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Virak Chan
Clinical Assistant Professor
Literacy and LanguageCurriculum and Instruction
Virak Chan is a Clinical Assistant Professor in literacy and language. Courses Dr. Chan usually teaches include EDCI 37001 Teaching and Learning English as a New Language, EDCI 53000 English Language Development (online), EDCI 51900 Teaching English Language Learners (online), and EDCI61450 Seminar in Bilingualism and Multilingualism. Dr. Chan is a native of Cambodia and is a program leader for a summer study abroad program to Cambodia where students engage in rich Cambodian history and culture though meaningful cultural excursions, learn methods for teaching English Language Learners and students with gifts and talents, and help teach ESL to local K-12 students. His research and publication is in the area of language and education policies and practices for linguistically and culturally diverse students, teacher development, bilingual education, and linguistic landscape.
- Ph.D. — Culture, Language and Literacy, University of Texas at San Antonio (2016)
- M.A. — Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, San Jose State University, California (2008)
- Grad. Dip. — Applied Linguistics, Regional Language Center, Singapore (2003)
- B.Ed. — Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2001)
- 2019 – present
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- 2017 – 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- 2016 – 2017
Limited Term Lecturer, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- 2016 – 2017
Lecturer, Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies,
University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
- 2014 – 2016
Instructor of Record,
Department of Bicultural and Bilingual Studies,
University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
- 2013 – 2014
University Teaching Fellow, Faculty Center,
University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
- 2012 – 2013
Teaching Assistant,
Department of Bicultural and Bilingual Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
- 2010 – 2012
Teacher Trainer and Lecturer, Department of English
Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 2008 – 2010
M.A. in TESOL Program Coordinator, Department of English
Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 2001 – 2006
Teacher Trainer and Lecturer, Department of English
Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 1999 – 2001
K-12 English Teacher,
Newton Thilay Institute, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 2001 – 2012
Teacher Trainer and Lecturer, Department of English
Royal University of Phnom Penh, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
- 2000
Translator and Interpreter,
O.M.C. Company, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Indiana Department of Education/Student Learning Recovery Grant, Purdue’s Literacy and Language Development Clinic (LLDC) (2021)
- Purdue University Instructional Equipment Grant, Video-based Innovative Teaching and Learning (VITAL) Mobile Studio for Online Instruction and Educational Videos in the College of Education (2021)
- US Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition Grant, Parental Inclusion in Language and Research or Project PILAR (2021)
- College of Education Graduate Research Assistant Award, Integrating intercultural knowledge for social justice pre-service teacher education (2021)
- Purdue University Best Practices in Higher Education Grant – LIFT, Literacy innovation and faculty teaching online literacy-cast faculty professional development in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support Purdue’s VirALL (Virtual Instruction: Research and literacy learning) (2020)
- Purdue University SAIL Program Subsidy Grant, Cambodia Study Abroad (2020)
- Purdue University Successor SAIL Grant, Cambodia Study Abroad (2019)
- Purdue University SAIL Intercultural Pedagogy Grant (IPG), Cambodia Study Abroad (2019)
- Purdue University SAIL Program Subsidy Grant, Cambodia Study Abroad (2019)
- The International Research Foundation for English Language Education: Doctoral Dissertation Gran, EMI in Cambodia’s Higher Education (2015)
- Teaching for Tomorrow Award, Center for Instructional Excellence, Purdue University (2021-2022)
- Graduate Student Award, The American Association of Applied Linguistics (2016)
- The Doris Yankley Memorial Award, Department of Linguistics and Language Development, San Jose State University (2008)
- The Doris Yankley Memorial Award, Department of Linguistics and Language Development, San Jose State University (2007)
- The Rick Sullivan Stipend Award, CATESOL state conference (2007)
- 2022 – present
Strand coordinator of Bilingual, Immersion, Heritage, and Minority Education (BIH) of the American Association of Applied Linguistics
- 2016 – present
Editorial Review Board member, Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement
- Wright, W. E., Boun, S., & Chan, V. (2022). Implementation of multilingual mother tongue education in Cambodian public schools for indigenous ethnic minority students. Educational Linguistics, 1(1), 196–217. https://doi.org/10.1515/eduling-2022-0002
- Chan, V. (2018). The linguistic landscape of a Cambodia Town in Lowell, Massachusetts. Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, 13(1), 1-24. doi:10.7771/2153-8999.1137
- Chan, V. (2015). Integrating social awareness through reading and writing: A classroom action research. Language Education in Asia, 5(2), 216-227. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5746/LEiA/14/V5/I2/A04/Chan
- Chan, V., Morita-Mullaney, T., & *Kuleshova, D. P. (2022). Building a more resilient approach to ELL field experience in teacher education. In C. Pu & W. E. Wright (Eds.), Innovating the TESOL practicum in teacher education: Design, implementation, and pedagogy in an era of change (pp. 17-35). New York: Routledge.
