Department of English and Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Department of English and Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Our People
Members and associates of the RCPCE are involved in solid and internationally acclaimed work in (critical) discourse analysis, discourse intonation, intercultural communication studies, language assessment, lexical studies, systemic functional grammar, and so on related to professional contexts.
Director
Research interests include Workplace Communication, Social Media Discourse, English for Global Aviation, Language, Discourse, and Policy (micro and macro contexts), Identity Construction, Migration and Diaspora, Discourse of Multimodal and Multicultural Workplaces, Global Call Centers, Maritime Communication,.
Associate Director
Research interests include multimodal discourse analysis, systemic functional theory, media and communication, and education and multimodal literacy.
Members
Research interests include conceptual and critical metaphor analysis, corpus linguistics, language and politics, language and creativity, and children’s and young adult literature.
Research interests include discourse analysis, applied linguistics, language and power, media communication, persuasive communication, and professional communication.
Research interests include Psychology of Language Education, Language Teacher Research, Practitioner Research (Action Research, Exploratory Practice), Narrative Inquiry and Reflexivity and Ethics in Applied Linguistics.
Research interests include intercultural communication, the gig economy, cosmopolitanism, and motivations for language learning.
Research interests include Educational Technology, EFL Teaching Anxiety, EFL Teacher Training, Intercultural Teacher Training, Learner Motivation, Research Methods Training.
Research interests includes Pragmatics, Metadiscourse, Discourse analysis, Professional communication, English for academic/specific purposes.
Research interests include academic literacy/discourse, biliteracy development, English for academic/specific purposes, English medium instruction, language assessment, language policy, second language acquisition, and second language writing.
Research interests include French language and francophone cultures, Colonial discourse analysis, Postcolonial fiction, Cross-cultural communication, Sino-Western and Sino-Indian relations, Cultural Studies.
Research interests include sociolinguistics, the social psychology of language, and intercultural communication.
Research interests include corpus linguistics, (multimodal) discourse analysis, professional communication, computer-mediated communication, and linguistic landscape.
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Research interests include phraseology, formulaic language, idioms, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, English intonation and rhythm, English language teaching (ELT), computer-assisted language learning, and research methods.
Research interests includes English communication in workplace, virtual and digital communication in business discourses, communications assessment practices and development in tertiary and workplace setting. She has published widely on workplace communication training and assessment.
Research interests include cognitive pragmatics, second language acquisition, and gestures.
Research interests include the interplay of media and legal discourse, media and technological discourse, media disinformation, and, certain socio-interactional aspects of professional discourse.
Research interests include language testing, assessment and evaluation in professional contexts, learner corpora and occupation-specific corpora, communication in professional workplaces, and educational measurement.
Research interests include Language and power (especially as they relate to relationships in the blue-collar workplace), Language policy and planning, Political discourse, Linguistic landscape, Pragmatics, and Socio-phonetics.
Research interests include Language variation, Intergroup communication, intergroup processes, World Englishes, Multilingualism/language contact, and Creole languages.
Research interests include critical genre analysis, multimodality, and professional communication.
Research interests include cognitive linguistics, healthcare communication, the language of psychotherapy, and statistical modeling of discourse.
Visiting Scholar
Research interests include children’s and young adults’ literature, intercultural communication, intersemiotic translation, translation and development, and interpreting for refugees.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr Gao's research area mainly involves chunk theory, first language acquisition, second language acquisition, corpus, pedagogy, etc., exploring the process of language acquisition from a cognitive perspective through a combination of theoretical research and teaching experiments. Now my research interest is mainly on discourse analysis through the use of the corpus-based method, trying to provide validation and support for (critical) discourse analysis theories through quantitative analysis of the corpora.
Dr Tajabadi's research area mainly focuses on the study of individual, social, and cultural factors on language learning and academic achievements in second and/or foreign language education. More generally, my research interests include practitioner research, sociocultural studies, interaction studies, intercultural education, and motivations for language learning.
Research interests include gender studies, corpus linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, and metaphor analysis.
Research interests include Professional communication, Language and Intercultural Communication, Communication and Culture in Organizations, Language, Culture and Society, Discourse Analysis, and Critical Discourse Analysis.
PhD Students
Research interests include Language Attitudes, Multilingualism, (Political) Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Igbo Linguistics.
Research interests include Corpus Linguistics, Metaphor and Gender, and Critical Discourse Analysis.
Research interests include Cognitive and Corpus Linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Conceptual and Critical Metaphor Analysis, and ESL and Nigerian English development.
Research interests include Stance Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, Public Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Political Communication, Language and Politics and Language and Media.
My research focuses on curriculum analysis and pedagogy aimed at developing the linguacultural competencies of Business English as a Lingua Franca (BELF) learners and speakers.
Research interests include English Language Studies, Second Language Acquisition (SLA) (especially L2 Tense and Aspect), Oral Corrective Feedback, Gesture, Psycholinguistics; English Language Education, English Language Curriculum and Instruction, English Language Teaching, Language Assessment and Testing; Multimodal Communication, Speech and Language Pathology (SLP), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Research interests include academic literacy, scholarly communication, language and literacy education, genre analysis, and (critical) discourse analysis.
Research interests include English for academic purposes, corpus linguistics, (critical) discourse analysis, English language teaching and learning
Research interests include academic literacy and ethics, academic discourse and publishing, corpus linguistics, multimodal discourse studies, stylistics, and systemic functional grammar.
Affiliate Members
Professor by special appointment of Strategic Communication (Logeion Chair) at University of Amsterdam
Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Communication Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hong Kong Customer Contact Association (HKCCA) is a non-profit organization representing the entire on-line customer service and interaction in Hong Kong.
Research interests include Chinese Semantics and Syntax, Corpus Linguistics, Language Variation, and Conceptual Metaphor Analysis.
Department of English, Department of Marketing (Joint appointment), City University of Hong Kong
Research interests include social semiotics, corpus linguistics, multimodal discourse analysis, with a focus on professional contexts covering luxury and its intersection with digital transformation, art and space, country of origin effect and language use, sustainability, reputation management, branding and retail experience.
Associate Professor of Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research interests include Bilingual Corporate Communication, Classical Chinese Drama, and Drama Translation