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Professor LI Chor Shing David

Qualifications:
  • BA in English, CUHK
  • MA in Applied Linguistics, Besancon, France
  • Ph.D. in Linguistics, Cologne, Germany
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Email:

dcsli@ied.edu.hk

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Office:
 B4-2/F-05 Department of English 
Hong Kong Institute of Education 
10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po Hong Kong (SAR)
Tel:
 2948 8602

 


Teaching Interests

  • World Englishes
  • English Grammar
  • Sociolinguistics

 


Research Interests

  • Bilingualism
  • Code-switching
  • World Englishes
  • Hong Kong English
  • English Grammar
  • Contrastive Grammar (English and Chinese)
  • Error analysis

 

Selected Publications (single-authored)


Selected Publications (co-authored)

  • Li, D. C. S., Chen, S., & Tsao, F. (in press). Self-reported code-switching motivations of educated Chinese speakers in Hong Kong and Taiwan: An experimental study In: Commemorative volume of the 11th International Conference on English and American Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 23-25 April, 2008.

  • Lin, A. M. Y., & Li, D. C. S. (in press). Code-switching. In M. Martin-Jones, A. Blackledge & A. Creese (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism. London: Routledge.

  • Leung, W., & Li, D. C. S. [梁慧敏、李楚成]. (2011). 澳門語言現狀再探 [The state of multilingualism in Macau SAR: An Update]. 神州交流 [Chinese Cross Currents], 8(1).

  • Li, D. C. S., Chen, S., & Tsao, F. (2010). Self-reported code-switching motivations of educated Chinese speakers in Hong Kong and Taiwan: An experimental study. In M. Jodłowiec & J. Leśniewska (Eds.), Ambiguity and the search for meaning: English and American studies at the beginning of the 21st Century, (Vol. 2, pp. 107-112). Krakow, Poland: Jagiellonian University Press.

  • He, D., & Li, D. C. S. (2009). Language attitudes and linguistic features in the ‘China English’ debate. World Englishes, 28(1), 70-89.

  • Li, D. C. S., & Costa, V. (2009). Punning in Hong Kong Chinese media: Forms and functions. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 37(1), 77-107.

  • Miller, L., & Li, D. C. S. (2008). Innovations in ELT curricula and strategies of implementation in Hong Kong SAR. In Y. H. Choi & B. Spolsky (Eds.), ELT curriculum innovation and implementation in Asia (pp. 71-100). Seoul, Korea: Asia-TEFL. (Based on invitational country paper presentation ‘Innovations in ELT Curricula and Strategies of Implementation in Hong Kong SAR’ at The 5th Asia TEFL International Conference . Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 8-10).

  • Sachs, G. T., & Li, D. C. S. (2007). Cantonese as an additional language: Problems and prospects. Multilingua, 26, 95-130.

  • Jones, R., Garralda, A., Li, D. C. S., & Lock G. (2006). Interactional dynamics in on-line and face-to-face peer-tutoring sessions. Journal of Second Language Writing, 15(1), 1-23. (By vote of editors and the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Second Language Writing, this article received Honorable Mention in the JSLW Award for the best article published in the 2006 publishing year.)

  • Li, D. C. S., & Lee, S. (2004). Bilingualism in East Asia. In T. K. Bhatia & B. C. Ritchie (Eds.), The Handbook of Bilingualism (pp. 742-779). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

  • Chan, A. Y. W., Kwan, B. S. C., & Li, D. C. S. (2003) Tackling the ‘Independent Clause as Subject’ Problem. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching, 13, 107-117.

  • Chan, A. Y. W., Li, D. C. S., & Kwan, B. S. C. (2003). Misplacement and misuse of very: Helping students overcome the very + VERB problem. The English Teacher, 6(2), 125-132.

  • Kwan, B. S. C., Chan, A. Y. W., & Li, D. C. S. (2003). ‘According to the expert, he said…’. A consciousness-raising approach to helping Cantonese speakers overcome problems in topic-comment structures. Asia Pacific Journal of Language in Education, 5(2), 87-94.

  • Chan, A. Y. W., & Li, D. C. S. (2002). Form-focused remedial instruction: An empirical study. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 12(1), 24-53.

  • Chan, A. Y. W., Kwan, B. S. C., & Li, D. C. S. (2002). Helping students overcome thesomewhere has something problem. Guidelines, 24(1), 14-18.

  • Chan, A. Y. W., Kwan, B. S. C., & Li, D. C. S. (2002). An algorithmic approach to error correction: Correcting three common errors at different levels. JALT Journal, 24(2), 201-216.

  • Flowerdew, J., Li, D. C. S., & Tran, S. (2002). Discriminatory news discourse: Some Hong Kong data. Discourse & Society, 13(3), 319-345.

  • Li, D. C. S., & Tse, E. C. Y. (2002). One day in the life of a ‘purist’. International Journal of Bilingualism, 6(2), 147-202.

  • Li, D. C. S., & Chan, A. (2001). Form-focused negative feedback: Correcting three common errors. TESL Reporter, 34(1), 22-34.

  • Chan, A. Y. W., & Li, D. C. S. (2000). English and Cantonese phonology in contrast: Explaining Cantonese ESL learners’ English pronunciation problems. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 13(1), 67-85.

  • Flowerdew, J., Miller, L., & Li, D. C. S. (2000). Chinese lecturers’ perceptions, problems and strategies in lecturing in English to Chinese-speaking students. RELC Journal, 31(1), 116-138.

  • Li, D. C. S., & Chan, A. Y. W. (2000). Form-focused negative feedback: Toward a pedagogically sound model of remedial instruction. In D. C. S. Li, A. Lin & W. K. Tsang (Eds.), Language and education in Postcolonial Hong Kong (pp. 333-351). Hong Kong: Linguistic Society of Hong Kong.

  • Li, D. C. S., Lin, A., & Tsang, W. K. (Eds.). (2000). Language and education in postcolonial Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Linguistic Society of Hong Kong.

  • Li, D. C. S., & Chan, A. Y. W. (1999). Helping teachers correct structural and lexical English errors. Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 4(1), 79-101.

  • Flowerdew, J., Li, D. C. S., & Miller, L. (1998). Attitudes towards English as the medium of instruction among Hong Kong Chinese university lecturers. TESOL Quarterly, 32(2), 201-231.


Selected Research Projects

  • D. C. S. Li (PI), KEUNG Shuet, POON Hon Fong Connie and Marc Xu. Using the local/regional language as the language of internationalization: The case of Cantonese and Putonghua in Hong Kong. HKIEd ‘Start-up grant for newly recruited (Chair) Professors’ scheme. HK$400,000. 02/2009 – 02/2011.

  • D. C. S. Li (PI) and Ruth M.H. Wong. The study-abroad experience and its influence on the student teacher’s perception of speakers in the host country and their accents. HKIEd Internal Research Grant. HK$200,000. 04/2009 – 03/2010.

  • Principal Investigator . RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant Award 2005-06 no. CityU 1461/05H (HK$429,824) “One day with Only Hong Kong English: Norms, Models, and Who Uses HKE to Whom and When?” September 1, 2005 – August 31, 2007.

  • Principal Investigator . RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant Award 2003-04 no. CityU 1241/03H (HK$309,240), “Chinese-English Code-Switching in Hong Kong and Taiwan: A Comparative Study.” August, 2003 – August, 2005.

  • Principal Investigator . City University Small Scale Research Grant no. 9030880 (HK$ 59,326) “Assessing the i mpact of English on German and Hong Kong Chinese”. September 2001 – August 2002.

  • Principal Investigator (with Alice Y.W. Chan and Becky Kwan). City University Strategic Research Grant no. 700 0998 (HK$ 283,784) “ Consciousness raising in the ESL classroom: Assessing the effectiveness of negative feedback in class on the acquisition of English by Hong Kong Chinese ESL learners ”. September 2000 – February 2002.

  • Principal Investigator (with Alice Y.W. Chan). City University Strategic Research Grant no. 7000975 (HK$ 249,360) “Assessing crosslinguistic influence from Chinese to English: Toward a taxonomy of interlingual errors in Hong Kong Chinese ESL learners’ Interlanguage”. September 1999 – October 2000.

