Best Practices in English Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - Lessons From Hong Kong for Global Practice

Lillian Wong brings together evidence-informed studies which are at the forefront of higher education developments in English language teaching and learning and shares expertise from prominent academics in Hong Kong.

List of contents

Part 1: Introduction
1. Best practices in English language education in higher education: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning from Hong Kong for global practice
2. Hong Kong Continuing Professional Development Hub: Building communities of practice for English teacher development and scholarship across universities
Part II: Best practices in curriculum design and pedagogy
3. Embedding critical thinking instruction into English for academic purposes courses
4. Working towards dialogic use of genre exemplars in English for Academic Purposes
5. Student tutor writing consultation service as a credible alternative to teacher advising
Part III: Best practices in technology and English teaching and learning
6. Developing and promoting digital literacies for effective English communication
7. Integrating blended learning into large-scale English for academic purposes courses
8. Blending learning hits the SPOC: The development and implementation of small private online courses
9. Informing English for Academic Purposes teaching and learning with big data analytics
Part IV: Best practices in teaching and learning English in the disciplines
10. Scientific writing with style: Exploring student understanding of scientific writing styles and reader engagement
11. Developing specific and transferable skills for professional communication in engineering
12. The integrative approach to teaching writing to develop architectural thinking
Part V: Conclusion
13. The importance of scholarship by language practitioners in higher education

About the author

Lillian L. C. Wong is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Her research and professional interests include innovation and change in English language education, teacher professional development, technology in English teaching and learning, curriculum design and materials development, EAP and ESP.

Summary

Lillian Wong brings together evidence-informed studies which are at the forefront of higher education developments in English language teaching and learning and shares expertise from prominent academics in Hong Kong.

Product details

• Authors: Lillian L. C. (University of Hong Kong Wong
• Assisted by: Lillian L. C. Wong (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2023
• EAN: 9781032148021
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3214802-1
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; English, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Hong Kong, ELT examinations & certificates, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, ELT: teaching theory & methods, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher