Dr. Christoph HAFNER
Associate Professor, Department of English

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CMC-M8089

c.hafner@cityu.edu.hk
Phone: +852 34428734

Author IDs ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9592-8092
Scopus Author ID: 36445006300

Willing to take PhD students: yes



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BiographyChristoph Hafner's principal research interests include English language teaching and learning, legal English and digital literacies. In particular, he is interested in studying how new technologies can be utilised to support the development of both ‘traditional’ domain-specific literacies (e.g. English for Law), and the ‘digital literacies’ which are necessary to exploit the potential of digital media. He has co-authored a book (with Rodney H. Jones) entitled Understanding Digital Literacies: A practical introduction (Routledge, 2012). He is principal investigator in an ongoing action research project, which investigates academic literacy in the Hong Kong context (project website here). Most recently, this project has examined university students' use of digital video to create multimedia scientific documentaries in the context of a course in English for Science. He currently teaches courses in English for Specific Purposes, Writing for New Media and Language in Law and Crime.
Prizes/Honours2013 “Teaching Excellence Award” City University of Hong Kong.
URLs/LinksAcademic Literacy Project
Research Interests/AreasEnglish for specific purposes, Language and law, Digital literacies, Multimodality, Language learning and technology