Professor TSUI, Amy B.M.
Professor TSUI, Amy B.M.
徐碧美
Emeritus Professor & Honorary ProfessorAcademic Unit of Teacher Education and Learning Leadership
Qualification
B.A. (English Literature and Linguistics), HKU
Dip. Ed. (English major, Chinese minor), HKU
M.A. (Language Studies), HKU
Ph.D. (Linguistics), University of Birmingham, U.K.
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Phone
(852) 3917 2517
Location
Room 652, Meng Wah Complex
Research Expertise
Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Educational Policy
English Language Education
Teacher Education and Development
University-School Partnerships
Prospective PhD/ EdD/ MPhil Applications
I am not accepting any further PhD/EdD/MPhil applications.
Links
HKU Scholars Hub
Areas of Expertise
Teaching Areas:
Discourse analysis, classroom discourse, English language teaching methodology, language and society, language policy, language and learningResearch Areas:
Discourse analysis (conversation and classroom), language policy, teachers' professional development, English as a Second Language teaching and learningAwards
Doctor of Education (honoris causa), the University of Edinburgh, the United Kingdom (3 July 2015)
Outstanding Supervisor Award (2007)
British Council Scholarship 1984-1985
British Commonwealth Scholarship 1985 (tenable for 3 years)
Projects
Non-RGC Grants
L2 Classroom Talk and Subject Content Learning: Investigating the relationship between L2 (English) learning and content learning in EMI mathematics and science classrooms (Standing Committee on Language Reseaerch SCOLAR, Education and Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government) (Consultant and Co-Investigator) (Funding awarded: $ HK$7,476,925) (April 2015-2018)An investigation of good practices to enhance English language teaching in English medium and Chinese medium schools in Hong Kong (February 2003 - September 2004) (Project Leader) (Education and Manpower Bureau, Hong Kong Government Consultancy Study) (Amount: $2.96 m HK + $.09 m additional funding)
TeleNex Project (Director) (1993 - 2005)
(Total amount of funding awarded: $58.57m HK+ $1.4m worth of hardware support + communication lines.)
This project involved the setting up of the Teachers of English Language Education Centre (TELEC) and a wide-area computer network called Teachers of English Language Education Nexus (TeleNex) to provide professional support to English teachers in Hong Kong. Research was conducted on the use of I.T. in enhancing teachers' professional development. See Publications, Journal papers# 43, 49, 57, 60, 63, 65, 67, 70, 75-77, 79, 82, 84 and 85.
Year Source of funding Cash secured Harware
1998 - 01 QEF $ 30m.
1997 - 98 Hong Kong Jockey Club $ 6.15m. communication lines
1996 - 97 H.K. Govt. Language Fund
H.K. Telecom Foundation communication lines (0.20m.)
H.K. Telecom (IMS) technical support + consultancy
1995 - 96 H.K. Govt. Language Fund $ 8.7m.
H.K. Telecom Foundation communication lines (0.20m.)
1994 - 95 H.K. Telecom Foundation $ 3m. communication lines
1993 - 94 H.K. Telecom Foundation $ 2.76m. $ 1.4m. (computers, etc.) + communication lines
Unified Professional Development Project (Project Leader) (1998 - 2003)
Source of Funding: QEF (1998-2000: $12,156,400 HK; 2000-2003: $9,450,000 HK)
This is a departmental project which aimed to provide to a rich experience for student teachers during their practicum in partnership with schools. Research was conducted on the professional development of student teachers and mentor teachers as well as the effectiveness of the scheme. See Publications, Books # 1 and Journal papers # 22, 32, 61.
Chinese as a Medium of Instruction Centre (CMI Centre) (1998 - 2003) (Principal-investigator)
Source of Funding: QEF (1998-2001: $11,550,455; 2000-2003: $21,334,900)
(Co-Principal investigators: SK Tse, M.S.K. Shum, and Ki Wing Wah)
This project involved settingup a computer network and conducting workshops to provide professional support to all teachers in schools adopting Chinese medium of instruction in response to government mandated mother-tongue education policy implemented in 1998. Research on the classroom discourse and learning in English and Chinese medium schools were alsoconducted. See Publications, Journal papers and book chapters, # 68, 69.
The impact of the medium of instruction on students' self-esteem, motivation, learning strategies.1998-2003) (Principal investigator)
Funding Source: internal research grant $1.3m (Co-investigator: Farideh Salili, Department of Psychology)
This project was a three year longitudinal study on the effect of the choice of medium of instruction has on students' self-esteem, motivation, and learning strategies. See Publications,Journal papers # 45.
RGC Funded
An investigation into the impact of school-university partnerships in teacher education in Hong Kong (Co-investigator) (Nov 2000-Dec 2002)Amount awarded: $807,817.00 HK.
Principal investigator: J. Day, Faculty of Education
The application and effectiveness of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in the professional development of English Language teachers in secondary schools in Hong Kong. (Principal investigator) (Sept 1994-Aug 1998)
Amount awarded: $951,000.00 HK.
This research project investigated the effect of participation in CMC, specifically TeleNex, on the subject knowledge, teaching competence and confidence of secondary school English teachers in Hong Kong. It also examined the patterns of conference interaction on the network.See Publications, Journal papers # 43, 49, 57, 60, 63, 65, 67, 70, 75-77, 79, 82, 84 and 85.
Publications
Overview
Published 5 sole-authored and multi-authored volumes, with one translated into Chinese, 5 edited and co-edited volumes, and over 100 journal papers and book chapters, in the areas of spoken discourse analysis, classroom discourse, teacher education, teachers' professional development, language policy and second language teaching and learning.Books
Sole Authored and Multi-authored VolumesTsui, A.B.M., Edwards, G. & Lopez-Real, F. (2009). Learning in School-University Partnership: Sociocultural Perspectives. New York & London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 200 pp.(with contribution from Kwan, T., Law, D., Stimpson, P., Tang, R., and Wong, A.)
2) Pupik Dean, C.G. (2010). Learning in School-University Partnership: Sociocultural Perspectives. Perspectives on Urban Education, 7(1), 134-135. Retrieved January 13, 2012, from http://www.urbanedjournal.org/sites/urbanedjournal.org/files/
pdf_archive/PUE-Summer2010-V7I1-pp134-135.pdf
3) Field, K. (2009). Learning in School-University Partnership: Sociocultural Perspectives.Professional Development in Education, 35(2), 307-308.
