Phan Le Ha
Biographic Data
| ID | 760416 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Phan Le Ha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Phan |
| FAMILY NAME | Le Ha |
| SIGNATURE | LE HA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Brunei Darussalam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0045-9060 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
From Hanoi to Hawaii: Scattered thoughts on language, mobilities, knowledge production, multilingualism, and mother tongue education
This article, via a bricolage of reflections, scholarly arguments, memories, aspirations, and narratives spanning several decades, and with the assistance of my father, engages with various issues concerning language, the geopolitics of language, and multilingualism. The engagement is presented in the form of scattered tales ignited by my own mobilities across locations, time, space and varied embodiments of memories. Importantly, embedded in the…
Transnational academic mobility and knowledge production: Learning and being differently in the global education policy field through multiple selves
Confronting complicity and transforming complicity in EDI, IHE and international students: Some Scattered Thoughts
In the spirit of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), this short commentary is meant to be diverse, equitable and inclusive in its constitutive components, whereby formal academic writing norms are combined with creative genres, including poetry and storytelling and with somewhat casual free-style writing. All these diverse genres receive their shares of equity and inclusion.This special issue (SI), led by Tsouroufli and Ferri, identifies, exam…
Medium of education and the politics of distraction in school education in Bangladesh
The medium of education (MoE) globally sparks controversy over the ideal medium—mother tongue, target language, or bilingual/multilingual policies. In Bangladesh, diverse MoE options (Bangla medium, English medium, and English version) fuel debates among stakeholders. Amidst this noise, systemic problems are often overlooked, diverting attention from critical educational issues. Drawing on qualitative data from parents' comments in a public Faceb…
Re-opening an Asia-Scar: Engaging (troubled) emotions in knowing, knowledge production and scholarly endeavors
Aren’t We All Complicit?”: A Commentary on Multiple Faces of Race and Language in English Language Education
This paper reviews recent work on race and language ideologies in Asia, aiming to a more complex understanding on the subject that avoids determinism and dichotomous thinking. The first part of the paper discusses current work on English language teaching in Japan, and concludes that greater emphasis on teacher agency is needed. The second part offers ethnographic vignettes of scenarios in which race plays sometimes a surprising role in shaping i…
Interrogating Systemic Inequalities in Discourses Surrounding Academic Diaspora and Transnational Education-Driven Mobilities: A Focus on Vietnam’s Higher Education
This article responds to scholarly calls to engage with diaspora in the context of transnational educational mobilities in global higher education. It maintains that transnational academic mobilities produce a particular kind of academic diaspora, that is often valued by both home and host countries but in ways that vary and serve different interests and aspirations. While the contrasting perspectives on brain circulation and brain drain persist,…
Examining the odd, not the norm: Korean international students in Brunei Darussalam – a less-known place in Asia
This article examines the mobilities of international students through less-known higher education contexts, with a particular focus on Korean international students in Brunei Darussalam. It pays attention to the infrastructures, including varied factors and actors, that contribute to Korean students’ choice and justification of Brunei as their study destination. Informed by narrative qualitative inquiry, the article, on the one hand, shows uniqu…
(Accidental ) Internationalisation of higher education beyond English, and complementary, intersecting desires: Korean international students pursuing education in Vietnam
The increasing number of Korean students in Asian countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia is a new phenomenon in the region’s higher education landscape. This article pays attention to this phenomenon, with a focus on the case of unconventional Korean students in Vietnamese Studies (VS) at universities in Vietnam. Informed by interview data collected from Vietnamese teachers at a major university in Hanoi, the article examines their perceptions, …
Vietnam at the Vanguard: New Perspectives Across Time, Space, and Community
“We have no Chinese classmates”: International students, internationalization, and medium of instruction in Chinese universities
This paper draws on a small-scale qualitative study with international students enrolled in various English- and Chinese-medium instruction programs in Chinese universities. It seeks to explore these students’ educational experiences and their perceptions of China and China’s higher education. Our study provides ample evidence about the irrelevance of Chinese language in the current policies and practices of Chinese universities regarding interna…
Higher Education in Market-Oriented Socialist Vietnam: New Players, Discourses, and Practices
The Collaboration Project between Engaging With Vietnam and the Journal of Vietnamese Studies
