STAFF PROFILE
Dr LAW Yuen Yi, Ellie
Senior Lecturer, Section Head (Foreign Languages)
Qualifications:
Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, HKU
M.A. in Applied Linguistics, HKU
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (English), HKU
B.A. (Double majors: English Studies and Geography), HKU
Telephone: 3411 5825
Email: ellielaw@hkbu.edu.hk
Office: OEE1009
BIO
Prior to joining the Language Centre of HKBU, Ellie has taught a range of academic English and English-in-the-Discipline courses at the University of Hong Kong. She was involved in course coordination, curriculum development, assessment design and postgraduate teaching and supervision. She is interested in promoting learner autonomy with her students in order to equip them with lifelong learning skills.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Learner autonomy
- Self-access language learning
- English across the curriculum
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
- Centre for Applied English Studies, The University of Hong Kong
- English Language Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
GRANTS
- General Research Fund: Co-Investigator, Towards Automatic Tracking of Student Responses to Teacher Feedback in Draft Revision (2016-17)
- Teaching Development Grant: Co-Investigator, Blending Academic and Professional Literacies – Developing an English-in-the-discipline Course for Social Work with Genre Pedagogy (2014-15)
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Conference presentations:
- Law, E. (2017, November 16). How can the development of learner autonomy be evaluated in an Academic English course context? Paper presented at the online LAb session at the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education, Kanda University of International Studies, Tokyo, Japan.
- Law, E. (2016, June 29-July 3). Developing independent lifelong learners- Is it a realistic curriculum goal? Paper presented at the European Conference on Language Learning, IAFOR, Brighton, the United Kingdom.
- Law, E. (2015, May 1-3). Principles for integrating self-access language learning into taught English courses. Paper presented at the Asian Conference on Language Learning, IAFOR, Kobe, Japan.
- Law, E. (2014, June 12-14). Promoting learner autonomy through a SALL component of a taught English enhancement course. Paper presented at the Independent Learning Association Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Law, E. (2022). Fostering learner autonomy: A social-constructivist approach to designing English language teaching activities. TESOL Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.696
- Law E., Della Pietra, J., & Pan, P. (2022). Social learning space: Redefining academia within a university setting. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Innovation in Language Learning, 44-48. https://doi.org/10.26352/GY10_2384-9509
- Lai, C., Gardner, D., & Law, E. (2013). New to facilitating self-directed learning: the changing perceptions of teachers. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 7(3), 281-294. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2013.836208
- Law E. (2011). Evaluating learning gain in a self-access language learning centre. In D. Gardner (Ed.), Fostering autonomy in language learning. Gaziantep, Turkey. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259368185_Fostering_autonomy_in_language_learning
COURSES TAUGHT
- UCLC1008 / GCLA1008 – University English I
- Writing Enhancement Course