Keynotes & Featured Talks
Presidential Keynote
Professor Dr. Andrew P. Lian
Professor of Foreign Language Studies, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand; Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam; Professor Emeritus, University of Canberra, Australia; President of AsiaCALL, the Asia Association of Computer-Assisted Language-Learning, a research and professional association focusing on the uses of technology to enhance second/foreign language learning in Asian contexts.
Biodata: (Orcid) (Scopus) https://andrewlian.com/new/index.php/resume/
Larry Chong Keynote Address
Professor Dr. Hayo Reinders
Dr. Hayo Reinders (www.innovationinteaching.org) is a TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral programme at Anaheim University in the USA. He is also Professor of Applied Linguistics (Adjunct) at King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand. Professor Reinders is Editor of the journal Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching (SSCI/Scopus Q1) (published by Taylor & Francis) and edits a book series on “New Language Learning and Teaching Environments”. He founded the Institute for Teacher Leadership. His interests are in teacher empowerment, learner autonomy, and educational technology.
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Keynote Address 2
Dr. Dung Quoc Nguyen, Van Lang University
Dr. Dung Quoc Nguyen received the B.Eng. degree from the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam, in 2003, the M.Eng. degree from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, in 2022. He has over 15 years of experience in leadership at a variety of academic and industrial projects in software engineering and data science. He is currently a lecturer at Van Lang University, Vietnam. His research interests include natural language processing, data science, deep learning, and evolutionary computation.
Keynote Address 3
Associate Professor Dr. Sandro Barros, Michigan State University
Sandro R. Barros is an Associate Professor in the Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education program at Michigan State University. His academic research traverses the fields of the Humanities and Social Sciences to study multilingual development, culture, and language politics across K-16 schools and other sites of cultural production. He is the author of Paulo Freire and Multilingual Education (with Luciana C. de Oliveira, Routledge) and The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas (with Rafael Ocasio and Angela L. Willis, University of Florida Press) (Orcid) (Scopus)
Keynote Address 4
Dr. Ania Lian, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Senior Lecturer in Education, College of Education, Charles Darwin University, Australia, Vice-President of AsiaCALL Research and Innovation. Dr. Ania Lian is the Editor-in-chief of the AsiaCALL Online Journal.
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https://www.cdu.edu.au/research-and-innovation/higher-degree-research/find-supervisor/education-arts/dr-ania-lian
Keynote Address 5
Professor Dr. Robert Godwin-Jones, Virginia Commonwealth University
Professor Dr. Robert Godwin-Jones writes a regular column for the journal Language Learning & Technology (LLT) and regularly presents at major conferences in the field. Currently, he teaches principally in the areas of international studies and the German language, but he has considerable experience as an English language teacher abroad. He also directed the English Language Program at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He had hands-on technology experience through his own teaching and through workshops he has given, especially as the former Director of the Instructional Development Center at VCU.
Presentation title: In an AI world, why learn another language?
Pre-conference workshop: Language teacher preparation for an AI world
Featured Talks (Workshop)
Featured Talk 1
Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu is currently Vice-President of Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages - Information Technology (HUFLIT), and Chairman of STESOL founded by Association of Vietnamese Universities and Colleges. With training experience from more than 25 countries, his main expertise is building digital transformation competency and providing consultation services to higher education institutions and businesses across Vietnam. He won Vietnam Technology Innovation Award in 2012 and got recognized as Vietnam Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Master Trainer in 2014. His research interests include Computational Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Computer Assisted Language Learning and ELT Methodology.
Workshop title: Hands-on with Python and ChatGPT: Empowering Language Education through AI
Featured Talk 2
Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Long
Long V Nguyen, is currently Vice Rector in The University of Danang - University of Foreign Language Studies, where he has been working as a lecturer since late 90s. Recently, he has actively participated in various activities of National Foreign Languages Project as CALL specialist and VietCALL president. Long received his MA in TESOL Studies from the University of Queensland in 2005 and his PhD in Applied Linguistics (Specialized in Computer-Assisted Language Learning - CALL) at Massey University. Long has been Microsoft MIE and PIL since 2012 and received a number of outstanding grants for his contributions in research. He has published widely in the areas of educational technology and communication in foreign language learning and teaching, sociocultural perspectives in language education, digital literacy, collaborative learning, and language teacher education.
Workshop title: AI tools for language research: opportunities or threads?
Featured Talk 3
Associate Professor Dr. Pham Vu Phi Ho
Assoc. Prof. Pham Vu Phi Ho, Ph.D., Assoc. Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Van Lang University, Vietnam. He used to be a Vice-President of Ba Ria – Vung Tau University, and Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Van Hien University, Vietnam. Pham has published 60 research articles in both local and International Journals (ISI/Scopus-indexed), and 9 books and 3 course books, 2 course books were used for undergrad students at HCMC Open University, VN, and one-course book was used for both the undergraduate and graduate level at Lourdes College, Higher Education Department, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. One coursebook was used to train Postgrad students (MA & PhD) in English Language Studies at Van Lang University and Tra Vinh University. He has international experience in teaching English at Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand; especially, he worked as a Professor for Gyeongju University, South Korea, in 2014. He is the Vice President for Administrative Affairs of AsiaCALL and the managing editor of its Online Journal. He is now the Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of TESOL & Education. He is also an editor for the Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics (Scopus), and a peer reviewer for some international Journals indexed in ISI/Scopus such as Computer Assisted Language Learning, Open Sage, International Journal of Instruction... His main interests include Academic Writing, peer responses, translation, Teaching methodologies, and Technology-enhanced learning.
Workshop title: Use ChatGPT to create Chatbot for English Practices