Brief Introduction Top

M.A. The University of Singapore
Major: Comparative Linguistics.
B.A. (Hons) The University of Hochiminh City (Vietnam)
Major: Linguistics and Vietnamese Literature.

I have jointed NUS since 1996 as Vietnamese full-time tutor, first with Southeast Asian Studies Programme, and currently with Center for langauge Studies. Prior to joining NUS, I taught Vietnamese for foreigner at University of Hochiminh City (Vietnam) and Phnompenh University (Cambodia).

Teaching Areas Top

• LA 1201 VN Vietnamese 1
• LA 2201 VN Vietnamese 2
• LA 3201 VN Vietnamese 3
• LA 1251 VN Vietnamese 1
• LA 1252 VN Vietnamese 2
  

Current Research Top

• Vietnamese language teaching materials development
• A descriptive grammar of Khmer in the Mekong Delta (Vietnam).
  

Research Interests Top

• Teaching Material Development
• Curriculum Development
• Phonology
• Khmer Grammar
  

Publications Top

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS AUTHORED

• Co-Author (1994). “Some solutions in correcting grammatical and lexical mistakes of foreign learners” in Vietnamese for foreigners. Education Publishers, Hochiminh City, pp. 273-280.
• Co-author. (2001). Vietnamese as Second Language, Ho Chi Minh City: Education Publishers, Book. 1, 203 p.
• Co-Author (2002). Vietnamese as Second Language, Ho Chi Minh City: Education Publishers, Book. 2, 187 p.
• Co-Author (Forthcoming). Vietnamese as Second language, Book 3 and 4.
  

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

• THACH, Ngoc Minh (1996). “Monosyllabization in the dialect of Khmer in Vietnam”. In Pan-Asiatic Symposium on Linguistics. 08-10 January1996, Bangkok, Thailand. Vol. 5, pp. 1780-1798. Bangkok: Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development, Mahidol University at Salaya.
  
• THACH, Ngoc Minh (1999). “Monosyllabization in Kiengiang Khmer.” MKS  29: 81-95.

THESES/DISSERTATIONS

• THACH, Ngoc Minh. (2002). A Descriptive of Khmer in The Mekong Delta-Vietnam, Master of Arts Degree Thesis, Southeast Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore.

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