arranged grammatically
(cấu trúc câu nói)
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10. Pronunciation & stress
computer
/kəmˈpju:tə/
Pronun
ci
at
io
n
Intonation Stress Sound combinationStructure
1 2 3 4 5
skill
/sk lɪ /
project
/ˈprɔ ktʤɛ /
software
/ˈs ftweə/ɔ
qualified
/ˈkw ləfa dɑ ɪ /
training
/ˈtre n ŋɪ ɪ /
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11. Pronunciation & stress
How to pronounce these words?
Pronun
ci
at
io
n
Intonation Stress Sound combinationStructure
1 2 3 4 5
/w :lɔ /
/w :dɜ /
/w :ldɜ /
/w :k/ɜ
/w :kɔ /
Wall
Word
World
Work
Walk
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12. Vowels & consonants
How many English’s sounds?
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13. Stress & Intonation(raising & falling)
How to speak these sentences?
What do you think of the job applicants?
Do you want that sent to your home or office?
Not one of them is qualified for the job.
Please send it to my office.
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14. When raising & falling?
Types of questions and sentences
1)Statement (trần thuật): FALLING
2)Yes/No question: FALLING*
3)WH question: FALLING*
4)OR question: RAISING & FALLING
5)Tag question: FALLING & RAISING
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15. Sound combination…
How to speak these sentences?
Not one of them is qualified for the job.
What do you think of the job applicants?
w t du ju:ʌ θ ŋk əv ðə bɪ ʤɔ ˈæpl kəntsɪ
n t w n əv ð m zɔ ʌ ɛ ɪ ˈkw ləfa d f : ðəɑ ɪ ɔ
bʤɔ
dju:
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16. Sound combination…
How to speak these sentences?
Please send it to my office.
Do you want that sent to your home or office?
du ju: w nt ðæt s nt tu j : hə m :rɔ ɛ ɔ ʊ ɔ ˈ f sɔ ɪ
pli:z s nd t tu maɛ ɪ ɪ ˈ f sɔ ɪ
dju:
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17. Sound combination…
How to speak these sentences?
I really don’t like it at all.
She laughed at his idea.
i læft æt h z a diəʃ ɪ ɪˈ .
a r li do nt la k t ət :lɪ ˈ ɪ ʊ ɪ ɪ ɔ
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18. Sentence structures
 Another discussion
 How to learn a new word (improve
vocabulary)?
a) Pronounce correctly (right first time)
b) Explain the word (meaning, definition) to
understand, ex: client-customer, receipt-
invoice
c) Practice as much as possible(by
examples, exercises, listening)
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19. Other…
 How to pronounce
 “ED” by / d/, /t/ɪ and /d/
 “ES” or “S” by / z/, /s/ɪ and /z/
 How to pronounce American-English words
 Pronounce /d/ instead of /t/ for following
words like better, getting, later, computer,
marketing, city, bottle, water, little or gonna,
wanna…
 Also, I’ll, he’ll, we’ll… or you’re, we’re…
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20. Tools…
 Our Online Exam System (transferring)
 Longman dictionary
 Macmillan dictionary
 Informative resources for listening on
Youtube, SozoExchange, Bizmates Japan,
TED talks…
 Online IPA phonetic transcription
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21. Conclusion 1
i. Pronunciation: 44 English sounds with
Longman dictionary
ii. Intonation: Falling & raising for sentences &
question
iii. Stress: Pronunciation+
iv. Sound combination: Intonation+ & stress+
v. Structure: vocabulary(pronounce, explain,
example)
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Online resources
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22. Solution & Implementation…
Solutions & follow up activities…
a) Establish English Environment (2E)
b) Involve English in Academic
Activities(2A)
c) Improve English Communications
Skills (ES)
d) Monthly in-house TOEIC Test (TT)
e) Bilingual Documentation (BD)
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23. Conclusion…
Your questions are welcome!
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We just make a first improvement
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