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LSPPC News

The latest issue of the newsletter is available for members only.

Issue 6, January 2024

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  • Facilitating English Literacy Gains Through Needs-Based Localization: Customizing ABRACADABRA for English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in a Rural Chinese Setting (Xin Guo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)

  • Differentiated Assessment in a Postgraduate Language Assessment Course (Vahid Nimehchisalem, Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Issue 5, January 2023
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  • Innovating oral academic communication pedagogy in higher education (Megan Siczek, George Washington University, the U.S.)

  • The representation of pragmatic content in English Tourism coursebooks used in Thailand (Worasuda Wattanawong, University of Auckland, New Zealand)

  • Identifying new sites of research through interdisciplinary research: Insights gained (Cindy Ngai Sing Bik, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Rita Gill Singh, Hong Kong Baptist University)

​Issue 4, January 2022
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  • EST textbooks in India: Demand-supply problem and possible solutions 

       (Santosh Mahapatra, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India)

  • Describing trends: Individualizing practice using natural language generation 

       (John Blake, University of Aizu, Japan)

  • Exploratory findings on the illness narratives of a Chinese online support group for mental health 

       (Joyce Yu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)

Issue 3, January 2021

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  • Incidental attention to language during disciplinary teaching: An observation study of LREs in a first-year EMI computer programming lecture

      (Jiye Hong, University of Auckland)

  • The Role of Language and Education to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Malaysia and Japan  

      (Aliyyah Nuha Faiqah binti Azman Firdaus, Hiroshima University)

  • Language for Specific Vocational Purposes

      (Jean Parkinson, Victoria University of Wellington)

Issue 2, January 2020

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  • Ethnographic Approaches to LSP Research      

      (Sue Starfield, UNSW Sydney)

  • Formulating the Direction of a Study: The Case of Action Research  in Tourism and Hospitality      

      (Becky Kwan, City University of Hong Kong)

  • The “About Us” Section of Private Hospitals’ Websites: A Multi-perspective Genre Analysis      

      (Nasser Salimi Aghbolagh, University of Malaya)

Issue 1, January 2019

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  • Exploring the Leadership Conceptualization Process – From Research to ESP Program Development

       (Kevin Knight, Kanda University of International Studies)

  • Second Language Socialization in Construction Engineering in Hong Kong: The Transition from Academic to Professional Contexts

       (Cindy Yu, City University of Hong Kong)

  • Collaborations between LSP Specialists and Target Discourse Community Specialists: What Expertise do LSP Specialists Bring to the Table?

       (Christine Feak, University of Michigan)

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