Biodata of Speakers

ADRIAN FOSTER has taught English as a Foreign Language at two universities in Cambodia since 2002. Prior to this, he worked on curriculum design in Cambridge (UK), Poland, Brazil, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

ALAN MALEY is a visiting professor at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK and has worked in ELT for over 40 years.  He has lived and worked in 10 countries, including the People’s Republic of China, India, Singapore and Thailand.  He has published many articles, reviews and books in the field and is series editor for the Oxford Resource Books for Teachers.  He now lives in the UK but travels widely, especially in Asia, his second home!

ALICE SVENDSON teaches at Jumonji Women’s College, and at Soka University in Tokyo. She has also taught at universities in New York City and in Virginia. Her research interests include student motivation and literary dialect. Publications include articles, book reviews and a conversation textbook for Japanese students. She has recently presented at ThaiTESOL and LaoTESOL.

ALISON SAVAGE BA, CAPES [ Fr], PGCE, RSA, M.Phil has been lecturer in ESP and EAP at the University of Surrey since 1989 and has been involved in teacher training, curriculum development and materials design for 20 years. Having published 12 textbooks and CD-Roms for adults and vocational and professional development, her research interests now focus on Cross-Cultural Communication.      

ALLAN YOUNG is a lecturer in the Department of International Communication at Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS), Japan. He has previously taught EFL with all ages and at all levels in Thailand, Mexico, Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia. His current research interests include contemporary cultural awareness studies and the language of visual design.

AM BUNTHAN has taught at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE) in Cambodia for about 10 years, where he has been a member of the test writing group and an Assistant Manager of Professional Development. He is currently undertaking an MA in TESOL at the Institute of Foreign Languages in Phnom Penh. He was formerly a Teacher Trainer at a Regional Teacher Training Centre in Cambodia.

AMY KAUFMAN currently provides curriculum support and teaches English classes at the Royal University of Agriculture in Phnom Penh. Before coming to Cambodia, she taught in the USA and China.

ANTHONY (TONY) BIENKOWSKI is Lead Teacher at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE) Cambodia, where he manages the Young Learners’ Program. His professional interests include the development of Khmer teachers and he is currently running a teacher development course for the Khmer staff at ACE.

BARRY MATEER teaches in the Liberal Arts Department, Tamagawa University, Tokyo. He began teaching in Nepal as a Peace Corps volunteer, continued in the international school in Kathmandu, then moved to Japan where he taught in junior and senior high schools for 19 years.

BEN LEHTINEN has been teaching in the field of EFL/ESL and special education in Japan, the USA, Australia and Finland. His professional interests include the interaction process of peer feedback in a second/foreign language writing environment, global issues in language education, program evaluation and action research methodology.  

BENIKO MASON is an associate professor at Shitennoji University in Osaka, Japan. Her publications are found at www.benikomason.net. They are about the effects and efficiency of extensive reading and story-listening methods. She is interested in sharing her research results and the comprehension-based methods with teachers in Asia. top

BERNICE CLARK is an English Language Fellow for the US State Department working at the Hanoi University of Technology in Hanoi, Vietnam. She received her Masters in Linguistics from the University of Utah in the USA and has taught English as a Second or Foreign Language in England, the USA, China, and Vietnam.  

BRETT COLLINS has been teaching EFL/ESL for 16 years, and has been living in Japan for 13 years. He creates unified course materials that focus on issues that affect his students directly, use up-to-date and common mediums, and provide skills training in useful areas. 

BRIAN ELLIOTT SMITH is originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, in the US, but has been teaching ESL for 14 years in a variety of environments. He currently teaches at Rikkyo University, in Tokyo. He is interested in student motivation and presenting on topics of practical use for teachers in the classroom.

BRIAN NUSPLIGER has lived, studied and worked in Asia for 16 years. He has taught EFL in Japanese high schools and is currently a at Osaka City University and International Buddhist University, both in Osaka, Japan. His areas of interest include fluency, World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca.

CARL ADAMS is a professor at Tokyo International University, Japan where he teaches media, speech and intercultural communication. He has extensive teaching experience in Asia (Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan), is a teacher trainer and author of Journeys: Listening & Speaking Book I (Longman). His research interests include methodology, classroom observation, and learner autonomy.

CHAN SIDA teaches at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE) Cambodia. She graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) in Phnom Penh in 2006. She has a keen interest in teaching speaking and professional development.

CHAN SOPHAL has a BA from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Royal University of Phnom Penh, a BEd in English MEd in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. His passion is research.

CHARLES BROWNE (M.Ed. TESOL/EdD Applied Linguistics, Temple University Japan) is Professor of Linguistics and head of the Teacher Training Program at Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan. Over the past 20 years that he has worked in Japan he has published over 30 research articles and books including New Perspectives in CALL for Second Language Classrooms (Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004). During this time he has worked extensively with the Japanese Ministry of Education, serving as the first National Chairman of the JET (Japan Exchange & Teaching) Program, a variety of National Advisory Committees and the National Council for Teacher Training. His research areas include CALL, second language vocabulary acquisition, and the problems of secondary English education in Japan.

CHARLES DOLD is an English Language Fellow for the US State Department at Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand.  A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) with an MA in TESL (2004) and a specialisation in Writing Studies (2005), he has taught at universities in Illinois and in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. top

CHARLES MCHUGH is a Professor at Setsunan University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Osaka-Ku, Japan. He publishes articles on analysing and adapting special English materials for classroom use and he also conducts research on cultural customs and practices.

CHAU SAMPHAS has a BEd TEFL from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Royal University of Phnom Penh and an MA TESOL from the University of Illinois, USA. She has been teaching at IFL since 1991 and is a Core English Subject coordinator there.

CHEA KAGNARITH is a lecturer at the Institute of Foreign Languages, Phnom Penh, from which he graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Education majoring in TEFL. With more than five years of experience in teaching, his interests lie in critical thinking and testing.

CHEA THEARA has been teaching English for six years. He is employed at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE), Phnom Penh as a teacher and resources manager, with responsibility for ACE’s Guided Individual Learning Centre and Teachers’ Resource Centre. His main interests are CALL and independent learning.