Marton, F. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2004). Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 242pp (with contribution from Chik, P., Ko, P.Y., Lo, M.L., Mok, I., Ng, F.P., Pang, M.F., Pong, W.Y., Runnesson, U.).
2) Todd, R. (2005). Review: Applied Ling/Discourse Analysis: Marton & Tsui. Retrieved April 29, 2010, from https://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-25.html
Tsui, A.B.M. (2003). Understanding Expertise in Teaching. New York: Cambridge University Press, 301 pp.
2) Elliot, J. (2005). Understanding expertise in teaching: Case studies of ESL teachers.Cambridge Journal of Education, 35(3), 437-439.
3) McBeath, N. (2005). Understanding expertise in teaching: Case studies of ESL teachers. Modern English Teacher, 14(3),84-85.
4) Stewart, A. (2005). Understanding expertise in teaching: Case studies of ESL teachers.ELT Journal, 59(3), 259-261.
5) Christie, F. (2004). Understanding expertise in teaching: Case studies of ESL teachers.Australian Language & Literacy Matters, 1(2), 19.
6) Johnston, B. (2004). Understanding expertise in teaching: Case studies of ESL teachers.Language Teaching Research, 8(3), 347-350.
7) Miller, J. (2004). Understanding expertise in teaching: Case studies of ESL teachers.TESOL in Context, 14(1/2), 28.
8) Vásquez, C. (2004). Understanding expertise in teaching: Case studies of ESL teachers.Tesol Quarterly, 38(1), 167-169.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2003). In Pursuit of Excellence ( 追求卓越 - 教師專業發展案例研究 ) (Chinese Translation of Understanding Expertise in Teaching, with Foreword by Gu Ling Yuan). Beijing: People's Education Press, 326 pp.
Tsui, A.B.M. (1995).Introducing Classroom Interaction. London: Penguin, 123 pp.
Tsui, A.B.M. (1994).English Conversation. In Describing English Language Series. London: Oxford University Press, 298 pp.
Edited Volumes and Co-edited Volumes
Tsui, A.B.M.(ed.) (in press)English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in Asian Contexts: Global Challenges and Local Responses. Cambridge University Press.
Tsui, A.B.M. and Tollefson, James (Eds.) (2007). Language Policy, Culture and Identity in Asian Contexts. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 283 pp.
2) Hamid, M. Obaidul (2009). Language policy, culture and identity in Asian contexts. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 8(1), 57-61.
3) Alazzam-Alwidyan, S. (2008). Language policy, culture and identity in Asian contexts. TESL-EJ 12(2). Retrieved November 06, 2008, from http://tesl-ej.org/ej46/r8.html
4) Brown, R.A. (2008). Language policy, culture and identity in Asian contexts. JALT Journal, 30(01), 129-130.
5) Mooney, A. (2008). Language policy, culture and identity in Asian contexts. Applied Linguistics, 29(3), 515-518.
6) Stanlaw, J. (2008). Language policy, culture and identity in Asian contexts. JALT Journal, 30(01), 129-130.
7) Chao, R. (2007). Rethinking language policy and cultural identity. PsycCritiques, 52(28), Article 5.
8) Hu, Guangwei. (2007). Language policy, culture and identity in Asian contexts. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 20(3), 247-251.
9) Kirkgoz, Y. (2007). Review: Sociolinguistics: Tsui; Tollefson (2006). The Linguist List. Retrieved October 30, 2007, from http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-1461.html
10) Soon, L.B. (2007). Language policy, culture and identity in Asian contexts. RELC Journal, 38(8), 400-401.
Tollefson, James and Tsui, A.B.M. (Eds.) (2004). Medium of Instruction Policies: Which Agenda? Whose Agenda? N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 306 pp.
2) Ammon, U. (2006). Medium of instruction policies: Which agenda? Whose agenda?Current Issues in Language Planning, 16(1), 141-145.
3) Deng, Z. & Gopinathan, S. (2006). The complicity of medium - of - instruction policies: functions and hidden agendas.Journal of Curriculum Studies 38(5), 609-622.
4) Khubchandani, L. M. (2006). Medium of instruction policies: Which agenda? Whose agenda?Language & Education: An International Journal, 20(1), 84-88.
5) Osborn, T. A. (2005). Medium of instruction policies: Which agenda? Whose agenda?Language Problems and Language Planning, 29(1), 94-95.
6) Otlogetswe, T. (2005). Review: Sociolinguistics: Tollefson & Tsui (2004).The Linguist List. Retrieved 15 July, 2015, from http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-1257.html
7) Talmy, S. (2005). Medium of instruction policies: Which agenda? Whose agenda?Language Teaching Research, 9(1), 117-122.
Bird, N. with Falvey, P., Tsui, A.B.M., Allison, D., & McNeill, A. (Eds.). (1994). Language and Learning, Hong Kong: Institute of Language in Education, Education Department, 551 pp.
Tsui, A.B.M. & Johnson, I. (Eds.). (1993). Teacher Education and Development. Education Papers No. 18, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, 177 pp.
International Refereed Journal Papers and Book Chapters
Tsui, A.B.M. and Imafuku, R. (in press) Silence in EFL Classrooms Revisited. In King, J. and Harumi, S. (eds) East Asian Perspectives on English Language Education. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.Tollefson, J. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2018) Medium of Instruction Policy. In J.W. Tollefson & M. Pérez-Milans (eds.)Oxford Handbook of Language Policy and Planning,pp. 257-279
Tsui, A.B.M. (2017) Classroom Discourse: Theoretical Orientations and MethodologicalApproaches.The Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Revised edition,J. Cenoz &N. H. Hornberger (Eds.) (2017) New York: Springer.
Tsui, A.B.M.(2016) Leading Transitions: The Case of Undergraduate Education Reform at HKU. In Marshall, S. (Ed.), AHandbook on Leaders in Higher Education: Transforming Teaching and Learning. (pp.129-131).U.K.:Routledge.
Tsui, A.B.M.(2015) A Response to Land, R. and Gordon, G. (2015)Teaching Excellence Initiatives: Modalities and operational factors.U.K. Higher Education Academy.
Harfitt, G. J., & Tsui, A.B.M. (2015). An examination of class size reduction on teaching and learning processes: a theoretical perspective.British Educational Research Journal. Prepublished 16 January 2015. DOI: 10.1002/berj.3165.
