Department of English 英文系
A Critical
Analysis of English Grammar in Secondary Textbooks
In the 1990s grammar instruction
has returned to a position of some importance. How grammar is presented
in current textbooks is worth investigating. In this study a collection
of current secondary textbooks commonly used in Hong Kong will
be examined. Through this study, it is hoped that grammar teaching
and learning in Hong Kong will be enhanced. Writers of grammar
books and coursebooks can describe contemporary English in different
styles accurately and can provide meaningful contexts for students
to use English so as to develop their English accuracy and fluency.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Departmental
Small Scale Research Fund
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Commencement
Date:
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2004.3
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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LEE Fung King, Jackie
[ENG]
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A Study of
the Progress and Extent of Success in Integrating Full-time and
Part-time Modes of Delivery in the PGDE(S) Programme and Its
Impact on the Implementation Quality of the Programme
This project aims to study
the progress and extent of success in the implementation of integrating
full-time and part-time modes of the PGDE(S) programme and the
impact on the learning and teaching quality of the programme. Specifically,
the project will study the following aspects: 1) To what extent
have participants of different modes been working together or separately
and how have assignment requisites differed from each other and
how have their assessments varied? 2) What are the impacts of online
learning on the teaching and learning quality of the two modes
of delivery? 3) Implementation quality of the MOI policy that requires
participants to study at least 25% of programme credit points through
the English medium.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Teaching Development
Grants
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.12
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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SO Kwok Sang [REG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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CHOW Wai Kwan, Alice
[ENG]
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AU
Kit Oi, Eliza [CA]
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Alternative
Tasks Project
This project aims to assist
secondary schools in implementing curriculum change by enriching
the language input. This is to be done through designing a set
of teaching materials for one semester for average S.1 students,
with a strong focus on input texts (e.g. stories).
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Special Project
Funds
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.11
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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LEE Mee To, May [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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MA Anne [ENG]
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An Exploratory
Comparative Study of the Management of Change in Three Language
Schemes Using Native Speaker Teachers of English in State Schools
The purpose of this project
is to carry out an exploratory comparative analysis of three schemes
which employ native speakers of English to support the learning
of English within state school systems. The three programmes to
be compared are the NET (Native-speaking English Teacher) scheme
in Hong Kong, the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) scheme in Japan
and the EPIK (English Program in Korea) scheme in South Korea.
The significance of the study will be its contribution to the literature
on the management of change in projects involving native speakers.
It is also hoped to identify and disseminate good practice in the
use of native speakers in state school systems.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Research Committee
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.5
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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CARLESS David Robert
[ENG]
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Bridging-programme
Enrichment Through Drama (Pilot)
To supplement EMI school
bridging programmes by 2 weeks of drama with science-compatible
vocabulary. School bridging programmes are normally academic & do
not develop students' oral confidence or subject-obligatory vocabulary.
The programme aims to address this lack.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Special Project
Funds
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.6
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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WALKER Elizabeth Anne
[ENG]
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Case Studies
of Good Practice in Native-English-Speaker-Teacher (NET) Collaboration
To investigate successful
cases of LET-NET collaboration in both primary and secondary schools
in Hong Kong.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Departmental
Small Scale Research Fund
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.12
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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CARLESS David Robert
[ENG]
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WALKER Elizabeth Anne
[ENG]
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Case Studies
of School-based Curriculum Development in Primary English Language
Teaching
In response to the demand
for curriculum leadership training for primary English teachers,
this study aims to identify good practices of school-based curriculum
development through case studies of such practices in 2 primary
schools. It aims to gain more in-depth understanding of current
practices of school-based curriculum development hoping to identify
good practices as exemplar cases for teacher education purposes.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Departmental
Small Scale Research Fund
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.3
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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PANG Yin Mei [ENG]
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LUK Ching Man [ENG]
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Learning Oriented
Assessment Project (LOAP) (formerly known as Classroom Assessment
for the Hong Kong Tertiary Context)
The project, funded by
Teaching Development Grant, focuses on increasing awareness and
supporting the improvement in tertiary education of classroom assessment.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Teaching Development
Grants
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.9
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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MORRIS Paul James Thomas
Francis [P]
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CARLESS David Robert
[ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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CHAN Yin Ping, Rita
[EPCL]
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MOK Mo Ching, Magdalena
[EPCL]
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SIVAN Atara*
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TAM Maureen*
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BEH Philip*
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Conversion
of the English Language Curriculum I PGDE Secondary P/T Module
to a Flexible Learning Format
The aim of the project
was to provide a quality learning and teaching environment through
a flexible learning approach. Module materials were converted to
a multimedia format in order to give a richer learning environment.
