1980: Presenter, Indochinese Culture Awareness Symposium, Our Lady of the Lake University, March 15, San Antonio, Texas. Topic: The Indochinese Refugees' Cultural Backgrounds.
1984: Presenter, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Annual Conference, March 15-18, Houston, Texas. Topic: A Contrastive Approach for Teaching English Pronunciation to Vietnamese Speakers.
1987: Keynote Speaker, Gifted Students Institute Annual Conference, March 26, Arlington, Texas. Topic: Giftedness in a Culturally Pluralistic Society.
1993: Keynote Speaker, Texas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TexTESOL) Fall Conference, November 5, Dallas, Texas. Topic: Helping ESL Students Think Divergently.
1994: Keynote Speaker, National Committee for School Desegregation Annual Conference, March 24, Dallas, Texas. Topic: A Global Community in Every Classroom.
1994: Keynote Speaker, Texas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TexTESOL) Spring Conference, April 15, Dallas, Texas. Topic: Embracing Cultural Diversity in the ESOL Classroom.
1994: Keynote Speaker, Kindergarten Teachers of Texas Annual State Conference, October 21, Austin, Texas. Topic: Cultural Diversity: A Tremendous Instructional Resource.
1998: Presenter, Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE) Annual Conference, October 22, San Antonio, Texas. Topic: Helping Students Learn from Multiple Cultural Perspectives.
1998: Keynote Speaker, Texas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TexTESOL) Annual State Conference, November 5, Arlington Convention Center, Arlington, Texas. Topic: Bilingual and ESOL Students in the Classroom.
1999: Keynote Speaker, Region 10 Education Service Center Bilingual / ESL Summer Institute, June 2, Dallas, Texas. Topic: My Experiences as an ESL Student: What ReallyMatters.
1999: Keynote Speaker, University of North Texas Symposium on Vietnam: Visual Arts and the Multiculture of Post-Military Relations, October 16, Denton, Texas. Topic: The Vietnamese Americans in Greater Dallas: Their Successes and Their Potential in a New Land.
1999: Presenter, Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE) Annual Conference, October 22, Corpus Christi Convention Center, Corpus Christi, Texas. Topic: Let Good Feng Shui Prevail in the Multicultural Classroom.
2000: Presenter, Texas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TexTESOL) Spring Conference, April 15, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas. Topic: Let a Lesson on Feng Shui Enliven Your Classroom!
2000: Presenter, Texas Woman’s University First Annual Symposium on Language and Cultural Diversity, June 10, Denton, Texas. Topic: Aspects of the Intangible Asian Culture.
2001: Keynote Speaker, Association of Metroplex International Educators (AMIE) Annual Meeting, February 16, Dallas, Texas. Topic: In Step with the Intangible Asian Culture.
2001: Presenter, National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Annual Conference, February 23, Phoenix, Arizona. Topic: Old Habits Die Hard: Persistent Errors in English Written by Vietnamese Speakers.
2001: Keynote Speaker, Texas Education Agency’s Sixth Annual Conference for Diverse Learners in Secondary Schools, June 29, Austin, Texas. Topic: Hindsight of an English Language Learner.
2001: Keynote Speaker, Texas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TexTESOL) Fall Conference, October 20, Eastfield College, Dallas, Texas. Topic: Spanish Influence on ESL Pronunciation.
2002: Keynote Speaker, Oklahoma State Department of Education’s “Academic Success for All Limited-English-Proficient Students” Conference, February 22, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma. Topic: Educating ESL Students: What Matters Most.
2003: Presenter, National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Annual Conference, January 31, New Orleans, Louisiana. Topic: The Alternative Certification Program: A Joint Success Story of the Dallas Independent School District and Texas Woman’s University.
2004: Presenter, National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Annual Conference, February 4-7, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Topic: Enrich Your Students’ Learning Through Multiple Cultural Perspectives.
2004: Keynote Speaker, Dallas County Community College District’s Asian Heritage Month Celebration, May 21, El Centro College, Dallas, Texas. Topic: Vietnamese Language and Traditions.
2004: Keynote Speaker, Summer Institute for Bilingual Educators, July 27, Northside Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas. Topic: ESL Learner in Hindsight.
2005: Presenter, National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Annual Conference, January 19-22, San Antonio, Texas. Topic: Reading at Home with Your Child: A Workshop for Parents.
2005: Keynote Speaker, First Annual Symposium on Second Language Acquisition and Diversity, University of North Texas, June 11, Denton, Texas. Topic: Creating a Framework for Successful Language Acquisition and Academic Learning.
2005: Keynote Speaker, Diversity Education Lecture Series, Texas Woman’s University, September 6-9, Denton, Texas. Topic: Language Diversity.
2006: Presenter, National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Annual Conference, January 21-24, Phoenix, Arizona. Topic: Feng Shui: An Introduction to Intangible Asian Culture.
2007: Presenter, Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Annual Conference, February 17-21, San Diego, California. Topic: Beliefs about Language Learning.
2008: Presenter, National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Annual Conference, February 6-9,Tampa, Florida. Topic: Mother-Tongue Influence in Spanish-Speaking English Language Learners’ Interlanguage.
2009: Presenter, Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Annual Meeting, February 14-18, Dallas, Texas. Topic: Newcomers Teaching Newcomers: Critical Induction Year Support for Immigrant Bilingual Teachers in Alternative Certification Programs.
2009: Presenter, 31st International Conference on Learning Disabilities, October 2-3, Dallas, Texas. Topic: Facilitating Language Acquisition for English Language Learners in Bilingual, ESL, and Content-Area Classrooms: Strategies for Enhanced Achievement.
2010: Presenter, National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Texas Chapter Annual Conference, March 27-28, University of North Texas. Topic: Using Songs to Enliven the Foreign Language Classroom.
2010: Presenter, Vietnamese Culture Colloquium (Họp Mặt Văn Hóa Phong
Châu Mở Hội Tiên Rồng), September 10-12, San Jose State University,
California. Topic: Some Striking Features in Vietnamese Syntax (Vài Nét
Đặc Thù Trong Cú Pháp Tiếng Việt).