Developing a lingua franca approach for English language education in Hong Kong
Grant Data
Project Title
Developing a lingua franca approach for English language education in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator
Dr Chan, Yee Him Jim
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Duration
30
Start Date
2017-01-01
Amount
660490
Conference Title
Developing a lingua franca approach for English language education in Hong Kong
Presentation Title
Keywords
Communicative competence, English as a lingua franca, English language teaching, English learning goals/targets, Pragmatic skills
Discipline
Education: Research on Teaching & Learning,Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
27608416
Grant Type
Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Funding Year
2016
Status
Completed
Objectives
1 To investigate contexts and patterns of English communication among teachers and students in Hong Kong secondary schools with reference to ELF practices in the literature. 2 To understand ELT teachers’ strategies for teaching and assessing communicative skills in spoken English. 3 To uncover secondary school students’ experiences of learning communicative skills in spoken English. 4 To develop a lingua franca approach in Hong Kong English language education based on existing sociolinguistic and linguistic resources in the local classroom.