INTEGRATING A COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY (CoI) FOR TEACHING WORLD ENGLISHES IN A BLENDED LEARNING CONTEXT AT AN GIANG UNIVERSITY, VIETNAM

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  • Bùi Thị Thùy Trang Faculty of Foreign Languages, An Giang University, An Giang, Vietnam Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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https://doi.org/10.46827/ejfl.v10i2.6826

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Community of Inquiry (CoI)##common.commaListSeparator## World Englishes##common.commaListSeparator## Blended learning

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This article explores the pedagogical integration of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework into the "World Englishes" course for English majors at An Giang University (AGU). Besides, utilizing a blended learning design that harmonizes the university’s Moodle system with synchronous face-to-face instruction, the article details how the synergy of teaching, social, and cognitive presences fosters a collaborative-constructive environment. Therefore, some general rules for applying the CoI framework to the Moodle-based components will be designed to show the effectiveness of the intergration in enhancing student engagement, critical thinking, and learner autonomy when teaching World Englishes at An Giang University.

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    Bùi Thị Thùy Trang is a lecturer at An Giang Univerity, VNU-HCM. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Can Tho University and Master Degree in VNUHCM-University of Social Sciences and Humanities. She has a strong interest in Reading, Writing, Grammar, and World Englishes, which she regularly teaches. This paper is a part of the theoretical section of her university-level research project titled "English major students' perceptions of learning effectiveness in the Global English course using the inquiry method at An Giang University”.

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2026-07-01

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