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KWOK Hon Yuen Virginia

Ph.D.
Tel 3943 5711
Office Fung King Hey 304

Title of Dissertation:
Language Teaching and Intercultural Learning via Technology at University in Hong Kong (tentative)

Supervisor:
Professor Carmen Lee

Co-supervisor:
Professor Ron Darvin

My research aims at exploring language teachers' and students' perceptions of the importance of intercultural communication in language courses, the use of technology to develop language and intercultural communicative competence at university in Hong Kong, and how this links to the pedagogical beliefs and choice of tools.

Research Interests
Language Education, Intercultural Communication, Teacher Development, Technology, Literary Translation
 
Selected Publications
2017
Kwok, V. (2017). Voyages of Childhood: A Global Perspective. Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
2016
Kwok, V. (2016). Faithfulness in translation of children’s literature: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in Chinese. Babel, 62(2), 278-299.
2015
Kwok, V. (2015). Robot vs. Human Teacher: Instruction in the Digital Age for ESL Learners, English Language Teaching, 8(7), 157-163.
2011
Kwok, V. (2011). Be Still and Know: Trip to the Holy Land (Olympia pbk. ed.). London: Olympia.


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