CHERIYA PUTHALATH SIVADASAN is Professor at the Centre for Comparative Literature, Department of Sahitya, Sree Sankara University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala, India. He has participated in international seminars and workshops and numerous national level events. He has written two books and more than forty research papers in English, and is actively involved in various projects in communicative English.

CHING-HUANG WANG is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages and Director of the Language Teaching Center at National Formosa University, Taiwan. He is mainly engaged in research in bibliotherapy, identity, critical literacy and syllabus design.

CHITTIMA KAWEERA teaches EFL writing at Naresuan University, Phayao Campus, Thailand, and is now expecting a PhD in English Language Studies from Suranaree University of Technology. Her area of professional interest includes error analysis, teacher feedback and writing assessment.

CHIYO MYOJIN received her MA in Teaching English as a Second Language from Georgetown University in the US. She is currently teaching English as full professor at Kochi University of Technology, Kochi, Japan. She is interested in doing research on EFL classroom teaching and second language acquisition. 

CHRIS BALDERSTON has extensive Asian ELT experience in a variety of areas, including research, materials development, teacher training and publishing. He is the Asia market development director for Oxford University Press. top

CHRISTIAN MUNDO has an MA in Asian Studies with a major in Cambodian Studies from the University of the Philippines, Diliman. He teaches ESL at the American Intercon Institute in Phnom Penh and is a professor at the Graduate School of Build Bright University. He was formerly a professor in the Department of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines, Los Banos.

CHRISTOPHER WYLE is a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan. He has taught in the United States at University of California Berkeley’s English Language Program and as a high school teacher in Nagoya, Japan. He is interested in methodology and materials development in content-based courses.

CHU CHOK SENG is a senior lecturer of ESL at the Centre for Foundation Studies.

CHUON KHEANG  has a BEd (TEFL) from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP).  He has taught EFL for five years in Phnom Penh and is currently employed by Western University. He also teaches for the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport at the RUPP English Language Support Unit (ELSU).

CLYDE FOWLE is Regional Consultant and Trainer for Macmillan Education, East Asia. He has over 15 years’ experience 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 four-level, integrated skills course for Asia published by Macmillan.

CYNTHIA KRALIK works for RMIT University, Melbourne and is the Academic Director at RMIT English Worldwide (REW), where she is responsible for REW’s English language and teacher training programs. She has been involved in the English language teaching industry for 27 years and is a CELTA tutor and assessor.

D. MALCOLM DAUGHERTY is currently a full-time lecturer at Soka University, Tokyo, Japan. He has worked at all levels from kindergarten to university. His academic interests include curriculum development, content-based language education (ESP), vocabulary development and motivational techniques for learning.

DANIEL L. GOSSMAN has an MA from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan and since 1992 has worked at Kanto Gakuen University, where he supervises its English program. He has worked as an intercultural specialist with emphasis on organisational and professional development and also as a representative for McGraw-Hill Book Company. 

DANIEL SASAKI is a full-time lecturer at Soka University, Japan. He has an MA in Second and Foreign Language Education from Soka University of America. His academic interests include children’s education and methodology to maximise a student-centered learning environment.

DAVID ADAM STOTT is an associate professor at the University of Kitakyushu, Japan, where for the past 6 years he has been teaching English for tourism, academic writing, TOEIC and international relations content courses. He publishes in the fields of both international relations and second language acquisition. top

DAVID COULSON is an associate professor at Niigata Women’s College in the provincial city of Niigata in Japan. He is interested in the development of oral proficiency, especially fluency and in promoting discourse equality between Japanese and native speakers. He is also interested in vocabulary development and is researching a test of lexical accessibility as his PhD topic.

DAVID NUNAN has been Chair Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong since 1994.  He also holds concurrent positions as President and Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Anaheim University, Senior Academic Advisor to Global English Corporation and Distinguished Research Professor at Shantou University in China. He has also held positions at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, the Regional Language Centre, Singapore, and Macquarie University in Sydney. He has published over 100 scholarly books and articles on the impact of English as a global language as well as task-based language teaching, a method he pioneered in the 1990s. He is also the author of several major textbook series for the teaching and learning of English as a Foreign Language. David Nunan was the first person to serve as President of TESOL from outside of North America.  In 2007, he was elected to the Board of Trustees of The International Research Foundation for Language Education. Recent honours and awards include a 2002 citation by the United States Congress for services to English language education, and the 2003 Thomson Learning TESOL Lifetime Achievement Award.  In 2005, he was named one of the 50 most influential Australians internationally.  

DAVID PRESCOTT is an associate professor at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. He has recently conducted a British Council funded research project concerned with quality factors in online English language teacher training courses and is editor of the recently published English in Southeast Asia: Varieties, Literacies and Literatures (Cambridge Scholars Publishing) to which he contributed a chapter on Information Literacy.

DAVID QUARTERMAIN is Deputy Director at the MPI-Bell Centre of English in Macao, which runs teacher development courses for Macao and mainland China.  He previously worked with the British Council in Vietnam, where he helped teachers develop their classroom techniques. He holds a PGCE in primary education from Cambridge University and an RSA Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults.

DEBORAH HARROP teaches English at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE), Phnom Penh, where she coordinates the specialised Reading & Writing program. Her particular interest is to encourage the development of a “reading habit” among Cambodian students, who rarely read for fun.

DESI TOM is an English language instructor and Director of Study Abroad at Miyazaki International College in Miyazaki, Japan. His interests include gender issues, materials writing and technology in the classroom.

DIANE PRICE is the Assistant Manager at the National ELT Accreditation Scheme (NEAS) in Sydney Australia, where she has worked for the past 8 years. She also worked for many years as a program manager, teacher and curriculum writer for university, government and private ELT centres.  She has been an IELTS and University of Cambridge examiner.

EDWARD YOSHIOKA is the South Asia product manager for Oxford University Press.  He travels widely throughout the region, conducting research and supporting teachers with their various programs and materials.

