Faculty Teaching Award
- 2019
- Honours and Kudos
- Faculty of Humanities
Presentation Ceremony of Faculty Teaching Award 2017/18 in Faculty Assembly 2018
The Faculty Teaching Award Scheme aims to give due recognition and encouragement to staff members, on both an individual and a team basis, who have demonstrated exemplary performance and achievements in teaching.
In 2017/18, the Faculty of Humanities awarded three outstanding teachers, including Dr Wang Lixun from the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies (LML), Dr Ho Chi Hang from the Department of Chinese Language Studies (CHL) and Ms Catherine Lin Yanyan from the Centre for Language in Education (CLE). All of them were officially awarded at the Faculty Assembly held on 30 August 2018.
Dr Wang Lixun, recipient of the Faculty Teaching Award, is an experienced and dedicated teacher with exemplary teaching performance. He excels at adopting various innovative methods and information technologies in his teaching to engage students in an agile learning environment. In terms of scholarship of teaching, Dr Wang participated in more than six Teaching Development Grant and Central Reserve Fund projects between 2014 and 2018, and has produced over 10 high quality publications in the areas of language education, corpus linguistics, and mobile learning from 2015 onwards. In 2019, Dr Wang will publish two new books.
Dr Ho Chi Hang, the recipient of the Certificate of Merit, is an expert in the field of Chinese Language Teaching Methodologies. He always proactively promotes blended learning that inspires and motivates students in a variety of learning contexts. Also, Dr Ho is an active researcher who has participated in various knowledge transfer projects.
Ms Catherine Lin Yanyan, the recipient of the Certificate of Merit, is a passionate and innovative language teacher who always adopts learner-centred approach and technology-supported pedagogies. She has been a course coordinator of a number of English courses in the past years. Besides, Ms Lin plays an important role in pioneering various e-learning initiatives in CLE.
To promote good practice for learning and teaching, the award recipients will be invited to share their valuable insights of teaching at various University and Faculty occasions.