Research Article| February 01 2020 The Collaboration Project between Engaging With Vietnam and the Journal of Vietnamese Studies Phan Lê Hà, Phan Lê Hà Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Liam C. Kelley, Liam C. Kelley Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Jamie Gillen Jamie Gillen Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Vietname…
Multiple Classrooms of Life: English, Ideology and ‘Sparkle’ Moments
This essay comprises multiple sets of dialogues between us as colleagues and friends as we revisit the question of the status of English as a global language. Through the metaphor ‘multiple classrooms of life’, we share reflections and narratives arising out of our experiences with English that are embedded in our professional work, scholarship, pedagogy and creative interests. Our discussion encompasses a range of artefacts, including excerpts f…
Mobilities, immobilities and inequalities: Interrogating 'travelling' ideas in English language education and English medium instruction in world contexts
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Higher education, English, and the idea of 'the West: Globalizing and Encountering a Global South Regional University
This article is about ‘global south’ actors and global south–global south interactions in the context of the internationalization of higher education (IHE), with a focus on a Vietnamese university and the mobilities of students moving through this educational space. It discusses in what ways this university sees its multi-layered association with the Philippines as a bridge, a catalyst that could fulfill its aspirations for internationalization w…
The Political Economy of Schooling in Cambodia: Issues of Quality and Equity
1. Introduction Chhinh Sitha, D. Brent Edwards Jr., James H. Williams, and Yuto Kitamura PART I: CONTEXT 2. The Backstory of Education in Cambodia Takayo Ogisu and James H. Williams 3. Getting to the Decision-Making Table in Educational Governance: The Emergence of Cambodian Civil Society within the 'New Global Geometry of Power' D. Brent Edwards Jr. and William C. Brehm PART II: SCHOOLS 4. Pedagogy in Cambodian Schools: A Logic that Governs Teac…
From western Tesol classrooms to home practice: A case study with two ‘privileged’ Saudi teachers
This article is located in the debates concerning the continued problems underlying the cultural politics of English-speaking Western countries’ Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) programmes and ‘Western’ pedagogies. It examines two Saudi TESOL teachers’ pedagogical enactments in their home teaching contexts after returning from their Western-based TESOL programmes. It aims to obtain insights into questions of knowledge const…
The World Bank and education: Critiques and alternatives
As clearly stated in the introduction: ‘this book brings together for the first time a group of some of the most widely known observers of the World Bank’s (WB) education policy’ (xvi) who are know
Silence as right, choice, resistance and strategy among Chinese 'Me Generation' students: Implications for Pedagogy
The topic of silence and ‘the Chinese learner’ has been extensively studied often in relation to cross-cultural adjustment, intercultural issues, learning styles, language ability and differences of classroom expectations. These studies have often led to recommendations to understand silence and ‘the Chinese learner’ in more complex ways. However, there is a real need to go beyond just recognising the complexity and myths underlying these two not…
Issues surrounding English, the internationalisation of higher education and national cultural identity in Asia: A focus on Japan
The English language is significant to the internationalisation of higher education worldwide. Countries in Asia are proactive in appropriating English for their national interests, while paying attention to associated national cultural identity issues. This article examines the ways in which the role of English is interpreted and justified in different countries in Asia, with a particular focus on Japan, as these nations attempt to international…
English as an international language: International student and identity formation
Drawing on the literature on Asian international students, current debates surrounding English as an international language (EIL), and the conceptual tools of appropriation, this article reports the findings of a qualitative research study with eight Asian international students studying at a university in Thailand to explore their taking ownership of English and how they see themselves in relation to the language. The findings demonstrate that t…
Australian-Trained Vietnamese Teachers of English: Culture and Identity Formation
The identity formation of Australian-trained Vietnamese teachers of English is explored by looking at their experiences as TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) students in Australia and as teachers of English in Vietnam. On the one hand, the paper consolidates the understanding of identity in relation to difference and multiplicity; on the other hand, it challenges the views of identity as being always changing, fragmented and …
Vietnamese Educational Morality and the Discursive Construction of English Language Teacher Identity
While recent debates on morality in English language teaching (ELT) tend to focus on how certain Western ethical and moral issues are related to other cultures, how non-Western teachers negotiate their identity with regard to morality has hardly been examined. This paper explores processes of identity formation of Vietnamese teachers of English and aims to offer a qualitative analysis of the nature of Vietnamese teacher identity constructions and…