ELISABETH RICHARDS is a storyteller and author who has co-created stories with ESL students in Canada. In offering a story writing workshop, Professor Richards presents the building blocks of narrative and in doing so, gives teachers a glimpse into their own creativity and processes of engagement.  top

ELIZABETH WALTER-ECHOLS teaches in the Graduate School of English at Assumption University, Bangkok. She has published and presented on English writing, contrastive rhetoric and pronunciation skills, and in German literature. Her special interests are teaching writing, contrastive rhetoric and discourse analysis.

EMI MATSUMOTO has an MA in English and taught at the high school level before coming to Kobe International University, where she is currently associate professor and teaches courses in general English, communication skills and special courses for exchange students. She has written extensively on student motivation and phonetics.

ERIC VERSPECHT was an English teacher and coordinator at different levels in Mexico City. As a teacher trainer he has given workshops in Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. He has also participated in TESOL events in different countries. He is currently the ELT Regional Sales Manager for McGraw-Hill Asia.

ERIN GOTWALS currently teaches English at the Royal University of Agriculture in Phnom Penh. She holds degrees in TESOL and Spanish language education. Her prior experience includes teaching English to primary, secondary and university students, as well as to adult language learners, in the USA, Peru and Cambodia.

ESA ZALEHA graduated in English Language from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and obtained MSc in TESP from Aston University, Birmingham, UK.  She has been teaching English at International Islamic University, Malaysia since 1986 and is currently the Deputy Dean of Languages.  Her research interests are sociolinguistics, ESP and language strategies.

FELICIDAD GARCIA is a US Peace Corps volunteer teaching English as a foreign language in Cambodian public schools. She works in Kampot province, where she likes to torment her students by forcing them to release their textbooks and learn from the world around them.

FUSAYO NAKAGAWA has taught English at a junior high school (7th - 9th grade), Osaka, Japan, for more than 20 years. She is also the vice-chairperson of the board of a non-profit organisation, e‑dream‑s. She is interested in developing in-service programs for English teachers between Cambodia and Japan.

GEORGE MACLEAN is an assistant professor at Tsukuba University, Japan. He has taught at primary, junior high and university levels. Research areas and publications are in the areas of CALL, materials development, conversation analysis, communicative language teaching, and intercultural communications.

GERALD (JERRY) WAXMAN currently lectures at a university in Thailand.  He has used his own guerrilla teaching tactics to help students and teachers at all levels raise not only their confidence in using English, but also their awareness of their limitless capacity to achieve. Jerry has taught in classrooms in seven different countries. top

GREG LINDEMAN is a full-time lecturer in Soka University of Japan. He holds an MA in Second and Foreign Language Education. His interests include using authentic materials, content-based language instruction, ESP/EAP (English for Specific/Academic Purposes), evaluation, humanistic education, student motivation, service learning and building fluency.

GREGORY TWEEDIE is a Canadian and a District English Language Coordinator in a joint educational development project between CfBT (Centre for British Teachers) Education Trust and the Curriculum Development Centre of the Malaysian Ministry of Education.

HA VAN SINH has been a TEFL teacher and teacher trainer in Vietnam since 1979. He also teaches MA TESOL students for several universities in Vietnam. His most recent publication is “Is Grade 3 Too Early to Teach EFL in Vietnam?”, a chapter in Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Primary School, TESOL 2006.

HELEN HUNTLEY is currently a Senior English Language Fellow for the US State Department at the Ministry of Education and Training in Hanoi, Vietnam. She was a 2006-07 Fulbright Scholar in Mexico and the Director of West Virginia University’s Intensive English Program for 10 years. She is the author of Essential Academic Vocabulary (Thomson/Heinle 2006).

HOUR THANY currently works as a lecturer of English at the Institute of Foreign Languages, Royal University of Phnom Penh. She holds a B.Ed in TEFL, 2005, and is an M.A. candidate in TESOL at the Institute of Foreign Languages.

HUNG HUYNH CONG MINH is a lecturer at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy. He an MA from Vietnam and an MEd from Australia. He has presented many papers in national and international conferences and has published numerous articles in academic journals.

HUOT SOPHEAP is a teacher for the English Language Support Unit at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). She was a volunteer for CamTESOL in 2004 and a poster presenter for CamTESOL 2007 on the topic of Strategies and Activities for Building Vocabulary. She graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages at RUPP in 2006.

HUYNH THI NHI, MA is Dean of Foreign Language Department, Pedagogical University of Dong Thap, Vietnam and has been teaching English for more than 25 years. Her interests include TESOL, language testing and English literature.

IAIN STANLEY is a senior lecturer and research coordinator at Kanda University of International Studies in Japan. He has taught at universities in Australia, Thailand and Korea, and has a very keen interest in multimedia and educational technology and how it can be used to enhance the TESOL classroom.

IAN MCDONALD has taught at the university level for 10 years in Korea and Thailand.  He currently teaches in the English College at Mahidol University International College in Thailand.  He holds a Master’s degree in Psychology and his interests include cultural differences in learning styles, the psychology of learning and memory. top

INGITA PANDA, after completing her Masters in Second Language Acquisition at Soka University America, has been a lecturer of 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 is the Assistant Director of Studies for the Australian Centre for Education (ACE) Cambodia. He manages ACE’s Training and Testing Department and has also been the Coordinator for ACE’s Young Learners’ Program. He has over 10 years experience teaching both young learners and adults in the USA, Canada and Cambodia.  

JAN BUTLER is the Director of English Programs at RMIT International University’s Vietnam program. She has 15 years experience in English training and education management and has lived and worked in Vietnam for the past 6 years.

JASON PARK is presently serving in Chum Kiri District, Kampot Province as a United States Peace Corps volunteer in the sector of education.  He is currently working with the English faculty and students at Hun Sen Ang Chork Secondary School.
JENNIFER LUND is a graduate of Michigan State University with a Masters in TESOL.  She is currently an English Language Fellow with the US State Department at Rajabhat University in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. Previously, she taught ESL to Asian students at Michigan State University.  Her research interests include using music and drama in the classroom to enhance the language skills of learners of all levels.

JIM KING is an assistant professor at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan, where he prepares students for long-term study abroad programs.  An experienced educator, with teaching stints in Poland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Hungary, Japan and Australia, his work has appeared in such publications as ‘The Language Teacher’ and ‘The TESL Canada Journal’.

