Biodata of Speakers
ADRIAN TING is a language instructor at the Centre of Language in Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education. He has experience teaching English to undergraduates and adults in Hong Kong.
ALAN KLEIN is a member of the US State Department’s English Language Fellow Program and is currently an advisor at the Royal University of Agriculture. He has been a teacher trainer in Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Laos and China. He holds a PhD in Adult Education with a concentration in ESL.
ANDREW FOLEY works at the Australian Centre for Education. He undertook undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Adelaide in Spanish, English and Applied Linguistics. He has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and now Cambodia. His teaching interests are in the use of authentic materials and English for Specific Purposes. He has written several articles for ESL publications and has been a presenter at both TESOL and Linguistics conferences.
ANNE NEWMAN has been involved in international education for over eighteen years – mainly as it relates to English language teaching. With an initial degree in Education, along with further studies in Applied Linguistics and Management, Anne has accumulated experience within each sector of education and at senior administrative levels. As National Manager of NEAS Australia, Anne oversees Australia’s national accrediting body for English language teaching centres.
ARIS B. PENARANDA is a full-time English teacher at Miriam College High School, the Philippines. He graduated from the University of the Philippines-Diliman.
ATSUKO TAKASE works at Baika High School and Kansai University, Japan. He is interested in extensive reading and motivation. He has published several articles on these subjects.
BETTY LEAVER is Executive Director of the Coalition of Distinguished Language Centres, Chief Executive Officer of Mind Solutions International, and a professor of linguistics at the University of Jordan. She has over twenty years of experience in inspirational leadership, founding and growing cutting-edge institutions, and managing change. She has addressed distinguished-level proficiency issues in Latin America, Central Asia, Europe, and Eurasia. Her previous positions have included Academic Dean of New York Institute of Technology’s campuses in Bahrain and Jordan, Chief Subject Matter Expert (Federal Language Training Laboratory), Language Program Manager (NASA), President (American Global Studies Institute), Dean of the Schools of European and Slavic Languages (Defense Language Institute), and Language Training Supervisor at the Foreign Service Institute (US Department of State). Dr Leaver has more than 100 publications, including more than a dozen books, including Content-Based Instruction: Models and Methods (Georgetown University Press, co-edited with Stephen Stryker) and Task-Based Instruction: Programs and Practices (Georgetown University Press, co-edited with Jane Willis). She is an advocate of task-based teaching methods within a content-based syllabus.
BLANCHE WING KI CHU is a senior instructor teaching English enhancement programs at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) where she is also manager of the self access English Learning Centre. She is responsible for teaching on BEd and other undergraduate courses, specialising in EAP. She is currently pursuing a PhD.
BOU VONG SAMNANG works as a resources manager and a teacher at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) with a Bachelor of Education in TEFL in 2005. He recently attended the 2006 ThaiTESOL conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He has a background in IT, and has taught computer at the Atlanta Centre in Phnom Penh.
BRONSON SO MING-CHEUNG is a graduate of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he is an Instructional Assistant in the Language Centre. His major field of interest is database management, and he has been instrumental in the development of the interface for The Language Portfolio.
CARL ADAMS is a professor at Tokyo International University, Japan. He teaches Media, Speech and Intercultural Communication. His research interests include methodology, materials development, action research and collaborative learning. He has taught 35 years in Asia (Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan), given numerous workshops, contributed articles and is co-author of Journeys: Listening & Speaking (Longman).
CECILIA JOHNSON is currently a VSA English Language Advisor attached to the English Language Support Unit (ELSU) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. She holds a BA and a Diploma in TESL form Victoria University, Wellington. In New Zealand she taught ESOL for ten years to local and international students at Whitireia Polytechnic in Wellington.
CHAN SOPHAL is currently working as a teacher trainer in Newton Thilay University (NTU). His professional interest is teaching English, management and leadership and entrepreneurship.
CHAN VIRAK is currently a full-time lecturer at the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL). He graduated from the IFL in 2001 with a BEd in TEFL. He also obtained a post graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics at the Regional Language Centre, Singapore in 2003. His areas of interest include language acquisition, learners’ motivation, language testing and evaluation, and teaching writing.