English as an international language: International student and identity formation
Drawing on the literature on Asian international students, current debates surrounding English as an international language (EIL), and the conceptual tools of appropriation, this article reports the findings of a qualitative research study with eight Asian international students studying at a university in Thailand to explore their taking ownership of English and how they see themselves in relation to the language. The findings demonstrate that t…
Higher education, English, and the idea of 'the West: Globalizing and Encountering a Global South Regional University
This article is about ‘global south’ actors and global south–global south interactions in the context of the internationalization of higher education (IHE), with a focus on a Vietnamese university and the mobilities of students moving through this educational space. It discusses in what ways this university sees its multi-layered association with the Philippines as a bridge, a catalyst that could fulfill its aspirations for internationalization w…
Issues surrounding English, the internationalisation of higher education and national cultural identity in Asia: A focus on Japan
The English language is significant to the internationalisation of higher education worldwide. Countries in Asia are proactive in appropriating English for their national interests, while paying attention to associated national cultural identity issues. This article examines the ways in which the role of English is interpreted and justified in different countries in Asia, with a particular focus on Japan, as these nations attempt to international…
The Political Economy of Schooling in Cambodia: Issues of Quality and Equity
1. Introduction Chhinh Sitha, D. Brent Edwards Jr., James H. Williams, and Yuto Kitamura PART I: CONTEXT 2. The Backstory of Education in Cambodia Takayo Ogisu and James H. Williams 3. Getting to the Decision-Making Table in Educational Governance: The Emergence of Cambodian Civil Society within the 'New Global Geometry of Power' D. Brent Edwards Jr. and William C. Brehm PART II: SCHOOLS 4. Pedagogy in Cambodian Schools: A Logic that Governs Teac…
Australian-Trained Vietnamese Teachers of English: Culture and Identity Formation
The identity formation of Australian-trained Vietnamese teachers of English is explored by looking at their experiences as TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) students in Australia and as teachers of English in Vietnam. On the one hand, the paper consolidates the understanding of identity in relation to difference and multiplicity; on the other hand, it challenges the views of identity as being always changing, fragmented and …
Examining the odd, not the norm: Korean international students in Brunei Darussalam – a less-known place in Asia
This article examines the mobilities of international students through less-known higher education contexts, with a particular focus on Korean international students in Brunei Darussalam. It pays attention to the infrastructures, including varied factors and actors, that contribute to Korean students’ choice and justification of Brunei as their study destination. Informed by narrative qualitative inquiry, the article, on the one hand, shows uniqu…
(Accidental ) Internationalisation of higher education beyond English, and complementary, intersecting desires: Korean international students pursuing education in Vietnam
The increasing number of Korean students in Asian countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia is a new phenomenon in the region’s higher education landscape. This article pays attention to this phenomenon, with a focus on the case of unconventional Korean students in Vietnamese Studies (VS) at universities in Vietnam. Informed by interview data collected from Vietnamese teachers at a major university in Hanoi, the article examines their perceptions, …
Mobilities, immobilities and inequalities: Interrogating 'travelling' ideas in English language education and English medium instruction in world contexts
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Silence as right, choice, resistance and strategy among Chinese 'Me Generation' students: Implications for Pedagogy
The topic of silence and ‘the Chinese learner’ has been extensively studied often in relation to cross-cultural adjustment, intercultural issues, learning styles, language ability and differences of classroom expectations. These studies have often led to recommendations to understand silence and ‘the Chinese learner’ in more complex ways. However, there is a real need to go beyond just recognising the complexity and myths underlying these two not…
The World Bank and education: Critiques and alternatives
As clearly stated in the introduction: ‘this book brings together for the first time a group of some of the most widely known observers of the World Bank’s (WB) education policy’ (xvi) who are know
Confronting complicity and transforming complicity in EDI, IHE and international students: Some Scattered Thoughts
In the spirit of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), this short commentary is meant to be diverse, equitable and inclusive in its constitutive components, whereby formal academic writing norms are combined with creative genres, including poetry and storytelling and with somewhat casual free-style writing. All these diverse genres receive their shares of equity and inclusion.This special issue (SI), led by Tsouroufli and Ferri, identifies, exam…
