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THE VIETNAM TEACHER TRAINING NETWORK 2000-2006 AN EVALUATIVE CONSULTANCY REPORT Consultants:Dr Christopher Tribble ( Kings College, London UniversitySusan Maingay ( Training and Consultancy Report commissioned by:Laura Grassick: Senior English Language Teaching Development Manager (British Council Vietnam) Report submitted:4 October 2006 Executive summary A consultative review of the British Councils VTTN project has been concluded following a document review process and a two-week visit to Vietnam in the period 12-30 September 2006. During that time interviews were carried out with key stakeholders and classes were observed in 11 of the 20 participating Vietnamese provinces. The focus of the interviews was to find out what has worked, for whom, and under what conditions? The overall assessment of progress to date is positive. The VTTN project is highly valued by major stakeholders ( MoET + DoET, Trainers, EL Teachers. It is the only significant externally funded ELT project supported currently under way in Vietnam and has the potential to position the UK and the British Council as significant partners in the development of the national secondary education system. (see 0919a_MoET.doc). The methodologies that are presented through the project are considered to be relevant both by Education authorities and teachers and the Trainer Training sessions are universally acclaimed as relevant, practical and highly effective. The primary concern is that, in our opinion, the current phase of the project (Phase 2) has been expanded beyond the capacity of the BC team to maintain quality and ensure stakeholder satisfaction. In particular this affects the ability of the project to deliver on what is a key (but ultimately unrealistic) objective: the use of an effective cascade model to deliver training to all EL teachers in participating provinces. Main recommendations from this report, focus on the completion of Phase 2 in such a way as to minimise Stakeho