The project demonstrated that online arrangement created a quality
learning and teaching environment as evidenced in the participants’contributions
in the online discussion forum. Teacher professional development
was also demonstrated in their electronic exchanges on the NextEd
Platform on different core topics in the teaching modules.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Information
Technology Development Grant
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Commencement
Date:
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2001.9
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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MOK CHEUNG Hing Man,
Angela [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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CHOW Wai Kwan, Alice
[ENG]
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YU LI Wai Sze, Vivienne
[ENG]
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WEBB Roger John*
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Development
of a Corpus for English Language Teachers
The project aims at developing
a corpus for secondary English teachers in Hong Kong. The project was completed in December 2003
and achieved all the objects in the application with the following
product: 1) a corpus of 30 lessons (total 100,512 words) at Hong
Kong secondary level, including six EMI English lessons (19,517
words), 11 CMI English lessons (29,092 words), six NET lessons
(23,666 words) and seven subject lessons taught in English (28,237
words); 2) a User’s Manual on using corpus for teaching and learning;
3) a conference paper on Hong Kong teachers’ monologue in EMI classrooms
to be presented at the second Inter-varietal Applied Corpus Studies
conference to be held in June, 2004, Belfast (decision pending);
and 4) a seminar/workshop to familiarize HKIEd staff with the corpus
potential.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Teaching Development
Grants
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.1
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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HE An E [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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WALKER Elizabeth Anne
[ENG]
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Development
of a Corpus for Primary English Language Teachers: Phase II
The project aims to develop
a corpus for Hong Kong primary English teachers. It was completed in the October 2003 and
fulfilled all the objects in the application with the following
product: 1) the corpus consists of 141,908 words (tokens), with
79,858 words from local English teachers' and 62,505 words from
NETs' classrooms. As such, the corpus contains approximately
30,000 words (tokens) more than the originally proposaed figure
of 110,000 words (tokens); 2) one booklet (user's guide) with sample
tasks has been produced; 3) one plenary speech was given at the
International Conference on Corpus Linguistics, Shanghai, PRC,
in October 2003 with a title "Use of Verbs in Teacher Talk";
and 4) One proposal has been submitted for the Second Inter-varietal
Applied Corpus Studies Conference to be held in Belfast, June 2004.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Teaching Development
Grants
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.1
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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HE An E [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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WALKER Elizabeth Anne
[ENG]
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Development
of a Corpus for Secondary English Teachers (2002-03)
Collecting and transcribing
lessons in secondary school English (CM + EM schools, local teachers,
native-English speaking teachers) and secondary school subject
lessons in English (local teachers); inputting the data into the
corpus (database); applying Wordsmith software to explore language
use; producing a handbook with users' guide and sample tasks for
both pre-service and in-service teachers.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Teaching Development
Grants
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.12
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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HE An E [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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WALKER Elizabeth Anne
[ENG]
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Development
of a Parallel Concordancing Software Package for Pedagogical
Application in HKIEd to Support Development of an English-Chinese
Parallel Corpus
This project aims to develop
an electronic English-Chinese parallel corpus and a parallel concordancing
software package as tools for teaching linguistic and other language
related courses more effectively with the support of rich and authentic
language data from the corpus. Cross-linguistic research will be
carried out to find out linguistic and cultural differences between
the two languages that might affect students' language learning.
