Publications

Cong-Lem, N. (2026). “is this really your work?”: A qualitative study of teacher-led interviews and student accountability in the age of generative AI . Journal of Academic Ethics , 24.0 (1.0) , 29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-025-09704-1

Cong-Lem, N.N.T.T.N.K.N.H., Nguyen, Q.N.H. (2026). Critical thinking in vietnamese EFL students’ use of generative AI tools for academic learning: Qualitative insights from a brief intervention . English Teaching & Learning , Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42321-025-00217-z

Cong-Lem, N.V.H., Duong, T.T.H. (2026). Translanguaging in generative AI prompting among Vietnamese EFL learners: An exploratory mixed-methods study . The Language Learning Journal , Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2025.2612180

Cong-Lem, N. (2025). The relation between environment and psychological development: Unpacking Vygotsky's influential concept of perezhivanie . Human Arenas , 8.0 (1.0) , 225-243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42087-022-00314-6

Truong, K.D., Cong-Lem, N., Li, B. (2025). The interplay of language teachers’ identity, cognition, emotion, and agency, and the role of context: A scoping review . Teaching and Teacher Education , 158.0 , 104967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2025.104967

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). Scale validation in applied linguistics: Methodological trends and challenges . Research Methods in Applied Linguistics , 4.0 (2.0) , 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100217

Cong-Lem, N. (2025). Intuitive to strategic translanguaging: Insights from Vietnamese EFL classrooms . Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development , 27.0 (1.0) , 151-167. https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v27n1.116309

Cong-Lem, N., Truong, K.D., Zhu, B., Long, Z. (2025). Identity transitions, experiences, and agency: a collaborative autoethnography of Asian international TESOL doctoral students . The Language Learning Journal , 53.0 (2.0) , 143-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2024.2349052

Cong-Lem, N. (2025). Rethinking evidence-informed policy and practice in the age of generative artificial intelligence . London Review of Education , 23.0 (1.0) , 1–8. https://doi.org/10.14324/LRE.23.1.16

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 , , 13621688251367848. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688251367848

Cong-Lem, ,.N., Nguyen, T.T., Nguyen, K.N.H. (2025). Critical thinking in the age of generative AI: Effects of a short-term experiential learning intervention on EFL learners . International Journal of TESOL Studies , , 1–21. https://doi.org/10.58304/ijts.250522

Cong-Lem, N. (2025). Exploring human–ai distributed critical thinking (hadct): Pilot validation of a critical thinking scale with vietnamese efl learners . TEFLIN Journal , 36 (2) , 279–302. https://doi.org/10.15639/teflinjournal.v36i2/279-302

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 , 41.0 (7.0) , 3851-3866. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2344142

Dang, T.K.A., Bohlinger, S., Cong-Lem, N. (2024). Teachers’ transformative agency in English-medium instruction in higher education in Vietnam: a cultural-historical theory perspective . Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development , , 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2349803

Cong-Lem, N., Nguyen, M.H. (2024). Perezhivanie-agency dialectic: Examining Vietnamese EFL educators’ experiences and negotiation of dramatic classroom events . System , 123.0 , 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2024.103347

Cong-Lem, N. (2024). A comprehensive guide to conducting systematic reviews . Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design , , 115-135.

Cong-Lem, N., Tran, T.N., Nguyen, T.T. (2024). Academic integrity in the age of generative AI: Perceptions and responses of Vietnamese EFL teachers . Teaching English With Technology , 24.0 (1.0) , 28-47. https://doi.org/10.56297/FSYB3031/MXNB7567

Cong-Lem, N. (2024). Teacher agency for change and development in higher education: A scoping literature review . International Journal of Educational Reform , , 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879231224744

Cong-Lem, N. (2022). Vygotsky’s, Leontiev’s and Engeström’s cultural-historical (activity) theories: Overview, clarifications and implications . Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science , , 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-022-09703-6

Cong-Lem, N. (2022). Unravelling cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT): Leontiev’s and Engeström’s approaches to activity theory . Knowledge Cultures , 10.0 (1.0) , 84-103. https://doi.org/10.22381/kc10120225

Cong-Lem, N. (2022). Emotion and its relation to cognition from Vygotsky’s perspective . European Journal of Psychology of Education , , 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-022-00624-x

Cong-Lem, N. (2021). Teacher agency: A systematic review of international literature . Issues in Educational Research , 31.0 (3.0) , 718-738.

Cong-Lem, N., Lee, S.Y. (2020). Exposure to L2 online text on lexical and reading growth . Language Learning & Technology , 24.0 (3.0) , 87-102.

Cong-Lem, N. (2020). Implementing portfolio-based learning (PoBL) for L2 training: Vietnamese EFL learners’ motivational orientations and listening achievement . TESL Canada Journal , 37.0 (3.0) , 1-26. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v37i3.1342

Cong-Lem, N. (2019). Self-regulated learning and its relation to Vietnamese EFL learners’ L2 listening achievement . VNU Journal of Foreign Studies , 35.0 (4.0) , 60-74. https://doi.org/10.25073/2525-2445/vnufs.4395

Cong-Lem, N. (2019). Language learning strategies among Vietnamese EFL High School students . Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching (IJELT) , 14.0 (1.0) , 55-70.

Cong-Lem, N. (2018). Does exposure to L2 Facebook pages impact language learning? An examination of the relation between Facebook reading experience and foreign language development . Korea Tesol Journal , 14.0 (1.0) , 203-228.

Cong-Lem, N. (2018). Web-based language learning (WBLL) for enhancing L2 speaking performance: A review . Advances in Languages and Literary Studies , 9.0 (4.0) , 143-152.