{"id":984,"date":"2025-06-03T09:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T09:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2025\/?page_id=984"},"modified":"2025-06-04T01:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T01:16:06","slug":"keynote-speaker-dr-gary-bonar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2025\/index.php\/keynote-speaker-dr-gary-bonar\/","title":{"rendered":"KEYNOTE SPEAKER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"984-c1\" class=\"style-912 style-local-984-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"984-c2\" id=\"testimonials\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-913 style-local-984-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"984-c3\" class=\"h-row-container 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  <!---->\n                              <h3 class=\"\">Dr. Gary Bonar<\/h3>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"984-c9\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-930 style-local-984-c9 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"\">\n                              <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(2, 110, 159);\">Senior Lecturer, Languages and TESOL, Monash University<\/span><\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-919-outer style-local-984-c10-outer\">\n                      <div 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His research focuses on English Medium of Instruction (EMI), with particular attention\n                                to teacher identity, agency, and multilingualism in international and transnational education contexts. He draws on extensive teaching experience in Asia, Europe, and Australia, including work with CLIL and EMI educators\n                                in both secondary and tertiary settings. Since 2019, Dr Bonar has led Monash University\u2019s EMI professional learning program for Chinese university academics, delivering tailored professional learning for staff from leading\n                                institutions. He has also delivered EMI-focused professional learning and lectures in China, Japan, and Indonesia, including Dean\u2019s Lectures in Beijing and Shanghai on the complexities of EMI in higher education. His scholarly\n                                work is published in top-tier international journals such as <em>TESOL Quarterly<\/em>,<em> SYSTEM, Teaching and Teacher Education<\/em>, <em>Current Issues in Language Planning<\/em>, and <em>Foreign Language Annals<\/em>.\n                                He currently serves on the editorial board of the <em>Australian Review of Applied Linguistics<\/em> and the advisory board of the international Bilingualism Matters network. His co-edited volume, <em>Language Teacher Agency<\/em>,\n                                which explores teacher voice and professional autonomy in language education, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2025.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"984-c16\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-1023 style-local-984-c16 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-1024-outer style-local-984-c17-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"984-c17\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-1024 style-local-984-c17 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"984-c18\" class=\"h-x-container style-1025 style-local-984-c18 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-984-c18-group style-1025-spacing style-local-984-c18-spacing\"><span class=\"h-link__outer style-1026-outer style-local-984-c19-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2025\/\"  data-colibri-id=\"984-c19\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-link style-1026 style-local-984-c19 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>back<\/span><\/a>\n                    <\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Gary Bonar Senior Lecturer, Languages and TESOL, Monash University Dr Gary Bonar is a Senior Lecturer in Languages and TESOL at the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia. His research focuses on English Medium of Instruction (EMI), with particular attention to teacher identity, agency, and multilingualism in international and transnational education contexts. 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