CHARLES KELLY teaches at Aichi Institute of Technology in Toyota, Japan.
CHARLES KOWALSKI works at Tokai University in Japan. He teaches English, Interpretation and Peace Studies. He studied under professional storytellers in the US and has taught a storytelling course at Oberlin College. He has conducted award-winning storytelling workshops for language teachers throughout Japan and in the US, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, Thailand and Russia.
CHARLES OLSON is a lecturer and curriculum coordinator in the Obirin University English Language Program, Tokyo, Japan. He received his MA (TESOL) from the School for International Training in 1997 and has taught in the United States, Europe and Japan. His professional interests include student motivation, learning goals and assessment.
CHEA KAGNARITH finished his studies in the field of TEFL at the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) in 2005. He has been teaching English as a Foreign Language for about two years. Currently he is a teacher at the American Intercon Institute.
CHERIE BROWN teaches at the University of Otago Language Centre, New Zealand. She holds a post graduate Diploma in SLT, a BEd, a Diploma of Teaching and an RSA Certificate in TEFL. She was a winner of the 2004 Education NZ “International Education Excellence Award”. She has experience in teaching, administration, examining, curriculum resource development and teacher training. She has previously co-presented at Thai TESOL and CLESOL NZ.
CHHENG SOK CHEA is a deputy kindergarten manager and teacher of English at Newton Thilay School. In the evening, she studies English Literature at Build Bright University (BBU). She used to work as an English teacher for Kunthea International Institute for two years and as a part-time English teacher for one year at Sokleap Centre.
CHRISTOPHER HENDERSON is currently employed at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. His professional interest is reading / promoting reading as an independent learning technique and vocab journals with young learners to encourage language development and independence.
CHUNG THI THANH HANG is a lecturer of English at Can Tho University. She gained her MA in TESOL at the University of Queensland in Australia. Her interests include teaching skills and curriculum design.
CLYDE FOWLE is Regional Consultant / Trainer for Macmillan Education, East Asia. He has fifteen years’ experience of teaching English, managing language programs and teacher training in Asia. He holds an MA in TESOL from Sheffield Hallam University and has published several articles in the field of ELT. He is co-author of Synergy, a new four level integrated skills course for Asia published by Macmillan
CYNTHIA YOLANDA RICHARDS is an Associate Professor at the Academy of Language Studies, MARA University of Technology. She has been involved in ELT for nearly twenty one years and her areas of interest are in literacy development, teacher training, reading and materials production. She has also co-authored several books.
DAVID DILLIN has been teaching ESL for over ten years. He has a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Southern Queensland. He is particularly interested in developing reading/vocabulary programs that also promote internal motivation strategies.
DAVID PRESCOTT is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. He has taught English in New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia and has been involved in English language teacher training for more than two decades. His particular interest in the professional growth of teachers in Southeast Asia has included extensive work in adapting foreign, innovative concepts to local realities.
DENISE E. MURRAY is Executive Director of Executive Director of the National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research (NCELTR) and Professor of Applied Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney. She was Chair of Linguistics and Language Development at San José State University, California for nine years. Her research and publications focus on cross-cultural literacy, language education policy, managing language programs, and the intersection of language, society and technology. She was on the TESOL Board of Directors for seven years, serving as President in 1996-7.
For more information on Professor Murray, visit http://www.eslminiconf.net/august/murray.html
ERINA BROWN teaches at the University of Otago Language Centre, New Zealand. She holds a BEd, a Diploma in Teaching and a Certificate in TEFL. She was a winner of the 2004 Education NZ “International Education Excellence Award”. She has experience in journalism, international teaching, examining and bi-literacy and multi-media education. She has previously co-presented at Thai TESOL and CLESOL NZ.
EUCHARIA DONNERY works at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. She is responsible for a comprehensive English program and also a weekly drama club that aims in a holistic way to develop fluency and pronunciation. She has recently been accepted into a PhD program at University College Cork, Ireland. Her focus is on drama as a vehicle for developing fluency in inter-cultural communication and linguistic development.
