1. Publications
‘An alternative view of quality assurance and enhancement’, Management in Education,
Vol. 26, No. 1, January 2012, pp 35-39. (The article has been entered into the
International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) Documentation Centre Database
of UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)
‘Role and Position: job expectations and practices’, Asian Social Science, Vol. 8, No. 1,
January, 2012.
‘Using a project approach in a profession-related English course’, International Journal of
Humanities and Social Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 2011.
'A qualitative inquiry into students' management of learning: interpretation and
trustworthiness', International Journal of Business and Social Science, Vol. 2, No. 4,
February, 2011.
‘Instructions on an English Programme for Academic Purposes for Chinese Learners’,
Proceedings of International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, 2010.
‘Investigating ESL students’ English grammar in writing’, US-China Foreign Language, Vol.
8, No. 1, 2010.
‘Student learning WOES (the ‘wishes’, opportunities’, ‘expedition and sustenance’) in
undertaking webfolios’, Asian Social Science, Vol. 4 No. 6 June 2008.
‘Students’ Management of Learning on an EAP course and the Implications for Teaching’,
Anthology Series 49, by SEAMEO Regional Language Centre page 207-235, 2008.
'Students’ management of learning’, The International Journal of Interdisciplinary School
Sciences, Vol. 1 No. 4, 2007.
‘Designing instructional materials for second language learning in the changing world’,
Conference Proceedings of the 6th
CULI’s International Conference 2007.
‘Tension and Conflict in Assessment’, Essays in Education, 18 (Fall). 2006
'Can Reading be Taught' in Newsletter36 2000 Summer Online Issue No. 2 Hong Kong
Reading Association www.reading.org.hk (with Peony Kwok)
‘Reading Chinese Students’ Writing: Comprehension of the Text and Pedagogical
Implications for Writing’, The Guidelines, RELC, Vol 21 No. 1 June 1999 Singapore
‘Putting Laboratory Report Writing in Perspective’, Issues in Writing Vol 8 No. 2
Spring/Summer 1997 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
‘Another of My Ideas Bites the Dust’, The English Teaching Forum Vol. 35 No. 3 July
1997, USA
‘The Role of Checklists in Learning How to Write’, Journal of Technical Writing and
Communication Vol. 26 No. 3 1996, USA (with Nancy Choi and Peony Kwok)
‘The Use of Authentic Materials at Tertiary Level’, ELT Journal Vol. 49 No. 4 October
1995, UK (with Nancy Choi and Peony Kwok)
English Language Teaching: the Why’s and How’s. Alpha Educational Books Ltd. 1994
World History (Books 1, 2 & 3). Alpha Educational Books Ltd. (1998) (co-author)
(Text books for secondary Forms 1, 2 and 3)