Profile Name: Professor Philip BENSON Qualifications: - BA Essex - PGCE West Midlands - MA Exeter - PhD Exeter

Email:	pbenson@ied.edu.hk
Office:	B4-2/F-05 Department of English Hong Kong Institute of Education 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Tel:	2948 7224

	Vocabulary
	Discourse Analysis
	Research Methods and Design

	Learner and teacher autonomy
	Language learning autobiographies
	Research paradigms in applied linguistics
	Vocabulary and dictionaries
	Popular culture and education

• Benson, P. (2008) Autonomy across contexts and cultures. In M. Jiménez & T. Lamb (Eds.) Pedagogy for Autonomy in Modern Languages Education: Theory, Practice and Teacher Education (pp. 311-317). Dublin, Authentik.
• Benson, P., and Gao, X. (2008) Individual variation and language learning strategies. In T. Lewis & S. Hurd (Eds.), Language Learning Strategies in Independent Settings (pp. 25-40). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.
• Chik, A., and Benson, P. (2008) ‘Frequent flyer: a narrative of overseas study in English’. In P. Kalaja, V. Menezes & A. M. Barcelos (Eds.), Narratives of Learning and Teaching EFL (pp.155-170). London: Palgrave.
• Benson, P. (2008) ‘Teachers’ and learners’ perspectives on autonomy’. In T. Lamb & H. Reinders (eds.) Learner and Teacher Autonomy: Concepts, Realities and Responses. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 15-32.
• Benson, P. & Huang, J. (2007). Teacher autonomy in second language education. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, No. 12 (Serial No. 225), Dalian University, pp.33-37. (In Chinese)
• Benson, P. (2007) ‘Autonomy and its role in learning ’. In J. Cummins & C. Davison (eds.). The International Handbook of English Language Teaching. (Vol. 2.) Norwell , MA : Springer, pp. 733-746.
• Benson, P. (2007) ‘Autonomy in language teaching and learning’. State of the Art Article. Language Teaching, 40:1, 21-40
• Benson , P., ed. (2006) Learner Autonomy 8 : Insider Perspectives on Autonomy in Language Teaching and Learning. Dublin : Authentik
• Benson, P. & Huang Jing (2006) ‘Autonomy in language learning: a thematic bibliography’. In T. Lamb & H. Reinders (eds.) Supporting Independent Learning: Issues and Interventions. Frankfurt : Peter Lang, pp. 242-277.
• Wong, L. & Benson, P. (2006) In-service CALL education: what happens when the course is over? In P. Hubbard & M. Levy (eds.) Teacher Education in CALL. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 251-264. (Book website: http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/callted/)
• Benson, P. (2005) ‘The origins of Chinese Pidgin English: evidence of Colin Campbells diary ’. Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10:1, 59-77.
• Benson, P. & Nunan, D., eds. (2005) Learners Stories: Difference and Diversity in Language Learning . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
• Benson , P. (2005) ‘(Auto)biography and learner diversity’. In P. Benson and D. Nunan (eds.) Learners Stories: Difference and Diversity in Language Learning. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, pp. 4 - 21.
• Benson , P. (2004) ‘The monolingual dictionary: a special case of bilingualism?’. In Chan Sin-wai (ed.) Translation and Bilingual Dictionaries. Lexicographica Series Maior, 119 . Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, pp. 39 - 48 .
• Benson , P. (2004) ‘Autonomy and information technology in the educational discourse of the information age’. In C. Davison (ed.) Information Technology and Innovation in Language Education. Hong Kong University Press, pp .173 - 192 .
• Benson , P. (2003) ‘A Bacardi by the pool’. In A. Barfield & M. Nix (eds.) Learner and Teacher Autonomy in Japan1: Autonomy You Ask! Tokyo: Learner Development Special Interest Group of the Japan Association of Language Teachers, pp. 275- 282.
• Benson , P. , Chik, A. & Lim, H-Y. (2003) ‘Becoming Autonomous in an Asian context: Autonomy as a Sociocultural Process’. In D. Palfreyman & R.C. Smith (eds.) Learner Autonomy across Cultures. London : Palgrave, pp. 23 - 40 .
• Benson , P. (2003) ‘Learner autonomy in the classroom’. In D. Nunan (ed.) Practical English Language Teaching. New York : McGraw Hill, pp. 289 - 308
• Benson , P. & Nunan, D., eds. (2002) Special issue on The Experience of Language Learning. Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics. 7 : 2 .
• Benson, P., ed. (2002) Learner Autonomy 7 : Challenges to Research and Practice . Dublin : Authentik.
• Benson , P. (2002) ‘Autonomy and communication’. In P. Benson & S. Toogood (eds.) Learner Autonomy 7: Challenges to Research and Practice , Dublin : Authentik, pp .10 - 28 .
• Benson , P. (2001) Ethnocentrism and the English Dictionary. London : Routledge.
• Benson , P. (2001) Teaching and Researching Autonomy in Language Learning. London : Longman.
• Benson, P. (2000) ‘ Hong Kong words: variation and context’, World Englishes 19 : 3 , 373 - 380 .
  