JOHN C. KIMBROUGH has taught yoga, Buddhism and English for twenty years in Asia. He is an independent volunteer who currently teaches yoga and Buddhism in the Battambang and Banteay Meanchey provincial prisons and teacher training in Pursat, MongkolBorey and Sereisophon.

JONATHAN AUBREY is a language consultant at Chiang Mai University in Chiang Mai, Thailand.  He has taught at universities in the USA, South Africa, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates.

JONATHAN HULL works at the Department of Language Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT).  He has a professional interest in community-based research and in supporting the professional development of non-native teachers of English.

JOSEPH WILLIAMS holds a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics from Georgia State University. He also served as a graduate exchange student for one year to Bogazici Universitesi in Istanbul.  Currently he teaches Freshman Composition and Technical Writing at Texas A&M University Qatar. His field interests are sociolinguistics and cultural anthropology. top

JOSH SREEDHARAN is Reader and Head, Department of Studies in English, Kannur University, India. He has 25 years of teacher experience at University Level. He is an approved research supervisor and has presented papers and published in India and abroad. He is currently working on ICT and ELT with a focus on e-content development. He also offers a course on Virtual Media with support from the Government of India.

JOSIE GAWRON is currently working as the teacher training coordinator at IALF Bali. She has worked as an EFL teacher for over 20 years and has taught in Spain, China, Australia and Indonesia. One of her main interests is helping teachers develop their skills without becoming reliant on excessive handouts and expensive resources.

KALYAN CHATTOPADHYAY is Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Centre for Communicative Skills in English (CCSE), Bankim Sardar College, University of Calcutta, India. His special interests are curriculum and materials design for ESP courses, multimedia and e-learning. He has presented papers and conducted workshops at seminars and conferences in India and abroad.

KAZUKO IKEDA has an MEd in TESOL from Temple University and teaches in the Academic English Program of the University’s Japan Campus. She also teaches at the World Language Center at Soka University, Japan. Her research interests include extensive reading, vocabulary acquisition, and autonomous learning.

KEUK CHAN NARITH works at the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), Cambodia as a lecturer and coordinator of Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics and Teaching Methodology. He holds a Grad Dip in Applied Linguistics from RELC-SEAMEO, Singapore and an MA in Language and Literature, from Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola School, Philippines.

KHAN BOPHAN is an English lecturer at the Institute of Foreign Languages, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He has an MA in English Language Education, specialising in ESP from De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. His teaching and research include reading materials for EFL learners, ESP, genre analysis and language testing.

KIATTICHAI SAITAKHAM is an English lecturer at Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. He is currently on official leave to undertake a PhD in English Language Studies at Suranaree University of Technology. His research interests include EFL vocabulary learning strategies, autonomous learning and Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL).

KIM DINATH graduated with a BA in TESOL from the Institute of Foreign Languages in 2001. She has been teaching for five years, currently at the English Language Support Unit (ELSU) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.

KOJI IGAWA holds an EdD in Applied Linguistics and is teaching at the International Buddhist University, Osaka, Japan. Professor Igawa has produced a variety of publications and presentations in TESOL and has designed and managed many international programs. Current research interests include professional development, intercultural understanding, and international cooperation.

KONG KOSAL has been an English instructor for four years at the Hun Sen Chhouk Secondary School in Chhouk. He has also independently opened the World Education School in Chhouk town for beginner English study. He is a graduate of the Takeo Regional Teaching Training Center and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in management from the University of Cambodia. top

KOTA OHATA is an instructor in the English Language Program at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. His research interests centre around the roles of affect in second language learning, especially in relation to the cross-cultural issues involved in the processes.

KUMI IWASAKI is an adjunct instructor the English Language Program at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan, where she teaches EAP to 1st and 2nd year college students. Her current research interests are L2 writing, teaching pronunciation for native speakers of Japanese and issues relating to native/non-native English speaking teachers in TESOL.

LAN SELA is a student at Build Bright University in Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia and has been a teacher of English for two years. She also has experience as a translator.

LAURENCE (LARY) MACDONALD is a full-time lecturer at Soka University in Japan where he teaches English for Academic Purposes and a variety of content-based advanced level English courses. Lary completed his doctoral work in 2006, focusing on education reform in Japan. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and has worked in a variety of educational contexts in both Japan and the United States.

LAURETTE POULOS SIMMONS is an independent ESL classroom technology specialist. She has an MA TESOL and a PhD in Information Systems. She is Professor Emerita at Loyola College and former adjunct ESL professor. She has published on academic oral communication, basic English grammar and electronic visual aids.

LAWRIE HUNTER is a professor at Kochi University of Technology, Japan, where he supervises the technical writing and critical thinking program. He is the co-author of Critical Thinking and the author of Thinking in English.  Publications and presentations are available at http://www.core.kochi-tech.ac.jp/hunter/.

LEANG SOKHOM worked as a teacher at the Australian Centre for Education, Phnom Penh (ACE). She is a member of ACE’s Guided Individual Learning Centre team and enjoys developing materials for students to learn independently. She is interested in IT and is dedicated to helping students use technology to become independent learners.

LE-ANNE PON has qualifications in education and TESOL with 15 years experience teaching internationally. She is currently a teacher trainer and coordinator for the TESOL for Children program at Milton College in Sydney Australia. Her expertise is teaching adults to teach English to children using interactive and practical methods to make it fun.

LEE NICHOLLS has been teaching English to adults for more than 18 years in Melbourne, Japan, London and for the last three years in Hanoi. She is very much a practitioner and is most interested in better ways to teach vocabulary and prepare students for IELTS tests.

LI WEI teaches in the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Guizhou Normal University, China. She has an MA in English Language Teaching from Assumption University of Thailand. Her areas of professional interest include teaching methodology and the psychology of language learning and teaching.

LIAO MING-CHU is a doctoral student at National Changhua University of Education in Taiwan, an English teacher at National Taichung Home Economics and Commercial High School, and a part-time university lecturer. She was a recipient of the Excellent Teaching Award and is an author of English textbooks. She is interested in language testing and listening strategy instruction.

