Many activities are taking place to promote networking and to support research relating to the Constituent Theme. A public forum on the Constituent Theme Funding was held on 23 Feb 2006 for all interested HKU staff members and research students to discuss cross-faculty research initiatives and research support relating to language in education and language assessment. Around 70 participants attended the forum.
Eight focal areas of research have been defined and over 70 current projects have been identified which are relevant to the following areas: |
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The nature of language systems and language use in multilingual / multicultural contexts
The learning of mother tongue, second and additional language
Second language writing/literacy practices in education
The mental lives of language teachers and language learners
The assessment of language + literacy (K-adult)
Language use across the disciplines
The planning, implementation and evaluation of language literacy policy
Critical pedagogy: issues of power, ideology, culture, and identity in education