The project will pilot the use of English-Chinese parallel corpus
in the classroom. The project tries to encourage, promote and reward
innovative approaches to language teaching.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Teaching Development
Grants
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Commencement
Date:
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2004.6
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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WANG Lixun [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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BELL Jill Sinclair [SLE]
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Effective Practices
in Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) at Secondary Level
in Hong Kong
In the process of delivering
Methods and Curriculum modules at secondary level, lectures always
find the need to illustrate theories and practices. Videoed lessons
are thus seen as valuable teaching and learning resources for both
lectures and students. In view of this need, this application is
submitted to seek financial support to collect demonstration lessons
in a systematic way. It is expected that both lecturers and students
will benefit from the out comes of this project since the demonstration
lessons will help to provide concrete examples of effective teaching
strategies and the essential elements of a communicative and integrated
English language lesson.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Teaching Development
Grants
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.2
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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LAI Mee Ling [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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LUK Ching Man [ENG]
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LEE Fung King, Jackie
[ENG]
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MA Anne [ENG]
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English Language
Teachers' Pedagogical Reasoning in the Teaching of Grammar
It examines the sources
of influence that may shape English language teachers' pedagogical
reasoning and professional actions in the teaching of grammar in
the secondary ESL classroom. Case studies are used to examine the
process and content of pedagogical thinking of four teachers. Data
will be obtained through group discussions, lesson observations
and semi-structured interviews.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Departmental
Small Scale Research Fund
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Commencement
Date:
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2004.2
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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CHOW Wai Kwan, Alice
[ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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LAI Mee Ling [ENG]
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Enhancing Teacher
Education for English Medium Teachers
This project investigates
changes in teachers' classroom practice following attendance on
a HKIEd PDC for English medium teachers. It aims to use teacher
produced materials for teaching packs for use with English medium
teachers development programmes.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Teaching Development
Grants
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Commencement
Date:
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2004.1
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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HOARE Philip [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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KONG Wai Yu, Stella
[ENG]
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Field Experience
Assessment: The Professional Development Progress Map
By developing a new generic
field experience assessment framework with the professional development
progress map as its core, the overall aim of the proposed project
is to promote learning-oriented assessment in field experience
in the HKIEd. This represents a change in the conceptualization
of assessment in field experience, which entails a shift away from
a summative paradigm to the use of the progress map for the dual
purpose of assessment for learning and assessment of learning. Specifically,
the proposed project aims at: 1) Developing a field experience
assessment framework with the professional development progress
map as its core; 2) Conducting consultation with various stakeholders
to inform the development of the framework; and 3) Conducting an
action research on the trial use of the proposed progress map. By
engaging in these three areas of work, the project will contribute
to ongoing improvements in the field experience assessment in the
teacher education programmes offered by the Institute.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Special Project
Funds
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Commencement
Date:
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2004.2
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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TANG Yee Fan, Sylvia
[EPA]
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CHOW Wai Kwan, Alice
[ENG]
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SO Wing Mui, Winnie
[SCI]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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CHENG May Hung, May
[SCI]
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NG Shun Wing [EPA]
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Implementing
a Task-based Curriculum: A Self-learning Package for Secondary
School Teachers of English
Since the introduction
of a task-based approach to the English language curriculum in
the CDC syllabus for English language (Secondary 1-5) (1999), there
have been a growing need for teachers to be better equipped for
the changes required by the new curriculum. Coupled with the recent
education reform initiatives of the Key Learning Areas, many English
teachers are concerned about ways of implementing task-based teaching
in the curriculum in the new context. The self-learning package
is to support and empower frontline and prospective teachers in
implementing the changes in the English classroom. The package
will present ways of implementing a task-based approach to the
English language curriculum systematically, and help teachers understand
how existing practices (like grammar teaching, class reader) can
be integrated meaningfully in the task-based curriculum, and how
more creative activities and resources could be employed.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - PIFC Academic
Publication Committee
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.12
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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MA Anne [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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YU LI Wai Sze, Vivienne
[ENG]
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LEE Mee To, May [ENG]
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LI Ka Wo, Benjamin [ENG]
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MOK CHEUNG Hing Man,
Angela [ENG]
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WALKER Elizabeth Anne
[ENG]
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PANG Yin Mei, May [ENG]
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LEE Kit Bing, Ivy*
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Improving Students'
Self-assessment of Oral Presentation Skills
It is a study on students’
self-assessment of oral presentation skills.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Departmental
Small Scale Research Fund
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.12
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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SIU Yuen Mei [ENG]
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In Search of
Educative Experience: Teachers' Stories of Learning and Teaching
English
The purpose of the project
is to find out from teachers' own personal experiences of learning
and teaching English the positive and constructive elements/factors
that contribute to their professional development as English language
teachers. Ten teachers participate in this project. Insights gained
in this study of personal experiences and professional development
will be useful for teachers to device and provide meaningful and
effective learning experiences for their students.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Research Committee
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Commencement
Date:
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2001.11
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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TSE TSO Yuk Wah [ENG]
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Inner Mongolia
Project
This project aims to provide
ELT and pronunciation training to 200 IM (Inner Mongolian) primary
and secondary teachers over a period of 3 weeks; offer an English
enhance programme for 150 IM primary and secondary students.
