I am a senior lecturer working for UniSA Education Futures. I coordinate and teach a number of courses in Foundation, Undergraduate, and Postgraduate programs, and supervise honour and PhD students in English language and English medium education. I have worked for several higher education and research institutions in Vietnam, the United States, Singapore and Australia.
A teaching-focused academic dedicated to education equity, social just and student excellence, I am honoured to receive several awards: Teacher of the Year - Students Nominated (2024), Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT 2023), Senior Fellow Higher Education Advance (SFHEA 2023), UniSA Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2022), UniSA ... Read more
About me
I am a senior lecturer working for UniSA Education Futures. I coordinate and teach a number of courses in Foundation, Undergraduate, and Postgraduate programs, and supervise honour and PhD students in English language and English medium education. I have worked for several higher education and research institutions in Vietnam, the United States, Singapore and Australia.
A teaching-focused academic dedicated to education equity, social just and student excellence, I am honoured to receive several awards: Teacher of the Year - Students Nominated (2024), Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT 2023), Senior Fellow Higher Education Advance (SFHEA 2023), UniSA Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2022), UniSA Education Futures Staff Excellence Award (2022), and UniSA Student Engagement and Equity (Academic) Staff Recognition Award (2017).
My current research interest focuses on English as additional language or dialect (EALD), English medium education (EME) and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). I am a lead investigator and investigator of a number of national and international research projects in English language teaching and English medium education.
My current research focus: English language teaching, English medium education (EME), content and language integrated learning (CLIL), EME and CLIL in health sciences
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Funduded research projects
Enhancing university English medium instruction through professional development: A cross-country study in Southeast Asia, a partner-engagement research project funded by UniSA Education Futures. Project team: Min Pham (chief investigator), Jenny Barnett (Australia), Roslin Roslan (Brunei), Iwan Jazadi, Jalaluddin Qodir, Berli Arta (Indonesia), Victoria Pineda (philippines), Huy Nghiem, On Linh, and Minh Nguyen (Vietnam).
Innovating English language learning in South Korean secondary school classroom, a project funded by the Australia-Korea Foundation ($20,500). Project team: Greg Restall (chief investigator), Min Pham, Kyung-Whan Cha, Jin-hwa Lee, Ada Yao, and Belle Niu.
Advancing English teaching methodologies for higher school teachers - ($125,000 Commercial-confidential) in collaboration with the School of Interdisciplinary Studies (VNU-Hanoi): UniSA Project Team: Min Pham (Chief investigator), Jenny Barnett, Kathleen Heugh, Sarah Hattam, Sharron King, Greg Restall (approved but canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
Using human language technology to enhance academic integrity, inclusivity, knowledge exchange, and student diversity and retention– a research project sponsored by the University of South Australia ($15,000. 00): 2019. Project team: Kathleen Heugh (chief investigator), Vandana Arya, Necia Billinghurst, Shashi Nallaya, Julie Nicoles, Min Pham, Enza Tudini, Jeanne-Marie Vilijen.
Institutional links to address issues in higher education in Vietnam – a project funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia ($54,000. 00): 2017-2018. Project team: Ngoc Doan (Co-chief investigator), Min Pham (Co-chief investigator), Jenny Barnett, David Caldwell, Kathleen Heugh, Toan Pham, Kham Tran.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
4
2
|
| 2022 |
17
13
|
| 2022 |
1
|
| 2020 |
Open access
11
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
|
| 2024 |
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| 2022 |
Open access
1
|
| 2022 |
4
|
| 2022 |
|
| 2022 |
Open access
2
|
| 2020 |
Open access
11
|
| 2018 |
2
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
4
2
|
| 2022 |
17
13
|
| 2022 |
Open access
2
1
|
| 2018 |
8
1
1
|
| 2016 |
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| 2015 |
Pham, MV 2015, 'Vietnam to continue playing the diplomatic field', East Asia Forum, online, pp. 1-1.
Open access
|
| 2014 |
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| 2009 |
Pham, VM 2009, 'East Asian regionalism from neo-realist perspective', vol. 24, no. 5E, pp. 18-23.
Open access
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Selected conference presentations and proceedings
Min Pham (2024), L1 use in Southeast Asian EMI higher education: scoping and cross-sectional studies, invited plenary presentation, First ELINET International Conference and Fourth ICOLLEC International Conference, 23-25 July, Mercure Hotel, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Min Pham, Jennifer Lawther, Dayna Green, Parveen Parveen (2022), PEER pedagogy: toward whole person learning in enabling education, Reimagining Enabling in Higher Education (5-6 December), UniSA City West Campus, Adelaide, SA.
Min Pham (2022), Enabling the enablers: professional development for peer leaders to enhance the learning experience of students in enabling education, STARS Conference (4-6 July 2022).
Min Pham and Ngoc Doan (2018), English as medium of instruction (EMI) and pedagogical enactments in higher education, ACTA Conference 2018: English language learning in a mobile world (2-5thOctober 2018), Adelaide Convention Centre, SA.
Min Pham and Thuy Hoang (2018), The EMI pedagogical-policy nexus: Can a Community of Practice approach address it? English as medium of instruction in university social sciences in Vietnam: Policies and pedagogies, co-organised by the University of South Australia-School of Education, and the Vietnam National University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, December 14th– 15th 2018.
Research
My current research focus: English language teaching, English medium education (EME), content and language integrated learning (CLIL), EME and CLIL in health sciences
I am a member of different national and international professional associations and have been involved in various international projects in international relations and in EMI and TESOL education.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Academy of Journalism and Communication | VIET NAM |
| Hanoi University of Industry | VIET NAM |
| National Economics University | VIET NAM |
| Singapore University | SINGAPORE |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Vietnam National University, Hanoi | VIET NAM |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Empowering Asian Academic Leadership in Australian UniversitiesUniversity of Melbourne |
2025 |
AAUT: Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student LearningUniversities Australia |
2023 |
Editorial Board MemberJounral of Global Vietnam |
2023 |
Executive Board MemberSA TESOL |
2023 |
SA TESOL Representative to SA Educators CouncilSA Educators |
2023 |
Senior FellowAdvance Higher Education |
2023 |
Executive Board MemberSA TESOL |
2022 |
Executive Board MemberSA TESOL |
2021 |
Fellow of Southeast Asia Youth Leadership ProgramInternational Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) |
2016 |
The Gerald Segal Research FellowshipInternational Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) |
2013 |
English language and education
English-medium-instruction
Equity and enabling pedagogies
Teacher-student partnership
Personalised teaching and learning
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| 111053 - Developing the Communicative Competence of International STEM Students through Immersive Virtual Reality | Current |
| An investigation of the influence of TEFL on secondary school students¿ learning of intercultural communicative competence in China: An Exploratory Case Study | Current |
| Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) to develop listening skills of adult migrant students in the Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program in foundation skills, TAFE SA | Current |
