Dr Phung Dao

  • Associate Professor in Second Language Education
Dr Phung Dao

Contact

Location

  • Room 3S22, Cambridge, 184 Hills Road, CB2 8PQ

About

Phung Dao is an Associate Professor in Second Language Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, where he teaches MPhil/MEd courses in Research in Second Language Education (RSLE) and supervises PhD students. Before joining the University of Cambridge, Phung was a senior Lecturer in TESOL and Applied Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University (2018-2022), teaching undergraduate/postgraduate courses and supervising PhD students in TESOL/Applied Linguistics. He also taught undergraduate/postgraduate courses in Applied Linguistics at University of Queensland (Australia), Concordia University (Canada) and An Giang University (Vietnam). 

Phung received the Language Learning's Early Career Researcher Award, the British Council’s English Language Teaching Research Award (ELTRA), the TOEFL Award for research on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) from the TBLT Association, and the TOEFL English-language Researcher/Practitioner Award/Grant from Educational Testing Service (ETS), USA. Phung serves as an associate editor of System and an editorial member for journals (e.g., The Modern Language Journal and Language Awareness). His research interests focus on instructed second language acquisition (ISLA), technology for language teaching and learning, learner engagement, Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), L2 pedagogy, and L2 teacher education. 

His publications appear in international peer-reviewed Applied Linguistic journals such as Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Teaching, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Language Teaching Research, Applied Linguistics Review, TESOL Journal, System, Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, Language Learning Journal, IRAL and among others. 

 

Biography:

PhD in Applied Linguistics, Concordia University, Canada (2017)

MA in Applied Linguistics, The University of Queensland, Australia (2012)

BA in Language Teaching, An Giang University, Vietnam (2007)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research

Research interests

  • Language and technology
  • Classroom second language acquisition
  • Peer interaction
  • Learner engagement
  • Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
  • Second language pedagogy
  • Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
  • Language teacher education

My research interests are situated in the general area of applied linguistics, more specifically second language (L2) acquisition and technology for L2 learning and teaching. My current research focus is to investigate how learner engagement in peer interaction (both face-to-face and computer-mediated communication) positively contributes to the learning of EFL/ESL and how teachers facilitate this face-to-face and technology-enhanced interaction within the context of classroom. The goal of this research line is to investigate how researchers and instructors can promote effective interaction by exploring which task features, implementation condition, and cognitive, social and contextual factors affect this learning process. Areas of research interests are below.

  • Instructed second language acquisition
  • Language and technology
  • Learner engagement
  • Peer interaction
  • Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
  • Second language pedagogy
  • Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
  • Language Teacher Education
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