  • Principal Investigator . City University Small Scale Research Grant no. 9030823 (HK$ 59,045) “Linguistic imperialism in Hong Kong? The demand side of the story”. August 2000 – March 2001.

  • Associate-investigator (with Gertrude Tinker Sachs). CityU small scale grant no. 9030682 (HK$ 48,955) “Learning Cantonese: A collaborative investigation”. Completed in June, 2000.


Selected conference presentations and seminars

  • ‘Hong Kong parents’ preference for English-medium education: Passive victims of imperialism or active agents of pragmatism?’ Plenary paper presentation delivered at the Fifth English in Southeast Asia Conference: “Communication, identity, power and education: Roles and functions of Englishes”. School of Languages and Intercultural Education, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. December 6-8, 2000.

  • ‘Cantonese-English code-switching in Hong Kong’. Invitational seminar organized by the Linguistic Society, AAHKUSU, The University of Hong Kong. April 3, 2001.

  • ‘One day in the life of a “purist”’. Invitational seminar organized by the Department of Linguistics, The University of Hong Kong. March 4, 2003.

  • ‘One day in the life of a “purist”’. Invitational seminar organized by the Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Melbourne University, Australia. October 17, 2003.

  • ‘Problematizing empowerment: On the merits and demerits of non-native models of English in the EIL curriculum’. Plenary paper presentation delivered at the Tenth English in Southeast Asia Conference: A decade of growth. Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei, 12-14 December 2005.

  • “Lexical gap, semantic incongruence, and the ‘medium-of-learning effect’: three neglected motivations of code-switching”. Invitational seminar organized by Hong Kong Association of Applied Linguistics (HAAL). April 10, 2006.

  • ‘Curriculum innovations and implementation strategies in Hong Kong’. Invitational paper presentation (with Lindsay Miller) delivered at The 5th Asia-TEFL International Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 8-10, 2007.

  • ‘Action Research and ESP: Paradigm Informs Practice’. Plenary paper presentation delivered at the ‘2007 International Symposium on ESP & Its Application in Nursing & Medical English Education’. Department of Foreign Languages, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. October 5-6, 2007.

  • ‘Researching and teaching China English and Hong Kong English’. Invited paper presentation delivered at The 2nd World Englishes International Forum. The University of Philippines-Cebu, April 29-30, 2008.

  • ‘Researching NNSs’ views toward intelligibility and identity: Bridging the gap between moral high grounds and down-to-earth concerns’. Invited paper presentation delivered at The 3rd World Englishes International Forum: Attitudes. Southwestern University, Cebu, August 29-30, 2008.

  • ‘What to do with ‘3rd person singular’? Why this learner-unfriendly idiosyncrasy should be ignored in ELF-compatible curricula.’ Paper presented at the Colloquium: English Language as a Lingua Franca: Implications for EMI Universities (with Andy Kirkpatrick, Jennifer Jenkins, and Barbara Seidlhofer). International conference ‘Language Issues in English-medium Universities: A Global Concern’. The University of Hong Kong, June 18-20, 2008.


Editorship and editorial boards

  • Editorial Board member: Taiwan International ESP Journal. 4/2009 – present.

  • Regional editor: Journal of Asia-TEFL , since November 2007

  • EA Journal , Australia , member of the editorial board since 2000

  • Asian Englishes , an international journal of the sociolinguistics of English in Asia/Pacific, Japan, member of the editorial board since 1999


Selected external appointments

  • External examiner of the programme ‘Higher Diploma in Bilingual Communication’, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. 10/1997 – 9/1999.

  • External examiner of the Associate Degree programmes (English subject) at Lingnan University. 11/2002 – 8/2006.  

  • External examiner of the undergraduate module ‘A101 University English Writing Skills’ (distance learning mode). The Open University of Hong Kong. 4/2002 – present.

  • External examiner of the undergraduate module ‘A332 Stylistics and discourse analysis’ (distance learning mode). The Open University of Hong Kong. 4/2005 – present.

  • External examiner of the undergraduate module ‘A101 University English Writing Skills’ (face-to-face mode). The Open University of Hong Kong. 6/2006 – present.

 
 
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