Chapter I
Teaching
Designing meaningful language learning experiences for young learners.
Volume 01 · Academic Portfolio · 2026
Ngoc Yen Nguyen,
M.A.
Educator·Researcher·Course Designer
Bridging classroom practice and educational research in TESOL, Young Learner EFL, and communicative language teaching.
I explore how children learn, communicate, and grow through language education. My work combines classroom practice, curriculum development, and research-informed teaching to create meaningful learning experiences for young English language learners.
Current Research
Enhancing Willingness to Communicate through Speaking Activities in the EFL Classroom
A classroom action research project investigating how speaking activities influence young learners' willingness to communicate in English within a Polish primary school context.
§ 01 · About
The dialogue between research and practice.
I am an English language educator, researcher, and curriculum designer with experience teaching young learners across schools and educational institutions in Poland and Vietnam. My work focuses on designing engaging learning experiences while investigating how classroom environments support communication, participation, and language development.
I believe effective teaching emerges from the dialogue between research and practice.
Chapter II
Research
Investigating communication, participation, and language development in EFL classrooms.
Chapter III
Academic Portfolio
Credentials, training and trajectory across kindergartens, primary schools and graduate research.
§ 02 · The Educator
Classroom experience meets emerging scholarship.
From early years EFL classrooms in Hà Nội to primary schools in Warsaw, my practice has been shaped by curious learners, attentive colleagues, and the questions teaching keeps surfacing.I now bring those questions into a research lens — studying the quiet, generative space between teacher prompts, learner silences, and the first English words a child decides to risk.
Read full biography§ 03 · Research Notes
From the field & the desk.
Research
What does willingness to communicate mean in the EFL classroom?
March 2026
Teaching Reflections
Silence is not always unwillingness.
February 2026
TESOL
Designing meaningful speaking activities for young learners.
January 2026