Dr Adisa Teo

Dr Adisa Teo

Associate Professor of English

PhD Education (1995, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

Certificate of Advanced Study in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (1995, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

MA Teaching English for Science and Technology (1986, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi)

BA English (1982, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand)

Specialization: second language acquisition, English as an International Language, teacher education

Email: adisa.s@psu.ac.th

Phone: +66 74 286775

Profile

Dr Adisa Teo is an associate professor of English at the Department of Languages and Linguistics at Prince of Songkla University in Hat Yai. Dr Adisa previously also served as Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts. She completed her PhD from The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in the USA. Her expertise includes discourse analysis, teacher education, classroom-based research, course and material design and world Englishes.

Teaching and Research Supervision

Courses

  • Second Language Acquisition

Theses supervised

  • Effects of Using Kahoot! on Vocabulary Knowledge of M.1 Students in Southern Thailand (MA)
  • The Interplay among Self-Regulated Learning Strategies, English Self-Efficacy, and English Proficiency of Thai First Year University Students (MA)
  • Thai English: A Study of Comprehensibility and Foreign Tourists’ Perception (MA)
  • Boot Camp in Upper Southern Thailand: Its Response to Primary School English Teachers’ Needs for Training and Application to Their Classroom Teaching Practices (MA)
  • Addressing Learners’ Attitudes toward English Language Variation through a Global Englishes Awareness Raising Program (PhD)
  • CEFR in Thailand: A Case Study of English Teachers’ Perception of Education Policy Change in Two Southern Regions (MA)

Publications

Journal Articles

Jindapitak, N., Teo, A., & Savski, K. (2022). Bringing Global Englishes to the ELT Classroom: English language learners’ reflections. Asian Englishes, 24 (3), 279-293.

Jindapitak, N., Teo, A., & Savski, K. (2022). The impacts of raising learners’ awareness of global Englishes on their attitudes toward English language variation. Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching [e-FLT], 19 (1), 20-34.

Apridayani, A., & Teo, A. (2021). The interplay among SRL strategies, English self-efficacy, and English proficiency of Thai university students. Studies in English Language and Education, 8(3), 1123-1143.

Phuengpitipornchai, K., & Teo, A. (2021), You Understand I Na Ka?: A study of Comprehensibility of Thai English to Foreign Tourists. PASAA, 61.

Sunyakul, S., & Teo, A. (2020). Primary School English Teachers’ Application of Knowledge/Skills from Boot Camp to Their Classroom Teaching Practices and Factors Hindering Their Application. LEARN Journal. 13(1), 145-160.

Labtic, I. G. C., & Teo, A. (2020). The Presentation of Sources of Culture in English Textbooks in Thai Context. English Language Teaching, 13(5), 15-24.

Labtic, I. G. C., & Teo, A. (2019). Presentation of cultural information in a series of English textbooks. The New English Teacher, 13(2), 36-50.

Franz, J., & Teo, A. (2018). ‘A2 is Normal’–Thai secondary school English teachers’ encounters with the CEFR. RELC Journal, 49(3), 322-338.

Cho, E. Y., & Teo, A. (2014). Students’ motivational orientations and attitude toward English learning: A study in the Deep South of Thailand. Asian Social Science, 10(13), 46.

Hetthong, R., & Teo, A. (2013). Does writing self-efficacy correlate with and predict writing performance?. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 2(1), 157-167.

Qingquan, N., Chatupote, M., & Teo, A. (2008). A deep look into learning strategy use by successful and unsuccessful students in the Chinese EFL learning context. RELC Journal, 39(3), 338-358.