Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam

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REGISTRATION FOR PARTICIPANTS

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CONFERENCE FEES

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Registration Fees

PRESENTER:

Individual

• Vietnamese presenter early bird – before 16 April 2025 (On-site): 550.000 VND
• Vietnamese presenter (On-site): 660,000 VND
• Vietnamese presenter (Online): 440,000 VND
• International presenter early bird – before 16 April 2025 (On-site): 55USD
• International presenter (On-site): 66 USD
• International presenter (Online): 33USD

Group

• Group of Vietnamese presenters (On-site): 1.100.000 VND
• Group of Vietnamese presenters (Online): 770.000 VND
• Group of International presenters (On-site): 110 USD
• Group of International presenters (Online): 55 USD

Participants

Onsite

• Vietnamese participant early bird (before 16 April 2025):   550,000 VND
• ​Vietnamese participant:   660,000 VND
• Overseas participant earlybird (before 16 April 2025):  55 USD
• Overseas participant:   66 USD
• HCMC OU Postgraduate and Undergraduate: 330,000VND
• HCMC OU Postgraduate and Undergraduate (no lunch): 110,000VND

Online
Online participants are invited to attend the conference free of charge, but if you wish to obtain the certificate of participation, please refer to the following information

• Vietnamese participant: 220,000 VND
• Oversea participant: 11 USD

*No refund
*The on-site registration fee includes a printed certificate, tea-break refreshments, and lunch.

Conference Proceedings Fees (Optional) 

Please note that if presenters’ full papers are successfully peer-reviewed, the presenters should pay an extra fee for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

• ​Vietnamese presenter:   660,000 VND/ paper
• Overseas presenter:   33 USD/ paper
• The first author of the group is a full-time lecturer at the university: 330,000 VND/ paper
  *No refund

Culture Tour Fees ( 1 day) (Optional, 24 May 2026)

• ​Vietnamese participant:   770,000 VND
• Overseas participant:   44 USD
  *No refund

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CONFERENCE AGENDA (TO BE ANNOUNCED)

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Dates and time (Asia/Ho Chi Minh Time, GMT +7):

• Pre-conference workshops: 8:00-11:00, 22 May 2026 
• Parallel sessions & keynote speeches: 8:00-17:00, 23 May 2026 
• Culture tour: 24 May 2026

Presentation & participation mode: Speakers will decide whether they will deliver their session in real time via Zoom or on-site at Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam.

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CONFERENCE THEME:

Critical Perspectives on Language Education: Technology, Policy, and Well-Being

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Tracks & Sub-themes

• Technology in Formal and Informal Contexts
• AI and Power in Language Education
• Critical Digital Literacies and Teacher/Student Agency
• Globalization, Decolonization and Language Policy
• Accountability Frameworks in Language Education
• High-Stakes Language Assessment and Educational Governance
• Teacher Well-Being, Emotion Labor, and Professional Identity
• Student Well-Being and High-Stakes Language Testing
• Well-Being, Equity, and Social Justice in Language Education
• Language Teaching Methodologies and Classroom Practices
• Teacher Education and Professional Development in Language Education
• Learner Identity, Motivation, and Agency
• Teaching Chinese/ Japanese/ Korean

Guiding Questions

• How do technology and AI reshape power relations, pedagogy, and identities in language education?
• In what ways do language education policies reproduce or challenge linguistic, social, and educational inequalities?
• How do teachers and learners negotiate agency, autonomy, and resistance within technologized and policy-driven language education contexts?
• What are the impacts of digitalization and assessment cultures on teacher and learner well-being?
• How can language education balance innovation, accountability, and human sustainability?
• What ethical challenges emerge from datafication, automation, and surveillance in language teaching and learning?
• How can critical theories and methodologies contribute to more equitable, inclusive, and caring language education practices?

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TIMELINE

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

After the presenters are informed of their accepted abstracts, they can prepare and submit the full papers for consideration in the conference proceedings (with an ISBN) by late October 2026. The paper could be research-based, practice-based, or conceptual. The full paper must be around 5000 words (+- 10%, excluding the title, references, and appendices). More details regarding the conference proceedings procedure will be updated soon.

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ABSTRACT GUIDELINES AND SUBMISSION

To read the abstract guidelines and make an abstract submission, please visit https://opentesol.org/abstract-submission/

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RECOMMENDED ACCOMMODATION

• Minh Khang Hotel
  Address: 155 Võ Văn Tần street, Ward 6, District 3, HCM city
  Tel: +84 28 3933 3264
  https://minhkhanghotel.vn-hotels.com/en/
• M Village Hotel Tao Đàn Park
  Address: 14 Trương Định street, Võ Thị Sáu Ward, District 3, HCM city
  Tel:+84 818 999 577
  https://mvillage.vn/en/branch/m-village-hotel-tao-dan-park/?brand=hotel
• Victory Hotel Saigon
  Address: 14 Võ Văn Tần street, Xuân Hòa Ward, HCM city
  Tel: +84 2839304989
  https://victoryhotel.com.vn/en/
• and other hotel on Võ Văn Tần street, Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai street, Trương Định street

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CONTACT PERSON

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