Teaching

Awards/Honor

University of Hong Kong School of English Honorary Associate Professor

University of Hong Kong Faculty of Arts Teaching Excellence Award

University of Michigan PFF Teaching Fellow

University of Michigan Barbour Scholar

Linguistic Society of America Institute Fellow

Pedagogy Workshops/Lectures

2023 “Teaching online reasoning and critical thinking in the infodemic era" Public lecture, Department of English Language Education, The Education University of Hong Kong.

2022 “Mindfulness for wellbeing and English language teaching: an exploration” Public lecture, Department of English Language Education, The Education University of Hong Kong.

2021 "How can mindfulness improve teacher wellbeing" Keynote, the Macao Association for the Advancement of English Language Teaching Conference.

2021 "Our beliefs about the English languages, and why do they matter?" Public lecture Department of English Language Education, The Education University of Hong Kong.

2017 “Teaching critical reading and writing for academic purpose” - invited teacher-training workshop. Center for Language Education, South University of Science & Technology of China, China.

2015 "Using web 2.0 for capstone experience" - workshop for colleagues, the School of English, HKU

2013 “How lecturers may leverage on social media to enhance students’ group project work and internship” - a research outcome talk given at the Center for Information Technology in Education, Faculty of Education, HKU

2013 “Connecting with People from Different Cultural Background” - invited talk at the Centre of Development and Resources for Students, HKU

2012 “Enhancing experiential learning with eLearning” - invited talk at the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning workshop series, HKU

2012 “Teaching English pronunciation to ESL students: Insight from articulatory phonetics” - invited teacher-training workshop. Pak Kau College, Hong Kong.

2011 “Smaller scale, local and integrated experiential learning" - invited roundtable talk at the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning workshop series, HKU

2011 “Enhancing Professor-student relationship” - invited talk at the Centre of Development and Resources for Students, HKU

2010 “University education” and a sample lecture on semantics and pragmatics - invited talk to students. St. Rose of Lima College, Hong Kong.

Postgraduate Supervision

Aaron Anfinson. Projections of statehood : the disciplining of transnationalism and the attempted (self)legitimisation of the so-called Islamic State. Ph.D. HKU. 2018. Co-supervisor.

Yuen Ying Ha. Language ideologies and policies in Hong Kong. M.A. HKU. 2017 . Sole supervisor

Hiu Yeung Pong. Language attitudes of Hong Kong parents. M.A. HKU. 2017. Sole supervisor.

Bosco Sui Sum Li. Rapport Management and Intercultural Communication: Interacting in Hong Kong Workplace Settings. M.Phil. HKU. 2015. Sole supervisor.

Genevieve Leung. Hoisan-wa Reclaimed: Chinese American Language Maintenance and Language Ideology in Contemporary Sociolinguistic Perspective. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania. 2012. Dissertation Committee member.

Tsz Yan Tsang. The Space and Future of Hong Kong English. M.A. HKU. 2011. Sole supervisor.

Chun Nam Mak. Language and Communication: A Sociolinguistic Study of Newcomers’ Socialization into the Workplace. M.Phil. HKU. 2009. Sole supervisor.

HKU theses can be accessed at HKU Hub.