Teachers’ Perspective on LGBTQ+ Identities in Vietnamese EFL Classrooms

This study was conducted in Ho Chi Minh City, a typical English learning environment in Vietnam, with the EFL teacher participants from different teaching contexts of secondary schools, universities and language centers in both the public and private sectors. All the eight participants are Vietnamese nationals (four men and four woman) and are currently employed as full-time English teachers. Those teachers were selected employing the purposive sampling technique, mostly based on their years of experience in teaching English, teaching contexts and most importantly their learners. These teachers were directly contacted by the researcher and all agreed to be voluntarily involved in the survey in the first place.本研究于越南典型英语学习环境胡志明市开展，研究参与者为来自公立及私立部门的中学、高校与语言中心不同教学场景的英语作为外语（English as a Foreign Language, EFL）教师。 本次研究共纳入8名参与者，均为越南籍（4男4女），且均为全职英语教师。研究采用目的抽样法（purposive sampling technique）选取受试教师，选取依据主要包括其英语教学年限、教学场景，其中最为核心的考量因素为其所执教的学习者群体。研究者直接联系了所有受试教师，且初始阶段所有教师均自愿同意参与本次调查。