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“Language learning is not only about acquiring knowledge or skills, but also about developing the identity of each learner.” – These are the sharing of Mr. Fernando Paet Oringo – UTS International Program Teacher at the recent TESOLution 2023 Conference on May 16th 2023. The workshop TESOLution: UNLEASHING THE POWER OF VOICE – TRANSFORMING LEARNER IDENTITY, is organized by UTS and Van Lang University in collaboration with IEG Foundation and National Geographic Learning Vietnam. Through the theme ” Contextualizing the dimensions of identity in the perspective of Vietnamese learners”, Mr. Fernando shared his insights and experiences on respecting and developing learners’ personal identities in the process of learning foreign languages, as well as methods to create inclusive learning experiences and environments, diversity for students. According to Mr. Fernando, Personal Identity can be recognized and developed through four aspects: – Cultural – Linguistic – Socioeconomic – Identity and Motivation – Identity and Belonging Every individual will be different, and that’s what creates diversity that our community. Understanding this, each “nurturer” at UTS always strives in the journey of “Growing Talent With Care” to bring innovative teaching methods, enriching students’ identities through respecting and unleashing the power of each individual’s voice. Let’s review the wonderful moments at the TESOLution 2023!  

Children are like little seeds that have just emerged from the mud, they still have a lot to learn and discover about this world. One of the key lessons that children need to learn is having control over innocent emotions. “Consistency is the key to managing your child’s rage. Children will go through stages of adulthood on their own, so parents must be consistent in their educational strategies, language and actions to guide their kids down the right paths.” – Ms. Phuong Vi – UTS Psychological Counselor. The Parenting Workshop: HOW TO BE FRIEND WITH YOUR CHILD’S RAGE, which recently took place at the UTS Botanique Campus, was an opportunity for parents to sharing their kids’ real emotions and figuring out how to support them as they go through a crisis at the age of three. A hands-on activity called “calming bottle” will also be recommended for parents who want to make friends with their kids’ emotions. Let’s take a look back at the moments of that day!

The train to explore the joy of study in the 2022-2023 academic year officially docked at UTS Van Lang Complex on May 30th, 2023, with the participation of the whole UTS Community from two campuses. “The journey of the 2022-2023 academic year is filled with mixed emotions that are difficult to describe. This wonderful journey came to a great conclusion thanks to the caring guidance and support of teachers and parents.” – Gia Han, a class 5.3 student shared. After a school year filled with many new challenges, the UTS “seeds” have become mature and understood themselves better. UTS hopes that students will bring “new things” that they had learnt from teachers, parents and friends in order to improve and become the best version of themselves. The warm but bustling sound of the Closing Ceremony must still linger in the minds of all UTS students. Let’s go through those memories with UTS!  

There is always a natural bond that is made up of the family love between parents and children. Parents tolerate and sympathize with their kids and their children are grateful for growing up in their parents’ warm embrace every single day. Authentic bonds can be affected by several factors and have a significant impact on children’s maturity, especially in the mental health aspect. According to parents’ perspective, what is the root cause of making such a generation gap? UTS had comprised the common reasons through accompanying and talking with families about their daily lives. 1. Factors affecting the relationship between parents and children An affectionate and sentimental attachment between parents and children is formed from 3 leading elements: Communication Communication between parents and children plays a key role in developing parent-child intimacy. Besides, it is beneficial that the root principle is to listen to their children’s confidence. In fact, effective communication is straightforward, stemming from the way parents interact with their children. Children will find it sympathetic when parents are eager to listen to their thoughts and give advice with a compassionate listening attitude. Just take a closer look at a scenario when being asked by parents after going home from school: “Have you done your homework?” rather than “Did you enjoy your school today?”. Children’s innermost feelings will immediately start wondering: “My parents just care about my homework but my emotion!”. They are not able to express their inner true thoughts confidently which gradually weakens the parent-child communication bond because of 2 different standpoints. Caring in child rearing This factor will form the incentives and encouragement of what children do in order to help parents express sincere feelings and respect their children’s decisions. Meanwhile, it also signifies a companion by giving children proper advice and solutions when they encounter

A look back at the 2023 – 2024 academic year with UTS: Thank you for an amazing academic year!