LILLIAN LAI CHING 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 articles on in-service CALL education, and information technology and in-service teacher education. top

LOUISE FITZGERALD is the Director of the Australian Centre for Education, Cambodia.  She has been involved in ELT management for more than 20 years in Egypt, Australia, China and for the last five years in Cambodia. Her main areas of professional interest are program evaluation, testing and marketing.

LY MONIRITH received a Masters Degree in Education from the United States in 2006. He is currently a quality assurance officer at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) where he was previously coordinator of the English Language Support Unit. He has been teaching English since 1991 and at the university level since 2001.

LYNDA BEAGLE is Director of Studies at the University of Danang - University of Queensland English Language Institute (UD-UQ ELI) in Vietnam. She has been involved in the TESOL area for more than 20 years and has taught in Vietnam, Australia, China, Spain and England. She has an MA in Applied Linguistics. She has an interest in using emerging technologies to enhance language learning.

MAI NGO TUYET has an MA in Education from the University of Sydney, Australia and an MBA from Latrobe University, Australia. She is Dean of Foundation Studies at Hanoi University, Vietnam and Academic Manager for ELICOS in the joint BA program between Hanoi and Latrobe Universities. Her interests include program administration and management, teacher training, and technology in ELT.

MAIKO KATHERINE NAKANO completed her MA in Second and Foreign Language Education at Soka University of America in 2000 and is currently a lecturer and an academic coordinator for the Department of English Communication at Soka Women’s College in Tokyo, Japan.  Her interests include second language acquisition, materials development, content-based instruction and teaching academic writing.

MARGARET KIM is a lecturer in the Department of English at Kobe College, Nishinomiya, Japan.  Her area of professional interest is in student motivation and testing.  She is currently working on diminishing her fear of public speaking.

MARGUERITE MACDONALD (MA Spanish, MA Linguistics/TESOL, PhD Linguistics, University of Florida) is an associate professor in the Department of English at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, USA, where for the past 22 years she has directed the TESOL programs, including K-12 credentials, certificates in TESOL and TEFL, and the MA TESOL. Her interest in large classes began when she visited Southeast Asia in 1998. Working with junior and senior high school teachers in 2000-2001, she developed Team English through a research project in Thailand. Dr MacDonald has published on Team English and presented at TESOL and conferences in Thailand.

MARK CHRISTIANSON is an adjunct instructor in the English Language Program at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. His research interests include autonomous learning, professional development for teachers and methods for helping students with academic writing and speaking.

MARY SHEPARD WONG is Director and Associate Professor of Graduate TESOL Field-based Programs at Azusa Pacific University. Her PhD is in International/Intercultural Education and her Master degrees are in East Asian Languages and Cultures and TESOL. She has published with Cambridge and taught ESL and TESL for 28 years. top

MENG SENG HENG is a freelance Cambodian teacher trainer and a part-time Khmer language teacher at the International School of Phnom Penh (ISPP). He has studied in the UK and USA and has worked for a range of both public and private sector organisations. He is a professional trainer with extensive experience in language and management skill training programs in both English and Khmer.

MELODY ELLIOTT has been teaching ESL for over 10 years and currently teaches at Tokai University’s Foreign Language Center in Japan.  She has experience teaching a variety of content-based ESL courses such as International Studies, Media Studies, and English literature.  Her research interests include ESP/EAP, materials creation, and curriculum design.

MICHAEL J. RILEY is a lecturer and coordinator of the English program at Soka University, Tokyo, Japan. Publications include “A Brief Description of the World Language Center Courses at Soka University” (CETL Quarterly, July, 2004) and “Appreciating Cultural Disparities: Communicative Styles of Japanese and Americans” (Tokai University: Journal of Intercultural Communication, March 2005).

MICHAEL STETSON is currently a professor at Miyazaki International College in Miyazaki, Japan. His experience as a teacher and materials developer has taken him to Asia, the Middle East and Greece.

MICHELE LEWIS is an English Language Fellow for the US State Department in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where she teaches and conducts workshops in English teaching methodology. She has lived and worked in several countries, observing many different teaching and learning styles. Her areas of professional interest include teacher training, English for Academic Purposes, and the relationship between language and culture.

MIKI TSUKAMOTO has an MEd and has been employed by Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, for 19 years as a high school teacher of English. She has managed several international programs as a member of the board of e-dream-s, a non-profit organisation for international educational cooperation.

MINDY VISSER earned her MA TEFL degree from Northern Arizona University in 2003.  She moved to Thailand with the English Language Fellows Program and has been working as an English teacher, English teacher trainer and trainer of trainers for the last four years. Currently she is the Project Manager for Chiang Mai Rajabhat University’s International English Program.

MOEUN MORN is a senior student at the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) and an English instructor at WELS Academy, Cambodia. In 2006, he presented at the Asia Culture Youth Workshop in Korea. His paper is published in Understanding Asia (Asia Culture Academy, 2006). His interests are applied linguistics, learner motivation and teaching development.

MONH SARINA currently works as a lecturer in English at the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Royal University of Phnom Penh. She holds a BEd in TEFL, 2005 and is an MA candidate in TESOL at IFL.

NGUON RAMNA received a B.Ed (TEFL) from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Royal University of Phnom Penh in 2005. She has been teaching English for nearly nine years in two International Institutes in Phnom Penh. Now she is teaching English at ELSU (English Language Support Unit) at RUPP. Moreover, she has been to six foreign countries to join a SSEAYP program in which she learnt how to promote mutual understanding between Asian and Japanese youths.

NGUYEN DUC QUYNH DUNG is an instructor of English at Saigon Institute of Technology and Vietnam-USA Society English Training Service Center (VUS) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She obtained her Master’s degree in TESOL at Vietnam National University, HCMC. Her teaching experience includes that with undergraduates and adults. Her interest is ELT. top

NGUYEN THI THU PHUONG teaches English in Thang Long High School. In 2007 she was awarded a Grade A in the “Inventing and designing teaching equipments” competition held by Hanoi Service of Education and Training. She is currently undertaking an MA at Hanoi University, in collaboration with Victoria University (Australia).

