Dr KWAN Yu Hang Chris

Lecturer (Part-time)

 

PhD in Applied Linguistics, The University of Hong Kong
MA in Language Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
BEd (Hons) (English Language) – Secondary, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
(now The Education University of Hong Kong)

 

Courses Taught

English Usage
English Writing

Research Interests
Discourse analysis
Pragmatics
Second language writing
Self-access language learning
 
Publications
  • Journal articles

Kwan, Y. H. (2023). Establishing an online writing centre: Understanding writing consultants’ perceptions and experiences of synchronous virtual one-to-one tutoring. Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal, 14(1), 26-44. https://doi.org/10.37237/140103

Kwan, Y. H. (2022). What do Chinese learners of English want from a university writing centre? A Chinese tertiary student’s views on writing centre peer tutoring. Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal, 13(3), 389-394. https://doi.org/10.37237/130306

Kwan, Y. H. (2017). The teaching of additive connectives: An evaluation of current English grammar textbooks in Hong Kong. The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 4(2), 161-172. https://caes.hku.hk/ajal/index.php/ajal/article/view/456

  • Book Chapter
Yang, C. C. R., & Kwan, Y. H. (2016). A study of request strategies used by Chinese learners of English in business writing: Its pedagogical implications. In I. H. Mirici, I. H. Erten, H. Oz, & I. Vodopija-Krstanovic (Eds.), Research papers on teaching English as an additional language (pp. 71-88). The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Rijeka.
 
  • Book/technology reviews and book note
Kwan, Y. H. (2023). Guess the right word: A review of the language game Wordle. RELC Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882231192121
 
Kwan, Y. H. (2019). Review of the book Researching and teaching second language speech acts in the Chinese context, by C. Lee. The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 6(2), 257-259. https://caes.hku.hk/ajal/index.php/ajal/article/view/664
 
Kwan, Y. H. (2019). Note of the book Language and culture at work, by S. Schnurr & O. Zayts. Language in Society, 48(2), 321-322. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404519000083
 
  • Conference proceeding
Kwan, Y. H. (2019). A case study of the presentation of indirect complaints in an ELT textbook unit in Hong Kong: Its pedagogical implications. In 2018 International Conference on Bilingual Learning and Teaching E-proceedings (pp. 63-68). The Open University of Hong Kong.
 
Conference Presentations

Kwan, Y. H. (May, 2022). Rapport management in synchronous virtual writing centre peer tutoring. Paper presented at the Writing Roundtable 2022: Flux in Pedagogy, Creative Writing & Scholarship, 20 May 2022, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

Kwan, Y. H. (December, 2021). University writing centre consultants’ perceptions and experiences of synchronous virtual one-to-one tutoring in the time of crisis. Paper presented at the HKERA-APERA International Conference 2021, 9-11 December 2021, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Kwan, Y. H. (August, 2019). Energising research on peer writing tutoring in the Hong Kong context. Paper presented at Student-tutor Writing Consultation Symposium, 16 August 2019, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Kwan, Y. H. (October, 2018). A case study of the presentation of indirect complaints in an ELT textbook unit in Hong Kong: Its pedagogical implications. Paper presented at 2018 International Conference on Bilingual Learning and Teaching, 25-27 October 2018, The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Kwan, Y. H. (December, 2017). A corpus analysis of stance and engagement in written lesson observation feedback. Paper presented at International Conference on ESP, New Technologies and Digital Learning, 7-8 December 2017, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

Kwan, Y. H. (June, 2017). Teaching practicum trainers’ written feedback to trainees: A genre-based study. Paper presented at Faces of English 2: Teaching and Researching Academic and Professional English, 1-3 June 2017, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Kwan, Y. H. (June, 2016). Making e-mail requests to course lecturers: What request strategies did a group of associate degree students in Hong Kong deploy? Paper presented at the 6th Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics (HAAL) Conference, 11 June 2016, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.