GRANTS AND AWARDS

2012

• Grant for State Alumni Club in the Central of Vietnam & its Outreach Events from the U.S. Embassy under grant N_o: S-VM300-12-GR-197 http://vietnamesestatealumni.createsend1.com/t/ViewEmail/r/301499DB2F480828
  

• Grant received from Vietnam’s National Foundation for Science & Technology Development for attending and presenting at International TESOL Conference in Cairns, Australia, 2-5 July 2012

2009 – 2011

• Fulbright scholarship received from Fulbright Program in the United States to pursue an M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA http://www.foreign.fulbrightonline.org/students_list/?first_name=Son+Ca&last_name=Vo

2011

• Grant for E-TESOL Program – E-center for Professional Development from the U.S. Embassy under grant N_o: S-VM 300-11-GR-312-A001. http://etesol.edu.vn/
  

• Albert H. Marckwardt Travel Grant received from TESOL for attending and presenting at the 2011 TESOL Graduate Student Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana, 16 March 2011

• Cheryl Walsh Professional Growth Award received from AZ-TESOL for attending and presenting at the 2011 TESOL Graduate Student Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana, 16 March 2011

• Jean Jukowski/Faust Memorial TESOL Award received from Northern Arizona University for presenting at the 2011 TESOL Graduate Student Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana, 16 March 2011

• Graduate Student Organization Travel Award received from Northern Arizona University

2010

• AZ-TESOL Distance Assistance Award for attendance and travel to the AZ-TESOL State Conference in Phoenix
  

• Graduate Student Organization Travel Award received from Northern Arizona University
• Vice President of Research Travel Award received from Northern Arizona University

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

·         Vo, S. (October, 2012). Relative impact of learners’ suprasegmental awareness on listening comprehension. KOTESOL International Conference “Perfect Score: Methodologies, Technologies, and Communities of Practice”, Seoul, Korea.

·         Vo, S. (August, 2012). Effects of intonation and stress on listening comprehension. 3^rd International Conference on TESOL “English Learning: A Focus on English Use”, Danang, Vietnam.

·         Vo, S. (July, 2012). Perceptual judgments of accented English by native speakers. Australian Council of TESOL Associations International TESOL Conference, Cairns, Australia.

·         Vo, S. (March, 2011). Pronunciation errors and listeners’ judgments. Annual TESOL Graduate Student Forum, New Orleans, LA.

 ·         Church, J., Staples, S., Wang, L., Vo, S., & Kang, O. (February, 2011). Second language pronunciation research and teaching. Annual Peaks Interdisciplinary conference. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.

·         Vo, S., & Myers, C. (October, 2010). Creating a theatrical production to enhance language learning. Annual Arizona TESOL conference, Phoenix, AZ.  

Vo, S., & Kang, O. (October, 2010). Pronunciation errors and listeners' judgments in an L2 speech. Annual Arizona TESOL conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Hamid, N., Kim, Y., Muhammad, S., Nesterova, A., Sebolai, K., Uludag, P., Vo, S., & Stoller, F. L. (October, 2010). A tour of ELT around the globe. Annual Arizona TESOL conference, Phoenix, AZ.