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Dr GUO Songdan, Nancy

Lecturer I

Qualifications:
Ph.D. in Linguistics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
M.A. in English Language Teaching, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
B.A. in English, Beihang University, Beijing, China

Email: nancyguo@hkbu.edu.hk
Telephone: 3411 7607
Office: OEE1015

BIO

Prior to joining the Language Centre of HKBU, Nancy has taught at Department of English and College of Professional and Continuing Education of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She had been initiating the course development and syllabus design for various courses, including discourse analysis, English grammar, text and image, English language education for service-learning, etc. She has been actively involved with various research projects, supported by General Research Fund and Inter-Institutional Development Scheme, Research Grants Council.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Systemic Functional Linguistics
  • Language Education
  • Literacy Development
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Multisemiotic studies

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Guo, S. N., & Yao, Y. (2021). Language demands of textbooks for learning English in Hong Kong: A multi-stratal analysis. Linguistics and Education, 63, 1-15.
  • 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, 1-15.
  • Yao, Y., Guo, S. N., Li, C., & McCampbell, D. (2021). 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. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46, 51-167.
  • Bateman, J., Veloso, F., Wildfeuer, J., Cheung, F., & Guo, S. N. (2017). An open multilevel annotation scheme for the visual layout of comics and graphic novels: motivation and design. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 32(3): 476–510.
  • Guo, S. N., & Feng, D. Z. (2015). Infusing multiliteracies into English language curriculum: The visual construction of knowledge in English textbooks from an ontogenetic perspective. Linguistics and Education, 31, 115–129.
  • Guo, S. N. (2014). Ontogenetic analysis of college English textbooks in China — a systemic-functional perspective. In Daivd Qian & Li Lan (Eds), Teaching and Learning English in East Asian Universities: Global Visions and Local Practice (pp. 360-376). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

  • Reviewer for Journals:

    • TESOL Quarterly
    • Linguistics and Education
    • International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
    • Educational Research and Reviews