Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics (HAAL) 3^rd HAAL Research Forum 12 December 2009 SCHEDULE
9.00-9.30	registration (adjacent to Lecture Theatre N003)
9.30-9.45	OPENING & ANNOUNCEMENTS LT – N003
	parallel sessions
9.50-10.15	M103 Mathew Sung (University of Hong Kong) Hong Kong pre-service teachers’ perspectives on teaching native accents and target language cultures in ELT	M104 Monal Dewle (English and Foreign Languages University) A study of linguistic and textual features in report writing		LT-N003 Deyuan He (City University of Hong Kong) The preferred pedagogic models and norms in China in the context of world Englishes	M108 Des Moriarty (Chiu Chow Association Secondary School) Error correction or marking areas? A strategy to improve teaching and learning in listening in English	M110 Amy Binbin Dai (Chinese University of Hong Kong) The effects of working memory and recasts on L2 development on task-based interaction
10.20-10.45	M103 Yuka Ishikawa (Nagoya Institute of Technology) Gender images in language: A comparison among the US, China, and Japan	M104 Ivy Ng (St Rose Lima’s College) Implementing peer feedback in a form 5 writing classroom		LT-N003 Yueyuan Li (Lingnan University) An investigation of the interruption behavior of English as lingua franca (ELF) speakers	M108 June Jun Jin (University of Hong Kong) Students’ perceptions of silence in spoken English interaction in problem-based learning	M110 Gavin Xiaoyue Bei (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Lexical performance in L2 speaking tasks
10.50-11.15	Candy Shuk Ling Lee (Chinese University of Hong Kong) “Rape” talk: An analysis of Hong Kong undergraduates’ conversations and perception about rape	Veena Nair (English and Foreign Languages University) Task complexity and second language writing		Darren Bryant (University of Hong Kong) Revisiting native-speaking teachers of English in Hong Kong	Winnie Lee (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Reducing student reticence through teacher interaction strategy	Mable Chan (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) What learning contract reveals about university students’ attitude towards English language learning and the pedagogical implications
11.20-11.45	Amy Chui (Chinese University of Hong Kong) The use of syntactic features in Hong Kong students’ spoken English M103	Shin’ichiro Ishikawa (Kobe University) A corpus-based study on writer-reader visibility seen in English essays written by Japanese and Chinese learners of English M104		Vaughan Rapatahana (San Wui Commerical Society Secondary School) English Language as Hydra LT-N003	Christina DeCoursey (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) “Not as boring as I think”:  Using drama instructional techniques in the Hong Kong tertiary context M108	Ricky Lam (Hong Kong Institute of Education) Pedagogical and theoretical implications of two portfolio assessment approaches: Writing for learning or writing for evaluation? M110
11.55-12.45	KEYNOTE ADDRESS English as an Asian lingua franca and the multilingual model of ELT Prof. Andy Kirkpatrick Hong Kong Institute of Education LT – N003
12.45-2.00	Lunch
	parallel sessions
2.00-2.25	M103 Xiangdong Liu (University of Western Sydney) A comparison between the discourse functions of the “shi…de” construction in Chinese and the no da construction in Japanese	M104 Chilin Wang (National Taiwan university of Science and Technology) Language socialization: Cross-cultural interactions in a study abroad context	LT-N003 Dora Zeping Huang (Chinese University of Hong Kong) The effect of lexical input on L2 composition: A corpus-informed approach		M108 Yongyan Zheng (University of Hong Kong) Chinese EFL learners’ vocabulary development and influencing factors: A longitudinal multiple-case study	M110 Clarice S. C. Chan (University of Hong Kong) Sociocultural aspects of task-based language learning in ESP contexts
2.30-2.55	M103 Supakorn Phoocharoensil (Chulalongkorn University) Learners’ relative clauses in relation to universals and transfer	M104 Xiaohua Liang (University of Hong Kong) Play and language play in an English immersion context in Mainland China	LT-Noo3 Jan Zhan Wang (Chinese University of Hong Kong) ‘Meaning-priority’ in L2 speech production: Evidence from strategic and on-line planning		M-108 Min Liu & David D. Qian (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) An exploration into the New College English Test Band Four: A comparative study	M110 Ivy Lingwei Kong (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Financial promotion in Hong Kong: A genre study of bank brochures
3.00-3.25	Christie Wai Ling Law (Chinese University of Hong Kong) The systematicity of vowel realizations in Hong Kong English	Li Yingchun (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics) Is pedagogical democracy an educational model in the language classroom: A Chinese example	Amy Ying Yuk Kong (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Disambiguating recasts with enhanced salience in task-based interaction		Shu-hui Yu (Ling Tung University) Rater variability in assessing EFL learners’ pragmatic competence	Wai Ling Yuen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) (How) Do Front Office staff use directives in the service encounters with guests?
3.30-3.55	Andrew Sewell (Lingnan University) Patterns of variation in Hong Kong English phonology M103	Michelle Mingyue Gu (Hong Kong Institute of Education) Identities constructed in difference: English language learners in China M104	Simon Shiu Yip Chan (University of Hong Kong) Potential of grammar consciousness-raising tasks in promoting learners' cognitive engagement with the grammar items concerned LT-Noo3		Yuanshan Chen (National Chin-yi University of Technology) Rating L2 pragmatics: What does holistic scoring really mean? M-108	Lancy Fung (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Managing indirectness at critical moments M110
3.55-4.10	BREAK
4.10-4.35			LT-Noo3 Chun-rao Deng & David Carless (University of Hong Kong) Task-based language teaching in Chinese contexts: Challenges and possibilities		M-108 Jing Huang (Hong Kong Baptist University) The first year in university: Loss, confusion, and puzzlement
4.45-6.00	PANEL DISCUSSION Getting published: Multiple voices David Careless, Andy Xuesong Gao and Becky Kwan University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Education & City University of Hong Kong LT – N003