Dr SINGH Rita Gill
Senior Lecturer


Qualifications:
Doc, Leicester
MSc, Leicester
MEd (ELT), Sheffield
RSA CELTA, Cambridge
Telephone: 3411 7362
Email:?ritagill@hkbu.edu.hk
Office: OEM902(C)



RESEARCH INTERESTS
Business communication
English in the workplace
Materials development
Teaching methodology
Corporate communication



GRANTS, AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Principal Investigator of the Teaching Development Grant – Creating an Online Business English Learning Platform to Prepare University Students to Meet the Demands of the Workplace
Co-investigator of the Teaching Development Grant – Developing Speaking Materials for the Special Needs of HKBU Students



SELECTED PUBLICATIONS OR CREATIVE WORKS
Journal Articles

Ngai, C.S.B., & Singh, R.G. (2020). Relationship between persuasive metadiscoursal devices in research article abstracts and their attention on social media. PLoS ONE 15(4):e0231305
Ngai, C.S.B., Einwiller, S., & Singh, R.G. (2019). An exploratory study on content and style as driving factors facilitating dialogic communication between corporations and publics on social media in China.?Public Relations Review. DOI:?10.1016/j.pubrev.2019.101813?(SSCI)
Ngai, C.S.B., Singh, R.G., & Koon, A.C. (2018). A discourse analysis of the macro-structure, metadiscoursal and microdiscoursal features in the abstracts of research articles across multiple science disciplines.?PLoS One, 13(10): e0205417.
Ngai, S.B., & Singh, R.G.?(2018).?Reading beyond the lines: Themes and cultural values in corporate leaders’ communication.?Journal of Communication Management,?22(2), pp.212-232.
Ngai, S.B., & Singh, R.G. (2017). Move structure and communication style of leaders’ messages in corporate discourse: A cross-cultural perspective.?Discourse & Communication, 11 (3), 276-295. (SSCI)
Ngai, S.B., & Singh, R.G. (2015). Using Dialectics to Build Leader-Stakeholder Relationships: An Exploratory Study on Relational Dialectics in Chinese Corporate Leaders’ Web-Based Messages. International Journal of Business Communication, pp. 1–27.
Ngai, Sing-bik, & Singh, R.G. (2014). Communication With Stakeholders Through Corporate Web Sites: An Exploratory Study on the CEO Messages of Major Corporations in Greater China. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 28(3), pp.1- 43. (SSCI)


Book Chapter

Ngai, S.B., & Singh, R.G. (2015). Communication styles embedded in the bilingual e-messages of corporate leaders in Greater China. In Ng, P. & Ngai, S.B. (Eds).,?Role of language and corporate communication in Greater China: From academic to practitioner perspectives.?Heidelberg; New York: Springer. ISBN: 978-3-662-46880-7.


Conference Award

Best Theoretical Paper Award at?Corporate Communication International’s Conference on Corporate Communication 2015
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Conference Presentations

Singh, R.G. (2015). Presented a co-authored paper titled “Developing a Thematic Categorization System for Leaders’ Web-based Communication in Greater China.” Presentation at the Conference on Corporate Communication 2015 held from 2 to 5 June 2015 at Baruch College, City University of New York, USA.
Singh, R.G. (2013). Co-presented a paper entitled “Language Modes and Inter-textual Translation of Leaders’ E-messages in Hong Kong and China” with Ngai, Sing-bik. Presentation at the 2013 Third International Conference on Languages, Literature and Linguistics held from 8 to 9 December 2013 in Sydney, Australia. The conference proceedings were published in the International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research 68(4).
Singh, R.G. (2013). Co-presented a paper entitled “Communication with Stakeholders through Corporate Websites: An Exploratory Study on the CEO Messages of Major Listed Corporations in Greater China” with Ngai, Sing-bik. Presentation at the Conference on Corporate Communication 2013 held from 4 to 7 June 2013 at Baruch College, City University of New York, USA.



COURSES TAUGHT
Credit-Bearing Courses Taught:
University English I
University English II
English through Films and Short Stories
Advanced Academic English
Humanities English Skills I and II
Foundation English Skills I and II
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Supplementary Courses Taught:
Professional Business Writing
Professional Business Speaking
Professional Business Writing & Speaking
English Bridging Course
IELTS Preparation Course (Speaking & Listening)
IELTS Preparation Course (Reading & Writing)
Intensive IELTS Preparation Course (Speaking & Listening)
Intensive IELTS Preparation Course (Speaking)
Activate Your Spoken Grammar for IELTS
Improving Your Speaking
Honours Project Writing for Business
Honours Project Writing for Social Sciences
Honours Project Writing for Science
Honours Project Writing for Arts, Business and Social Sciences
Writing Enhancement Service (WES)
English Language Mentoring Service (ELMS)
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Workshops Conducted:
Techniques in Writing Job Application Letters and Resumes/CVs?
Job Interview Skills
Jazz up your Resume/CV!