Tollefson, J. W. &Tsui, A.B.M.(2014). Language diversity and language policy in educational access and equity.Review of Research in Education, 38,189-214.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2014). English as lingua franca on campus: Cultural integration or segregation? In N. Murray & A. Scarino (Eds.), Dynamic ecologies of languages education in the Asia-Pacific region: Developments, issues and challenges (pp. 75-93). New York: Springer.
Lam, H.C. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2013). Awareness of orthographic structure in children's learning of Chinese characters.Contemporary Educational Research Quarterly, 21(3), 83-111.
Lam, H.C. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2013). Drawing on the variation theory to enhance students' learning of Chinese characters.Instructional Science, 41(5), 955-974.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2012). Transforming Student Learning: Undergraduate curriculum reform at The University of Hong Kong. In P. Blackmore & C. Kandiko (Eds.), Strategic Curriculum Change: Global Trends in Universities (pp. 62-72). London, U.K.: Routledge.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2012). Language and Education in Asia. In J. A. Banks (Ed.),Encyclopaedia of Diversity in Education (Vol. 3, pp.1319-1323). USA: Sage.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2012). The dialectics of theory and practice in teacher knowledge development. In J. Hüttner, B. Mehlmauer-Larcher, S. Reichl & B. Schiftner (Eds.), Theory and Practice in EFL Teacher Education: Bridging the Gap (pp. 16-37). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2012). Ethnography and Classroom Discourse. In J. P. Gee & M. Hanford (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis (pp. 383-395). U.K.: Routledge.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2011) The dialectics of theory and practice in teacher knowledge development. In Huttner, J., Mehlmauer-Larcher, B., Reichl, S., Schiftner, B. (Eds.), Theory and Practice in EFL Teacher Education: Bridging the Gap, p. 16-37. Bristol, UK; Tonawanda, NY: Multilingual Matters.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2011). Globalization and linguistic paradoxes: The role of English. In J. L. Bianco & D. Veronique (Eds.), Chapter 7, Institutions and power (D. Divita, Trans.). In Geneviève Zarate, Danielle Lévy, & Claire Kramsch (Eds.), Handbook of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism (pp. 335-338). Paris: Editions des Archives Contemporaines (Contemporary Publishing International SARL). [Reprinted from: Tsui, A. B. M. (2008). Mondialisation et paradoxes linguistiques: Le rôle de l anglais. In J. Lo Bianco & Daniel Veronique (Eds.), Chapiture 7, Institutions et pouvoir, in Geneviève Zarate, Danielle Lévy, & Claire Kramsch (Eds.), Précis du plurilinguisme et du pluriculturalisme (pp. 353-356). Paris: Editions des Archives Contemporaines. (Contemporary Publishing International SARL).]
Tsui, A.B.M. (2011). Classroom Discourse. In J. Simpson (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics (pp. 274-286). New York & London: Routledge.
Itakura, H., & Tsui, A.B.M. (2011). Evaluation in Academic Discourse: Managing Criticism in Japanese and English Book Reviews. Journal of Pragmatics, 43(5), 1366-1379.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2011). Teacher Education and Teacher Development. In E. Hinkel (Ed.), Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning (Vol. II, pp. 21-39). New York & London: Routledge.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2011). Classroom Discourse as a Re-Mediating Source for Foreign Language Learning. In W. M. Chan, K. N. Chin, M. Nagami, T. Suthiwan (Eds.), Media in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning (pp. 109-130). Singapore: Center for Language Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.
Tsui, A.B.M., & Ng, M.M.Y. (2010). Cultural Contexts and Situated Possibilities in the Teaching of Second Language Writing. Journal of Teacher Education, 61(4), 364-375.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2010). Teacher's Professional Learning in School-University Partnership. In D. Boorer, et al. (Eds.), Bridging Worlds: Making Connections in Education: Selected Papers from the 14th International Conference on Education (ICE) 2009. Brunei Darussalam: Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Cheng, W., & Tsui, A.B.M. (2009). ‘ahh ((laugh)) well there is no comparison between the two I think’: How do Hong Kong Chinese and native speakers of English disagree with each other?. Journal of Pragmatics, 41(11), 2365-2380.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2009). Distinctive Qualities of Expert Teachers. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 15(4: Special Issue), 421-439.
Itakura, H., & Tsui, A.B.M. (2009). Criticisms in English and Japanese in Academic Writing. In K. P. Turner & B. Fraser (Eds.), Studies in Pragmatics: Vol. 6: Language in life, and a life in language: Jacob Mey - A Festschrift (pp. 193-202). U.K.: Emerald.
Tsui, A.B.M. & Wong, J.L.N. (2009). In Search of a Third Space: Teacher Development in Mainland China. In C. K. K. Chan & N. Rao (Eds.), Revisiting the Chinese learner: Changing contexts, changing education (pp. 281-311). Hong Kong: Comparative Education Research Centre/Springer Academic Publishers.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2009). Teaching Expertise: Approaches, Perspectives and Charaterizations. In A. Burns & J. C. Richards (Eds.), Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher Education (pp. 190-197). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2008). Mondialisation et paradoxes linguistiques: Le rôle de l'anglais [Globalization and linguistic paradoxes: The role of English]. In J. Lo Bianco & Daniel Veronique (Eds.), Chapiture 7, Institutions et pouvoir [Institutions and power], in Geneviève Zarate, Danielle Lévy, & Claire Kramsch, (Eds.) Précis du plurilinguisme et du pluriculturalisme (pp. 353-356). Paris: Editions des Archives Contemporaines. (Contemporary Publishing International SARL).
Tsui, A.B.M. (2008). Classroom Discourse: Approaches and Perspectives. In J. Cenoz & N. H. Hornberger (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of Language and Education (Vol. 6: Knowledge About Language, pp. 261-272). New York: Springer.
Wong, J.L.N. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2007). How do teachers view the effects of school-based in-service learning activities? A case study in China. Journal of Education for Teaching, 33(4), 457-470.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2007). The Complexities of Identity Formation: A Narrative Inquiry of an EFL Teacher. TESOL Quarterly, 41(4), 657-680.
Tsui, A.B.M. & Law, D.Y.K. (2007). Learning as Boundary-crossing in School University Partnership. Teaching and Teacher Education, 23(8), 1289-1301.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2007). Linguistic Paradoxes and Cultural Domination. International Multilingual Research Journal, 1(2), 135-143.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2007). Instructional Processes in L2 Grammar Teaching. Studies in English Education, 11(2), 147-173.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2007). Classroom discourse as a semiotic resource for EFL learning.The Language Teacher, 31(7), 13-16.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2007). Exploring EFL Teacher Identities and Identity Conflicts. In G. Poedjosoedarmo (Ed.), Teacher Education in Language Teaching: RELC Anthology Series 48 (pp. 50-59). Singapore: SEAMEO Regional Language Centre.