FRANK FELSER is currently Lead Teacher of the Diploma in English program at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE). He was first appointed as a permanent state school teacher in 1982. He has worked as a primary and secondary teacher in NSW and as a teaching supervisor for trainee teachers from two universities. He has more than twenty years experience in teaching English. He holds a Diploma in Teaching from Mitchell College of Advanced Education and a BEd (TESOL) from the University of Western Sydney. In 2004 he was admitted to a Master of Education Program at USQ, Austalia.
GARY JAMES HARFITT has been working as a teacher educator at Hong Kong University for four years. Previously he was a teacher and department head in a local secondary school. His academic interests include good practices in ELT and interaction in the classroom. He is currently pursuing a PhD at HKU.
GEOFF HARMAN has been working with young learners in Thailand for four years and has a Post Graduate Diploma in TESOL. He currently works at the Thai Japanese Association School for Bell Language Project in Bangkok.
GOLAM SARWAR CHOWDHURY works with the British Council in Bangladesh. He has attended a large number of international and national conferences in Asia, Europe and America. He has published a number of scholarly papers in professional journals in Bangladesh, Nepal and India. He has also authored a publication for the Bangladesh Open University. He currently teaches IELTS preparatory courses and Business English and he is a Cambridge examiner for the full suite of Cambridge ESOL tests.
GREGORY JAMES is a graduate of the Universities of Edinburgh (MA) and Exeter (PhD). He is Director of the Language Centre, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His major publications are in the field of lexicography, including A Dictionary of Lexicography (1998) and A History of Tamil Dictionaries (2001).
HEM BONARIN holds a BEd in English from the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) and an MA (Educational Administration) from Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines. At the moment he is teaching Course Design and Materials Development in a BEd program at Build Bright University (BBU). He is also teaching IEAP classes at Paññasastra University of Cambodia (PUC). He enjoys teaching and doing research on course and materials development and methodology.
HIROSHI NISHIMURA is currently with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as SV English Education Advisor. He has taught English in Japan for more than twenty years and in Cambodia for a little over a year as a non-native English teacher.
IAIN STANLEY has a Masters of Teaching from Sydney University. He has worked at different universities in Samoa, Australia and Korea and is currently working at Kanda University of International Studies, Japan. He has a keen interest in multimedia and how it can be used to enhance and enrich the TESOL classroom.
IAN PEARSON is Regional Manager Southeast Asia, DynEd International, Inc. Most recently, he taught at Edinburgh University and worked with the British Council in Russia, Ukraine, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
IAN RUSSELL is an EFL teacher at the Thai-Japanese School in Bangkok. He has taught in Indonesia, Japan and China. In Japan he presented at the 33rd International Workshop for Japanese Teachers of English and in China coordinated curriculum development and teaching and training at a large business college.
INGITA PANDA completed her Masters in Second Language Acquisition at Soka University, America and has been a lecturer at the World Language Center at Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, since March 2005. Her academic interests include teacher education and development, educational psychology and research methodologies in second language acquisition.
JAMES PHAM has been Coordinator for ACE’s Young Learner’s program for the past four years. He has a Bachelors degree in Education, specialising in teaching English as a second language. He also holds a TESOL Certificate from the Canadian Institute of English. James has over ten years of experience teaching both kids and adults in America, Canada and Cambodia.
JANET HIGGINS has worked as a teacher and trainer in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. She is currently teaching in-service and pre-service teacher training courses as well as English courses in Okinawa. She is a practical assessor for the UK UCLES DELTA teacher training scheme.
JEMIMA HUGHES is currently employed at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
JILLIAN HILL is currently working at Kwansei Gakuin University in Kobe Japan. She has a Masters Degrees in TESOL (University of South Australia) and in Educational Technology (University of Southern Queensland). She has previously taught in Japan, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates.
JOHN CHARLES KIMBROUGH teachers English, yoga and Buddhism and currently lives in Bangkok, Thailand. He has been involved in teaching English for close to twenty years and yoga for close to thirteen years. His writings on yoga, Buddhism and better health and living can be accessed on a number of websites.
JOHN LOWE is the Asia ELT Director for Thomson Learning, and lives in Tokyo. Before joining Thomson he worked as a teacher and teacher trainer in Switzerland, Libya, Bulgaria and Japan. He was also an English Language Examiner for the United Nations. He has given teacher training workshops and presentations all over Asia.