Paper Presentations at Conferences

• ( 2006 ) Learning to teach across cultures: Mainland Chinese Student teachers in Hong Kong schools. Cutting Edges: Classrooms, People and Culture. Canterbury Christchurch University, 23-24 June, 2006.
• ( 2005 ) Constraints on autonomy: Why can’t we do what we want? AILA 2005 : 14 th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. Madison , Wisconsin , 25 - 29 July 2005 .
• ( 2004 ) Making sense of autonomy in language learning. National ELT Conference on Self-directed Learning, Universidad de los Andes , Bogotá, September 2004 (Plenary).
• ( 2004 ) Diversity in language learning: (auto)biographical perspectives. 5 th Pan-Asian Conference on Language Teaching, Vladivostok , Russia . June 2004 .
• ( 2004 ) Autonomy in Asia : what are we learning from learner histories? Conference on Autonomy in Language Learning: Maintaining Control, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology / Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , June 2004 (Plenary).
• ( 2004 ) Why Autonomy? Why Now? Conference on Autonomy in Language Learning: Maintaining Control, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology / Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , June 2004 (Plenary).
• ( 2003 ) (Auto)biography and TEFL research in Asian settings. Asia TEFL Conference, Busan , Korea . November 2002 .
• ( 2003 ) The Asian second language learner in a globalised world: issues of autonomy and motivation. International Seminar on Learning and Motivation, Universiti Utara Malaysia , October 2003 . (Plenary)
• ( 2002 ) ‘Teachers’ and learners’ conceptions of autonomy’. AILA Congress , Singapore . December 2002 .
• ( 2002 ) ‘Learner development: the role of out-of-class learning’. JALT Conference, Shizuoka , Japan , November 2002 . (Invited speaker)
• ( 2002 ) ‘Teachers’ and learners’ perspectives on autonomy’. JALT Conference, Shizuoka , Japan , November 2002 . (Invited speaker)
• ( 2002 ) ‘The monolingual dictionary: a special case of bilingualism?’ International Conference on Translation and Bilingual Dictionaries, Chinese University of Hong Kong , 23 - 24 February, 2002 .
• ( 2002 ) ‘The role of the teacher in self-access and internet-based learning’. UTELI Conference, Haifa , Israel , 11 February 2002 . (Plenary)
• ( 2001 ) ‘Experiences of cultural context in the learning careers of Hong Kong learners of English. Paper presented at the Conference on Culture, Communication and Language Pedagogy. Hong Kong Baptist University , 29 - 31 May 2001 .
• ( 2000 ) ‘Autonomy and innovation: the role of information technology’. Paper presented at the International Language in Education Conference, December 2000 , University of Hong Kong . (Invited speaker)
• ( 2000 ) ‘The language of autonomy in language learning’. Paper presented at the Language 2000 Conference, June 2000 , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.