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Viphavee Vongpumivitch

  • Job Title:Associate Professor
  • Office Hour: Thu 15:30-17:00 or by appointment
  • Phone: (03)5715131 ext. 42717
  • E-Mail: viphavee [at] gapp.nthu.edu.tw
  • Office: HSS Building B502
  • Education:Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
  • Teaching:Research Methods and Writing (graduate), Language Testing (graduate), Introduction to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, Freshman English, First-Year EFL Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing
  • Research Expertise:Language Assessment, English for Academic Purpose, Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Journal Articles

  • Hu, S.-M., Vongpumivitch, V.*, Chang, J. S. & Liou, H.-C. (2014). “The effects of L1 and L2 e-glosses on incidental vocabulary learning of junior high-school English students” ReCALL. [SSCI]
  • Vongpumivitch, V.*(2012). “English-as-a-Foreign-Language assessment in Taiwan.” Language Assessment Quarterly, 9(1), 1-10. [SSCI]
  • Vongpumivitch, V.*(2012). “Motivating lifelong learning of English? Test takers’ perceptions of the success of the General English Proficiency Test.”Language Assessment Quarterly, 9(1), 26-59. [SSCI]
  • Yu, L.T.*, Liou, H.C., Chang, J.S., & Vongpumivitch, V. (2011). “Integrating concordancing into vocabulary learning for EFL primary school students.”English Teaching & Learning (英語教學期刊), 35(1). [THCI Core]
  • Vongpumivitch, V., Huang, J.-y., & Chang, Y.C. (2009). Frequency Analysis of the Words in the Academic Word List (AWL) and Non-AWL Content Words in Applied Linguistics Research Papers. English for Specific Purposes, 28, 33-41. [SSCI]
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2007). Research on EFL Listening Assessment in Taiwan: Current Issues and Future Directions.English Teaching & Learning (英語教學期刊), 31(3), 63-100.
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2007). Research on EFL Speaking Assessment in Taiwan: Current Issues and Future Directions.English Teaching & Learning (英語教學期刊), 31(4), 127-163.
  • Vongpumivitch, V. & Carr, N. (2001). An interview with J. Charles Alderson. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 12(1), 91-109.
  • Carr, N. & Vongpumivitch, V. (2001). An interview with Dorry M. Kenyon. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 12(1), 111-126.
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2001). Success in English Teaching by Paul Davies and Eric Pearse (Book Review). The CATESOL Journal, 13(1), 209-211.

Book Chapters

  • Vongpumivitch, V.* (2014). “Assessing English in East Asia” In A. J. Kunnan (Ed.), The Companion to Language Assessment. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Kullavanijaya, P.*, Vongpumivitch, V., & Jaratjarungkiat, D. (2014) “Assessing Thai” In A. J. Kunnan (Ed.), The Companion to Language Assessment.New York: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Yu, L.-T.*, Liou, H.-C., & Vongpumivitch, V. (2013) “Technology and language: quantitative methods” In C. Chapelle (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Vongpumivitch, V.* (2010) “The General English Proficiency Test” In L. Cheng & A. Curtis (Eds.) English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner (pp.158-172). New York: Routledge.

