Biograhpy
Anh Ton-Nu is currently a lecturer and researcher at the School of Foreign Languages, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She obtained her PhD degree in Linguistics at Macquarie University, Australia in 2022, and other previous postgraduate degrees at The University of Queensland, Australia. Her research interests include L2 pragmatics and intercultural pragmatics in second language teacher education, teacher professional development, textbook evaluation, and bilingual education. She has published her works on Q1 and Q2 SSCI journals such as: The RELC Journal, Language Awareness, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, and other venues.
Publications
- Ton Nu, A. (2024). Raising EFL teachers’ awareness of L2 pragmatic teaching via teacher professional development: The impact of an effective training workshop. Language Awareness. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2024.2436439
- Nguyen, C. D., & Ton-Nu, A. T. (2024). Bilingual parenting in two Vietnamese families: returning to and leaving Vietnam. Current Issues in Language Planning, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2024.2432164
- Nguyen, C. D., & Ton-Nu, A. T. (2024). Teacher’s awareness of intercultural pragmatics in adult EALD classrooms: an exploratory study in the multicultural context of Australia. Language Awareness, 33(1), 163–181. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2023.2236015
- Ton-Nu, A. (2024). Why is L2 pragmatics still a neglected area in EFL teaching? Uncovered stories from Vietnamese EFL teachers. IRAL – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2023-0172
- Ton-Nu, A. T., & Nguyen, L. T. (2023). Pragmatics and Instructional Pragmatics in Second/Foreign Language Preservice Teacher Education: A Case Study in Australia and Vietnam. RELC Journal, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882231187163
- Ton Nu, A. T., & Murray, J. (2020). Pragmatic content in EFL textbooks: An investigation into vietnamese national teaching materials. Tesl-Ej, 24(3), 1–28.
- Ton Nu, A. (2017). How EFL Textbooks Accommodate Pragmatics? An Investigation into the Newly-Published Textbook Series for Vietnamese Upper-Secondary School Students, English Australia Journal, 33(2), 37-42.
Working Papers
- Syntactic complexity of human-produced, ChatGPT-edited, and ChatGPT-generated expository texts
- Teacher cognition and the challenge of integrating L2 pragmatics into second language teacher education: A case study about Vietnamese EFL teacher educators
