What can we learn from the Hong Kong Archive of Language Learning Project?
Dr. Klaudia Lee
Abstract
In this talk, we will present the Hong Kong Archive of Language Learning (HALL), the first digital archive in Hong Kong that collects, archives and disseminates stories of English learners in the city. At present, the HALL has more than 3,000 language learning narratives collected through face-to-face interviews and paper-based surveys across university campuses in Hong Kong since October 2014. The digital archive is a public-access resource that provides a holistic record of the diverse language learning and reading practices of Hong Kong learners in academic, leisure and professional settings. We will then draw on preliminary analysis of the narratives and discuss its potential as a pedagogical resource for language learners, teachers and researchers to develop English learning and teaching strategies both within and beyond the curriculum.
Speaker
Assistant Professor, Department of English, City University of Hong Kong
About the Speaker
Dr Klaudia LEE is an Assistant Professor at the Department of English, City University of Hong Kong. Her research interests are Victorian literature and culture, narrative theory, life writing, spatiality, literature pedagogy, adaptation, appropriation and translation. Her articles have been published in Journal of Victorian Culture, English, Victorians: A Journal of Culture and Literature, The Explicator and Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education. Her forthcoming monograph, Charles Dickens and China: Cross-Cultural Encounters (1895-1915), will be published by Ashgate. She is the principal investigator of the Hong Kong Archive of Language Learning (HALL) project.
Date
3 June 2016 (Friday), 12:45 – 02:00pm
Location
MW 411A-412, 4th floor, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Chair
Dr. Andy Gao
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