Teaching and Learning Research Team

Projects

  • Project Leader: Dr. Rita Gill Singh
  • Project Title: Integrating a technology-driven ChatGPT pedagogical approach into teaching academic English for students transitioning from senior secondary school to university
  • Funding Source: Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR)
  • Project Duration: 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Aug 2026
  • Project Leader: Dr. Simon Wang
  • Project Title: Developing Customised Generative AI Chatbots for Automated Assessment and Intelligent Tutoring: Towards a Community of Practices of AI-human Partnership for Collaborative Learning and Teaching
  • Funding Source: Teaching Development Grants (TDG) Scheme, HKBU
  • Project Duration: 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Jun 2026
  • Project Leader: Dr. Ellie Law
  • Project Title: Enhancing Students’ Communication Skills in Chinese Medicine Clinical Settings
  • Funding Source: Teaching Development Grants (TDG) Scheme, HKBU
  • Project Duration: 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Mar 2026
  • Project Leader: Dr. Rita Gill Singh
  • Project Title: Trends of sustainability reporting on labour rights in the workplace: A comparative study of leading automotive manufacturers in China and the United States
  • Funding Source: Departmental Research Grant Support of Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Project Duration: Jun 2024 – May 2026
  • Project Leader: Dr. Simon Wang
  • Project Title: AI-Powered Language Learning: Developing a Comprehensive Course for Mastering Text Analysis and Improving Academic Writing Skills
  • Funding Source: Fund for Innovative Technology-in-Education (FITE), University Grants Committee (UGC)
  • Project Duration: 1 Oct 2023 – 30 Jun 2026
  • Project Leader: Dr. Kathy Lee
  • Project Title: Integrating the Gongyeh app into UCPN1005 The Art of Persuasion course
  • Funding Source: Teaching Development Grants (TDG) Scheme, HKBU
  • Project Duration: 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
  • Project Leader: Dr. Meilin Chen
  • Project Title: Writing Across the Curriculum: Building a Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Corpus of HKBU Student Academic Writing
  • Funding Source: Strategic Development Fund (SDF), HKBU
  • Project Duration: Jul 2020 – Jan 2025
  • Project Leader: Dr. Chan Hang, Joshua (Principal Investigator) 
  •                           Dr. Ellie Law (Co-Investigator) 
  •                           Mr. Pietra-Della John (Co-Investigator) 
  •                           Ms. Michelle Fong (Co-Investigator)
  • Project Title: English for Transdisciplinarity: ArtTech eCorpus for English Learning Across Boundary-Crossing Spaces
  • Funding Source: Teaching Development Grants (TDG) Scheme, HKBU
  • Project Duration: 1 Sept 2023 – 31 Aug 2025
  • Project Leader: Dr. Rita Gill Singh
  • Project Title: Developing a systematized humour pedagogical approach to enhance teaching and learning: A cross-institutional and cross-disciplinary collaboration
  • Funding Source: Teaching Development Grants (TDG) Scheme, HKBU
  • Project Duration: 1 Apr 2023 – 31 Aug 2025
  • Project Leader: Dr. Chan Hang, Joshua (Principal Investigator)
  • Project Title: Investigating the eye-voice relationship for intonation training: A two-part eye-tracking study
  • Funding Source: General Research Fund (GRF) under Research Grants Council, HKSAR Government
  • Project Duration: Jan 2022 – Dec 2024
  • Project Leader: Dr. Cissy Li (Principal Investigator)  
  •                           Mr. Leo Yu (Co-Investigator)  
  •                           Dr. Emma Zhang (Co-Investigator)  
  •                           Ms. Natalie Liu (Co-Investigator)
  • Project Title: Nurturing Global Citizenship Through English
  • Funding Source: UGC Inter-institutional Collaborative Activities (IICA) project
  • Project Duration: Sept 2022 – Aug 2024
  • Project Leader: Dr. Cissy Li (Principal Investigator)
  • Project Title: Scholarship Platform for Teaching and Learning in a Virtual Age 
  • Funding Source: University Grants Committee (UGC)
  • Project Duration: 2022
  • Project Leader: Dr. Chan Hang, Joshua (Principal Investigator)
  • Project Title: Adapting task-based pedagogy for students with special educational needs: Training, practising and validation
  • Funding Source: Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR), under Education Bureau, HKSAR Government
  • Project Duration: Aug 2021 – Jul 2023
  • Project Leader: Dr. Meilin Chen (Principal Investigator) 
  • Project Title: The development and evaluation of an innovative corpus-based language teaching approach among school in-service teachers in the Greater Bay Area or beyond
  • Funding Source: Central Reserve Allocation Committee (CRAC)
  • Project Duration: 2019 – 2022
  • Project Leader: Dr. Mable Chan (Principal Investigator)
  • Project Title: Communicative needs of Chinese professionals in Hong Kong
  • Funding Source: Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR)
  • Project Duration: 2018 – 2021
  • Project Leader: Dr. Mable Chan (Principal Investigator)
  • Project Title: The role of pedagogical intervention: Acquisition of tense by Cantonese ESL learners in Hong Kong
  • Funding Source: University Grants Committee (UGC), a General Research Fund (GRF) project
  • Project Duration: 2013 – 2016
  • Project Leader: Dr. Mable Chan (Co-Investigator)
  • Project Title: Enhancing students’ professional competence and generic qualities through reading, discussing and writing in English across the curriculum
  • Funding Source: Learning and Teaching Development Grants of HKSAR
  • Project Duration: 2011 – 2014