
Lecturer
School of General Education and Languages
Contact details
Email: tchung430@thei.edu.hk
Phone: +852 3890 8145
TEACHING AREAS
- English for Academic Studies
- English for Professional Purposes
QUALIFICATIONS
1984 – 1987 | BSc (Hons) Physics, Imperial College, University of London, U.K. |
1989 – 1990 | Postgraduate Diploma – Information Technology (Medical Physics), University of Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K. |
1992 – 1993 | PGCE (FE) – Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Further Education), University of Greenwich, London, U.K. |
Nov 1993 | RSA/UCLES CTEFLA (Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Adults), Frances King School of English, London, U.K. |
1997 – 1999 | MEd (English Language Education), The University of Hong Kong |
EMPLOYMENT
2001 – 2011 | English Enhancement Course Tutor, City University of Hong Kong |
2011 – 2012 | English Language Instructor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
2012 – 2013 | Visiting Fellow, City University of Hong Kong |
2013 – 2016 | Senior Language Instructor, Lingnan University |
2016 – 2017 | Term Lecturer, THEi |
2017 – present | Lecturer, THEi |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
2001 – present | English for Academic Studies |
2001 – present | English for Professional Purposes |
2001 – present | Thesis Writing in Science and Engineering |
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2014 – present | The Hong Kong Association for Self-Access Learning and Development HASALD |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2000 | Chung, T., & Berry, V. (2000). The Influence of Subject Knowledge and Second Language Proficiency on the Reading Comprehension of Scientific and Technical Discourse. Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, v5 n1, pp187-225.https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ619909 |
2013 | 12th PanSIG Conference, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, 18-19 May 2013. FYP/Thesis Writing for Science and Engineering Students at a HK University. |
2013 | ELC Symposium, City University of Hong Kong, 3 June 2013. FYP/Thesis Writing for Science and Engineering Students at City University of HK. |
2013 | ECLL, The European Conference on Language Learning, Brighton, UK, 18-21 July 2013. Teaching Freshman composition and creative writing to students at a Hong Kong university and implications in developing academic literacy. |
2015 | International Conference on the Development of English Across the Curriculum, HK Polytechnic University, 14-15 December 2015. Joint-paper Presentation – A Review of a Final Year Thesis Writing Course for Science and Engineering Students. |