JONATHAN HULL is a teacher and teacher trainer at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand. He has also taught in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. He is one of the authors of the textbook series Interchange and his professional interests include course and material design.
KAMALANATHAN RAMAKRISHNAN has been teaching English Language for the past twenty years. He is currently teaching at University Teknologi MARA, Johor, Malaysia where he teaches Literature in the Classroom to in-service teachers. His interests are literature in ELT and teaching speaking skills.
KATE McPHERSON is a Teacher Trainer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Tasmania. Her TESOL work includes high school teaching positions in the UK and West Africa, adult migrant and international student teaching in Australia, Saudi Arabia and Fiji as well as teacher training in both graduate programs and the University of Cambridge CELTA program. She is also involved in IELTS testing and examiner training and she is a member, and past chair, of the TESOL Professional Development Committee.
KEITH HILL has been teaching at Kwansei Gakuin University and Kansei University of International Studies in Hyogo, Japan since 2004. Before then, he worked as a Supervisor of English in the Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE and was active in developing college and system-wide quality assurance mechanisms. Prior to turning to full-time teaching in the late 80’s, Keith worked on the private staff of the Australian Minister for Education and as a policy advisor on international education in the Department of Employment, Education and Training.
KEO KALYAN has studied at the National University of Management and also at the Institute of Foreign Languages at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. She has been an exchange student at Singapore Management University in Singapore under a program called the SIF-ASEAN Student Fellowship, organised by the Singapore International Foundation. She has also been a Peace Scholar under the IDP-managed Peace Scholarship Program at the University of Tasmania where she completed two semesters of ‘study abroad’.
KHAN CHANDY graduated with a Bachelor of Education in teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) in 2003. He has been working as a lecturer of English at IFL for two years where his specialisations are Teaching Methodology and Core English.
KHIEV KHEMARA is a lecturer at the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) where he is teaching Cultural Studies and Applied Linguistics. He completed a BEd (TEFL) at IFL and later won a Fulbright grant to undertake a Masters in Higher Education Administration at Michigan State University, USA, which he completed in 2005.
KIENG ROTANA has been Dean of the Institute of Foreign Languages and Director of Admissions and Records at Pannasastra University of Cambodia for the last five years. He has over ten years of experience in teaching English in Cambodia. He was Director of an English and Computer School in the 1990s. In 1999 he received a Masters of Health Professions Education from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He holds a Certificate of TESOL from the British Centre for Teacher Education, dating from 1993.
LAI CHING LILLIAN WONG works at the English Centre, University of Hong Kong. She has coordinated, developed and taught various courses to help language teachers develop IT skills. Her PhD study is in the area of IT in ELT and teacher professional development. Recent publications include an article entitled Innovation and change: information technology and in-service teacher education (University of Hong Kong Press, 2005).
LANCE JACKSON has ten years experience teaching ES/FL at all levels from K-12, tertiary and adults. He holds a Masters in Applied Linguistics and a Graduate Diploma in Education. Lance presented a workshop at CamTESOL 2005 called Personalising Language Practice: Integrating the Four Skills.
LAURA HILL is a graduate in photography from Canberra Institute of Technology, Australia. She completed a CELTA course in Bangkok in 2005 after which she began teaching in Thailand. She has lived in Australia, Japan and the Middle East. She is proficient in Japanese.
LAWRENCE KELLY teaches at Aichi Institute of Technology in Toyota, Japan.
LE CONG TUAN is a lecturer in English at Can Tho University, Vietnam. He completed his MA program in Applied Linguistics at the University of Queensland, Australia in 2003. His special interest is independent learning. His articles have appeared in the Vietnamese journals Language & Life, and Teacher’s Edition. He has three research papers presented at the First CamTESOL Conference, Phnom Penh March, 2005, the Asia TEFL Conference, Peking, November 2005 and the British Council’s VTTN Conference, Ha Noi, December 2005.
LEAK VEASNA graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) in 2005, majoring in TEFL. He has been teaching for more than two years. At the moment, he is an ESL instructor at American Intercon Institute.
