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

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

Specializations: second language acquisition, English language teaching, Global Englishes, 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 second language acquisition, English language teaching, Global Englishes, and teacher education

Teaching and Research Supervision

Courses

  • Second Language Acquisition

Theses Supervised

  • Addressing Learners’ Attitudes toward English Language Variation through a Global Englishes Awareness Raising Program (PhD)
  • 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)
  • 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, 1–32.

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.

Jindapitak, N., Teo, A., & Savski, K. (2018). The influence of standard language ideology on evaluations of English language variation in the domain of English language teaching. Thought, 2, 26–44.

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

Mastan, W., & Teo, A. (2017). Students’ preference for teachers’ motivational strategies and their perception of their own motivation toward learning English: A case of private vocational colleges. Silpakorn University Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts, 17(1), 161–186.

Kaewsakul, W., & Teo, A. (2016). Cultural contents in Fundamental English coursebooks. NIDA Journal of Language and Communication, 21(27), 1–17.

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), 46–54.

Ding, N., & Teo, A. (2014). Teacher perceptions of and confidence in teaching cultural content in English courses: A study of Islamic private schools in five southern border provinces of Thailand. LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 7(2), 68–80.

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.

Jindapitak, N., & Teo, A. (2013). Accent priority in a Thai university context: A common sense revisited. English Language Teaching, 6(9), 193–204.

Jindapitak, N., & Teo, A. (2012). Thai tertiary English majors’ attitudes towards and awareness of world Englishes. Journal of English Studies, 7, 74–116.

Tian, W., Teo, A., & Chatupote, M. (2010). Patterns and features of seminar-like classroom discussion: A case study in Thailand. Journal of Liberal Arts, 2(2), 24–47.

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.

Zhi-ying, Z., Teo, A., & Laohawiriyanon, C. (2007). A comparative study of passive and active vocabulary knowledge of Prince of Songkla University and South China Agricultural University EFL learners. Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 3(1), 120–152.

Teo, A., & Chatupote, M. (2003). Criteria for placing first year students in required English courses at Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai Campus. ThaiTESOL Bulletin, 16(1), 1–17.