Tsui, A.B.M & Tollefson, J. W. (2007). Language Policy and the Construction of National Cultural Identity. In A.B.M. Tsui & J. W. Tollefson (Eds.), Language Policy, Culture and Identity in Asian Contexts (pp. 1-21). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2007). Language Policy and the Social Construction of Identity: The case of Hong Kong. In A.B.M. Tsui & J. W. Tollefson (Eds.), Language Policy, Culture and Identity in Asian Contexts (pp. 121-141). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Tollefson, J. W. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2007). Issues in Language Policy, Culture and Identity. In A.B.M. Tsui & J. W. Tollefson (Eds.), Language Policy, Culture and Identity in Asian Contexts (pp. 259-270). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2007). What Shapes Teachers’ Professional Development? In J. Cummins & C. Davison (Eds.), International Handbook of English Language Teaching (pp. 1053-1066). Norwell, MA.: Springer.
Tsui, A.B.M. & Wong, A.T.Y. (2006). Issues in School-University Partnership. In C.K. Lee & M. Williams (Eds.), School Improvement: International Perspectives (pp. 175-192). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2005). Plenary: Language policy, culture and identity in the era of globalization. In B. Beaven (Ed.), IATEFL 2005 Conference Selections (pp. 41-51). Canterbury: IATEFL.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2005). ESL Teachers' Questions and Corpus Evidence. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 10(3), 335-356.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2005). Expertise in Teaching: Perspectives and Issues. In Keith Johnson (Ed.), Expertise in Second Language Learning and Teaching (pp. 167-189). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sallili, F. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2005). The Effects of Medium of Instruction on Students’ Motivation and Learning. In Rumjahn Hoosain & Farideh Salili (Eds.), Language in Multicultural Education (pp. 135-156). Research in Multicultural Education and International Perspectives, Volume 4. Greenwich CT: Information Age Publishing (IAP).
Tsui, A.B.M. & Ki, Wing Wah (2004). Language and Learning. In Wing Wah Ki (Ed.), Learning and Theory of Variation《變易理論與學習空間》(in Chinese) (pp. 33-50). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2004). Language Policies in Asian Countries: Issues and Tensions.The Journal of Asia TEFL, Vol. 1, No. 2, Autumn 2004, 1-25.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2004). Ruhe zuo anli yanjiu《如何開展案例研究》(Conducting Case Studies). In Jiaoyu Fazhan Yanjiu 《教育發展研究》(Exploring Educational Development), 2004 Volume, Issue No. 2, pp. 9-13. Reproduced in Zhongguo Renmin Daxue Shubao Ziliao Zhongxin: Fuyin Baokan Ziliao Jiaoyu Xue《教育學》(Information center for social sciences, RUC. education), 2004 Volume, Issue No. 5, pp. 91-94.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2004). What Teachers Have Always Wanted to Know - and how corpora can help. In John Sinclair (Ed.), How to Use Corpora in Language Teaching (pp. 39-61). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, B.V.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2004). What linguistic descriptions have to say about discourse? In K. Aijmer & J. Allwood (Eds.), Dialogue Analysis VIII: Understanding and Misunderstanding in Dialogue (pp. 25-46). Niemeyer: Tübingen.
Tsui, A.B.M. & Tollefson, J. W.(2004). The Centrality of Medium of Instruction Policy in Sociopolitical Processes. In J. W. Tollefson & A.B.M. Tsui (Eds.), Medium of Instruction Policies: Which agenda? Whose agenda? (pp. 1-20). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2004). Medium of Instruction in Hong Kong: One Country, Two Systems, Whose Language? In J. W. Tollefson & A.B.M. Tsui (Eds.), Medium of Instruction Policies: Which agenda? Whose agenda? (pp. 97-106). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Tollefson, J. W. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2004). Contexts of Medium-of-Instruction Policy. In J. W. Tollefson & A.B.M. Tsui (Eds.), Medium of Instruction Policies: Which Agenda? Whose Agenda? (pp. 283-294). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Itakura, H. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2004). Gender and Conversational Dominance in Japanese Conversation. Language in Society, Vol. 33, No. 2, 223-248.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2002). The Semantic Space of Learning. In F. Marton & P. Morris (Eds.), What matters? Discovering critical conditions of classroom learning (pp. 113-132). Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis.
Mok, I., Runesson U., Tsui, A.B.M., Wong, S.Y., Chik, P., & Pow, S. (2002). Questions and Variation. In F. Marton & P. Morris (Eds.), What matters? Discovering critical conditions of classroom learning (pp. 75-92). Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis.
Tsui, A.B.M. & W.W. Ki (2002). Socio-Psychological Dimensions of Teacher Participation in Computer Conferencing.Information Technology for Teacher Education, Vol. 11, No. 1, 23-44.
Bunton, D. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2002). Setting Language Benchmarks: Whose benchmark?Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, Vol. 12, No. 1, 63-76
Tsui, A.B.M. & Andrews, S. (2002).Setting Standards and Language Variation: A dilemma for language education. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1-12.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2002). On-line and Off-line Communities. Information Technology, Education and Society, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1-13.
Tsui, A.B.M., Lopez-Real, F., Law, Y.K., Tang, R., Shum, M.S.K. (2001). Roles and Relationships in Tripartite Supervisory Conferencing Processes. Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Summer), 322-344.
Ng, D., Tsui, A.B.M., & Marton, F. (2001). Two Faces of the Reed Relay. In D. Watkins & J. Biggs (Eds.), Teaching the Chinese Learner (pp. 135-160). Hong Kong: CERC, The University of Hong Kong.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2001). Maximizing Computer Mediated Communication as a Collaborative Learning Environment for ESL Teachers. In B. Morrison, D. Gardner, K. Keobke & M. Spratt (Eds.), ELT Perspectives on IT & Multimedia (pp. 43-68). Hong Kong: English Language Centre, Polytechnic University.
Tsui, A.B.M. (2001). Classroom Interaction Research, In R. Carter & D. Nunan (Ed.), TESOL Guide. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Tsui, A.B.M. & Bunton, D. (2000). The Discourse and Attitudes of English Teachers in Hong Kong. World Englishes, Vol. 19, No. 3, 287-304.
