An Investigation into the Application of Artificial Intelligence for Language Teaching and Learning in Vietnam

Thach Ngoc Pham; Thu Xuan Dang

doi:10.52296/vje.2025.557

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Thach Ngoc Pham Hanoi University, Vietnam
Thu Xuan Dang Torrens University, Australia

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https://doi.org/10.52296/vje.2025.557

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Pham, T. N., & Dang, T. X. (2025). An Investigation into the Application of Artificial Intelligence for Language Teaching and Learning in Vietnam. Vietnam Journal of Education, 9(2), 265–283. https://doi.org/10.52296/vje.2025.557

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This study investigates teachers and students’ usage of artificial intelligence (AI) in language teaching and learning in Vietnam. Descriptive, correlational, and linear regression analyses are utilised to explore and compare perspectives of about 200 teachers and 700 students from eight universities in Vietnam on the usefulness of using AI in their teaching and learning of foreign languages. The findings show that there are very few differences in the views of both groups on the issue and that AI tools’ use for testing has the strongest impacts on language teaching and learning. However, teachers and learners’ AI competencies do not have any impact on their perceived usefulness of AI-powered tools. The study results are significant in the country’s discussion on how to use AI effectively for education in general and for language teaching and learning in particular.

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Thach Ngoc Pham, Hanoi University, Vietnam

Associate Professor Ngoc Thach, Pham is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Hanoi University, Vietnam. He has more than 30 years of teaching English at different levels of study and in different environments: in class, online, on television and radio. Assoc. Prof. Pham completed his PhD at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia early 2015. His strong interests are in using technologies for English language teaching and learning, university governance, educational knowledge management, educational material development and teacher training.

Thu Xuan Dang, Torrens University, Australia

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