STAFF PROFILE

Mr. YOUNG Christopher David Andrew

Lecturer II

Qualifications:
MA, University of Leicester (Applied Linguistics and TESOL)
DELTA, University College London (TESOL)
CELTA, International House (TESOL)
BSc Hons, Oxford Brookes University (Sociology and Psychology)

Email: cyoung@hkbu.edu.hk
Telephone: 3411 6551
Office: RRS901(B)

BIO

Christopher started his career teaching English as a Second Language in Hong Kong. Since then, he has worked in colleges and universities in the United Kingdom, Italy and Singapore, specializing in Professional Skills and English for Specific Purposes. He has returned to Hong Kong and is a lecturer on the GE Public Speaking course at Baptist University.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Academic and Professional Skills
  • English for Specific Purposes
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Language Anxiety
  • Motivation 

CONFERENCES / SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS / WORKSHOPS

  • Team Based Learning In: 55th SEAMEO RELC Conference, Singapore 2020.
 
  • Planning and Revising Strategies for Discursive Essays; Cohesion and Coherence: An analysis of written communication. In: Foreign Languages Today, Surgut State University, Russian Federation 2010.
 
  • I Fought the Rule and the Rule Won: Guiding principles for presenting grammar in the classroom. Train the Trainer: Dealing with teaching challenges in modern classrooms. In Malvern House, UK 2012

PROJECT

  • The socialization of boys and men in the modern era – literature review