Tsui, A.B.M. & Ng, M. (2000). Do secondary L2 writers benefit from peer comments?Journal of Second Language Writing, Vol. 9, No. 2, 147-170.
Lock, G. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2000). Customizing Linguistics: Developing an Electronic Grammar Database for Teachers. Language Awareness, Vol. 9, No. 1, 17-33.
Tsui, A. B. M., Shum, M. S. K., Wong, C. K., Tse, S. K. & Ki, W. W. (1999). Which Agenda? – Medium of instruction policy in post-1997 Hong Kong.Language, Culture and Curriculum, Vol. 12, No. 3, 196-214.
Tsui, A. B. M., Tse, S. K., Shum, M. S. K., Ki, W. W., Wong, C. K., & Wong, W. L. (1999). Implementing Mother-tongue Education in Schools: Problems Encountered and Support Needed. Hong Kong: CMI Centre monograph, Department of Curriculum Studies, University of Hong Kong, 46 pp.
Tsui, A. B. M. & Nicholson, S. (1999). A Hypermedia Database and English as a Second Language Teacher Knowledge Enrichment.Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education, Vol. 8, No. 2, 215-237.
Tsui, A. B. M. & Fullilove, J. (1998). Bottom-up or top-down processing as a discriminator of L2 listening Performance. Applied Linguistics, Vol. 19, No. 4, 432-451.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1998). The “unobservable” in Classroom Interaction.The Language Teacher, Vol. 22, No. 7, 25-26.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1998). Extending the frontiers of teacher education. In B. Asker (Ed.), Language, Culture and Education. Hong Kong: Longman.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1997). Awareness-raising about classroom interaction. In L. Van Lier & D. Corson (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Volume 6: Knowledge About Language(pp. 183-194). Dordrecht: Kluwer.
Wu, K. Y. & Tsui, A. B. M. (1997). Teachers’ Grammar on the Electronic Highway. System, Vol. 25, No.2, 169-183.
Tsui, A. B. M. & Ki, W. W. (1996).An Analysis of Conference Interaction on TeleNex - a computer network for ESL teachers.Education Technology Research and Development, Vol. 44, No. 4, 23-44.
Tsui, A. B. M. & Sengupta, S., Wu, K. Y. (1996). Enhancing Teacher Development Through TeleNex - A computer network for English language teachers.System, Vol. 24, No. 4, 461-476.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1996). English in Asian Bilingual Education - from Hatred to Harmony - A Response.Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Vol. 17, Nos. 2-4, 241-247.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1996). The Participant Structures of TeleNex - A computer network for teacher development.International Journal of Educational Telecommunications. Volume 2, No. 4, 171-197.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1996). Learning How to Teach Writing. In J. Richards & D. Freeman (Eds.), Teacher Learning in Language Teaching (pp. 97-124). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1996). Reticence and Anxiety in Second Language Learning. In K. Bailey & D. Nunan (Eds.), Voices From the Language Classroom (pp. 145-167). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1995). Social Factors in the Implementation of a Computer Network for English Language Teachers.Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education, Vol. 4, No. 2, 149-164.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1995). Exploring Collaborative Supervision in In-service Teacher Education.Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, Vol. 10, No. 4, 346-371.
Tsui, A. B. M., Coniam, D., Sengupta, S., Wu, K. Y. (1995). Computer-Mediated Communication and Teacher Education - the case of TeleNex. In N. Bird with P. Falvey, A. B. M. Tsui, D. Allison, & A. McNeill (Eds.), Language and Learning(pp. 352-369). Hong Kong: Government Printer.
Tsui, A. B. M. & Ki, W. W. (1994). Whence and Whither TeleNex - a Computer Network for English Language Teachers in Hong Kong.Curriculum Forum, Vol. 4, No.1, 1-12.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1993). Grammar in the Language Curriculum. In Teaching Grammar and Spoken English (pp. 21-30), Hong Kong: Education Department, Government Printer.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1993). Challenges in Education and Continuous Teacher Education. In A. B. M. Tsui& I. Johnson (Eds.), Teacher Education and Development(pp. 13-28). Education Papers No. 18, Faculty of Education, Hong Kong University.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1993). Helping Teachers to Conduct Action Research in ESL Classrooms. In D. Freeman & S. Cornwell (Eds.), New Ways in Teacher Education(pp. 171-175). Virginia: TESOL.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1993). Making Supervision a Non-threatening Experience for Teachers. In D. Freeman & S. Cornwell (Eds.), New Ways in Teacher Education(pp. 176-179). Virginia: TESOL.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1993). The Interpretation of Multi-act Moves in Spoken Discourse. In G. Francis, M. Baker & E. Tognini-Bonelli (Eds.), Text and Technology (pp. 75-94). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1992). A Functional Description of Questions. In M. Coulthard (Ed.), Advances in Spoken Discourse Analysis (pp. 89-110). London: Routledge.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1992). Using English as Medium of Instruction and English Language Acquisition. In K. K. Luke (Ed.), Into the Twenty First Century: Critical Issues of Language in Education in Hong Kong (pp. 135-146). Hong Kong: Linguistic Society of Hong Kong.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1992). Classroom Discourse Analysis in ESL Teacher Education. ILE Journal, Vol. 9, 81-96.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1991). The Interpenetration of Language as Code and Behaviour. In E. Ventola (Ed.), Functional and Systemic Linguistics: approaches and uses (pp. 193-212). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1991). The pragmatic functions of "I don't know". TEXT, Vol. 11, No. 4, 607-622.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1991). The Description of Utterances in Conversation. In J. Verschueren (Ed.), Pragmatics at Issue(pp. 229-247). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins B.V.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1991). Sequencing Rules and Coherence in Discourse.Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. XV, No. 1, 177-195.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1991). Learner Involvement and Comprehensible Input.RELC Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2, 44-60.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1991). Don't throw the baby out with the bath water - the place of grammar in communicative language teaching.Curriculum Forum, Vol. 3, 77-82.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1989). Beyond the Adjacency Pair.Language in Society, Vol. 18, No. 4, 545-564.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1989). Systemic Choices in Discourse Processes.WORD, Vol. 40, Nos. 1-2, 163-188.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1987). On Elicitations. In M. Coulthard (Ed.), Discussing Discourse (pp. 80-106), English Language Research Monograph Series, No. 14. U.K.: University of Birmingham.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1987). Aspects of the Classification of Illocutionary Acts and the Notion of the Perlocutionary Act.Semiotica, Vol. 66, No. 4, 359-377.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1987). Analyzing Different Types of Interaction in Second Language Classrooms.International Review of Applied Linguistics, XXV/4, 336-353.
