A STUDY ON TEACHING PRACTICES WITH THE ORIENTATION OF DEVELOPING LEARNERS’ COMPETENCIES Nguyen Van Hieu (Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training) Abstract One of the essential orientations of building new curricula and textbooks in Vietnam is approaching learners’ competencies; therefore, teaching activities in general education schools will change radically in this direction The study used theoretical research methods to systematize, analyze, synthesize, compare and draw conclusio[.]