Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS: performance assessment, technology in language assessment, CALL, L2 development, program evaluation, corpus linguistics

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed journals 

• Swinehart, N., Nguyen, P., & Yeh, E. (2025). A protocol for evaluating AI chatbots’ capabilities for low-resource language teachers. Language Learning & Technology, 29(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73661 

• Nguyen, P., Dursun, A., & Baumann, C. C. (2025). Impact of a proficiency-oriented, assessment-driven, backward design model on language teachers’ practices and professional identity. Language Teacher Education Research, 3, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.32038/lter.2025.03.01

• Nguyen, P. (2024). Noun phrase complexity in English integrated writing placement test responses. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 72, 101452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101452

• Gray, B., Geluso, J., & Nguyen, P. (2019). The longitudinal development of grammatical complexity at the phrasal and clausal levels in spoken and written TOEFL iBT® responses. TOEFL Report Series. New Jersey: Educational Testing System. https://doi.org/10.1002/ets2.12280 [Reprinted in 2021 in D. Biber, B. Gray, S. Staples, and J. Egbert, The register-functional approach to grammatical complexity: Theoretical foundation, descriptive research findings, application. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003087991-23.] 

• Nguyen, P. (2012). Peer feedback to second language writing through blogs: The case of a Vietnamese EFL classroom. International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2(1), 13-23. DOI: 10.4018/ijcallt.2012010102 

Book chapters and encyclopedia entries

• Baumann, C., Dursun, A., & Nguyen, P. (2023). Building a sustainable less commonly taught language community of practice through assessment-driven reverse design. In E. Heidrich Uebel, A. Kraemer, and L. Giupponi (Eds.), Sharing less commonly taught languages in the 21st century  (pp. 204-217). Routledge.

• Nguyen, P., & Hegelheimer, V. (2022). Technology and assessment. In N. Ziegler and M. González-Lloret (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of SLA and Technology (pp. 107-118). New York: Routledge.  

• Nguyen, P., & Hegelheimer, V. (2022). New technologies in second spoken language assessment. In T. Haug, W. Mann, and U. Knoch (Eds.), Handbook of Language Assessment across Modalities (pp. 403-416). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190885052.003.0035

• Ebling, S., Nguyen, P., Hegelheimer, V, Camgoz, N. C., & Bowden, R. (2022). Discussions on new technologies in spoken and signed language assessment. In T. Haug, W. Mann, and U. Knoch (Eds.), Handbook of Language Assessment across Modalities (pp. 431-436). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190885052.003.0037 

• Heift, T., Nguyen, P., & Hegelheimer, V. (2021). Technology mediated corrective feedback. In H. Nassaji and E. Kartchava (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Corrective Feedback in Language Learning and Teaching (pp. 226-250). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108589789.012 

• Nguyen, P. (2021). Uses of language assessments. In C. Chapelle, The Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. New Jersey, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. DOI: 10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal1237.pub2

Book and technology reviews 

• Nguyen, P. (2018). Book review: Exploring Language Assessment and Testing: Language in Action. Language Testing. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265532218787365

• Becker, K., & Nguyen, P. (2017). Book review: Technology-enhanced language learning for specialized domains: Practical applications and mobility. Language Learning & Technology, 21(3), pp. 67–71. Retrived from http://llt.msu.edu/issues/october2017/review2.pdf

• Nguyen, P. (2016). Review of eEnglish by Pronunciation Power. Proceedings of the 7th annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching conference (ISSN 2380-9566). 

Presentations 

• Nguyen, P., & Dursun, A. (2025, June). Effects of response language on test-takers’ performance and cognitive processes in L2 listening recall tasks. WIP presented at Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) 2025, Bangkok, Thailand.

• Nguyen, P., & Dursun, A. (2025, April). L2 listening recall tasks: An investigation of the effects of response language on listeners’ performance and cognitive processes. WIP presented at Language Assessment Research Conference (LARC) 2025, Fullerton, CA, USA.

• Swinehart, N., Nguyen, P., & Yeh, E. (2024, October). Framework for evaluating large language models’ capabilities for teachers of low-resourced languages. Paper presented at Technology for Second Language Learning (TSLL) 2024, Online

• Nguyen, P., Dursun, A., & Baumman, C. (2022, September). Impact of an assessment-driven, reverse design approach to curriculum design on instructional practices among foreign language instructors. Paper presented at the Language Assessment Research Conference (LARC), Chicago, Illinois, USA. 

