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Profile Dr WALKER Elizabeth Anne Qualifications: BA, DipEd Macquarie  PhD HKU

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Teaching Interests

Research Interests

Selected Publications

• Walker, E. (in press). Literacy-oriented pedagogy in the advice of experienced language teachers as prospective practicum assessors. Pedagogies: An International Journal.

• Adamson, R. D., & Walker, E. (2011). Messy collaboration: Learning from a learning study. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27(1), 29-36.

• Walker, E. (2011). How language-aware are lesson studies in an East Asian high school context? Language and Education, 25(3), 187-202.

• Walker, E. (2010). A systemic functional contribution to planning academic genre teaching in a bilingual education context. Language Awareness, 19(2), 73-88.

• Walker, E. (2010). Evaluation of a support intervention for senior secondary school English immersion. System, 38(1), 50-62.

• He, A. E., & Walker, E. (2009). A corpus analysis of pedagogical monologues in a content-based EFL context. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 6(1), 29-56.

• Walker, E. (2008). Planning and teaching task-related grammar. In A. Ma (Ed.), A practical guide to a task-based curriculum: Planning, grammar teaching and assessment. Hong Kong: The City University of Hong Kong.

• Walker, E. (2007). A teacher-educator’s role in an Asia-derived searning study. Studying Teacher Education: A Journal of Self-study of Teacher Education Practices, 3(1), 103-114.

• Carless, D., & Walker, E. (2006). Effective team teaching between local and native-speaking English teachers. Language and Education: An International Journal, 20(6), 463-477.

• Walker, E. (2004). Power shifts in a language learning career. Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguisitics, 9(1), 15-32.

• Tong, S. Y. A., & Walker, E. (2003). Comparison of the Shanghai and Hong Kong junior secondary English syllabus. In K. T. Tsui, et al. (Eds.). Reforms in curriculum and teaching in Shanghai and Hong Kong: A paradigm shift? [Translated into Chinese by Lui, L.W.]

• Walker, E. (2001). Roles of native-speaking English teachers (NETS) in Hong Kong secondary schools. Asia Pacific Journal of Language in Education, 4(2), 51-77.

• Walker, E. (2001). Using English for learning 3: Speaking. In P. Hoare, M. Evans, S. Kong, S. O'Halloran & E. Walker, Strategies for effective teaching and learning: A handbook for English medium teachers. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.

• Walker, E., Tong, A. S. Y., & Mok, A. (2000). Changes in secondary school English teaching methodologies and content (1975-1999). In Y. C. Cheng, K. W. Chow & K. T. Tsui (Eds.). Proceedings of ICTED 99. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Reprinted in Y. C. Cheng, K. W. Chow & K. T. Tsui (Eds.). School Curriculum Change and Development in Hong Kong (pp. 259-94). Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Institute of Education.

• Walker, E. (2000). Trying out task-based teaching in P3. In A. He, E. Walker, A. Mok, P. Bodycott & V. Crew (Eds.). Back to school: Lecturer attachment experience. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Institute of Education.

• Walker, E., Mok, A., Ma, A., Pang, Y., & Wong, S. (2000). English Education. Research and Development of School Curriculum in Hong Kong: An Annotated Bibliography. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Paper Presentations at Conferences

• Walker, E. (2010, July). Moving from upper primary to lower secondary: A cognitive-linguistic view. Paper presented at the 37th International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress, Vancouver, Canada.

• Walker, E., Holme, R., & Pang, M. (2009, July). Harnessing linguistic choice in enhancing L2 writing: SFL and Cognitive Linguistics (CL) perspectives. Paper presented at the 21st European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference, Cardiff University, Wales, UK.

• He, A. E., Walker, E., Wang L. X., & Leung, P. F. (2009, April). A pilot corpus study of intellectual demands in ELT classrooms: A cross-lingual perspective. Paper presented at the 19th Symposium of Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, Thessaloniki, Greece.

• He, A. E., Walker, E., Wang L. X. & Leung, P. F. (2008, July). A pilot corpus study of intellectual demands in English language classrooms: A cross-lingual perspective. Paper presented at the 8th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference, Portugal.

• Walker, E. (2007, November). Worthwhile objects of learning and exploitation of variation. Paper presented at the World Association of Learning Study, Hong Kong.

• Walker, E. (2007, July). Making a difference in L2 learning by enhanced exploitation of variation. Paper presented at the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia 32nd Annual Congress, Wollongong, Australia.

• Walker, E., & He, A. E. (2006, June). Interpretation and implementation of language objectives in content teaching: Teacher educators’ perspectives. Paper presented at International Language and Content in Higher Education Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands.

• Walker, E., & He, A. E. (2005, June). Linguistic and Discoursal Structures of Monologues in Transmission-oriented Classrooms: An exploratory study of a science lesson and a geography lesson in Hong Kong English-Medium Schools. Paper presented at International Society for Language Studies Conference, Montreal, Canada.

• Walker, E., & He, A. E. (2004, June). Discourse features of classroom monologue with implications for student accessibility. Paper presented at Inter-Varietal Association for Corpus Studies Conference, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

• Walker, E. (2001, February). Part of symposium on 'Teaching in the Midst of Change', What happens to students when speaking is for testing not teaching? Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Recent Seminar

• Language Arts for Learning and Assessment

Research Projects

• Secondary school teachers’ (HKIED Associate Teaching Fellows) subject-related feedback to student-teachers (PI).

• Intellectual demand in English teaching in CMI junior secondary English teaching: a cross-lingual perspective (co-researcher).

• The KS 2 – KS 3 transition: English language development & intellectual demand of English lessons (co-researcher).