- Wright, W. E., & Chan, V. (2022). Khmer language use and presence in the linguistic landscape of greater Los Angeles’ Cambodia Town. In C. H. Chik (Ed.), Multilingual La La Land: Language use in sixteen Greater Los Angeles communities (pp. 170-189). New York: Routledge.
- Chan, V. (2021) Cambodia language-in-education policy in the context of ASEAN economic integration and the internationalization of higher education. In K. M. Bailey & D. Christian (Eds.), Research on teaching and learning English in under-resourced contexts (pp. 31-44). New York, NY: Routledge and TIRF.
- Wright, W. E. & Chan, V. (2019). Multilingualism in North America. In S. Montanari & S. Quay (Eds.), Multidisciplinary perspectives on multilingualism: The fundamentals (pp. 77-100). De Gruyter Mouton
- Chan, V. and Henderson, K. (2018). Effective Classroom Strategies Toward Decolonizing ELT Practices: Implications for Postmethod Pedagogy. In The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching (pp. 1–6). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Work under Review
- Chan, V. Linguistic landscape in a Cambodia Town in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Research in Progress
- Chan, V. A linguistic landscape in a Cambodia Town in Long Beach, California.
- Wright, W. E. & Chan, V. Khmer heritage language retention and loss of Cambodian American students.
Professional Presentations & Interviews
- Medium-of-Instruction policies in higher education in Cambodia
- Presenter at the 2017 conference of the International Society for Language Studies, Manoa, Hawai’i. June 15-17, 2017
- A textual and contextual analysis of Cambodia’s language policies
- Presenter at the 2017 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, Oregon. March 18-21, 2017
- A critical examination of the medium-of-instruction policy in Cambodian higher educations Presenter at the 2016 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Orlando, Florida. April 9-12, 2016
- Integrating reading and writing in English for International Students courses Presenter at the Texas Language Education Research Conference, San Antonio, Texas. February 19-20, 2016
- Resettlement and Challenges Invited speaker at the event “Remembering the past and welcoming the future: 40 years since the killing fields,” North Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington. August 29, 2015
- Language policy for higher education in Cambodia Invited guest on a 30-minute call-in live radio program broadcasted in Cambodia. Link to the article and embedded program: http://www.voacambodia.com/content/language-expert-warns-againstloss-of-identity-under-globalization/2834297.html Voice of America: Khmer Radio, Washington D.C. June 16, 2015
- The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP): Overview and potential application for Cambodia Featured speaker at the 11th Annual CamTESOL Conference, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Feb 28-March 1, 2015
- Applying a genre-based theory in a writing classroom Presenter at the 16th Texas Foreign Languages Education Conference, San Antonio, Texas February 20-21, 2015 Tips on TOEFL training Presenter at a professional development workshop for instructors at ESL services, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas August 21, 2014
- Linguistic landscape in a Cambodia Town, Lowell, Massachusetts Presenter at the International Society for Language Studies 2014 Conference, Akita International University, Japan June 13-15, 2014
- Khmer Oral Language Proficiency of Cambodian American Students Co-presenter at the 2014 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, Oregon March 22-25, 2014
- The role of Khmer language and its contact with English in a Cambodia Town, Lowell, Massachusetts Presenter at the 6th Annual Khmer Studies Forum, Ohio University, Ohio March 14-16, 2014
- Integrating social awareness in writing class at a university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Presenter at the International Society for Language Studies 2013 Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico June 2013
- Assessing students’ motivation and outcomes in online peer-review A co-presenter at the 38th CATESOL Annual State Conference, San Diego, California April 2007
- Towards more genre-based writing A presenter at the 2nd CamTESOL Conference, Phnom Penh, Cambodia February 2006
- Peer correction of spoken language A presenter at the CamTESOL Workshop, Phnom Penh, Cambodia September 2004
- EDCI 61400 — Seminar in Bilingualism & Multilingualism
- EDCI 55700 — Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (Online)
- EDCI 51900 — Teaching English Language Learners (Online)
- EDCI 55900 — Academic Language and Content Area Learning for English Language Learners (Online)
- EDCI 52600 — Language Study for Educators (Online)
- EDCI 53000 — English Language Development (Online)
- EDCI 37001 — Teaching and Learning English as a New Language
- EDCI 20002 — Special Populations Seminar: Focusing on English Language Learners and Students with Gifts and Talents