The research concentrates on describing attitudes of teachers of English in Vietnamese universities, with focus on leading universities in foreign languages and international studies. They are the ones with the most influence to current situation and future direction of ELT in Vietnam. | VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HANOI UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES DƢƠNG HUYỀN THẮM ATTITUDES OF VIETNAMESE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN UNIVERSITIES TOWARDS WORLD ENGLISHES IN THE CLASSROOM THÁI ĐỘ CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN TIẾNG ANH Ở CÁC TRƢỜNG ĐẠI HỌC CỦA VIỆT NAM VỀ WORLD ENGLISHES TRONG LỚP HỌC . COMBINED PROGRAM THESIS Field English Teaching Methodology Code 60140111 HANOI 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HANOI UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES DƢƠNG HUYỀN THẮM ATTITUDES OF VIETNAMESE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN UNIVERSITIES TOWARDS WORLD ENGLISHES IN THE CLASSROOM THÁI ĐỘ CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN TIẾNG ANH Ở CÁC TRƢỜNG ĐẠI HỌC CỦA VIỆT NAM VỀ WORLD ENGLISHES TRONG LỚP HỌC . COMBINED PROGRAM THESIS Field English Teaching Methodology Code 60140111 Supervisor Đỗ Thị Thanh Hà PhD. HANOI 2016 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP This is to certify that the thesis entitled Attitudes of Vietnamese teachers of English in universities toward World Englishes in the classroom has been written by me and the work in it has not previously been submitted for a degree. In addition I also certify that all information sources and literature have been indicated in the thesis. Hanoi August 2016 Dƣơng Huyền Thắm i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express the deepest gratitude to my supervisor Dr. Đỗ Thị Thanh Hà for her invaluable encouragement and useful comments and advice during the whole process of this master thesis. Without her immense help this study could not have been completed. Also I am thankful to all my lecturers at Faculty of Post Graduate Studies University of Languages and International Studies VNU for their great support and suggestions. Finally my special thanks go to my beloved family and friends for their love care and support during my MA course especially on the completion of this thesis. Hanoi August 2016 Dƣơng Huyền Thắm ii ABSTRACT The growth of English worldwide has led to .