About DR. Huong Nguyen

  • Full name: Huong Thi Linh Nguyen 
  • Academic title: Doctor of Philosophy 
  • Expertise: Applied Linguistics, TESOL 
  • Position: Lecturer (casual)

Dr. Huong Nguyen is a dedicated teacher who has found new teaching methods to share her passion for education with the globe. She enjoys teaching in the university as a linguistic lecturer, and she also appreciates sharing her knowledge to a larger audience.

She got her MA TESOL degree in 2011. Then she spent almost nine years studying and conducting research in Australia and obtain a degree of PhD in Linguistics in 2018. Her extensive research interests include medical communication, institutional discourse, conversation analysis, and textbook design.

Throughout her research, she uncovered an abundance of information regarding online courses, study programs, curriculum, learning styles, scholarships, multi-cultures, and other education-related topics. Ms. Huong has devoted her entire life to education, and she is now the main author and editor of seattleducation.com, ensuring that all content is thoroughly fact-checked and covered.

Introduction

Dr. Huong Nguyen is currently a casual lecturer and also taking on the role of Founder & Editor-in-Chief for the content posted on the Seattleducation website.
She has numerous research works published in major domestic and foreign journals, some typical ones are as follows:

Articles on international journals:

  • 7 published
  • 3 under review

Published theses:

  • 1 (Doctoral dissertation)
  • 1 (Master dissertation)
  • 1 (Bachelor dissertation)

Some typical research works published on high-ranking international journals:

  • Nguyễn, H. T. L., & Austin, G. (2023). Doctor repeats of patient responses in Vietnamese medical consultations. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 13(4), 809-821. Available at https://tpls.academypublication.com/index.php/tpls/article/view/5695
  • Austin, G., Nguyễn, H. T. L., & Nguyễn, H. T. T. (2023). An asymmetry in the spoken production of L2 English number agreement: Adjacency or locality? GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies23(1), 1-16. Available at https://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/article/view/57789
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L., Austin, G., Châu, D. Đ., Nguyễn, H. Q., Nguyễn, K. H. B., & Dương, M. T. (2018). Eliciting patients’ health concerns in consulting rooms and wards in Vietnamese public hospitals. International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature, 7(2), 121-133. https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.7n.2p.121

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TERTIARY EDUCATION 

YearDegreeAward
2014 – 2018Doctor of Philosophy (Applied linguistics) – University of Southern Queensland, AustraliaEndeavour Postgraduate Scholarship and Fellowships 
2008 – 2011Master of Education in English teaching methodology – Hue College of Foreign Languages, Hue University, VietnamCertificate of merit for “Achieving excellent academic results in the college year 2009-2010
Certificate of merit for “Achieving the highest score in the entrance examination to Master course in 2008
1999 – 2003Bachelor of Foreign Languages in English language teacher education – Hue College of Pedagogy, Hue University, Vietnam

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 

  • 12/2022 – current: Lecturer (casual), Phu Xuan University, Hue City, Vietnam
  • 4/2019 – current: Independent researcher, freelance teacher, interpreter, website collaborator

AWARDS

  • 2014: University of Waikato doctoral scholarship, Hamilton, New Zealand (declined)
  • 2011: Certificate of merit, awarded by Hue City Education Trade Union for excellent contribution to Trade Union activities
  • 2010: (1) First prize certificate in Provincial Electronic lesson plan competition of Thua Thien Hue Service for Education and Training. (2) “Out-performer-at-work” certificate, awarded by Hue Division of Education and Training, Hue City, Vietnam. (3) Certificate of merit, awarded by Hue City Education Trade Union for excellent contribution to Trade Union activities.
  • 2008: Certificate of merit, awarded by Hue City Education Trade Union for excellent contribution to Trade Union activities