Vietnamese Educational Morality and the Discursive Construction of English Language Teacher Identity
While recent debates on morality in English language teaching (ELT) tend to focus on how certain Western ethical and moral issues are related to other cultures, how non-Western teachers negotiate their identity with regard to morality has hardly been examined. This paper explores processes of identity formation of Vietnamese teachers of English and aims to offer a qualitative analysis of the nature of Vietnamese teacher identity constructions and…
Australian-Trained Vietnamese Teachers of English: Culture and Identity Formation
The identity formation of Australian-trained Vietnamese teachers of English is explored by looking at their experiences as TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) students in Australia and as teachers of English in Vietnam. On the one hand, the paper consolidates the understanding of identity in relation to difference and multiplicity; on the other hand, it challenges the views of identity as being always changing, fragmented and …
English as an international language: International student and identity formation
Drawing on the literature on Asian international students, current debates surrounding English as an international language (EIL), and the conceptual tools of appropriation, this article reports the findings of a qualitative research study with eight Asian international students studying at a university in Thailand to explore their taking ownership of English and how they see themselves in relation to the language. The findings demonstrate that t…
Issues surrounding English, the internationalisation of higher education and national cultural identity in Asia: A focus on Japan
The English language is significant to the internationalisation of higher education worldwide. Countries in Asia are proactive in appropriating English for their national interests, while paying attention to associated national cultural identity issues. This article examines the ways in which the role of English is interpreted and justified in different countries in Asia, with a particular focus on Japan, as these nations attempt to international…
From western Tesol classrooms to home practice: A case study with two ‘privileged’ Saudi teachers
This article is located in the debates concerning the continued problems underlying the cultural politics of English-speaking Western countries’ Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) programmes and ‘Western’ pedagogies. It examines two Saudi TESOL teachers’ pedagogical enactments in their home teaching contexts after returning from their Western-based TESOL programmes. It aims to obtain insights into questions of knowledge const…
The World Bank and education: Critiques and alternatives
As clearly stated in the introduction: ‘this book brings together for the first time a group of some of the most widely known observers of the World Bank’s (WB) education policy’ (xvi) who are know
Silence as right, choice, resistance and strategy among Chinese 'Me Generation' students: Implications for Pedagogy
The topic of silence and ‘the Chinese learner’ has been extensively studied often in relation to cross-cultural adjustment, intercultural issues, learning styles, language ability and differences of classroom expectations. These studies have often led to recommendations to understand silence and ‘the Chinese learner’ in more complex ways. However, there is a real need to go beyond just recognising the complexity and myths underlying these two not…
The Political Economy of Schooling in Cambodia: Issues of Quality and Equity
1. Introduction Chhinh Sitha, D. Brent Edwards Jr., James H. Williams, and Yuto Kitamura PART I: CONTEXT 2. The Backstory of Education in Cambodia Takayo Ogisu and James H. Williams 3. Getting to the Decision-Making Table in Educational Governance: The Emergence of Cambodian Civil Society within the 'New Global Geometry of Power' D. Brent Edwards Jr. and William C. Brehm PART II: SCHOOLS 4. Pedagogy in Cambodian Schools: A Logic that Governs Teac…
Higher education, English, and the idea of 'the West: Globalizing and Encountering a Global South Regional University
This article is about ‘global south’ actors and global south–global south interactions in the context of the internationalization of higher education (IHE), with a focus on a Vietnamese university and the mobilities of students moving through this educational space. It discusses in what ways this university sees its multi-layered association with the Philippines as a bridge, a catalyst that could fulfill its aspirations for internationalization w…
Multiple Classrooms of Life: English, Ideology and ‘Sparkle’ Moments
This essay comprises multiple sets of dialogues between us as colleagues and friends as we revisit the question of the status of English as a global language. Through the metaphor ‘multiple classrooms of life’, we share reflections and narratives arising out of our experiences with English that are embedded in our professional work, scholarship, pedagogy and creative interests. Our discussion encompasses a range of artefacts, including excerpts f…
Mobilities, immobilities and inequalities: Interrogating 'travelling' ideas in English language education and English medium instruction in world contexts
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Higher Education in Market-Oriented Socialist Vietnam: New Players, Discourses, and Practices
The Collaboration Project between Engaging With Vietnam and the Journal of Vietnamese Studies
