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Bruce S. Tung

Instructor

New Generation Academy

Preparatory Programs

 

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Bruce S. Tung is an Assistant Professor at New Generation Academy at the American University of Central Asia. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from the Teachers College of Columbia University (New York, NY, USA) and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from the University of Washington (Seattle, WA, USA). 

Bruce joined AUCA in 2020 as an Assistant Professor and worked until 2022. He returned for the spring semester of 2024 and teaches English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses to Afghan, Kyrgyz, and Tajik students preparing for university studies and admissions entrance exams. He is a member of The American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) and TESOL International Association. 

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Language Teaching
  • Virtual Exchange
  • Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
  • Fuchs, C., Snyder, B., & Tung, B. (2022). The value of mediation for task design and implementation in a US-China virtual exchange. Journal of Virtual Exchange, 5(SI-IVEC2021), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.21827/jve.5.38197
  • Fuchs, C., Tung, B. & Snyder, B. (2022). Chapter 4 Learner appropriation of genre in a US-China virtual exchange. In S. Hilliker (Ed.), Second Language Teaching and Learning through Virtual Exchange, 73-96. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110727364-005
  • Fuchs, C., Snyder, B., Tung, B., & Jung Han, Y. (2017). The multiple roles of the task design mediator in telecollaboration. ReCALL, 29(3), 239-256. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0958344017000088 

Presentations:

  • Co-Author of the AAAL Individual Paper Presentation “Language Student Teachers as Task Designers in a US-China Virtual Exchange,” The American Association for Applied Linguistic 2022 Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March 21, 2022
  • Co-Presenter at the IVEC 2021 Presentation “The value of mediation for task design and implementation in a US-China virtual exchange,” International Virtual Exchange Conference, Online, October 28, 2021
  • Co-Presenter at the AILA Symposium - Featured Online Presentation “Participants’ Appropriation of Tasks in a US-China Virtual Exchange,” World Congress of Applied Linguistics 2021 Conference, Groningen, the Netherlands, August 15-20, 2021
  • Co-Presenter at the AAAL Individual Roundtable “Mediated task design to support collegial development and professional capital in language teacher telecollaboration 2.0,” The American Association for Applied Linguistic 2014 Conference, Portland, OR, March 22, 2014
  • Co-Presenter at the TESOL/AL Roundtable Research Forum “Classroom Flipping in Language Teaching: A MOOC Point,” Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, March 8, 2013
  • English for Academic Purposes: Listening and Speaking
  • English for Academic Purposes: Reading and Writing

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