NICHOLAS YATES teaches in the International Communication department at Kanda University of International Studies, Japan, where he is researching Computer Assisted Language Learning and teacher development and training. His current research is influenced by his studies at the University of New South Wales, including Multimedia studies, Japanese language and TESOL.

NIN SAVUTH is a lecturer in the English Department, Royal Universtiy of Phnom Penh (RUPP). He has an MA in English Language Education, specialising in Second Language Teaching from De La Salle University, Manila. His current interests include curriculum and material design, teaching methodology and teaching training.

NORMAWATI SHARIFF is an associate professor at the Program for Diploma Studies in the Department of Modern Languages at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), where she has taught since 1986. She has a PhD in Foreign Language Education from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She has co-written and co-translated several textbooks for use among college and secondary school students.

OM SORYONG is currently a deputy head of the English Department of the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Royal University of Phnom Penh.  He holds an MSc in Instructional Design from Southern Illinois University, USA and a Grad Dip TESOL from the University of Canberra, Australia. His areas of expertise include teaching methodology, curriculum development, and instructional design.

PABLO GRAVOSO was a kindergarten and elementary school teacher in the Philippines and in 2005 volunteered as an ESL teacher in Light and Salt University in Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia. He has a Bachelor of Philosophy from the University of the Philippines, a Bachelor in Christian Studies from Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary and MA units in Counseling from Alliance Graduate School in the Philippines.

PAIROTE BENNUI is an English lecturer at Thaksin University, Songkhla, Thailand. He obtained a Master of English as a Second Language from University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 2004. His research interests include English proficiency, second language writing and World Englishes. His first research on listening was presented in 2007 at the 2nd Biennial International Conference, Langkawi, Malaysia.

PATRICIA PRESCOTT has been active in ESL and EAP in Australia and South East Asia as a teacher, course designer, examiner, administrator, teacher-trainer and professional development officer.  She is currently a lecturer at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, specialising in academic English support for undergraduates in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies.

PATRICK NG CHIN LEONG received his Doctorate in Education from Leicester University, UK. His research interests include EFL teaching methodology, online learning, drama in education and language planning management. He has published and presented papers on Readers Theatre (a script writing activity) at conferences in Asia.

PAUL BROWN MA CELTA has been teaching English in Cambodia for four years. He is currently the Academic Director of www.5steps2english.com, the first student-centred English language website in Cambodia. He is also the producer of the ‘very good feeling’ 5steps2english radio show live on Love FM every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night from 9 to 10 pm. top

PAUL DANIELS has been teaching English for over 12 years in Hawaii and Japan. He is currently an Associate Professor at Kochi Institute of Technology in Japan. His research involves educational technology and content-based instruction.

PAUL GRAINGER has been active in teaching and training for over 13 years. He has taught EFL to both adults and children in Thailand and England and is also an experienced IELTS examiner. He currently works as an ELT Product Specialist for Cengage Learning, based in Bangkok. He travels around Asia visiting schools and universities, delivering workshops and conducting demonstration classes. 

PAUL M. SZE is a TESOL teacher educator at the Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He specialises in the teaching of listening and speaking, and phonetics and phonology for L2 teachers. His research interests also cover the application of information technology in teacher education.

PAUL SELIGSON has taught English worldwide since 1978. He has an MA TEFL, is a CELTA assessor and LCCI examiner. His publications include Helping Students to Speak for Richmond’s Teacher’s Handbook Series, which he also edits, and New English File (OUP). He is a freelance trainer, author and consultant.

PHAM HOA HIEP teaches at Hue College of Foreign Languages, Vietnam and has also worked as a teacher educator in Vietnam. He holds an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and an PhD in Language Education from Melbourne University. He has published in English Teaching Forum, ELT Journal, TESL-EJ, RELC Anthology, Journal of Asian TEFL, and Teacher’s Edition.

PHAN (THI) HOAI THU is an academic advisor at the Youth Culture House of Ho Chi Minh City - Youth Foreign Language School. She graduated from Hue University in Vietnam in 2003 and finished the MA Program in TESOL at The University of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2006. Her interests include research and teaching English to children.

PHAWANI VIJAYARATNAM has a BA in English and MEd in TESOL from the University of Manchester, UK and is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Languages and Liberal Arts, INTI International University College (INTI-UC), Malaysia and a trainer for INTI-UC’s Professional Development courses. Her areas of interest are group dynamics, creative thinking and teaching methodology.

PHUONG HO THANH MY is Dean of the Educational Management Division, Regional Training Center, SEAMEO, Vietnam. She has a BA in English Teaching from the University of Education in Ho Chi Minh City, an MA TESOL from the University of Canberra, Australia, and an MSc in Education and PhD in Educational Leadership and Management from the University of Southern California, USA.

PHUONG TRAN THI MINH has an MA in Comparative Linguistics and teaches English in Nguyen Hien Upper Secondary School. She is a member of TESOL Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam and her paper, “Common mistakes of Vietnamese learners in word order” appeared in Language and Life No 10, 2005. top

PUTH CHANTHA has a BEd in English from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) of Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) and a an MA in English Language Teaching from Assumption University ( formerly ABAC), Thailand. He has taught English for more than 10 years in Cambodia to students from various backgrounds. He is now teaching ESP at IFL and the English Language Support Unit (ELSU) of RUPP.

R. T. OLIVIA LIMBU is a Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies in Japan.  Her current research interests are in classroom methodologies relating to confidence and motivation.  She possesses graduate degrees from the University of Hong Kong and Teachers College, Columbia University.

RANA SOWATH teaches on the General English Program at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE) in Phnom Penh. He has a BEd in TEFL from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Royal University of Phnom Penh.

RICHARD FLYNN is the editor of the UsingEnglish.com ESL website, which he set up in 2002 with Adam King. He has created many ESL online resources and learning materials, and has also co-authored CALL software, including a concordancer and a text analyser.

