Contemporary Perspectives on Teaching and Learning English as -a Primary Foreign Language at HUFI

This study gives a brief history of the teaching methods and learning English subject as a formal language at Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry (HUFI) between two periods: as a college and a university. Over the few past periods, there have been similarities and differences in the frequency of ineffective teaching and learning strategy use for students, and all teachers being the most important stakeholders in teaching language, their contribution to these failures is significant. The paper aims to illustrate why some of the efforts undertaken are successful and why some are not, despite significant investments of time and resources. The researcher has investigated the factors affecting English teaching practices and suggested developing foreign language skills to become one of the key factors helping the university higher education. Sixty non-students helped the researcher focuses on the questions of concepts that motivate learning and teaching English, and various needs of professional knowledge at the tertiary level.