Mr CHUNG Kin Tim - THEi - Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong

Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong

Mr CHUNG Kin Tim

Lecturer

Email tchung430@thei.edu.hk

Mr CHUNG Kin Tim

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

2012 - present

Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics (HKAAL)

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	12^th 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.