LIM MENGSROY is an electrician and works for the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications as a deputy manager. He also teaches English to staff at the Bayon Satellite Earth Station, and he translates many technical documents from English into Khmer. He has undertaken training in a number of overseas countries including Russia, Sweden, Malta and the UK. He is currently studying English Literature at university.
LISA MATTHEWS currently teaches at the Thai Japanese Association School for Bell International in Bangkok.
LIXUN WANG has taught in China, UK and Hong Kong. His expertise is in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). He has published on CALL, Corpus Linguistics and Online Learning. He now lectures at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
LOUISE FITZGERALD is Director of the Australian Centre for Education, Cambodia. She has been involved in ELT management for more than twenty years in Egypt, Australia, China and for the last three years in Cambodia. Her main areas of professional interest are program evaluation, testing and marketing.
LOURDES VERONICA SANTIAGO-ABAD is currently Subject Area Coordinator of English at Miriam College High School. She teaches Speech Communications for 4th year high school students. She is a textbook writer for high school English, a resource person for teacher-training workshops and also for speech communications and personality development workshops. She is currently a candidate for an MA in English Language and Literature Teaching at Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines.
MAHADZIR IKRAM has been teaching for the past fifteen years at Universiti Teknologi MARA Johor, Malaysia. His interests are English for Specific Purposes and Computer Aided Language Learning.
MARK SAWYER teaches EFL teaching methods and intercultural communication in the School of Policy Studies at Kwansei Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan. He also teaches Learner Psychology and Individual Differences in SLA in the graduate programs at Temple University Japan. He did his PhD in SLA at the University of Hawaii.
MARY LITTLE has been teaching at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) since September 2000. Her previous teaching experience includes sixteen years in South Korea and two years in China.
MATSUHARU KAWABATA works at Kanazawa Gakuin University where he is Professor at the Department of International-Cultural Studies. He holds a Masters of Education (TEFL) from Hyogo-Kyoiku University. His interests are in comparative studies of EFL in Asia and the idea of English as an international language.
MENG SENG HENG is a Cambodian teacher trainer at the Regional Teacher Training Centre (RTTC). Meng trained under the Cambodian Secondary English Teaching (CAMSET) project and he has worked for CfBT and a range of both public and private sector organisations. He also received overseas training in the UK. Meng is a professional trainer with extensive experience in language and management training programs. He has designed and developed English language programs, training of trainers programs in English and Khmer languages and customised training programs for specific needs.
MERRICK DAVIDSON is entering his fourth year with IDP Thailand as Examinations Manager and AusAID Project Manager. He plays a key role in coordinating IELTS testing in Thailand as well as managing the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development Program (AYAD) in Burma, Laos and Thailand.
NEAK CHANDARITH has been a lecturer at the Institute of Foreign Languages since he graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Education in TEFL. He was Head of Teacher Training in 1995-96. In 2000, he graduated with a Masters of Education (TESOL) from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. In 2004, he earned an MA in Political Science from Kobe University, Japan.
NEAU VIRA is Deputy Director at the National Institute of Education (NIE), and Program Director at Pannasastra University of Cambodia (PUC) for the MEd (TESOL) program. He is also an instructor for the Bachelors and Masters programs at PUC. Vira holds a PhD in Education from Hiroshima University, Japan and an MEd in TESOL from Kumamoto University, Japan. He has also undertaken other courses in the region.
NGUON PHEAKKDEY is nineteen years old and currently a fourth year BEd student at the Institute of Foreign Languages at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. He is currently a volunteer for the Servants International Organisation where he works on international correspondence as an assistant manager. He has been awarded a number of prizes, including the first runner-up in the Cambodian Essay Writing Contest, the first Cambodian high school exchange student to Japan, the first Cambodian recipient of the IDP Peace Scholarship program, and the winner of the IDP/ Vodafone Student of the Year award while on that scholarship.
NGUYEN THANH DUC is a lecturer in English at Can Tho University School of Education, Vietnam. He received an MEd in 2000. His research interest is professional development, language learning strategies and application of educational psychology and technology to foreign language teaching and learning.
NGUYEN THI NGUYEN THUYET works as a lecturer of English and American literature at Can Tho University, Vietnam. She has also taught translation at various locations in Vietnam. She holds an MEd from RMIT.
