Eminent international researchers and pedagogical leaders guiding the 5th Mekong TESOL International Conference 2026.
Pioneering insights in reading science, narrative pedagogy, social empowerment, and academic multiliteracies.
Prof. Waring is an internationally recognized specialist in second language vocabulary acquisition and extensive reading. Author of over 100 books and executive board member of the Extensive Reading Foundation.
Professor Damayanti specializes in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), storytelling pedagogies, and multiliteracy development for young learners in Asian education contexts.
Associate Professor Matruglio is a senior scholar in TESOL and Language in Education. Her research investigates academic literacy, disciplinarity, and multimodal semiotics across international tertiary contexts.
Dr. Hang is an educational psychology and ELT scholar renowned for initiatives on student wellbeing, positive psychology in language learning, and teacher self-efficacy across Vietnam.
Distinguished institutional representatives bridging language testing, curriculum, and educational diplomacy.
Directing official educational exchange and English language teacher development initiatives across Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos for the U.S. Department of State.
Leading researcher on self-regulated learning, writing strategies, and inquiry-based English instruction across tertiary and primary classroom settings in East Asia.
Specialist in cross-border language initiatives, communicative methodologies, and collaborative teacher training programs in the lower Mekong subregion.
Guiding educational assessment policy transitions from traditional EFL testing toward communicative competency measurement in Vietnam's higher education system.