RICHMOND STROUPE, the Assistant Director of the World Language Center, and an associate professor at Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, 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 C. JOHNSON is a Canadian and a District English Language Coordinator in a joint educational development project between CfBT (Centre for British Teachers) Education Trust and the Curriculum Development Centre of the Malaysian Ministry of Education.

ROBERT LEWIS teaches ELL with the Hong Kong EDB NET Scheme. He has previously worked as a teacher/coordinator, consultant and trainer on programs and projects in Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam, in the university, secondary and primary education sectors. He has published papers on learning styles, curriculum design and language programs.

ROBERT SHRUBSALL taught English in England, Nigeria, Malaysia and Nepal from 1968 to 1989 and was English textbook advisor in Bangladesh and Cambodia from 1990 to 2001. Currently he is Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Asian University, Thailand. Publications include the English for Cambodia textbook series.

ROSIE YOUNG teaches ESL and works as a CELTA trainer at Holmesglen Institute, Melbourne, Australia. She has also taught ESL in a variety of settings including hospitality colleges in Japan. A highlight of her career was her 2007 participation as a workshop leader in Phnom Penh with Teachers Across Borders.

ROSS MILLER is currently a full time lecturer in the English Department at Otemon Gakuin University, located in the Kansai area of Japan. His research interests focus on student motivation and the use of technology in the classroom. He is currently working on improving his presentation skills.

RYAN HOLLOWAY graduated from Illinois State University in 2005 and has since been teaching English as a second language.  He has taught in universities in China, Vietnam, and Cambodia. He currently lives and teaches in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

SAKAE ONODA is a professor at Kanda University of International Studies, Chiba, Japan, where he currently teaches Media English and the English Teacher Training course. He has hosted the NHK TV English Conversation program three times. He has also assisted in the MA course at Teachers College, Columbia University, Tokyo. top

SALIZALIHA MUSTAPHA is an associate professor in Applied Linguistics and Psycholinguistics at the Sultan Idris University of Education, Malaysia. She also serves on the Advisory Committee with the Ministry of Education Malaysia. Her main research interest is in the areas of reading, memory, and cognition. Other related areas include bilingualism and its relationship and impact on reading and writing.

SARAN SOPHA graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages, Phnom Penh in 2006 with a BEd in TEFL. Since graduating, she has been a full-time teacher at the Australian Centre for Education, working on the Young Learners and General English Programs and the Guided Individual Learning Centre. She is interested in teaching children and lower level students.

SCOTT L. LIND is Associate Professor of Intercultural Communication at Kansai Gaidai University, Japan where he teaches both Japanese students and international students.  He has taught in numerous programs within the United States and in international education in Japan for nine years.  His research interests are in the areas of communication pedagogy, communication of culture in the classroom, and international education.

SES VICHET is the Director and Head Teacher at Bando Vicha Language School in Seresophon, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia. He has considerable experience as both an English teacher and translator of English.

SHARONA MOSKOWITZ teaches at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan. She holds an MA in Applied Linguistics from Columbia University. Her research is focused on writing and identity in second language learners and concepts of “ownership” of English.

SHAWN LOEWEN is an assistant professor in the Second Language Studies program at Michigan State University.  He specialises in second language acquisition and L2 classroom interaction.  His recent research has investigated the occurrence and effectiveness of incidental focus on form in meaning-focused L2 classrooms, and his work has appeared in Language Learning, Studies in Second Language Acquisition and Modern Language Journal.  He teaches classes on SLA and research methodologies, and he serves on the advisory board of Language Teaching Research and Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching.  Prior to his position at Michigan State, he was a lecturer/senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

SHIN’ICHI HASHIMOTO holds an MA in TESOL and is a lecturer at Soka University, Tokyo, Japan. His bilingual/bicultural upbringing was a significant factor in his decision to enter the field of language education. Academic interests include translation and interpretation theory, collaborative learning, content-based learning, curriculum development and adult education.

SIMON SMITH is an assistant professor and Coordinator of the English Language Center, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan and has taught EFL in Taiwan and China in private and university centres. He has a PhD in Statistical Language Modelling from the University of  Birmingham. His interests are in Corpus Linguistics techniques in ELT, an area in which he has various publications.

SIRILUCK USAHA is an assistant professor at Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand, where she teaches EAP and works with TEFL graduate students on EFL writing, language assessment and materials development.

SOU BORAMY is an English lecturer in the English Language Support Unit (ELSU) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. Her special interest is in designing curricula and preparing supplementary materials for textbooks. She has an MA in English Language Teaching from Assumption University in Bangkok (2003) and an MA in Russian Language and Literature from Moscow Pedagogical University (1993).

SOU VISAL is a lecturer of English at the Institute of Foreign Languages, Phnom Penh. He has a BEd from the Institute of Foreign Languages and a BBA from the National University of Management, specialising in TEFL and Management respectively. His interests include independent learning and improving writing. top

STEVEN BOSWELL has taught EFL since 1968 in Chad, Laos, the US, Kuwait, Burundi, Palestine, China, Turkey, Viet Nam, Tibet (China) and Cambodia. He has taught at the English Language Support Unit (ELSU) of the Royal University of Phnom Penh since 2000, where he also advises the management team and mentors less experienced teachers.  He has an MA in Applied Linguistics from Indiana University, USA.

STEVEN ROBERTS has a Bachelor of Social Science majoring in Economics and Media. He is currently working at the Australian Centre for Education, Cambodia. His professional interests are in the use of technology to promote learner autonomy and computer mediated communication to support and extend more conventional teaching techniques.

SUKSAN SUPPASETSEREE is an English lecturer at Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand and a visiting scholar at Indiana University, USA and University of Edinburgh, Scotland.  His research interests include instructional systems design, language methodologies and learning strategies, autonomous learning, and Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL).

SUPALAK NAKHORNSRI has a Master’s degree in TEFL from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. From 1998 to 2003, she was a lecturer in English at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North Bangkok and since then has been a member of the Testing and Translation Center Project there. She is currently undertaking a PhD at Chulalongkorn University. Her main interest is in assessment and evaluation.

