LẦU MỘNG THU
Lầu Mộng Thu
Lecturer, PhD
EDUCATION
Ph.D., English (Linguistics and Applied Linguistics), Oklahoma State University, 2022
M.A., TESOL, University of Social Sciences and Humanities – VNU-HCM, 2012
B.A., English Linguistics and Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2008
AREAS OF INTEREST & EXPERTISE
Computer-mediated L2 writing
Genre-based L2 writing instruction
Corpus-based genre pedagody
Discourse Analysis
Intercultural Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
Usage-based construction grammar
RECENT COURSES TAUGHT
Discourse Analysis
Academic Speaking 1
Academic Writing 1
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Lau, T. M. (2018, November). Review of the book Classroom writing assessment and feedback in L2 school contexts, by Icy Lee. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 28(3), 498-501. DOI: 10.1111/ijal.12215
Lau, T. M. (2018, March). Designing a genre-based writing lesson plan. Second Language Writing News. Retrieved from http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolslwis/issues/2018-03-12/4.html
Lau, T. M. (2014). Difficulties in teaching vocabulary to elementary adult learners of English. Voices in Asia Journal, 1, 31-47.
RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Compliments and responses in Vietnamese: The influence of genre and context on gender and region”. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA), South Carolina, Carolina, USA. November, 2022.
“Compliments and gender: A case of the Ellen talk show”. Paper presented at the 2nd Conference on Discourse, Culture & Interaction, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. November, 2022.
“Compliment responses in Vietnamese talk show discourse”. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication (INPRA9), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. June, 2022.
“Complimenting in graduate writing center asynchronous online feedback”. Paper presented at Spring Forum in TESL and Applied Linguistics in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. April 2021.
“Compliment responses and regional variation in Vietnamese”. Paper presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL 2021), Houston, Texas, USA. March 2021.
“Pragmatic variation in Compliment responses in Northern Vietnamese: A Gender Difference”. Paper was accepted for a presentation at the 20th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. April 2020.
“A SFL-based genre approach in L2 writing development”. Paper presented at Second Language Research Forum 2019 (SLRF 2019) in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. September 2019.
“Teaching L2 writing from the genre perspective”. Paper presented at Spring Forum in TESL and Applied Linguistics in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. April 2019.
“Supporting computer-mediated collaborative writing in L2 classrooms”. Paper presented at Spring Forum in TESL and Applied Linguistics in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. April 2018.
“Noun phrase construction in academic research articles”. Paper presented at the OKTESOL Conference in Norman, Oklahoma, USA. November 2017.