Phung Dao

Phung Dao is Assistant Professor in Second Language Education in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK, where he teaches MPhil/MEd courses in Research in Second Language Education (RSLE) and supervises PhD students. Before joining University of Cambridge, Phung was a Senior Lecturer in TESOL at Manchester Metropolitan University. He also taught Applied Linguistics courses at University of Queensland (Australia), Concordia University (Canada), and An Giang University (Vietnam). His research interests focus on Instructed Second Language Acquisition, specifically on learner engagement in face-to-face and synchronous online classes, peer interaction, Task-Based Language Teaching, L2 pedagogies, and L2 teacher education.

Phung Dao is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL in the Department of Languages, Information and Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. He earned his PhD in Applied Linguistics from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. His main research interests are in the area of second language acquisition (SLA), specifically focusing on classroom second language acquisition, peer interaction, learner engagement in task-based interaction, task-based language teaching (TBLT), and second language pedagogy. Currently, he is focusing on investigating how learner engagement in peer interaction positively contributes to the learning of EFL/ESL.