At the forum, VSTEP experts - lecturers directly participating in the Judging Council shared many academic perspectives and practical experiences related to the exam structure, evaluation criteria as well as common errors of candidates. The opinions unanimously agreed that VSTEP is not a "dealing with to meet standards" exam, but a tool to assess the ability to use English in learning and the working environment.
Many discussion sessions focused on answering students' questions about the learning roadmap, how to build an English foundation, and at the same time orienting career opportunities after achieving B1, B2 standards. Experts emphasized that VSTEP learning needs to start from the correct level, with a suitable roadmap, avoiding hasty learning or running after sample texts.
Within the framework of the program, MENTA VSTEP announced the deployment of 1,000 VSTEP Foundation scholarships for students from 50 universities nationwide. This is a full scholarship program, supporting 100% tuition fees, to equip the foundation before students enter the official B1 roadmap.
At the event, Mr. Nguyen Duc Hien - Director of the Vietnam Institute of Technology and Applied Arts - represented and presented 20 MENTA VSTEP full scholarships to Mr. Cao Tan Huy - Vice Rector of the University of Finance - Marketing (UFM).
According to a representative of MENTA VSTEP, many candidates did not achieve B1 not due to lack of competence but due to choosing the wrong starting point. Through the forum and scholarship program, this unit expects to contribute to changing awareness about how to study, how to take VSTEP exams, reducing exam pressure and improving students' English proficiency in the context of increasingly focused output standards.