NGUYEN VAN LOI is a lecturer in English at Can Tho University, Vietnam. He earned his MA degree in Applied Linguistics at Ha Noi National University, and has taught a variety of courses to students of the Teacher Education Program at Can Tho University. His main interests include SLA, autonomous learning, and teacher professional development. He published an article on Vocabulary Acquisition in the Teacher’s Edition journal in 2003.
NICK LAMBERT has taught in Canada, Zimbabwe and Japan. He currently teaches basic English, film communication and public speaking at Toyo and Aoyama Gakuin Universities in Tokyo, Japan. He has written several EFL textbooks for Longman, Prentice Hall and Macmillan Language House. Research interests include student-generated study materials and film.
NORMAH ISMAIL teaches Proficiency English and Business English courses at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor, Malaysia. Together with the co-writers of the paper presented at this conference, she received a small university grant to look into the language experiences of undergraduates in order to better understand the learners’ struggles and victories in learning English through diary studies. Her interests are independent language learning and reading skills.
OM SORYONG is currently a Deputy Head of the English Department of the Institute of Foreign Languages, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He holds a Masters in Instructional Design from Southern Illinois University, USA and a Graduate Diploma in TESOL from the University of Canberra, Australia. He has been involved in curriculum/syllabus design and development and teaching English as a Foreign Language in the Bachelor of Education in TEFL and Bachelor of Arts in English courses at the IFL for more than ten years. His areas of expertise include teaching methodology, curriculum development and instructional design.
OUK DIVEN currently works at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). He has been teaching English at RUPP since 1998. In addition, he has taught English for Business for Economics students in a part-time capacity at the Royal University of Law and Economics since 1999. This year, he is working as a student records coordinator at the English Language Support Unit (ELSU), RUPP. He holds a Masters in Linguistics from Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University, Russia.
OUK KHAMDY works for a Regional Teacher Training Centre (RTTC) as an English teacher trainer. In 1997, he attended a professional skills course at Reading University, UK. In 2000 he attended an international conference on school effectiveness and improvement in Hong Kong as a presenter. In 2004, he attended an American Studies course at Amherst College, University of Massachusetts, USA.
PAN SOMALY teaches English in the English Language Support Unit (ELSU) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. She holds an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) from Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA.
PATRICIA PRESCOTT is currently an EAP lecturer with the Language Centre, University Brunei Darussalam. She was formerly an Advanced Skills Lecturer in the Adult Migrant Education Service in Western Australia and Senior Teacher with the British Council in Brunei. She has a dual interest in direct teaching and in educational policy and administration.
PAUL BROWN holds an MA CELTA and has been teaching English for six years, nearly two of which have been in Cambodia. He is currently in the process of developing an experiential fusion methodology of drilling and PMA techniques in an ESL environment. He is currently the Academic Director of www.5steps2ielts.com, the first e-learning English language website in Cambodia.
PETRE ANN SANTRY currently works for Victoria University as Academic Advisor to Masters and PhD students in Business, Tourism and Development. She holds a Masters in Linguistics and a PhD in Women in Development in Cambodia. She has taught all levels of ESL, EAP and ESP and formerly was a Senior Lecturer with responsibility for Victoria University’s Masters of TESOL program in Vietnam. She also managed the English Language for Ministry Officials program at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
PETER GOBEL is an Associate Professor at Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan. His research interests include classroom anxiety, motivation, communication strategy training and use and narrative discourse structure.
PHILIP GLENWRIGHT taught for ten years in English and German schools before moving into teacher education, first in the UK and then in Hong Kong. He has published on Writing, Testing, Discourse, Curriculum Reform and Field Experience.
POH LENG MARK is a lecturer in Japan. She has taught in Singapore, China and America. She has an MA (TESOL) from the School for International Training (USA), and an MA (Linguistics) from the National University of Singapore.
PUTH CHANTHA has a BEd in English from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh and a Masters Degree in English Language Teaching (MA-ELT) from Assumption University (ABAC), Thailand. He has several years experience in teaching English as a second and foreign language in Cambodia and Thailand (including to Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese and Laotian students). He is now teaching English for Specific Purposes at various universities including IFL, RUPP and RULE.
