FPT Language and Education Conference (FLEC 2026) is an academic platform in which professors, researchers, industry experts and practitioners could gather and exchange their insights on language and education and other relevant matters as well as the construction of their publications. The Conference welcomes contributions and submissions of those who have interest in the fields of language and education and the related fields. This year, we are proud to have the presence of two distinguished keynote speakers with solid background and wide experience of these majors.

Associate Professor Punchalee Wasanasomsithi

Punchalee Wasanasomsithi is an Associate Professor at Chulalongkorn University Language Institute (CULI), Bangkok, Thailand. She holds a B.A. (2nd class honors) in English from Chulalongkorn University and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics and a Ph.D. in Language Education from Indiana University, USA. She served two terms as the Director of the English as an International Language (EIL) Program, an international program under the Chulalongkorn University Graduate School (CUGS) where she has been teaching and supervising graduate students for more than two decades. She is also currently serving her third term as the Deputy Director for Academic Affairs of CULI and her second term as the Editor-in-Chief of PASAA Journal, a Scopus-indexed publication of Chulalongkorn University and the oldest journal in English language teaching and learning in Thailand. She is also a guest editor of TESOL Journal Special Issue 2025 on ASEAN English Language Teachers' and Teacher Educators' Situated Praxis during Times of Crises and Change. She has published more than 40 journal articles and book chapters in English language teaching and language assessement and evaluation.