Dr Mai Ngo

Dr. Mai Ngo is a Senior Lecturer in TESOL and Applied Linguistics in College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University. Dr. Mai has specialised in TESOL and Applied Linguistics since 1994, teaching relevant topics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the field of TESOL and Applied Linguistics. Dr. Mai Ngo has been awarded a number of prestigous scholoarships, including the Australian Government Scholarship Awards for her Master in TESOL in University of Sydney in 2000, Master of Business Administration in 2007, Australian Leadership Awards for her PhD studies in UNSW in 2010 - 2013, and Endeavour post-doctoral fellowship in 2016. Dr. Mai Ngo has experience in delivering a richly interactive, transformative and personalized approach to learning focusing on students' academic and employability success, Dr. Mai Ngo also has examined and supervised hundreds of international students to successful completion in the undergraduate, honors and postgraduate programs in the field of TESOL and Applied Linguistics. In addition, Dr. Mai Ngo has many years of experience in personal and professional development, English/second language teacher education, educational leadership, curriculum design and review, innovation in face-to-face and on-line learning and advancements in education technologies. As Dean of Foundation Studies Department (in Hanoi University) for five years (from 2005 to 2009), and Director of International Education Center ( from 2014 & 2015), Dr. Mai Ngo has undertaken numerous leadership activities (including internalisation of higher education, topic and course coordination/management) and the collegiate governance of the Department.Dr Mai received the Teaching Excellence Awards from College of HASS at Flinders University in July 2021, and the Vice Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award in December 2022. Mai has been awarded an Advance HE Senior Fellowship in 2024 and is now the International Engagement Lead chairing the International Engagement Committee in the College.