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I'm Engheang, currently a PhD student and graduate research assistant at the College of Education, Purdue University in Gifted Education Program. My academic journey began with a Bachelor's degree in English (Honors) from the Institute of Foreign Languages, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I graduated in 2022  and became an English teacher at Australian Centre for Education (ACE) for over a year before getting admitted to study at Purdue University. 

In regard to experience with research, I have successfully completed a thesis in the honors program during my last year of my bachelor's on a topic related to the common materials and activities of extensive reading and the relationships between ER, vocabulary knowledge, and reading motivation among Cambodian EFL learners. Though the thesis writing has nothing to do with my current major, I got some basic ideas of how to conduct research from that. 

Besides academia, I am also a sports person and a big fan of exploring new things, places, or food. My favorite sports are tennis and badminton. I used to play badminton a lot back in Cambodia, and recently just picked up tennis from a friend. Let me know if you play any of these sports. My favorite food would be anything spicy and sour. And lots of coffee!

 

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