STAFF PROFILE - NGUYEN THI THU NGAN

Position: Lecturer

Email: nguyenthithungan@hcmussh.edu.vn                                                                                                                                                                                        

Academic qualifications

MA (TESOL, University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) – Vietnam National University-Hochiminh City (VNU-HCM))

BA (English Linguistics and Literature, USSH – VNU-HCM)

Further qualifications

•  TKT Module 3 (British Council, Vietnam)
• Critical Thinking in Teaching and Learning (SEAMEO Regional Training Center, Vietnam)
• English as a Foreign Language Teacher Training Program  (Spring International Language Center, University of Arkansas, USA)
• Language Assessment (MOET, Vietnam)
• Brunei-U.S. English Language Enrichment Programme forASEAN 2012 for Teacher-Trainers (Universiti Brunei  Darussalam, Brunei & East-West Center, University Of Hawaii At Manoa, USA)  

Teaching focus

English Language Teacher Education (teaching courses like Language Teaching Methodology, Language Assessment, Materials for Language Teaching, Language Teaching Practice, English Linguistics)

Research interests

Qualitative research, curriculum development and theories

Research Projects

PhD dissertation (in progress)

MA thesis entitled Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the CD General English – Lifelines: English for Distance Learning  Vietnam National University Research Project entitledTowards a framework for regional integration of the Faculty of English Linguistics & Literature, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (coded C201318b-08-HQ-KHCN, Vietnam National University-Hochiminh City, Vietnam)

 Vietnam National University Research Project entitled Nghiên cứu, giới thiệu và dịch thuật một số truyện ngắn của các nhà văn thành phố Hồ Chí Minh [Anthology of translated Vietnamese short stories by  Hochiminh City’s writers project] (Vietnam National UniversityHochiminh CIty, Vietnam)             

Publications

 Kim, J-H., Nguyen, T. T. N., Campbell, C. R., Yoo, S., Reible, D., Taraban, R., & Na, C. (in press). Developing reflective engineers through an arts-incorporated graduate course: A curriculum inquiry. Thinking Skills and Creativity.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2021.100909

DeLucia, P., Woods, A., Kim, J-H., Nguyen, T. T. N., Wang, E., & Yang, J. (in press). Learning to become researchers: Lessons learned from a research experience for undergraduates (REU) program focused on research in psychological sciences with real-world implications. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research. 

 Campbell, C. R., & Nguyen, T. T. N., Kim, J.-H., Duke, L. A., Taraban, R. , & Reible, D. D. (2021July). Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) for promoting reflection in engineering education: Graduate student perceptions. Proceedings of the 2021 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Virtual Annual Conference. https://peer.asee.org/38032   

Kim, J.-H., Campbell, R. C., Nguyen, T. T. N., Taraban, R., Reible, D., & Na, C. (2019 June). Exploring ways to develop reflective engineers: Toward phronesis-centered engineering education. Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, Florida. https://peer.asee.org/32819 

Nguyen, N. T. T., (Trans.). (2012). Weeping and singing. In T. K. T. Nguyen et al. (Trans.), Embracing life, contemporary short fiction from Southern Vietnam (pp. 132–145). General Publishing House.

Nguyen, D. N., Nguyen, T. T. N., et al. (2005). English for library and information sciences. Vietnam National University Publisher.