Nga Thi Nguyen

Biography:
Lecturer in Vietnamese, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, app’t 1992
B.A., M.A. University of Saigon, 1957
M.B.A. National Institute of Administration of Vietnam, 1959
M.A. University of Manchester, England, 1961
Fellow in Economics Oxford University

Research/Teaching Specializations: Vietnamese language, Vietnamese language for business, curriculum development for the teaching of Vietnamese

Courses Taught: Elementary, Intermediate and Advance Vietnamese, Study of Vietnamese

Field Research: Vietnam: July-August 2002, Field Director of GUAVA Summer Institute; in cooperation with the University of Hanoi, Vietnam; to supervise GUAVA scholarship (American) students attending GUAVA advanced Vietnamese Summer Institute in Hanoi, Vietnam; Vietnam: summer 2001, Field Director of GUAVA Summer Institute; in cooperation with the University of Hanoi, Vietnam; to supervise GUAVA scholarship (American) students attending GUAVA advanced Vietnamese Summer Institute in Hanoi, Vietnam; Vietnam: summer 1999, Field Director of GUAVA Summer Institute; in cooperation with the University of Hanoi, Vietnam; to supervise GUAVA scholarship (American) students attending GUAVA advanced Vietnamese Summer Institute in Hanoi, Vietnam; Vietnam: summer 1995, trip to conduct research on foreign investment in Vietnam.

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