PUBLICATIONS 

  • Châu, D. Đ., & Nguyễn, H. T. L. (under review). The acquisition of locative alternation: A multiple account. 
  • Austin, G., Nguyễn, H. T. L., & Nguyễn, H. T. T. (under review). Distance effects within the quantifier phrase in L2 plural production.
  • Austin, G., Nguyễn, H. T. L., & Nguyễn, H. T. T. (under review). Spillover effects in L2 inflectional production.
  • Austin, G., Nguyễn, H. T. L., & Nguyễn, H. T. T. (2023). An asymmetry in the spoken production of L2 English number agreement: Adjacency or locality? GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies23(1), 1-16. Available at https://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/article/view/57789
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L., & Austin, G. (2023). Doctor repeats of patient responses in Vietnamese medical consultations. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 13(4), 809-821. Available at https://tpls.academypublication.com/index.php/tpls/article/view/5695
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L., & Châu, D. Đ. (2020). Opening sequences of Vietnamese police-driver traffic enforcement interactions. Theory & Practice in Language Studies, 10(5), 481-491. https://www.academypublication.com/issues2/tpls/vol10/05/02.pdf
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L. (2018). Seeking information in a medical setting: Vietnamese doctor-patient interaction [Doctoral dissertation, University of Southern Queensland]. USQ ePrints. https://eprints.usq.edu.au/34908/1/Nguyen_2018_whole.pdf
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L., & Châu, D. Đ. (2020). Opening sequences of Vietnamese police-driver traffic enforcement interactions. Theory & Practice in Language Studies, 10(5), 481-491. https://www.academypublication.com/issues2/tpls/vol10/05/02.pdf
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L. (2018). Seeking information in a medical setting: Vietnamese doctor-patient interaction [Doctoral dissertation, University of Southern Queensland]. USQ ePrints. https://eprints.usq.edu.au/34908/1/Nguyen_2018_whole.pdf

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Nguyễn, H. T. L. (November, 2017). Seeking information in a medical consultation: Problem presentation. Paper presented at The Applied Linguistics Conference (ALANZ/ALAA/ALTAANZ): Applied Linguistics in the New Millennium: Multiple Theories, Pathways, and Practices, Auckland, New Zealand.

The following abstracts were accepted for presentation but I was unable to attend the conferences:

  • Nguyễn, H. T. L., & Châu, D. Đ. (November, 2018). Doctor’s repeats of patient’s responses in medical consultations. Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA): Engaging diversity: Creating connections and building knowledge, Wollongong, Australia.
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L., & Châu, D. Đ. (July, 2018). On invoking third parties in Vietnamese medical communication. The 5thInternational Conference of Conversation Analysis – ICCA-18, Loughborough, UK.
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L. (November, 2017). Seeking information in a medical setting: Vietnamese doctor-patient interaction.The 24th International Conference on Psychology & Language Research (ICPLR), Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore.
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L. (March, 2016). Seeking information in a medical consultation. The 11th Newcastle upon Tyne Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics, Newcastle, UK.
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L. (March, 2016). Seeking information in a medical consultation. The 1st Purdue Languages and Cultures Conference, West Lafayette, Indiana.
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L. (April, 2016). Seeking information in a medical consultation. The 8th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society, Urbana, Illinois.
  • Nguyễn, H. T. L. (May, 2016). Seeking information in a medical consultation. The 4th Patras International Conference of Graduate Students in Linguistics, Patras, Greece.

SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOPS  

2014 – 2015Academic seminars, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland
2010Seminars on English Language Teaching organized by Hue University College of Foreign Languages
in cooperation with the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
2009Workshop on English Language Teaching organized by Hue University College of Foreign Languages
in cooperation with the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

EXTERNAL SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

  • 7/2021: Reviewer for Journal of Basic and Applied Research International, International Knowledge Press.
  • 5 – 8/2020: Abstract reviewer for Viettesol international convention 2020, University of Foreign Languages, Hue University, Hue City, Vietnam.
  • 2018 – 2019: Reviewer for International Linguistics Research (ILR), USA
  • 2014 – 2015: Reviewer for US-China foreign language and Sino-US English teaching, USA
  • 10/2015: Volunteer for the 2015 International Conference on Deep Languages Education Policy and Practices, Ipswich, Australia
  • 09/2015: Volunteer for the ISLPAL International Conference on Deep Language Learning, Brisbane, Australia

COMMUNITY SERVICE

  • 9/2017 – 2020: Volunteer, Toowoomba Regional Council, Queensland, Australia
  • 9/2017 – 2020: Volunteer, Australian Red Cross in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
  • 1/2018 – 11/2018: Volunteer, Toowoomba Refugee and Migrant Support, Queensland, Australia

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