Dr Thai Bao
Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University
Lecturer, Southeast Asia Centre |
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Dr. Thai Duy Bao [BA (Hue Univ), MS (Eastern Univ., PA, USA) and PhD (VNU)] is a lecturer in the Southeast Asia Centre. He specializes in Applied Linguistics and Economic Development. He is the convener of the Vietnamese courses, including Vietnamese 1A-B, Vietnamese 2A-B, and Vietnamese 3 A-B. He is also coordinator of the course 'Windows onto Contemporary Vietnamese Society'.
His research interests are mainly in second-language acquisition, contrastive linguistics, cross-cultural negotiation, and issues of economic development. He is currently researching the study design for Vietnamese as LOTE, Vietnamese Proficiency Rating Scale, language education policy to overseas Vietnamese, and pragma-linguistic aspects of business communications.
His recent publications include articles on 'Curriculum Development and the English Language Education at Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions in the Emerging Economy', (Salzburg, Austria, 1996), 'Requesting Strategies in Cross-cultural Communication', (VNU, Hanoi, 1997), Speech Etiquette Communication and Multiculturalism, (Nagoya, Japan, Dec. 2000), 'Surveying Vietnamese as a Foreign Language in Japan: Constructuring an Appropriate Curriculum for Vietnamese Study Program', Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, (Nagoya, Japan, Vol. 3, Number I, May 2001), 'On the language education policy and the English teaching in Vietnam', Co-authored with Takemasa Fujita, (Encyclopedia of Asian Englishes, JAAE, Sep. 2002), 'Teaching Vietnamese in Australia', (Mahasarakham University, Thailand, Aug. 2003). He also works as an occasional translator and consultant for language/business development projects in Vietnam.