Dr Linda Lin Adjunct Assistant Professor

Location AG618
Phone +852 2766 7501
mail linda.lin@polyu.edu.hk

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Research Overview My main research interests are in academic writing, vocabulary learning, corpus analysis and applications of concordancing in teaching and learning. I developed the Corpus of Chinese Learners of English, which was accepted into the bank of ICLE (International Corpus of Learner English), the world-wide data bank of learner English coordinated by Prof. Sylviane Granger in Belgium. I have been the project leader (or co-project leader) of a number of large-scale projects including a joint project with Stanford University. I was also a co-investigator of a UGC funded inter-university project with City University of Hong Kong and University of Hong Kong.




Education and Academic Qualifications BA, PCEd, MA, PhD



Academic and Professional Experiences Coordinator, 4YC Language & Communication Requirement English language subjects
Coordinator, subjects the ELC offers for RPg (Research Postgraduate) students
Subject leader, English for University Studies, a subject taken by around 3,000 students per academic year




Teaching Areas I mainly teach subjects for RPg students (Thesis Writing, Presentation Skills for Research Students) and will also teach Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics, a subject in the Professional Doctorate programme, Doctor of Applied Language Sciences, offered by the Faculty of Humanities.




Research Interests
Academic writing
Vocabulary learning
Corpus analysis
Applications of concordancing in teaching and learning



Research Output

Journal Articles
Lin, L. H. F. (2019). The NMET impact on the English writing of mainland Chinese students. ERL Journal. 1, 122-131.

Lin, L. H. F., & Morrison, B. (2010). The impact of the medium of instruction in Hong Kong secondary schools on tertiary students' vocabulary. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 9, 255-266.

Lin, L. H. F. (2003). Corpus Evidence: Existential Constructions by Chinese Learners of English. The English Teacher - An International Journal, 6, (3), 279-280.





Book Chapters
Foung, D., Chen, J., & Lin, L. H. F. (2020). Unveiling the Inconvenient Truth: The Innovation Process in Implementing a University Dashboard. In S. Palahicky (Ed.), Enhancing Learning Design for Innovative Teaching in Higher Education (pp. 162-181). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Qian, D. D. & Lin, H. L. F. (2020). The relationship between vocabulary knowledge and language proficiency. In S. Webb (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of vocabulary studies. Oxford, UK: Taylor & Francis.





Conference Proceedings
Morrison, M., Chen, J., Urmston, A., & Lin, L. H. F. (Eds.) (forthcoming). EAC Volume. Fort Collins, Colorado: WAC Clearinghouse.

Lin, L. H. F. (2009). Status of English in Hong Kong. In S. Granger et al (eds.), International Corpus of Learner English Version 2. Louvain-la-Neuve: Universite de Louvain Press, 180-185.

Lin, L. H. F. (2002). Overuse, underuse and misuse: using concordancing to analyze the use of it in the writing of Chinese Learners of English. In M. Tan (ed.), Corpus Studies in Language Education. Bangkok: IELS Press, 63-80.

Lin, L. H. F. (1999). Applying Information Technology to a Corpus of Student Report Writing Help Students Write Better Reports. In B. Morrison et al (eds.), Information Technology & Multimedia in English Language Teaching, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 69-79.










Others








Research Projects
Developing an Interactive Academic Vocabulary Learning Tool. TDG Institutional Fund, $20,000.

Developing a PolyU-Stanford adaptive learning online platform for English and exploratory adaptive assessment for Science subjects. Principle Investigator (together with Dr. Julia Chen). TDG Institutional Fund, $15,000,000.

Online Support for Academic Writing for the Engineering Curriculum. Co-investigator, UGC funded, $4,977,880.

Preparation for International Collaboration with Stanford University. Principal investigator. Dean’s Research Grant, $119,492.

Improving the vocabulary knowledge of PhD and MPhil Candidates in the PolyU. Principal investigator. Dean’s Research Grant.

An Investigation into Academic Vocabulary Input in the English LCR Courses in the Four-year Curriculum. Principal investigator. Dean’s Research Grant.

Identifying Major Challenges that Mainland Students Studying in Hong Kong Face in Academic Writing. Principal Investigator. PolyU Learning and Teaching Grant.

An investigation into the academic vocabulary knowledge of PolyU students. (PI: Dr Bruce Morrison). Faculty-Wide/Cross-Department Learning & Teaching Development Grants.

Build a PolyU Learner Corpus. Principal Investigator. PolyU Learning and Teaching Grant. Dean’s Research Grant, Faculty of Humanities.

Developing an Annotated PolyU Learner Corpus. Principal Investigator. Dean’s Research Grant, Faculty of Humanities.

Make Invisible Errors Visible. Principal Investigator. Dean’s Research Grant. Faculty of Humanities.

Developing Learning and Teaching Resources for the Writing Assistance Programme. (PI: Dr Julia Chen). PolyU Central Research Grants.










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Awards and honours
Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence – received in 2018

President Award for Teaching Excellence – nominated in 2018





Editorial/Advisory board memberships
Editorial board member, ERL Journal (an international journal published in Europe)