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Source
of Funding:
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HK Private Fund - Charities/Foundations
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Commencement
Date:
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2004.3
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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LEE Mee To, May [ENG]
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Institute-Secondary
School Partnership (ISSP) Newsletter of BEd(S) and PGDE(S) & (T)
Programmes
This project aims to promote
the Institute-secondary school partnership through the publication
of a newsletter. This will provide a channel of communication to
inform the secondary school principals and teachers of the updated
development of partnership between the Institute and secondary
schools in Hong Kong. It is anticipated that the newsletter will
serve as a platform for school principals and teachers, programme
participants and Institute lecturers to share their partnership
experience.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Special Project
Funds
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.3
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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LEUNG Bo Wah [CA]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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SO Kwok Sang [REG]
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LAM Yiu Sing [IAT]
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CHOW Wai Kwan, Alice
[ENG]
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LEUNG Chi Cheung [CA]
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WONG Ping Ho [EPCL]
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NG Shun Wing [EPA]
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YU WU Yuet Wah, Ruth
[CA]
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Learning Oriented
Assessment Project (LOAP) (formerly known as Classroom Assessment
for the Hong Kong Tertiary Context)
The Learning Oriented
Assessment Project (LOAP) is a 3-year UGC-funded project which
involves collaboration among several tertiary institutions in Hong
Kong. LOAP focuses on developing awareness and good practices in
learning-oriented assessment in the context of higher education
in Hong Kong. Learning-oriented assessment is defined as actions
undertaken by teachers and/or students, which provide feedback
for the improvement of teaching and learning. LOAP seeks to raise "assessment
literacy" in higher education in Hong Kong, develop experimentation
and trailing of learning-oriented assessment practices and disseminate
and promote effective learning-oriented assessment practices.
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Source
of Funding:
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UGC - Teaching Development
Grants
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.9
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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MORRIS Paul James Thomas
Francis [P]
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CARLESS David Robert
[ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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CHAN Yin Ping, Rita
[EPCL]
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MOK Mo Ching, Magdalena
[EPCL]
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SIVAN Atara*
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TAM Maureen*
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BEH Philip*
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Learning and
Teaching Through Drama
The project promotes the
use of drama in language teaching through supporting drama workshops
a drama production as well as the production of relevant teaching
materials.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Special Project
Funds
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.2
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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YU LI Wai Sze, Vivienne
[ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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MA Anne [ENG]
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CHUNG Jenny*
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WALKER Elizabeth Anne
[ENG]
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Professional
Enhancement Programme on Project Learning for Primary School
Teachers
Seven 15-hour professional
enhancement programme on Project Learning organized for 200 primary
school teachers in Hong Kong and to be offered within the year
2002-2003.
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Source
of Funding:
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ED Commissioned
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.6
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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KENNEDY Kerry John [C&I]
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SO Wing Mui, Winnie
[SCI]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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TSUI Kwok Tung [C&I]
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CHENG May Hung, May
[SCI]
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CHAN Kam Wing [C&I]
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LEUNG Wai Lun, Anthony
[C&I]
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HUI Ming Fai, Margaret
[C&I]
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LEUNG Chun Wai [CHI]
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LEE Mee To, May [ENG]
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WONG Shiu Yu, Winnie
[ENG]
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SCMP Young
Post Lesson Plan Project
The Project aims at promoting
the use of newspaper and the media in the English language classroom.
A weekly lesson plan is made available on the Young Post Website
(http: ypost.scmp.com) exclusively to English language teachers. Based
on a feature article, each plan is tailored-made for task-based
teaching and learning. The plan includes the aim and objectives,
suggested teaching procedures and materials in the format of core
and extended activities.
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Source
of Funding:
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HK Private Fund - Others
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.11
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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MOK CHEUNG Hing Man,
Angela [ENG]
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LI Ka Wo, Benjamin [ENG]
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School-based
Curriculum Development Partnership (Interface Project)
The project advocates
the effective implementation of the new secondary school English
language syllabus which adopts a Task-based approach to enhance
student learning. The main project objective is to assist Secondary
One English teachers and the English Panels in five Hong Kong secondary
schools to understand the CDC task-based English language teaching
(ELT) critically and to develop their school-based ELT curriculum
for the Secondary One classes. The other objective is to set up
a network for discussion and dissemination of English language
curriculum materials and approach for secondary schools in Hong
Kong.
