Xuan Minh NGO is an Associate Lecturer in TESOL and International Education at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. Minh's PhD thesis on the development of teacher language assessment literacy (LAL) from a sociocultural perspective received UQ (University of Queensland, Australia) Dean's Award for Outstanding HDR Theses in 2023 Round and DuoLingo Doctoral Research Award in 2021. His research interests lie in the intersection of language assessment, language policy, and teacher education. His works have been published in System, Language Teaching Research, English Today, Asian Englishes, Asian EFL Journal, Journal of World Languages, and recent Routledge, Springer, and Cambridge edited collections. Minh also serves on the Editorial Board of the journal of AsiaTEFL. Email: [email protected].
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