HAAL 2016
11th June, 2016 (Saturday)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Keynotes (venue: Y304)
Prof. John Flowerdew, City University of Hong Kong
Title of Talk: Some recent corpus-based approaches to researching and teaching academic discourse (ABSTRACT)
About the speaker
John Flowerdew is a Professor in the Department of English, City University of Hong Kong. As well as writing and editing a number of books, including five edited collections on academic discourse, he has published widely in the leading Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching and Discourse Analysis journals, focusing on academic and political discourse. His most recent book (with R. Forest) is Signalling nouns in English (2015, CUP).
Prof. Jane Jackson, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Title of Talk: From research to practice: Intervening in the learning of L2 study abroad students (ABSTRACT)
About the speaker
Jane Jackson (PhD, OISE/University of Toronto) is Professor in the English Department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the recipient of the University’s 2013 Education Award. Her research centers on language and intercultural communication, identity, and education abroad. Recent books include Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication (Routledge, 2014), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication (Routledge, 2012) (Editor), Intercultural Journeys: From Study to Residence Abroad (Palgrave MacMillan, 2010), and Language, Identity, and Study Abroad: Sociocultural Perspectives (Equinox, 2008).