RICHARD ZIMMERMAN teaches Developmental English and Freshman Composition at the University of Guam. He has an MA in psychology and is now completing an MEd in TESOL. Before moving to Guam in 2002, he taught EFL for thirteen years in Japanese universities. He also works part-time as a jazz pianist and singer.
RICHMOND STROUPE is Assistant Director of the World Language Center, and an Associate Professor at Soka University, Tokyo, Japan. He has worked with university and professional language-learners from Japan, the United States, Thailand and Lao PDR since 1989. His academic interests include curriculum development, professional development and international comparative education.
ROBERT J. SCHMITT is currently serving as an English Language Fellow in Thailand with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. His work includes teaching English at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University and various other activities in northern Thailand to enhance English language teaching.
ROBERTO SANDOVAL is currently with the Mennonite Central Committee and he is a volunteer instructor at the English Language Support Unit (ELSU) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. He holds a BA and a teaching credential from Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, California, USA. He has taught in the public school system for ten years to students of various ages.
RUTH MING HAR WONG is a teaching fellow in the Department of English at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. She has been teaching ESL learners of different age groups since 1993. She is currently pursuing her doctorate degree with the University of Durham, investigating Chinese immigrants’ motivation to learn English in the Hong Kong educational context in relation to teaching and learning. Her research interests include second language teaching and learning, language arts and learning motivation.
SAOWADEE KONGPETCH holds a PhD and is a lecturer at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Ubon Ratchathani University in northeast Thailand. Her research interest is mainly discourse analysis.
SAVINO SFREGOLA graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BA, majoring in English and Italian literature. He specialises in teaching writing and has worked in Cambodia, Thailand and Australia.
SETSUKO MORI is a full-time lecturer at Kinki University, Osaka, Japan. Her research interests include motivation and extensive reading. She is on the editorial board of Reading in a Foreign Language.
SHI ZHILI works as a Research Associate at the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Prior to working in Singapore, he was Associate Professor of English in a Chinese university.
SITTHICHAI THEPSURA is a teacher in the English and Communication program at Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand. He obtained an MA in Applied Linguistics from Georgetown University.
SOFIA DE GUZMAN is a full-time English teacher at Miriam College High School, the Philippines. She graduated from the University of the Philippines-Diliman.
SOK SOTH is a teacher and lecturer of English at the Institute of Foreign Languages. He has been teaching English for over five years. From the year 2003 to 2005 he pursued an MA in Applied Linguistics at De La Salle University, Manila, the Philippines.
SONG SOPHEAK earned his BEd (TEFL) in 2004 at the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Royal University of Phnom Penh. He is currently teaching English at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia. He also works at Newton Thilay School as a part-time English teacher, a position he has held since 2001. His interests include developing materials and involving students in both in-class and outside-class activities.
SOO LING KOH is an Associate Professor at the Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia. An author of several books, she has received four awards for teaching methodology. She is a writer for the Education page in the New Sunday Times, the national Malaysian newspaper.
SOU BORAMY is a lecturer of English and a curriculum team member in the English Language Support Unit (ELSU) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). Her special interest is designing a curriculum and preparing supplementary materials for the textbook. Currently, she is teaching essay writing and academic reading and vocabulary. She graduated with an MA in English Language Teaching in 2003 and also holds an MA in Russian Language and Literature.
STEPHEN MOORE is Acting Director of Research at the National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research (NCELTR) at Macquarie University, Australia. His research interests include language assessment and English for Specific Purposes (ESP). He has worked in English language teaching and training since 1990, including for four years in Cambodia.
STEVEN GERSHON is a Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Obirin University in Tokyo, Japan. He has taught in the UK, US, China and Japan. He is the author of numerous ELT textbooks including Sound Bytes (Longman), English Upgrade and Gear Up (Macmillan).
SURIYAN PANLAY is an Assistant Professor currently lecturing at Chulalongkorn University Language Institute (CULI). He obtained his MA in Linguistics from Michigan State University. His research interests are mainly in SLA, Phonology, and Literature. He has published a number of articles and also reviewed several leading publications.
