An Sakach is an applied linguist specializing in heritage language preservation and Indigenous language maintenance. Her work focuses on curriculum and materials development, integrating computer-assisted language learning and task-based language teaching. She is also committed to teacher professional development and the design of pedagogical resources for language educators.

Chung Nguyen is an expert in Vietnamese language education, specializing in curriculum design, materials development, and teacher training. As the Director of the Vietnamese Language Program and a Lecturer at Columbia University, she brings over 20 years of experience in language instruction. Previously, she served as the Vietnamese Language Coordinator at the US Embassy in Hanoi and Hanoi University’s Vietnamese Language Centre. She is also a dedicated trainer for teaching Vietnamese as a second language, focusing on innovative, proficiency-based, and student-centered methodologies.

Huy Phung previously taught Vietnamese at both University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and University of California San Diego where he primarily worked with heritage speakers of Vietnamese at different levels of proficiency. Before teaching Vietnamese, he was an experienced instructor of English working with college students in Vietnam and international students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He is also a teacher educator working with both preservice and inservice language teachers focusing on second language instruction, assessment, and technology. He has designed and taught a number of content courses in language teaching including SLS480 Task Based Language Teaching in Action. With extensive experience in language education and strong background in SLA and TBLT, he combines theoretical knowledge with practical expertise. As both a researcher and practitioner of TBLT, he recognizes the need for task-based materials to connect language teaching research and practice, particularly for Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) and heritage languages like Vietnamese. He is committed to working with colleagues to create research-informed task-based resources for Vietnamese in order to bridge the gap between research and practice.