CV — Dr Ngo Cong-Lem

Lecturer, Faculty of Foreign Languages — Dalat University · PhD (Monash University)
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TESOL Applied Linguistics Vygotskian / CHAT Teacher Agency Generative AI in Education
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Focus on teacher agency, identity, and emotions in EFL/EMI; sociocultural (Vygotskian) theory and CHAT; and the role of Generative AI in language education and academic integrity.

Professional Experience

Lecturer
Dalat University, Vietnam — Faculty of Foreign Languages
Sep 2024 – Present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Monash Sustainable Development Institute
Jan 2023 – Sep 2024
Teaching Associate
Faculty of Education, Monash University
Sep 2023 – Apr 2024
Learning Adviser
Student Academic Success, Monash University
Feb 2022 – May 2023
Lecturer
Faculty of Foreign Languages, Dalat University
Apr 2015 – Sep 2019

Education

Ph.D., Education (TESOL)
Monash University
2019 – 2023
M.A., Applied Linguistics
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
2017 – 2019
B.A. (Hons), Applied Linguistics
Dalat University
2010 – 2014

Research Interests

  • Teacher agency, identity, emotion; EMI in higher education
  • Sociocultural (Vygotskian) theory; Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)
  • Generative AI in TESOL; academic integrity; human–computer interaction in learning
  • Systematic reviews and evidence synthesis

Selected Publications

  • Bragge, P., Clark, E. C., Delafosse, V., Cong-Lem, N., Tsering, D., Kellner, P., Kostopoulos, A., & Dobbins, M. (2025). What happened next? A survey of review clients evaluating impacts of rapid reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 111673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111673
  • Cong-Lem, N. (2025). Teaching with heart and mind: How social-emotional skills mediate observation, perezhivanie, and pedagogical agency in Vietnamese EFL classrooms. Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688251367848
  • Cong-Lem, N., Soyoof, A., & Tsering, D. (2024). A systematic review of the limitations and associated opportunities of ChatGPT. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 41(7), 3851–3866. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2344142
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Awards & Honors

  • Postgraduate Publication Award — Monash University (2023)
  • 3MT Winner — Faculty of Education, Monash (2022)
  • RTP & MITS Scholarships (2019–2023)