TED O’NEILL is a lecturer at Obirin University, Tokyo, Japan. He has served as a JALT Chapter President and Program Chair, on the JALT 2005 National Conference Committee, and as an officer of the Volunteer Educational Network. He is currently Associate Editor of The Language Teacher.
THEVYY RAJARETNAM is an Associate Professor at the Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. She has been involved in ELT for nearly twenty years and her areas of interest are in writing, reading and computer assisted language learning. She has also co-authored several books.
TIRAPORN SRIBOONYONG is a lecturer in the English and Communication program at Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand. She graduated with a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics from Mahidol University.
TITH MAB is currently Coordinator of the BA program and also Lecturer at the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL). He has taught many subjects including Literature Studies, Teaching Methodology, Foundations of Education and Communication Skills. He received his Masters of Education in Teaching Studies in 1999 from the University of Sydney, Australia. He also received a Higher Graduate Diploma in Higher Education Management from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand in 2002.
TRAN LE HUU NGHIA is a teacher at Can Tho University in Vietnam. His professional interest is in the application of technology to teaching and learning methodologies.
TRINH QUOC LAP earned his PhD in English Language Education at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is currently a lecturer of English at Can Tho University, Vietnam. He teaches Language Skills, Applied Linguistics and Translation. His research interests include task-based language learning and learner autonomy.
TRUONG THI NGOC DIEP is a lecturer of English at Can Tho University, Vietnam. She has taught various subjects such as General English, Writing, Grammar, Reading, Speaking, Listening, Pronunciation and Translation. She earned a Masters of Educational Management and Leadership from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia in 2005. Her special interests are innovations and strategies to develop teachers’ performance. She has been involved in two projects on educational issues and had one article published on teachers’ education.
UL RUN presently works for World Education as a program officer. He holds a Certificate of Pedagogy in English-Khmer. He used to interpret for the Asian Network for Free Elections in Mondulkiri. He was a teacher trainer with the Takeo Regional Teacher Training Centre (RTTC) and was responsible for training English teachers from different provinces throughout Cambodia and for conducting occasional workshops with VSO professionals for English In-Set.
URSULA WALL worked for twelve years as a psychologist in community health in Australia before reviving her teaching credentials and moving to Bangkok three years ago. She currently divides her time between teaching English to young children at a large private school, to young adults at King Mongut’s University of Technology, Thonbury, and to adults in the private sector. She also works for Spencer International, conducting teacher training on TEFL and TEYL courses, facilitating team building and providing train-the-trainer workshops.
VONG TYNAY holds a Bachelor of Education from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL). He has more than a year’s experience in teaching English. He is now teaching at the American Intercon Institute.
WALEERAT PHIMOLLAKHANAKUL is a lecturer in the English Department at Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand. She obtained an MA in English (TEFL/TESL) from Colorado State University, USA. She made a presentation entitled “Using Media in the Advanced Translation Classroom” at Thai TESOL in 2001. Her professional interests include interpreting and translation, language styles, communication, and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL).
WILL GLENNON is an author, attorney, founder of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, co-founder of the World Kindness Movement and current founder and president of the Global Classroom Connection. He is the author of seven books including three well-respected parenting books - Fathering: Strengthening Your Connection To your Children No Matter Where you Are, 200 Ways to Raise a Girl’s Self-Esteem, and 200 Ways To Raise A Boy’s Emotional Intelligence.
WILLIAM BURNS teaches in the English Language Support Unit (ELSU) of the Royal University of Phnom Penh. He has also taught in Korea, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines. His major research interests are literacy and composition.
WILLY RENANDYA is a language teacher educator at SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, Singapore where he teaches language and applied linguistics courses. He is co-editor of the RELC Portfolio series. His recent publication is Methodology in Language Teaching: An Anthology of Current Practice, published by Cambridge University Press (2002) and co-edited with Jack C Richards.
YVETTE KHRISTINE VALDEZ is a full-time English teacher at Miriam College High School, the Philippines. She graduated from the University of the Philippines-Diliman.
YVONNE NOVAKOWSKI is a lecturer and teacher trainer at King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand. She is an experienced educator and has taught different ages, levels and in various countries. She is particularly interested in curriculum design and the social aspects to language acquisition.