Conference Papers

  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2010). “Vocabulary use in writing test tasks performance.” Paper presented at the 32nd Language Testing Research Colloquium, Cambridge, UK, April 12-16, 2010. [NSC 98-2410-H-007-046-]
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2009). “The roles of vocabulary knowledge in EFL speaking and writing test performance.” Poster presented at the 31st Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, Denver, USA, March 2010. [NSC 97-2410-H-007-026-]
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2006). Classroom writing teachers’ intra- and inter-rater reliability: Does it matter? Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on English Instruction and Assessment. National Chung Cheng University (NCCU), Chia-Yi, Taiwan, April 22-23.
  • Huang, J.Y. & Vongpumivitch, V. (2007). Frequency analysis of academic vocabulary in a specialized corpus of applied linguistics research papers. Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference and Workshop on TEFL & Applied Linguistics, Mingchuan University, March 2007, pp. 201-212.
  • Lai, Y. & Vongpumivitch, V. (2007). A case study of teacher feedback and student response. Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference and Workshop on TEFL & Applied Linguistics, Mingchuan University, March 2007, pp. 294-303.
  • Lo, H.Y., Vongpumivitch, V. & Liou, H.C. (2007). Autonomous online learning of L2 listening: Skill training enhanced by pre-sequenced materials. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on English Teaching and Learning in the Republic of China (NCCU), pp. 228-240.
  • Lo, H.Y., Liou, H.C., and Vongpumivitch, V. (2007). Development of an online English listening website: What can corpus-based text statistics and EFL learners’ records of online activities offer. Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference and Workshop on TEFL & Applied Linguistics, Mingchuan University, March 2007, pp. 395-406.
  • Lin, M.C., Yang, Y.C., Vongpumivitch, V., and Liou, H.C. (2006). What teachers can learn from developing an English reading proficiency test. Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching (ETA 2006), Taipei, November 10th-12th, 2006.
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2009). The roles of vocabulary knowledge in EFL speaking and writing test performance. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, Denver, USA, March 2010. [NSC 97-2410-H-007-026-]
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2009). Vocabulary knowledge and its use in EFL speaking and writing test performance. Work in progress session presented at the 31st Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, Denver, USA, March 2010. [NSC 97-2410-H-007-026-]
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2007). Using summaries to measure reading and writing ability. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching, University of Hawaii, USA. September 20-22, 2007. [NSC 96-2914-I-007-020-A1]
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2007). An investigation of students' written summaries as a measure of reading comprehension and writing ability. A poster presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) annual conference, Costa Mesa, California, USA. April 22, 2007. [NSC 95-2411-H-007-014-]
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2006). An impact study of Taiwan's General Proficiency English Test (GEPT). Paper presented at the 28th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC), University of Melbourne, Australia. June 28-July 1, 2006.
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2005). Measuring the knowledge of text structure in academic English as a Second Language (ESL). Paper presented at the 14th International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching, Taipei, Taiwan, November 2005.
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2005). Measuring the knowledge of text structure in academic English as a Second Language (ESL). Work in progress session presented at the 27th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, Ottawa, Canada, July 2005.
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2005). What does this word on the rating scale really mean? Assessment criteria in a speaking test for engineering/computer science teaching assistants. Paper presented at the annual conference of International Society for Language Studies (ISLS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 18-20, 2005
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2004). Measuring the knowledge of text structure in academic English as a Second Language (ESL). Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, May 1-4, 2004.
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2004). Graphic organizer and outline test tasks. Paper presented at the 2004 TESOL convention, Long Beach, California, USA, March 31-April 3, 2004.
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2004). Who is a heritage language learner? Paper presented at the 2004 TESOL convention, Long Beach, California, USA, March 31-April 3, 2004.
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2004). Measuring the knowledge of text structure in academic English as a Second Language (ESL). Paper presented at the 26th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, Temecula, CA, March 2004.
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2003). An evaluation of Unidimensional IRT model assumptions using data from an English as a Second Language Academic Reading Test. Paper presented at the 6th Annual conference of the Southern California Association for Language Assessment Research (SCALAR), California State University, Los Angeles, USA, May 2002.
  • Xi, X. & Vongpumivitch, V. (2003). Does presentation mode impact test-taking processes and performances on reading? Colloquium paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Arlington, Virginia, USA, March 2003.
  • Carr, N.T., Xi, X., Vongpumivitch, V. & Pan, M.J. (2003). Effects of scoring and testing format for open-ended WBT tasks. Colloquium paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Arlington, Virginia, USA, March 2003.
  • The UCLA web-based language assessment system (WebLAS). Work in progress session presented at the 24th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, Hong Kong, December 2002. (Co-authored with Dr. Lyle Bachman and the ESLPE development team).
  • Vongpumivitch, V. (2002). Measuring the knowledge of text structure using three reading tasks: a pilot study. Paper presented at the 5th Annual conference of the Southern California Association for Language Assessment Research (SCALAR), Pasadena Sheraton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA, May 2002.
  • Designing validation research for an ESL placement exam outline completion task. Work in progress session presented at the 23rd Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, February 2001. (Co-authored with Dr. Lyle Bachman and the ESLPE development team).
  • Carr, N.T., Vongpumivitch, V., Green, B., & Xi, X. (2001). Development and initial validation of a Web-based ESL placement test. Poster session presented at the 23rd Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, February 2001.

Research Projects

  • 2009/08 - 2010/07
    Vocabulary Use in Writing and Speaking Test Performance – Test Takers' Perception, Lexical Richness, and Other Relevant inguistic Features
    Principle Investigator, Research Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  • 2008/08 - 2009/07
    Vocabulary Knowledge and its Use in EFL Speaking and Writing Test Performance
    Principle Investigator, Research Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  • 2006/08 - 2007/07
    An investigation of students' written summaries as a measure of reading comprehension and writing ability
    Principle Investigator, Research Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Honors

  • 2018
    106學年度院級教學優良教師
  • 2017
    第九屆傑出導師獎
  • 2012
    第五屆傑出導師獎
  • 2010
    98學年度校傑出教學獎
  • 2004
    obert Lado Award for Best Student Presentation at the Language Testing Research Colloquium of the International Language Testing Association
  • 2003
    obert Lado Award for Best Student Presentation at the Language Testing Research Colloquium of the International Language Testing Association
  • 2003
    UCLA Chancellor’s Dissertation Year Fellowship (2003-2004)
  • 1998
    The Anandamahidol Fellowship under the patronage of His Majesty the King of Thailand (1998-2003)
  • 1995
    King Bhumipol Award

Professional Experience

  • 2005/08 -
    Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
    National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • 1998/08 - 2001/07
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education's TESL Centre
    Concordia University, Montréal, Canada