Dr Dat Bao (Faculty of Education, Monash)

Job title:	Lecturer
Qualifications:	PhD

Location:	Clayton, building 6, room 346
Phone:	+61 3 990 51930

Email:	Dat.Bao@education.monash.edu.au Dat.Bao@education.monash.edu.au
Fax:	N/A

Teaching commitment

Biography

Dat Bao has worked with Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK, Cornell University in the US, the National University of Singapore, and the Assumption University of Thailand; and has over 20 academic publications worldwide. His expertise includes classroom behaviour, creative pedagogy and curriculum development in language education. He also had four years experience with community-based action research in Vietnam which actively addressed the phenomenon of students failure in verbal participation through pedagogical interventions.

Professional Associations

Publications

Bao Dat. 2007. Interactive Cartoons for Spoken Vietnamese - Activity book for Lower-Intermediate Learners. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing (forthcoming).

Bao Dat. 2004. Lanterns of Childhood [a novel] Germany: eBooks World. Series Editors: B. Tomlinson and A. Maley. (A summary of this book and other books in the Series can be found at this link: http://www.ebooksworld.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=54)

Bao Dat & Ngo Thi Ngan Binh (Translated). 2001. The Creative Spirit in Australia a Cultural History by Geoffrey Serle. Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam National University Press.

Bao Dat & Kenneth Lyen. 1999. Dats My Baby [an educational cartoon book which features many aspects of Asian cultures]. Singapore: Rainbow Publishing Pte Ltd.

Bao Dat. (Translated). 1990. Iaccoca - an Autobiography by Leo Iaccoca. Ho Chi Minh City: Ho Chi Minh City Publications.

Bao Dat & Rajeevnath Ramnath (eds.) 2007. Creative Voices: English in New Contexts. Bangkok: Assumption University Press (in press).

Bao Dat (Developed visual illustrations). 2006 in M. Cortazzi & L. Jin. Creative Communication [four-volumes]. Hong Kong: Macmillan.

Bao Dat (Developed visual illustrations). 2004 in B. Tomlinson, H. Masuhara, B. Hather & C. Islam. Success with English [eight-volumes]. Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing Co.

Bao Dat. 2008 (forthcoming). ELT Materials Used in Southeast Asia in B. Tomlinson (ed.) TheELT Materials World. New York & London: Continuum.

Bao Dat. 2007. Enhancing the Language Learning Process for Reticent Learners of Vietnamese and of English in Vietnam in B. Tomlinson (ed.) Studies of First and Other Language Acquisition. New York & London: Continuum. Bao Dat. 2007. How Teacher Beliefs Marginalize Learner Values in J. Mukundan (ed.) Achieving Tangible Standards: Benchmarks and Best Practices in English Language Teaching. Selangor: Universiti Putra Malaysia. Bao Dat. 2006. Developing Materials for Local Markets: Issues and Considerations in J. Mukundan (ed.) Readings on Materials II. Selangor: Pearson Longman. Bao Dat. 2006. Breaking Stereotypes in Coursebooks in J. Mukundan (ed.) Focus on Materials. Selangor: Pearson Longman.

Bao Dat. 2003. Materials for Developing Speaking Skills in B. Tomlinson (ed.) Developing Materials for Language Teaching. New York & London: Continuum: 375-393.

Bao Dat. 2003. Localizing ELT Materials in Vietnam: a Case Study in W. Renandya (ed.) Methodology and Materials Design in Language Teaching: Current Perceptions and Practices and their Implications. Singapore: SEAMEO Regional Language Centre: 170-191.

Bao Dat. 2002. Promoting Contextual Awareness in Second Language Learning: Preparing Learners for In-Country Research in L.R. Tope & C.D. Villareal (eds.) Ruptures and Departures: Language and Culture in Southeast Asia. Quezon: the Philippines University Press: 337-348.

Journal articles Brian Tomlinson & Bao Dat. 2004. The Contributions of Vietnamese Learners of English to ELT Methodology in Language Teaching Research. Auckland: University of Auckland: 199-222.

Brian Tomlinson & Bao Dat, Hitomi Masuhara, Rani Rubdy. 2001. EFL Course for Adults in ELT Journal, Volume 55/1 January 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 80-99.

Bao Dat. 2001. The Cultural Aspects of Communication Reluctance in the EFL Classroom: the Case of Vietnamese Students in The English Teacher - An International Journal, Volume 4/3. Bangkok: Assumption University Press: 23242.

Bao Dat. 1995. "Southern Vietnam since 1975" in D. Berman (ed.) The Social Studies Teaching About Vietnam. Washington, DC: Heldref Publications: 18 -20.