Best Practices in English Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Lillian L. C. Wong is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Her research and professional interests include innovation and change in English language education, teacher professional development, technology in English teaching and learning, curriculum design and materials development, EAP and ESP.

Part 1: Introduction

1. Best practices in English language education in higher education: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning from Hong Kong for global practice

2. Hong Kong Continuing Professional Development Hub: Building communities of practice for English teacher development and scholarship across universities

Part II: Best practices in curriculum design and pedagogy

3. Embedding critical thinking instruction into English for academic purposes courses

4. Working towards dialogic use of genre exemplars in English for Academic Purposes

5. Student tutor writing consultation service as a credible alternative to teacher advising

Part III: Best practices in technology and English teaching and learning

6. Developing and promoting digital literacies for effective English communication

7. Integrating blended learning into large-scale English for academic purposes courses

8. Blending learning hits the SPOC: The development and implementation of small private online courses

9. Informing English for Academic Purposes teaching and learning with big data analytics

Part IV: Best practices in teaching and learning English in the disciplines

10. Scientific writing with style: Exploring student understanding of scientific writing styles and reader engagement

11. Developing specific and transferable skills for professional communication in engineering

12. The integrative approach to teaching writing to develop architectural thinking

Part V: Conclusion

13. The importance of scholarship by language practitioners in higher education