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Dr Julia Chen

Dr Julia Chen

Associate Professor (by courtesy)

Research Overview

My main areas of research are learning analytics for quality assurance and enhancement and English Across the Curriculum, a localized version of the US Writing Across the Curriculum. My recent research projects explore the affordances of modern technology for language learning. I am the Project Leader of two large-scale projects on English Across the Curriculum (one institution LEG and the other a 5-university joint project funded by the UGC’s Teaching and Learning Related Proposals Scheme) and a third project with Stanford University on developing an online learning platform with automatic error correction. I led the organisation of the 1st and the 2nd International Conference on English Across the Curriculum held in December 2015 (http://eacconference.elc.polyu.edu.hk/) and in December 2018 (https://elc.polyu.edu.hk/conference/EAC2018/) respectively.

Academic and Professional Experience

  • Director, Educational Development Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2016 – )
  • Associate Director, English Language Centre (2010 – 2016)
  • Chair, Faculty of Humanities' Learning and Teaching Committee (2013 – 2016)
  • Coordinator, 4YC Language & Communication Requirement English language subjects (materials development and QA) (2011-2016)

Teaching Areas

I mainly co-teach the subject "Curriculum and Assessment" in the Professional Doctorate programme Doctor of Applied Language Sciences offered by the Faculty of Humanities.  I have also taught PhD and MPhil students from across the disciplines a subject that I developed entitled "Thesis Writing for Research Students".  I have also taught undergraduate EAP subjects and an elective “English for Literature and Film”.

Research Interests

  • My main areas of research are English Across the Curriculum, a localized version of the US Writing Across the Curriculum, and learning analytics for quality assurance and enhancement. My recent research projects explore the affordances of modern technology for language learning.

Research Output

Others

Esteem Measures

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