Publications by LC Scholars
Books
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Study Text for Purple Hairpin Co-edited by: Dr Cheung Kwan-hin, Prof Chan Sauyan, Dr HO Koon Wan |
Adapted from Ming dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu's play with the same name, Purple Hairpin by Tong Dik-sang is considered the most successful Canto-opera on courtesans, rendering it a Canto-operatic classic. Yet, for various reasons, Tong's adaptation is not without flaws from historical and geographical perspectives, especially as regards the proper names used. Those bugs are in the main left unfixed hitherto. |
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Writing as Meaning-Making A Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach to EFL Writing (2022) Authored by: Dr Winfred Xuan |
This book investigates Chinese secondary EFL learners' meaning-making abilities in English L2 writing by adopting theoretical frameworks used in systemic functional linguistics (SFL). It offers a comprehensive guide to Chinese high school students' use of lexico-grammatical resources in L2 English writing for frontline L2 writing teachers, TESOL practitioners, pre-service teachers, and all professionals engaged in researching and teaching L2 writing. In particular, the book seeks to fill the current gaps in secondary school L2 writing research in the Asian context. | |
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《帝女花》讀本 (2020) Co-authored by: Dr Cheung Kwan-hin, Prof Chan Sauyan |
Co-authored by Dr Cheung Kwan-hin, Associate Division Head of LC with another renowned scholar, this book introduce the text of the Floral Princess by using the mud prints for the premiere in 1957 as a basis, while making appropriate references to the scripts used for numerous later performances. Extensive notes, for theatrical terms and for the libretto, are added to help readers at large to appreciate this ultimate masterpiece in Canto-opera. | |
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亂世的笑聲:二十世紀四十年代上海喜劇文學研究 (2019) Authored by: Dr Jian Zhang |
Authored by Dr Jane Zhang, Lecturer, this book focuses on the comical literature in 1940s Shanghai and inquiries into the complicated structure of feelings in historical trauma. It investigates how different communities and groups of writers in occupied Shanghai employed various laughter inducing strategies, and articulated their own comic visions as responses to the reality of war. | |
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Teaching Shakespeare to ESL Students: The Study of Language Arts in Four Major Plays (2016) Co-authored by: Dr Miriam Lau, Dr Anna Tso |
This book introduces the plots, characters, and language arts employed by Shakespeare’s major plays. It includes 40 innovative lesson plans with worksheets, games and student-oriented activities that help ESL learners achieve higher levels of English proficiency and cultural sensitivity. |
Journal Papers
Selected Papers in International Journals
Year of Publication | Academic Staff | Journal Paper |
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2021 | Yao, Y., Guo, S. N., Wang, W., & Yu, J. (2021). Measuring Chinese junior high school students’ language mindsets: What can we learn from young EFL learners’ beliefs in their language ability? System, 101. | |
Dr Angela Tam | Tam, A.C.F (2021). Challenges arising from dissonant views about trilingual education in an early childhood context. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism., Vol.24, No.7, pp.990-1010. | |
Dr Angela Tam | Tam, A.C.F (2021). Undergraduate students’ perceptions of and responses to exemplar-based dialogic feedback. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, Vol.46, No.2, pp.269-285. | |
2020 | Dr Nancy Guo | Yao, Y., Guo, N. S., Li, C., & McCampbell, D. (2020). How university EFL writers’ beliefs in writing ability impact their perceptions of peer assessment: perspectives from implicit theories of intelligence. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1-17. |
2019 | Dr Eric Cheung | Lee, J., Cheung, E., Saberi, D., & Webster, J. (2019). Expanding students’ registerial repertoire with a writing assistance tool. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 42. |
Forey, G., & Cheung, E. (2019). The benefits of explicit teaching of language for curriculum learning in the physical education classroom. English for Specific Purposes, 54, 91-109. | ||
2018 | Dr Angela Tam | Tam, A. C. F. (2018). Challenges arising from dissonant views about trilingual education in an early childhood context. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 1-21. |
Tam, A. C. F. (2018). Conceptualizing Distributed Leadership: Diverse Voices of Positional Leaders in Early Childhood Education. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 1-18. | ||
Dr Jennifer Yao | Yao, J. (2018). NP interpretation and disposal variations among the Mandarin, Cantonese, and Shaoxing dialects. Language and Linguistics, 19(2), 306-332. | |
2016 | Dr Hong Ying | 林文芳、洪英(2016)。〈福清方言的鬆緊元音〉。《方言》,2016年第3期,頁316-322。 |