TARUN KUMARI BAMON is Reader at the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages  (CIEFL), Hyderabad and has been involved in the teaching of English for 25 years. She is currently Indian Coordinator at the CICELT, Royal Academy of Cambodia under the ASEAN Project. Her publications include Practical English for You (2006) and Spoken English and the Non-native Speaker (2007).

TE MANA POTAKA-DEWES works at the Foreign Language Centre, Shonan Campus, Tokai University, Japan. Originally from the East Coast of New Zealand, he has an interest in immersion education, bi-lingual education, language shift and CALL. He has often thought about curriculum innovation and the possibility of ‘How to Surf Large Waves at the Beach’ using a content-based approach.

TED O'NEILL is Assistant Professor in the English Language Program at J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo, where he is Foundation English Coordinator for the university-wide first year English program. He also serves as co-editor for The Language Teacher, the monthly publication of the Japan Association for Language Teaching.

TERENCE (TERRY) MCDONOUGH is associate professor at Baika Women’s University, Osaka, Japan. He has taught EFL in Japan for 26 years. His professional interests include task-based materials development, intercultural communication and using technology in the language classroom.

THOMAS KERNER is a teacher with over 20 years of experience in the education of children and adults.  He has presented on various education topics at regional, national and international conferences.  The Educational Resources Information Center (www.eric.ed.gov) has published his work under accession numbers ED 400907, ED 400864, ED 432112, and ED 444866.

TIM COLLINS is an associate professor at National-Louis University, Chicago, USA. The author of over 20 textbooks and software programs, he is a Fulbright Scholar (2006-2008) and academic advisor to the Fulbright Taiwan English Teaching Program, a partnership that brings 12 Americans to teach in Taiwanese public schools each year.

TIM KNIGHT has an MEd TESOL and has been teaching English in Japan since 1990, having previously worked in Italy and England. He has made several presentations and published several papers and textbooks in Japan. He is particularly interested in media English, discourse analysis and seeing his students develop. top

TIM ROSKAMS is an IELTS Examiner Trainer and Senior Instructor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He holds Master’s degrees in Applied Linguistics, Business and Engineering and has been teaching English in Australia and Asia for 15 years. Tim has published in international journals on a variety of issues including vocabulary development, writing centres, teacher assessment and peer-evaluation. His current interests are in language assessment and the teaching of language, thinking and communications skills combined.

TIMOTHY R. BLAIR is Professor in Literacy/Reading at the University of Central Florida, USA and has a PhD from the University of Illinois. Areas of interest are teaching reading to children of low income families, reading methods, diagnosis and remediation, and teacher training.  Dr Blair has authored several textbooks on teaching reading and diversity.

TITH MAB has an MEd in Teaching Studies from the University of Sydney, Australia and a Higher Grad Dip in Higher Education Management from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He is currently the Deputy Head of English Department at the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Royal University of Phnom Penh.

TODD SQUIRES is an associate professor at Kinki University, Osaka, Japan.  He has presented and published on ESP and EAP as well as on learners’ motivation narratives.

TRAN THI XUAN DAI is Assistant Director of Studies at the University of Danang -University of Queensland English Language Institute (UD-UQ ELI) and an examiner for the KET and PET Cambridge ESOL exams. Her areas of interest include computer assisted language learning and sociolinguistics.

TRINH LAP QUOC, currently working at Can Tho University, Viet Nam, teaches courses and supervises research at BA and MA levels. He earned his MA in Applied Linguistics at UMass Boston and PhD in Language Education at Universiteit van Amsterdam. His research interests include learner autonomy, CALL and teacher professional development.

TRUONG VO DZUNG, is Director of the Center for Foreign Languages at Can Tho University, Viet Nam, where he teaches courses on Teaching Methods at both BA and MA levels. He earned his MA degree in TESOL at Boston University, USA. His research interests include teaching methods, quality assurance in language education and professional development.

TUOT BUNNAT graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages, Phnom Penh in 2007 with a BEd in TEFL. He has four years’ experience in teaching English at various English language schools in Phnom Penh. He is currently a full-time academic staff member at the Australian Centre for Education with responsibility for teaching Young Learners and General English students.

UNG AKHARA is a teacher at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE), Phnom Penh. She is part of ACE’s Guided Individual Learning Centre team of teachers. She has a BEd in TEFL from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Phnom Penh.Her main professional interest is helping students to become independent learners.

URSULA WALL works at the Department of Language Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT).  She has a professional interest in community-based research and in supporting the professional development of non-native teachers of English. top

VICTORIA CARDONE is the current Senior English Language Fellow with the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.  Ms. Cardone provides training and professional development to English students and teachers at R.U.P.P. Prior to her arrival in Cambodia, Ms. Cardone was the Senior English Language Fellow in Terengganu, Malaysia for the academic year 2006-07.

VINCENT TRAN teaches English at the School of Science and Technology at Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan. With experience teaching English in Japan, Europe and the US and having taught science in American high schools, he is interested in developing curriculum that merges science and the health field with ESL/EFL.

VONG NILRITH completed his Doctorate in Education in the United States before returning to his native Cambodia to help in the development of education. He is currently Head of Academic Staff at Western International School and teaches Methodology, Foundations of Education, Literature & Philosophy at Western University.

WILLIAM CRAWFORD is a lecturer of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan. He has published papers about motivation in the classroom, listening in cross-cultural conversation, and curriculum for language testing needs. He has 12 years experience as an EFL teacher in both Australia and Japan.

WILLIAM O’DONNELL has an MEd in TESL. He has taught at the junior and senior high school level and is currently a professor at Kobe International University, where he teaches general English, English for tourism, business negotiation and world news. He writes and does research on minority language education.

YANN VARY is a teacher of English at Mongkolborey High School and the manager of CBC, an English language centre in Mongkolborey. He did his teacher training at the regional teacher training centre in Battambang and has been a teacher of English for six years.

YUKIKO ISHIKAWA is currently Self-Access Program Manager at Soka University, Japan. She has an MA in Second and Foreign Language Education from Soka University of America. Her research interests include learner autonomy and cooperative learning.

YUSA KOIZUMI teaches EFL courses at Rikkyo University and Waseda University, Japan. Her research interests include second language writing, task-based language teaching, and EFL curriculum and materials development.