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Papers by Amy Tsui
It is a great honor for me to have been invited to address such a distinguished audience. I want ... more It is a great honor for me to have been invited to address such a distinguished audience. I want to thank IATEFL, particularly the President, Peter Grundy, for his personal invitation, and the conference organizers, particularly Alison Medland, for making it possible for me to be here, and for all the thoughtful arrangements.
Medium of Instruction Policies, 2003
Language Awareness and Multilingualism, 2016
Researchers in universities and educators in K-12 schools are often seen as having different form... more Researchers in universities and educators in K-12 schools are often seen as having different forms of expertise when it comes to understanding education. University faculty are well-versed in educational theory and research while school-based teachers and administrators have intimate, practical knowledge about what makes schools work. School-university partnerships create opportunities for learning by providing a space for the interaction of the different forms of expertise. In
Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning, 2004
Theory and Practice in EFL Teacher Education, 2011
Amy B.M. Tsui The University of Hong Kong “What knowledge is essential to their (teachers’) work?... more Amy B.M. Tsui The University of Hong Kong “What knowledge is essential to their (teachers’) work? ... How is such knowledge generated and confirmed? Indeed, dare we even call it knowledge in the strict sense of the term? Is not much of what guides the actions of teachers nothing more than opinion, not to say out-and out guesswork? ... If any of what teachers claim to know about something qualifies as knowledge (and who dares deny that some does?), what can be said of its adequacy? ... is there more to teaching than the skilled application of something called know-how? If so, what might that be?”
Language Policy, Culture, and Identity in Asian Contexts, 2017
1 The Centrality of Medium-of-Instruction Policy in Sociopolitical Processes Amy BM Tsui The Univ... more 1 The Centrality of Medium-of-Instruction Policy in Sociopolitical Processes Amy BM Tsui The University of Hong Kong ... made by linguistic minorities in English-dominant countries to revitalizeandmaintain their languages, namelytheM~ oriinNewZealand, the Welsh in Wales ...
The computer network Telenex (Teachers of English Language Education Nexus) established at the Un... more The computer network Telenex (Teachers of English Language Education Nexus) established at the University of Hong Kong is described. The network was conceived to provide professional support to secondary school English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers in Hong Kong, and is monitored by a team of ESL teachers and teacher educators. Its components include databases (a bank of validated test items, teaching ideas, grammar and related teaching ideas, and news about current developments in the profession) and communications (electronic mail, conferencing, and task group messaging at each irstructional level). The testing database is calibrated to a common ability scale, and is designed for both construction and validation of tests. The teaching ideas database, created in hypertext, contains practical activities for each language skill area. The grammar database, also in hypertext, also contains grammar-related 4-eaching activities designed for communicative language teaching. Contains ...
Language Policy, Culture, and Identity in Asian Contexts, 2017
Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning, 2004
... Part II,On Learning, comprises three chapters, each of which elaborates on one of the three... more ... Part II,On Learning, comprises three chapters, each of which elaborates on one of the three core elements of our view of learning: variation, discernment, and simultaneity. ... It contains a detailed explication of the theory of learning that motivated the analyses of classroom ...
Expertise in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2005
Item Metadata (Short). Title, Expertise in Teaching: Perspectives and Issues. Authors, Tsui, ABM.... more Item Metadata (Short). Title, Expertise in Teaching: Perspectives and Issues. Authors, Tsui, ABM. Issue Date, 2005. Publisher, Palgrave: Mcmillan. Citation, Expertise in Teaching: Perspectives and Issues. In Expertise in Second Language Learning and Teaching, p. 167-189. ...
Information Technology, Education and Society, 2013
Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 1991
It is a great honor for me to have been invited to address such a distinguished audience. I want ... more It is a great honor for me to have been invited to address such a distinguished audience. I want to thank IATEFL, particularly the President, Peter Grundy, for his personal invitation, and the conference organizers, particularly Alison Medland, for making it possible for me to be here, and for all the thoughtful arrangements.
Medium of Instruction Policies, 2003
Language Awareness and Multilingualism, 2016
Researchers in universities and educators in K-12 schools are often seen as having different form... more Researchers in universities and educators in K-12 schools are often seen as having different forms of expertise when it comes to understanding education. University faculty are well-versed in educational theory and research while school-based teachers and administrators have intimate, practical knowledge about what makes schools work. School-university partnerships create opportunities for learning by providing a space for the interaction of the different forms of expertise. In
Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning, 2004
Theory and Practice in EFL Teacher Education, 2011
Amy B.M. Tsui The University of Hong Kong “What knowledge is essential to their (teachers’) work?... more Amy B.M. Tsui The University of Hong Kong “What knowledge is essential to their (teachers’) work? ... How is such knowledge generated and confirmed? Indeed, dare we even call it knowledge in the strict sense of the term? Is not much of what guides the actions of teachers nothing more than opinion, not to say out-and out guesswork? ... If any of what teachers claim to know about something qualifies as knowledge (and who dares deny that some does?), what can be said of its adequacy? ... is there more to teaching than the skilled application of something called know-how? If so, what might that be?”
Language Policy, Culture, and Identity in Asian Contexts, 2017
1 The Centrality of Medium-of-Instruction Policy in Sociopolitical Processes Amy BM Tsui The Univ... more 1 The Centrality of Medium-of-Instruction Policy in Sociopolitical Processes Amy BM Tsui The University of Hong Kong ... made by linguistic minorities in English-dominant countries to revitalizeandmaintain their languages, namelytheM~ oriinNewZealand, the Welsh in Wales ...
The computer network Telenex (Teachers of English Language Education Nexus) established at the Un... more The computer network Telenex (Teachers of English Language Education Nexus) established at the University of Hong Kong is described. The network was conceived to provide professional support to secondary school English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers in Hong Kong, and is monitored by a team of ESL teachers and teacher educators. Its components include databases (a bank of validated test items, teaching ideas, grammar and related teaching ideas, and news about current developments in the profession) and communications (electronic mail, conferencing, and task group messaging at each irstructional level). The testing database is calibrated to a common ability scale, and is designed for both construction and validation of tests. The teaching ideas database, created in hypertext, contains practical activities for each language skill area. The grammar database, also in hypertext, also contains grammar-related 4-eaching activities designed for communicative language teaching. Contains ...
Language Policy, Culture, and Identity in Asian Contexts, 2017
Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning, 2004
... Part II,On Learning, comprises three chapters, each of which elaborates on one of the three... more ... Part II,On Learning, comprises three chapters, each of which elaborates on one of the three core elements of our view of learning: variation, discernment, and simultaneity. ... It contains a detailed explication of the theory of learning that motivated the analyses of classroom ...
Expertise in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2005
Item Metadata (Short). Title, Expertise in Teaching: Perspectives and Issues. Authors, Tsui, ABM.... more Item Metadata (Short). Title, Expertise in Teaching: Perspectives and Issues. Authors, Tsui, ABM. Issue Date, 2005. Publisher, Palgrave: Mcmillan. Citation, Expertise in Teaching: Perspectives and Issues. In Expertise in Second Language Learning and Teaching, p. 167-189. ...
Information Technology, Education and Society, 2013
Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 1991