STAFF PROFILE
Mr. RICKARD Jonathan Theodore Robert
Lecturer I
Qualifications:
MA Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching (University of Nottingham, UK)
BA English Literature and Italian (Cardiff University, UK)
DELTA (Cambridge ESOL)
CELTA (Cambridge ESOL)
FHEA (Advance HE)
Email: jrickard@hkbu.edu.hk
Telephone: 3411 2822
Office: OEE1015
BIO
Jonathan is experienced in the areas of academic English, business English, and language learning motivation.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Motivation, psychology of language learning
TEACHING AREAS
- UCLC1008 University English I
- UCLC1009 University English II
- UCPN1005 Art of Persuasion
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Rickard, J. (2024). Focusing attention outwardly: A coping strategy for tasks based on task concentration training. In N. Curry, & K. Maher, Psychology-based activities for supporting anxious language learners: Creating calm and confident foreign language speakers (pp. 165–174). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350352834.ch-16
CONFERENCES / SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
- Rickard, J. (2025, May 23). AI and the other LLM, Language Learning Motivation: Motivational conflicts experienced by tertiary EMI students. AHKLC Symposium 2025: Repositioning Language Education in the Age of AI, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
- Rickard, J. (2024, June 18). Motivational dynamics in students’ English learning in the school-to-university transition. Engagement in the Digital Age: International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Hong Kong Baptist University.
- Budden, J., Gore, J., & Rickard, J. (2019, October 5). The LearnEnglish team’s top ten tips. British Council and IATEFL World Teachers’ Day Web Conference (online).