Research Article| February 01 2020 The Collaboration Project between Engaging With Vietnam and the Journal of Vietnamese Studies Phan Lê Hà, Phan Lê Hà Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Liam C. Kelley, Liam C. Kelley Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Jamie Gillen Jamie Gillen Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Vietname…
Vietnam at the Vanguard: New Perspectives Across Time, Space, and Community
“We have no Chinese classmates”: International students, internationalization, and medium of instruction in Chinese universities
This paper draws on a small-scale qualitative study with international students enrolled in various English- and Chinese-medium instruction programs in Chinese universities. It seeks to explore these students’ educational experiences and their perceptions of China and China’s higher education. Our study provides ample evidence about the irrelevance of Chinese language in the current policies and practices of Chinese universities regarding interna…
Examining the odd, not the norm: Korean international students in Brunei Darussalam – a less-known place in Asia
This article examines the mobilities of international students through less-known higher education contexts, with a particular focus on Korean international students in Brunei Darussalam. It pays attention to the infrastructures, including varied factors and actors, that contribute to Korean students’ choice and justification of Brunei as their study destination. Informed by narrative qualitative inquiry, the article, on the one hand, shows uniqu…
(Accidental ) Internationalisation of higher education beyond English, and complementary, intersecting desires: Korean international students pursuing education in Vietnam
The increasing number of Korean students in Asian countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia is a new phenomenon in the region’s higher education landscape. This article pays attention to this phenomenon, with a focus on the case of unconventional Korean students in Vietnamese Studies (VS) at universities in Vietnam. Informed by interview data collected from Vietnamese teachers at a major university in Hanoi, the article examines their perceptions, …
Re-opening an Asia-Scar: Engaging (troubled) emotions in knowing, knowledge production and scholarly endeavors
Aren’t We All Complicit?”: A Commentary on Multiple Faces of Race and Language in English Language Education
This paper reviews recent work on race and language ideologies in Asia, aiming to a more complex understanding on the subject that avoids determinism and dichotomous thinking. The first part of the paper discusses current work on English language teaching in Japan, and concludes that greater emphasis on teacher agency is needed. The second part offers ethnographic vignettes of scenarios in which race plays sometimes a surprising role in shaping i…
Interrogating Systemic Inequalities in Discourses Surrounding Academic Diaspora and Transnational Education-Driven Mobilities: A Focus on Vietnam’s Higher Education
This article responds to scholarly calls to engage with diaspora in the context of transnational educational mobilities in global higher education. It maintains that transnational academic mobilities produce a particular kind of academic diaspora, that is often valued by both home and host countries but in ways that vary and serve different interests and aspirations. While the contrasting perspectives on brain circulation and brain drain persist,…
Medium of education and the politics of distraction in school education in Bangladesh
The medium of education (MoE) globally sparks controversy over the ideal medium—mother tongue, target language, or bilingual/multilingual policies. In Bangladesh, diverse MoE options (Bangla medium, English medium, and English version) fuel debates among stakeholders. Amidst this noise, systemic problems are often overlooked, diverting attention from critical educational issues. Drawing on qualitative data from parents' comments in a public Faceb…
From Hanoi to Hawaii: Scattered thoughts on language, mobilities, knowledge production, multilingualism, and mother tongue education
This article, via a bricolage of reflections, scholarly arguments, memories, aspirations, and narratives spanning several decades, and with the assistance of my father, engages with various issues concerning language, the geopolitics of language, and multilingualism. The engagement is presented in the form of scattered tales ignited by my own mobilities across locations, time, space and varied embodiments of memories. Importantly, embedded in the…
Transnational academic mobility and knowledge production: Learning and being differently in the global education policy field through multiple selves
Confronting complicity and transforming complicity in EDI, IHE and international students: Some Scattered Thoughts
In the spirit of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), this short commentary is meant to be diverse, equitable and inclusive in its constitutive components, whereby formal academic writing norms are combined with creative genres, including poetry and storytelling and with somewhat casual free-style writing. All these diverse genres receive their shares of equity and inclusion.This special issue (SI), led by Tsouroufli and Ferri, identifies, exam…
Sociology (21 works) · Political science (17 works) · Pedagogy (14 works) · Linguistics (10 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (8 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (8 works)