Tsui, A. B. M. (1985). Analyzing Input and Interaction in Second Language Classrooms.RELC Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, 8-32.
Tsui, A. B. M., Johnson, F. C., Fu, G. & Boozer (1984). A Curriculum Model for The Design and Development of Instructional Materials at Post-Secondary Levels. In J. Read (Ed.), Case Studies in Syllabus and Course Design (pp. 80-95). Singapore: SEAMEO RELC.
Edited Special Issues of International Refereed Journal
Tsui, A.B.M. and Hedberg, J. (2003). Information Technology, Education and Society, 4(1). Australia: James Nicholas. (Guest-editing)Tsui, A.B.M. and Andrews, S. (Eds.). (2002). Special Issue of Journal of Asian-Pacific Communication, Summer 2002.
Other Publications
Tsui, A.B.M. (2013). In conversation with Amy Tsui - Challenges of experiential learning.Journal of the NUS Teaching Academy, 3(2), 54-56.Professional Community Services
Editorial / Advisory Boards of International Refereed Journals (current)
Asian EFL Journal
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
English for Specific Purposes
English Teaching & Learning
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
International Content and Language Integrated Learning Journal
International Journal of Multilingual Research
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Journal of Asian Pacific Communication
Journal of Professional Capital and Community
Language Culture Communication in Asia
Linguistics and the Human Sciences
Reflections on English Language Teaching
Research Papers in Education: Policy and Practice
The Open Applied Linguistics Journal
Editorial / Advisory Board of International Refereed Journals (Past)
Asian Journal of English Language Teaching
Education Journal
Language Policy
Functions of Language
Pedagogies: An International Journal
Review of Research in Education
TESOL Quarterly
The Journal of Asia TEFL
Service to international communities (2015 – date)
Member, Board of Chatteris Educational Foundation (2018-date)
Member, Board of Governors, International Baccalaureate, Geneva (April 2014 – May 2020)
Member, International Advisory Board, University of Helsinki (2011 – 2017)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki (2011-2014)
Member, International Advisory Panel, English Language Institute of Singapore (ELIS), Ministry of Education, Singapore (2010 – 2016)
Associate, Higher Education Academy, U.K., Teaching Excellence Framework. (2015)
Honored Life member, The Global (EIL) English International Language Congress / Asian EFL Journal
Others
International Conferences Keynote/Plenary Presentations
78keynote/plenary presentations in the U.K., U.S., Italy, Sweden, Spain, S. Africa, Turkey, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, S. Korea, Thailand, People's Republic of China and Taiwan.
Keynote Speaker, “Intercultural Communicative Competence Revisited”, The 17th Asia TEFL International Conference, Bangkok, 27-29 June 2019.
Keynote Speaker, “In Search of the Holy Grail: Challenges in ELT in Asian Contexts”, 2019 International Conference on English Education (ICEE), 27-28 April 2019, Taipei, Taiwan.
Keynote Speaker, “Sustainable Professional Development for EFL Teachers: What are the essential conditions?”, TEFLIN International Conference, Makassar, Sout Sulawesi, Indonesia, 12-14 July, 2018.
Keynote Speaker, “On becoming an EFL Teacher”. The 33rd International Conference on English Teaching and Learning (ROCTEFL), 28-29 May 2016, National Changhua University of Education, Taichung, Taiwan.
Keynote Speaker, “Linguistic Mediation of Learning Processes in Content Classrooms”. ALAA/ALANZ/ALTAANZ conference on Learning in a Multilingual World, 30 November – 2 December, 2015, University of Southern Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Speaker, Research Centre for Cultures and Languages Symposium, 26-27 November, 2015, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Keynote Speaker, 2015 International Conference on English for Specific Purposes, 23-24 October, 2015, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Keynote Speaker, Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University International Conference on Language, Communication and Culture. August 15, 2015, Nakhon Swan, Thailand.
Plenary speaker, Conference on "TESOL: Leading, Enhancing, and Transforming", organized by Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA), 30 September - 2 October, 2014, Melbourne, Australia.
Keynote speaker, 14th national Community Languages and English for Speakers of Other Languages (CLESOL) Conference, 10-13 July 2014, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. (Apologies sent)
Keynote speaker, ALLT (Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching) Conference 2014, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 17-19 April, 2014.
Keynote speaker, “Classroom Discourse in EFL Learning”, Conference on “Consulting of Teaching in Primary English Education”, organized by The Korea Association ofPrimary English Education, 18 January 2014, South Korea.
Keynote speaker, Seminar on “Reforms in Higher Education and the Four-Year Undergraduate Program”, organized by the Lady Shri Ram College for Women, 7 Sept 2013, Delhi, India.
Keynote speaker, “Foreign Language Classroom Discourse Research: Approaches, Major Issues and Future Developments”, V Colloquium on Research in Foreign Languages, 27-29 June 2013, the University of Veracruz, Mexico.
Plenary speaker, “Does General Education or Liberal Arts Education still matter in the 21st Century?”, Conference on “The Futures of Chinese Higher Education” organized by Harvard China Fund, 14-15 June 2013, Shanghai, China.
Plenary Speaker, Conference on “The Future on Indian Universities: Comparative Perspective on Higher Education Reforms”, 21-23 March 2013, O.P. Jindal Global University, Delhi, India.
Invited speaker, “Bilingual Education - Policy into Practice”, Cambridge HorizonsSeminar on “Bilingual Education: Cognitive Benefits and Policy into Practice”, organized by Cambridge International Examinations, 27 November, 2012, Singapore.
Keynote speaker, "Nurturing Global Citizens in Undergraduate Education", U21 Teaching & Learning Network Conference, 8-9 November 2012, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Keynote speaker, "The Conundrum of Standards Setting and Quality Assurance in Higher Education", SAAIR Annual Forum 2012, organized by the Southern African Association for Institutional Research, 3-5 October 2012, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Keynote speaker, "English as a Medium of Instruction and English as a Lingua Franca on Campus: Meeting the Challenges", Second Executive Conference on International Affairs, 26 June 2012, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Plenary speaker, “Rising to the Challenges of Educational Reform at the University of Hong Kong”, Third Conference on Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Women Rectors across Europe – Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities, 21-23 May 2012, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Plenary speaker, “HKU Common Core Curriculum: Rationale and Implementation”, 高等学校文化育人研讨会暨第五次文化素质教育工作会议, jointly organized by The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China Education and Tsinghua University, 13 April 2012.