• Dursun, A., Nguyen, P., Baumann, C. (2022, March). Understanding language assessment literacy and training needs of foreign language instructors: A first step in establishing a professional development program. Paper presented at the Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) 2022, Online 

• Nguyen, P. (2021, February). Effective classroom-based assessment in online language instruction. Paper presented at the University of Chicago Language Center Workshop. Chicago, Illinois, USA.

• Nguyen, P. (2019, March). Raters’ decision-making processes in an integrated writing test: An eye-tracking study. Poster presented at the Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) 2019, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 

• Nguyen, P. (2018, September). Investigating the raters' cognitive processes when rating responses to an integrated writing task. Paper presented at the Midwest Association of Language Testing (MwALT) 2018, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 

• Nguyen, P. (2018, March). Evaluating the usefulness of a web-based system for second language vocabulary learning: Evidence from test scores and learners' perspectives. Paper presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Chicago, Illinois, USA. 

• Nguyen, P. (2018, March). Revising a writing rating scale for placement purposes: An analysis of written responses from examinees of different proficiency levels. Paper presented at Language Assessment Research Conference (LARC), Ames, Iowa, USA. 

• Nguyen, P. & Hegelheimer, V. (2018, March). Validating the rating process of an English placement test writing test: An argument-based approach. Paper presented at Language Assessment Research Conference (LARC), Ames, Iowa, USA. 

• Gray, B., Nguyen, P., & Geluso, J. (2018, March). A longitudinal corpus-based analysis of written and spoken responses to the TOEFL iBT: A validation study. Paper presented at Language Assessment Research Conference (LARC), Ames, Iowa, USA. 

• Nguyen, P. (2017, October). Evaluating a web-based system for L2 vocabulary learning. Poster presentation at Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Columbus, Ohio, USA. 

• Nguyen, P. (2017, May). An evaluation of a vocabulary learning system: From learners’ perspectives. Paper presented at CALICO 2017, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. 

• Nguyen, P. (2016, October). Linguistic analysis of essays from integrated writing tasks. Paper presented at the 18th Midwest Association for Language Testers (MwALT), Lafayette, Indiana, USA. 

• Choi, Y. & Nguyen, P. (2016, September). Lexical bundles and moves in applied linguistics research article introductions. Paper presented at the 2016 American Association of Corpus Linguistics Conference (AACL), Ames, Iowa, USA. 

• Nguyen, P. (2016, June). Noun phrase complexity in essays from an English placement test. Paper presented at the 1st International Conference for Language Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam. 

• Nguyen, P. (2015, May). The effects of context and content visuals in second language listening. Poster presented at the 3rd Asian Association of Language Assessment (AALA) conference, Bangkok, Thailand. 

• Nguyen, P., Ho, P., & Ly, T. (2013, June). A report on the English placement test results for English non-majors at Ho Chi Minh University of Education. Paper presented at the 6th Foreign Languages Conference, Ho Chi Minh University of Education, Vietnam. 

• Nguyen, P. (2012, June). Choosing a textbook for English for Tourism: A lesson to learn. Paper presented at the 5th Foreign Languages Conference, Ho Chi Minh University of Education, Vietnam. 

• Nguyen, P. (2010, June). Task repetition and performance on narrative retellings: A case of three Vietnamese EFL learners. Paper presented at the 3nd Foreign Languages Conference, Ho Chi Minh University of Education, Vietnam. 

• Nguyen, P. (2009, June). Peer feedback through blogs in second language writing: Some suggestions for Vietnamese EFL teachers. Paper presented at the 2nd Foreign Languages Conference, Ho Chi Minh University of Education, Vietnam.  

Unpublished thesis

• Nguyen, P. T. T. (2021). Investigating reliability and construct validity of a source-based academic writing test for placement purposes. Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/18573. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31274/etd-20210609-134. 

• Nguyen, P. T. T. (2009). An investigation of strategy use in the Occupational English Test (OET) Listening sub-test: A validation study. Unpublished master thesis. The University of Melbourne, Australia.