Rate My Professor Bich Nguyen

Dr. Bich Nguyen serves as a Lecturer in the School of Education at Curtin University, part of the Faculty of Humanities. She holds a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Graduate Diploma in Education (Grad Dip Ed.), Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL), and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Curtin University, awarded in 2014 for her thesis titled “Anh Nam, the attach file is my report for trip to KL”: An investigation into the email literacy practices of Vietnamese migrants in Australia. With more than 20 years of experience as a teacher and lecturer across public schools and universities in various contexts, Dr. Nguyen combines extensive practical teaching expertise with her academic pursuits. Her career trajectory includes roles as a research associate at Curtin University prior to her current lecturing position, contributing to projects in education and linguistics.

Dr. Nguyen's research specializations include second language acquisition (SLA), applied linguistics, teacher education, teacher resilience, and teacher identity. She has authored and co-authored numerous research papers and book chapters, amassing over 2,500 citations as per academic profiles. Key publications encompass the co-edited volume Teaching Young Second Language Learners: Practices in Different Classroom Contexts (2018, with Rhonda Oliver), which addresses pedagogical approaches for young learners in diverse settings, including Indigenous Australian contexts and technology-enhanced environments. Recent works include "Video-based learning helps pre-service teachers prepare for practicum: An Australian university's findings" (2026, Issues in Educational Research, with Kelly Ilich), "“The best-laid plans of mice and men”: Impacts of an authentic novel on high school EAL students’ creative writing" (2025, Australian Review of Applied Linguistics), "An Investigation Into High School Students’ Vocabulary Uptake as a Result of the Interventionist Versus the Non-Interventionist Approach" (2025), and "Translanguaging on Facebook: Exploring Australian Aboriginal Multilingual Competence in Technology-Enhanced Environments and Its Pedagogical Implications" (2017). Additional contributions cover topics such as ESL history in Australia, NAPLAN assessments for Indigenous children, and pre-service teachers' professional identities through drawings. Her collaborations with scholars like Rhonda Oliver, Judith Rochecouste, and Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen underscore her influence in advancing language education and teacher preparation.