Introductory keynote speaker, "Achieving quality teaching in the context of the overall quality assurance policies", OECD-IMHE "What Works" Conference, 5-6 December 2011, CETYS University, Mexicali, Mexico.
Plenary speaker, "English as a Lingua Franca on Campus: Cultural integration or segregation?", Research Centre for Languages and Culture Symposium, 14-15 November 2011, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Keynote speaker, "Delivering Curriculum Change: the Experience of the University of Hong Kong", Council Strategy Day of the University of Birmingham, 27 September 2011, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Distinguished Speaker, "Classroom Discourse Research and Classroom Ethnography", the 27th Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics Lecture Series, 16 September 2011, Singapore.
Keynote speaker, "Transforming Student Learning: 4-year undergraduate curriculum", Curriculum Innovation International Network Meeting, 18-19 January 2011, University of Southampton, United Kingdom.
Keynote speaker, "Expertise in Teaching: Situated Possibilities in EFL Classrooms", 2010 PKETA International Conference, 9 October 2010, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.
Keynote speaker, "Culture and Identity in a Global Era: Re-envisioning the Undergraduate Curriculum", Festival of Learning, 14 September 2010, King's College London, United Kingdom.
Keynote speaker, "Sociocultural Contexts and Pedagogical Possibilities", Cutting Edges Annual Conference, 2-3 July 2010, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, United Kingdom.
Guest speaker, "Internationalization of Higher Education, Language Policy, and Language Use", Post- Regional Language Center Seminar, 23 April 2010, Bangkok, Thailand.
Invited speaker, "Internationalization of Higher Education, Language Policy, and Language Use", Inaugural APEC-RELC International Seminar, 19-21 April 2010, SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, Singapore.
Keynote speaker, "English as a Medium of Instruction in Content Classrooms and the Space of Learning", 2010 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Languages (ALLT), 16-17 April 2010, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (NTUST), Taipei, Taiwan.
Plenary speaker, "Internationalization of Higher Education and Its Implications for Language Policy", Annual Conference of Applied Linguistics Association of Korea 2009, 5 December 2009, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
Keynote speaker, "Teachers' Professional Learning in School-University Partnership", 14th International Conference on Education, Bridging Worlds: Making Connections in Education, organized by the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 21-24 May 2009, Brunei Darussalam.
Keynote speaker, "Local Understanding and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy", 2009 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Languages (ALLT), 16-18 April 2009, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (NTUST), Taipei, Taiwan.
Plenary speaker, "The Dialectics of Theory and Practice in Teacher Knowledge Development", Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice Conference, 26-28 February 2009, Department of English, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Keynote speaker, "EFL Classroom Discourse as a Re-Mediating Semiotic Resource for EFL Learning" 3rd CLS International Conference, CLaSIC 2008, 4-7 December 2008, Centre for Language Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Guest speaker, “The Movement toward ‘General Education’ in Elite Universities”, Harvard-Berkeley International Forum on Chinese Higher Education, 10-12 October 2008, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Plenary speaker, "Internationalization of Higher Education and Linguistic Paradoxes", International Conference 2008, Language Issues in English-medium Universities: A Global Concern, 18-20 June 2008, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Plenary speaker, "Boundary-Crossing in Classroom Discourse Research", 25th International Conference of English Teaching and Learning in R.O.C., 2008 International Conference on English Instruction and Assessment, 3-4 May 2008, National Chung Cheng University (NCCU), Chia-yi, Taiwan.
Plenary speaker, "The Linguistic Constitution of the Space of Learning in Science Classrooms", The TED - ELTC ETeMS Conference 2007, Language, Mathematics and Science: Harnessing the Waves of Change, organized by Ministry of Education, Malaysia, 27-29 November, 2007, Seremban, Malaysia.
Plenary speaker, "Classroom Discourse as a Semiotic Resource for EFL Learning", JALT2007: The Japan Association for Language Teaching 33rd International Conference, 22-25 November, 2007, Tokyo, Japan.
Plenary speaker, "Effective Teaching Strategies Reconceptualized: Teachers' Practical Knowledge", CfBT-BELTA National English Language Conference Brunei, 23-24 August, 2007, Brunei Darussalam.
Keynote speaker, “Communicative Language Teaching or Cruel Language Teaching: Identity formation in EFL Learning and Teaching”, CELC Symposium 2007, 30 May – 1 June 2007, Singapore.
Plenary speaker, "Linguistic Hegemony and Linguistic Paradoxes in Asian Contexts" SoLLs.INTEC.07 Language and Nationhood: Discourses Across Disciplines and Cultures, 15-17 May 2007, Universiti Kebangsaan, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Plenary speaker, "The ESL Curriculum as an Additional Resource for Making Meaning", Second International Language Learning Conference 2006, 23-25 November, 2006, Penang, Malaysia.
Plenary speaker, "Globalization & the Role of English in Asian Contexts", 2006 SETA International Conference, 29-30 September, 2006, Yeosu, South Korea.
Plenary speaker, "Globalization and Language Policy Responses in Asian Contexts", Invitational Symposium - Language Issues in English-medium Universities Across Asia, 8-9 June, 2006, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Plenary speaker, "Confucianism and 'Confusion': Negotiating EFL teacher identity", The 41st RELC International Seminar, Plenary paper, 24-26 April, 2006, Singapore.
Opening Plenary, "Language Policy and the Social Construction of National Cultural Identity", KOTESOL, 15-16 October 2005, Seoul, South Korea.
Opening Plenary, "Globalization and Challenges to EFL Teacher Education", First National Symposium Foreign Language Teacher Education and Development, 23-25 September, 2005, Beijing, China.
Plenary speaker, "Learning as Boundary-crossing in School-University Partnership", 33rd Annual Australian Teacher Education Association Conference, 6-9 July, 2005, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Plenary speaker, "ESL Teacher Knowledge: an Interpretive Framework", 22 International Conference on English Teaching and Learning, 4-5 June, 2005, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Opening Plenary, "Language Policy, Culture and Identity in the Era of Globalization", International Association of Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) Conference 2005, 6-9 April, Cardiff, Wales. U.K.