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Source
of Funding:
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UGC Interface Project
Fund
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Commencement
Date:
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2001.8
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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MOK CHEUNG Hing Man,
Angela [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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LEE Mee To, May [ENG]
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LEE Icy*
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LI Ka Wo, Benjamin [ENG]
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MA Anne [ENG]
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PANG Yin Mei [ENG]
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TONG Siu Yin, Annie*
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WALKER Elizabeth Anne
[ENG]
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YU LI Wai Sze, Vivienne
[ENG]
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School-based
Curriculum Development: Language Arts for Secondary Three
The project explores the
practice of school-based curriculum development. The project investigators
work with English teachers in two secondary schools to plan and
implement a secondary 3 language arts curriculum. It is anticipated
to enhance student learning and teacher development through the
project.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Special Project
Funds
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.11
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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MOK CHEUNG Hing Man,
Angela [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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CHOW Wai Kwan, Alice
[ENG]
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Study on the
Effectiveness of an Enrichment Programme in Chinese-medium Schools
The project is a longitudinal
study which assesses the effectiveness of an enrichment programme
in helping students in CMI schools increase their exposure to English
while they continue to learn in the mother tongue to ensure effective
subject content learning and high order cognitive development.
It also aims to explore whether the enrichment programme can help
students smoothen the transition from CMI to EMI at S4 and above.
The study, which lasts from October 2001 to September 2004, covers
14 secondary schools which try out the enrichment programme and
an equal number of comparable CMI schools which are used as the
control ones.
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Source
of Funding:
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ED Commissioned
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Commencement
Date:
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2001.10
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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LI Ka Wo, Benjamin [ENG]
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WALKER Elizabeth Anne
[ENG]
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WONG Pui Man, Jennie
[ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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BERRY Rita Shuk Yin
[C&I]
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PANG Yin Mei [ENG]
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WONG Shiu Yu, Winnie
[ENG]
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TSE TSO Yuk Wah [ENG]
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CHOW Wai Kwan, Alice
[ENG]
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MA Anne [ENG]
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Tapping the
Thought Processes of Students in L2 Oral Tasks
The project aimed to understand
the thought processes of students when engaging in oral communication
tasks in the junior secondary ESL classroom in Hong Kong. Speaking
is normally performed under real time and is not easily accessible.
This poses considerable challenge to teachers when they try to
understand students' difficulties in speaking English and to help
them develop their oral skills. In view of this, it was worth trying
to understand the kinds of communication problems that students
might encounter during on-line speech production and the strategic
steps they might take to resolve those problems.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Departmental
Small Scale Research Fund
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Commencement
Date:
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2004.2
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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LAM Yuen Kwan, Wendy
[ENG]
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Teaching and
Learning Action Research Project - Teaching for Relevance: Connecting
Theories to the Practical Contexts of Teaching in Schools (Phase
III)
This project initiates
teaching staff to form an action research team across academic
departments of HKIEd to enhance teaching and learning in the B.Ed & PGDE
Programmes. Team members conceptualize the theories they preach
and meet regularly to exchange ideas on their framework and experiences
in their teaching. Each member identifies and reviews with literature
support 2-3 theoretical concepts and convictions in their area
of teaching in a module selected for this action research. They
will then develop a sustainable process of how theories they preach
become relevant to the practical context of teaching in schools.
Several sessions of experience sharing will be held and a publication
of case reports will be disseminated as research output.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Teaching Development
Grants
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.8
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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HUI Ming Fai, Margaret
[C&I]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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BERRY Rita Shuk Yin
[C&I]
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SIU Yuen Mei, Ina [ENG]
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CHOI TSE Kang Chun [PESS]
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WU Siu Wai [EPA]
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ENG Betty Christine
[EPCL]
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LI Kai Ming [IAT]
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MA Kwai Heung [SS]
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TSANG Po Keung, Eric
[SCI]
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POON Oi Yee, Teresa
[EPCL]
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The HKIEd English
Department Book of Rhymes and Songs for Primary Schools
A book of songs and chants
accompanied by language learning activities for HK P1 - P6 children
for use in the English language classroom.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Special Project
Funds
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.4
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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KIVELA Ruth Jeanine
[ENG]
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GLENWRIGHT Philip Douglas
Lane [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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SNIPE Patricia Kathleen
[ENG]
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ALANO Celia [ENG]
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Transformation
of English Department Modules into Flexible Online Modules Using
the NextEd Plaform
The aim of the project
is to provide a quality teaching and learning environment that
allows for flexible approaches to be adopted in the delivery of
English Department modules so as to cater more effectively for
student needs and circumstances. By the end of the project, views
on the suitability and effectiveness of the flexible online modules
will be sought from target users through surveys and informal interviews.
