Associate Professor Mai Ngo

Dr. Mai Ngo is Associate Professor in TESOL and Applied Linguistics at Flinders University. Dr. Mai is Discipline Lead in TESOL. 

Dr. Mai has specialised in TESOL and Applied Linguistics since 1994, teaching relevant ESOL topics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Dr. Mai Ngo has been awarded a number of prestigious scholarships, including the Australian Government Scholarship Awards for her Master in TESOL in University of Sydney in 2000, Master of Business Administration in Latrobe University 2007, Australian Leadership Awards for her PhD studies in UNSW in 2010 - 2013, and Endeavour post-doctoral fellowship in 2016.

Dr. Mai Ngo has experience in delivering a richly interactive, transformative and personalized approach to learning focusing on students' academic and employability success, Dr. Mai Ngo also has examined and supervised hundreds of international students to successful completion in the undergraduate, honours and postgraduate programs in the field of TESOL and Applied Linguistics. In addition, Dr. Mai Ngo has many years of experience in English/second language teacher education, teaching multi-lingual EAL/D learners, educational leadership, curriculum design and review, innovation in face-to-face and on-line learning and advancements in education technologies.

As Dean of Foundation Studies Department (in Hanoi University) for five years (from 2005 to 2009), and Director of International Education Centre ( from 2014 & 2015), Dr. Mai Ngo has undertaken numerous leadership activities (including internalisation of higher education, topic and course coordination/management) and the collegiate governance of the Department. 

At Flinders Unversity, Dr Mai received the College's Teaching Excellence Awards  in July 2021, the Vice Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award in December 2022, and the national Australian Award for University Teaching in February 2026. 

Mai has been awarded an Advance HE Senior Fellowship in 2024 and is now leading the University's Community of Practice on International Student Support.

Her research interests are teachers' well-being,  language teacher professional development, GenAI in English language teaching and learning, teaching multilingual EAL/D learners and English language education for graduate employability.