HAAL Fawzia Braine Memorial Award Presentation on 10 June 2020 (Wed)

We are very pleased to announce that this year, Mr Greg Chung-Hsien Wu, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong, will receive the Fawzia Braine Memorial Award for his paper "Engaging senior-year admitted students' academic literacies across the discipline: A language practitioner's perspectives" (published in Innovations in Education and Teaching International, in press). 

Congratulations to Mr Wu! Well Done!

The award recipient will be delivering a 25-min webinar plus a 10-min Q&A session on his paper on 10 June 2020 (Wed) at 6:00 pm. You are all very welcome to join us. Please refer to the following Zoom link. 

https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/91669270976?pwd=KzZwRnhEMFVmemRzYVRoSkdXNDF4dz09

HAAL Awardees

2018/2019

Fawzia Braine Memorial Award for the Best Journal Article Published by a Novice Scholar

Mr. Chan Ka Long, Roy

(The Chinese University of Hong Kong, for his international journal article “Being a ‘Purist’ in Trilingual Hong Kong: Code-switching among Cantonese, English and Putonghua” published in Linguistic Research, 35(1), 75-95, 2018.)

Postgraduate Student Travel Award

Ms. Tongle Sun

(The Chinese University of Hong Kong, for her conference presentation ‘Adjusting to an English-speaking environment: The experiences of Chinese international exchange students’ at the 11th International Academy for Intercultural Research Biennial Conference & the 15th Chinese Association for Intercultural Communication Annual Conference. )

Ms. Wang Qian, Bobbie

(The Chinese University of Hong Kong, for her conference presentation ‘Vowel variation in different speech styles: Evidence from speakers of China English’ at the 2019 Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. )

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2017/2018

Fawzia Braine Memorial Award for the Best Journal Article Published by a Novice Scholar

Mr. Peter Wingrove (Centre for Applied English Studies, The University of Hong Kong, for his paper titled ‘How suitable are TED talks for academic listening’, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2017).

Postgraduate Student Travel Awardees

Mr. Gavin Junjie Wu (Department of English, City University of Hong Kong. Mr Wu also receives the Richard Pemberton Award for Postgraduate Student Travel.)

Ms. Joy Congyi Qu (Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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2016/2017

Fawzia Braine Memorial Award for the Best Journal Article Published by a Novice Scholar

Mr. Mark Feng Teng (Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, for his paper titled ‘Immediate and delayed effects of embedded metacognitive instruction on Chinese EFL students’ English writing and regulation of cognition’, in Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2016).

Postgraduate Student Travel Awardees

Mr. Daniel Recktenwald (Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Mr Recktenwald also receives the Richard Pemberton Award for Postgraduate Student Travel.)

Ms. Cindy Yu (Department of English, The City University of Hong Kong)

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2015/2016

Fawzia Braine Memorial Award for the Best Journal Article Published by a Novice Scholar

Mr. Kevin Jiang (Centre for Applied English Studies, The University of Hong Kong, for his paper titled ‘Nominal stance construction in L1 and L2 students’ writing, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 20, 90-102, 2015).

Postgraduate Student Travel Awardees

Ms. Cherry Chan (Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Ms. Chan also receives the Richard Pemberton Award for Postgraduate Student Travel.)

Ms. Bonnie Ho (Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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2014/2015

Fawzia Braine Memorial Award for the Best Journal Article Published by a Novice Scholar

Mr. Kevin Yung Wai Ho (Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, for his paper titled ‘Learning English in the shadows: Understanding Chinese learners’ experiences of private tutoring’ in TESOL Quarterly, 2014).

Postgraduate Student Travel Awardees

Mr. Stella He Xuehong (Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Ms. He receives the Richard Pemberton Award for Postgraduate Student Travel)

Ms. Ivy Wong (Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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2013/2014

Fawzia Braine Memorial Award for the Best Journal Article Published by a Novice Scholar

Miss Alice Yau (School of English, The University of Hong Kong,  for her co-authored publication (with Dr. Olga Zayts) titled ‘‘I don’t want to see my children suffer after birth’: The ‘risk of knowing’ talk and decision-making in prenatal screening for Down’s syndrome in Hong Kong’  forthcoming in Health, Risk and Society).

Postgraduate Student Travel Awardees

Mr. Kazuyuki Nomura (Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Mr. Nomura receives the Richard Pemberton Award for Postgraduate Student Travel)

Mr. Rui Yuan (Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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2012/2013

Fawzia Braine Memorial Award for the Best Journal Article Published by a Novice Scholar

Mr. Jim Y.H. Chan (Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, for his paper titled ‘Contextual variation and Hong Kong English’ in World Englishes 32/1: 54-74)

Postgraduate Student Travel Awardees

Ms. Meilin Chen (Department of English, The City University of Hong Kong) (Ms Chen receives the Richard Pemberton Award for Postgraduate Student Travel)

Ms. Kathy Ling Lin (Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Mr. Colin Shulin Yu (Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)