A comparison will be made across modules and programmes to identify
the factors for effective online learning.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Information
Technology Development Grant
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.12
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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CHAN Sui Ping [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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YU LI Wai Sze, Vivienne
[ENG]
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MOK CHEUNG Hing Man,
Angela [ENG]
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CHOW Wai Kwan, Alice
[ENG]
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Using Language
Objectives to Address Language Proficiency in a Teacher Education
Programme
The major study of which
this is the first stage, seeks to discover whether the use of specified
language objectives is an effective way of enabling content programmes
to address all aspects of language proficiency. Language objectives
are targeted aspects of language use, selected because they are
likely to occur naturally in the exploration of the content area
under discussion. When applied to an entire content syllabus, such
as that for teacher education, they are an attempt to map a complete
language curriculum onto a content area curriculum, so that all
necessary aspects of language fluency are covered through the content
area teaching.
The goal of this research
is to assess the effectiveness of this use of language objectives,
via an examination of teacher process and attitude, and of student
perception and performance. The research is expected to make a
significant contribution to an understanding of how a second language
can be successfully developed within a tertiary-level content programme.
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Source
of Funding:
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HKIEd - Research Committee
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.11
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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BELL Jill Sinclair [SLE]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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CONNELLY Jennifer Frances
[ENG]
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HE An E [ENG]
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HOARE Philip [ENG]
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KONG Wai Yu, Stella
[ENG]
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MA Anne [ENG]
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WALKER Elizabeth Anne
[ENG]
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Using Online
Bilingual Glossary Support to Enhance DDL - Phase II
This project focuses on
some of the practical aspects of computational lexicography involved
in the process of implementing a bilingual online glossary based
on a subject-specific glossary-assisted model (SSGA) with the aim
of assisting Chinese learners undertaking English-medium courses
in linguistics. The online bilingual glossary has been developed
as part of the Net Dictionary. The vocabulary items from students'
reading texts are linked directly to the Net Dictionary, and students
can simply click on a lexical item and the dictionary lookup will
instantly display its Chinese equivalent together with its definition
and other information.
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Source
of Funding:
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HK Private Fund - Others
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.4
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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HAN Yang*
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Co-Investigator(s):
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MAXWELL Gordon*
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WANG Lixun [ENG]
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Workshops on
Reading to Learn for English Language Teachers in Primary Schools
This is a series of 18
workshops, each of which consists of 5 modules. The workshops are
commissioned by the EMB, Hong Kong SAR Government. The objectives
of the workshops are to enhance teachers understanding of the importance
and theoretical basis of teaching essential reading strategies
and skills in the early year of primary school; to equip teachers
with practical skills of applying the theoretical principle regarding
reading strategies and skills and to enable teacher to reflect
upon and share practices in reading. A total of around 500 teachers have been
trained.
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Source
of Funding:
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ED Commissioned
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Commencement
Date:
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2002.11
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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SIU Yuen Mei [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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CHOW Wai Kwan, Alice
[ENG]
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PANG Lam Yuen*
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PANG Yin Mei [ENG]
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TYRELL Jennifer*
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WONG Shiu Yu, Winnie
[ENG]
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Young Post
(South China Morning Post) Lesson Plan Project
The project aims to promote
non-textbook based classroom teaching/learning through the use
of articles published in Young Post. As the project coordinator,
I take on the following responsibilities:
1) to set up a Teacher
Panel;
2) to assess the select
articles from either the South China Morning Post and Young Post
that are suitable for the weekly lessons;
3) to coordinate between
panel members; & 4) to ensure the quality of, and act as general
advisor for, the lesson plans
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Source
of Funding:
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HK Private Fund - Others
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Commencement
Date:
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2003.9
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Chief
Investigator(s):
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MOK CHEUNG Hing Man,
Angela [ENG]
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LI Ka Wo, Benjamin [ENG]
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Co-Investigator(s):
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CHEUNG, Ronda*
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KWOK, Fona*
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LAU, Sunny*
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PAK, Esther*
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THOMAS, Glen*
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YIP, Rebecca*
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HONE, John*
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*Investigator
from an outside institution / organization.