Dr. Amy (Viet Ha Phuong) Ngo

Dr. Amy Ngo has a PhD in Education from The University of Melbourne, Australia, a Master of Educational Management and Leadership from RMIT University, Australia, a Master of Arts in TESOL Studies from The University of Queensland, Australia, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language Teaching (English-Pedagogy) from University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University.

Expertise and Experience

Dr. Ngo has been a TESOL lecturer/teacher for over 22 years. She has extensive experience in delivering undergraduate and post-graduate courses in academic English language and literacy, linguistics, second language acquisition, TESOL pedagogy, research methods and critical thinking skills; and developing and renovating curricula for these courses at a tertiary level and deliverable in both physical and virtual learning environments. Prior to her post-graduate study, Dr. Ngo worked as a Senior Lecturer at Faculty of English Teacher Education and held various academic leadership positions, namely Head of School, Deputy Director of Studies (Teaching, Learning and Curriculum) at the University of Languages and International Studies (ULIS), Vietnam National University (VNU). She had seven years experience working as an ELICOS teacher at Monash College, Melbourne, Australia. In Canada, she has been working as an ESL Instructor for the International Language Academy of Canada (ILAC) since 2021 and as an Academic English Language Instructor for Trinity Western University since 2022.

Dr. Ngo’s research, supervision, teaching and engagement are in the areas of TESOL education, curriculum and pedagogy, language testing and assessment, and professional learning. She aspires to support international students’ acquisition of and development in English language proficiency and academic literacy required to be successful in a tertiary environment where English is a medium of instruction. She believes that students learn best through actively engaging in dynamic and collaborative learning experiences and deliberately reflecting on those experiences to plan for future practice and improvement. The most important mission as an instructor is to create such purposeful and inspirational learning experiences to engage and support the students in their journey of self-exploration and self-development as persons, learners and future professionals. Her areas of interests and expertise are TESOL education, curriculum and pedagogy. She has a strong interest in research areas of student engagement and learning outcomes, educational measurement, assessment and scale development and validation.

She looks forward to sharing her expertise and experience with the students and faculty members at UCW as a University Access Program instructor.

Publications and Scholarly Activity

• 2023 Effective teacher collaboration to enhance online teaching pedagogy for ELICOS Teachers, English Australia Journal (peer-reviewed, accepted and in press) 
• 2021 Effective teacher collaboration to enhance online teaching pedagogy for ELICOS Teachers at Monash College, Australia. Research paper presented at the 17th CAMTESOL Virtual Conference. 
• 2015 Academic English Paragraph Writing. In T. X. H. Hoang (Ed.), Supplementary English Textbook for K10 Language Gifted Students first published by Vietnam Education Publisher in 2011 and reprinted in 2015. 
• 2015 Academic English Essay Writing. In T. X. H. Hoang (Ed.), Supplementary English Textbook for K11 Language Gifted Students first published by Vietnam Education Publisher in 2011 and reprinted in 2015. 
• 2015 Academic English Chart and Graph Writing. In T. X. H. Hoang (Ed.), Supplementary English Textbook for K12 Language Gifted Students first published by Vietnam Education Publisher in 2011 and reprinted in 2015. 
• 2011 Mentoring Beginning EFL Teachers: An Action Research Project sponsored by World Bank and Viet Nam National University. National Review of English Language Teacher Education Curriculum Project, 
• mentored by Dr. Diana Dudzik, Senior English Language Fellow, ULIS, VNU. 
• 2012 Multiple Stream Courses Development project coordinated by Dr. Diana Dudzik and Associate Professor Martha Bigelow, University of Minnesota, USA. 
• 2011 Capability-Building of English Language Curriculum Developers for Professional Communication for University Faculty funded by the Temasek Foundation coordinated by the National University of Singapore. 
• 2010 Foreign Language Testing at High Schools in Northern Vietnam: The State of the Art and Solution – The nationally strategic research project coordinated by Dr. Do Quang Viet, the Director of the Centre for Language Education and Quality Assurance Research, ULIS, VNU. 
• 2010 ULIS, VNU’s Self-assessment of the secondary school English teacher education program – The project coordinated by Dr. Do Quang Viet, the Director of the Centre for Language Education and Quality Assurance Research, ULIS, VNU. 

Awards

• 2003: The University of Queensland Scholarship 
• 2006: RMIT University Scholarship for Outstanding Educators 
• 2012: Endeavour Executive Award 
• 2015-2020:  The University of Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship and International Research Scholarship

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