Plenary speaker, "PatternFinder: Corpus Evidence and Teachers' Language Awareness", The First National Symposium on Corpus Linguistics and EFL Education, 11-13 October 2004, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Plenary speaker, "Understanding L2 Teacher Knowledge", Association of Language Awareness (ALA) International Conference, 19-21, July 2004, Lleida, Spain.
Plenary speaker, "Understanding Expertise in Teaching", International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) World Assembly, 2004,13-17 July, 2004, Hong Kong.
Public Lecture, "Learning a Second Language in the Primary School: Experiencing the World in a Different Way - the Case of TeleNex", University of Giessen, 22 June 2004, Germany.
Opening Lecture, "Learning a Second Language in the Primary School: Experiencing the World in a Different Way - the Case of TeleNex", Research Colloquium: Language Technology and Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, University of Education, Freiburg, 23 June, 2004, Germany.
Keynote speaker, "Teachers' Professional Development and Case Study Methodology", National Conference on School-Based Curriculum Innovation. 21-24 December, 2003, organized by the Ministry of Education (Basic Education) and Institute of Pedagogical Research (Shanghai), People's Republic of China.
Keynote speaker, “Teachers’ Professional Development and Case Study Methodology”, National Conference on School-Based Curriculum Innovation, 21-24 December 2003, organized by the Ministry of Education (Basic Education) and Institute of Pedagogical Research (Shanghai), People’s Republic of China. Plenary speaker, "Language Policies in Asian Countries: Issues and Dilemmas", Asia TEFL International Conference, 7-9 November, 2003, Busan, Korea.
Plenary speaker, "Reframing the Object of Teaching and Learning: the impact of corpus evidence on language teachers". Corpora and Language Teacher Education", International Conference on Corpus Linguistics, 24-26 October, 2003, Shanghai.
Plenary speaker, "ICT for Teacher Development", TEFL Convention of China 2002, co-sponsored by the National Advisory Committee on TEFL in Higher Education, the College English Teaching and Research Association of China, and the National College English Testing Committee, 12- 15 October, 2002, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Plenary speaker, "Corpus Linguistics and Teachers' Language Awareness", International Conference on Teaching of English as a Foreign Language, August 2002, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Plenary speaker, "What Teachers Have Always Wanted to Know - and how corpora can help", 15-20 October 2001, Tuscany Word Centre, Tuscany, Italy.
Plenary speaker, "Corpus Linguistics and Language Awareness", Second International Conference on Teaching of English (SICTE), P.R.C., 11-14 July 2001, Nanjing University, P.R.C.
Plenary speaker, "Maximizing CMC as a Collaborative Learning Environment for ESL Teachers", ITMELT 2001, International Conference on Information Technology & Multimedia in English Language Teaching), 1-2 June 2001, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Plenary speaker, "What do linguistic descriptions have to say about discourse?", 8th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Dialogue Analysis (IADA), 19-21 April 2001, Göteborg University, Sweden.
Plenary speaker, “The Impact of Teacher Education Programs on Teacher Learners”, Ninth National Conference of Subject Pedagogy for Teacher Universities, 27 November – 3 December 1999, Guangzhou College of Education, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China.
Plenary speaker, "In Search of Excellence in ESL Teaching", ILEC 1999 (International Language in Education Conference), 17-19 December 1999, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Plenary speaker, "The Impact of Teacher Education Programs on Teacher Learners", Ninth National Conference of Subject Pedagogy for Teacher Universities, 27 November - 3 December 1999, Guangzhou College of Education of Guangzhou.
Plenary speaker, "Young ESL Writers' Responses to Peer and Teacher Feedback in Writing", Eighth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching, 11-13 November 1999, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan.
Plenary speaker, "Building an Electronic Community of Teachers", International Conference on New Professionalism in Teaching organized by PACT, 15-17 January 1999, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Plenary speaker, "Teachers' Professional Development and Teacher Education Policy in Hong Kong", National Conference on Teacher Education, organized by Ministry of Education, PRC and Beijing Normal University, 25-30 August 1998, held at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PRC.
Plenary speaker, "Professional Relevance and the De-professionalization of Teacher Education", International Teacher Education Conference 98, 27-30 April 1998, held at East China Normal University, Shanghai, PRC.
Featured speaker, "Cognitive Dimensions in Classroom Interaction", Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) Conference, Omiya, Japan, 20-24 November 1998.
Invited speaker, "Information Technology and Teacher's Professional Development" International Teacher Preparation and Professional Development Conference, hosted by National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, held in Bellagio, Italy, 21-25 July 1997, sponsored by Rockfeller Foundation. 1997, 20pp.
Local Conferences
Invited speaker, "Reflections on leadership in curriculum reform", Leadership in higher education: A one-day workshop, organized by the HKU Community for Research in Higher Education and the Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Bristol, 23 January 2013.Plenary speaker, "Re-envisioning Undergraduate Education", Research into Practice in the Four-year Curriculum, organized by the HKU Centre for Applied English Studies, 1 June 2012.
Plenary speaker, "HKU Common Core Curriculum: Rationale and Implementation", 高等学校文化育人研讨会暨第五次文化素质教育工作会议, jointly organized by The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China Education and Tsinghua University, 13 April 2012.
Keynote speech, "Teachers' Professional Development: Phases and Factors", Learning Celebrations 2006, organized by Education and Manpower Bureau, 7 July, 2006, Hong Kong.
Keynote speaker, "Understanding the Collaborative Construction of Meaning among Young Learners in L2 Classrooms", Language Seminar on Integration and Best Practices in English Language Teaching, 6 December, 2003, organized by CECES, Hong Kong.
Plenary speaker, "Medium of Instruction and Students' Self-Perception, Motivation, Learning Strategies and Academic Attainment", Symposium on Mother Tongue Education, April 27, 2002, The University of Hong Kong.
Plenary speaker, "Corpus as a Powerful Resource for Language Teaching and Learning", Second Regional Conference on College English Teaching, 28-30 June 2001, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Plenary speaker, "Helping Children to Experience the World Through a Second Language", CECES' Regional Seminar, organized by CECES, 20 January 2001, held at The University of Hong Kong.
Administrative Responsibilities
UniversityPro-Vice Chancellor and Vice President (Nov 2007 - April 2014)
Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor (Oct - Nov 2001, Apr - Jun 2002, Jan - Feb 2004)
Head, Department of Curriculum Studies (Jan 1998 - Dec 2001)
