Ms KEMPSTON, Tanya

Teaching Areas:

ELT Methodology; Drama in Language Learning; Literature in Language Learning; Children’s Literature; Child Development

Research Interests:

Drama in Language Learning; Process Drama and Education; Play and Child Development. 

Books

Cooley, S, Kempston, T, and Wu, D. (eds.) NETworking: Using Social Issues in the English Classroom. (Hong Kong: Native-speaking English Teacher Section, Education Bureau: Hong Kong Government printer, 2009).

Kempston, T and Wu, D. (eds.) NETworking: Using Drama in the English Classroom. (Hong Kong: Native-speaking English Teacher Section, Education Bureau, Hong Kong Government Printer, 2008).

Journal articles and book chapters

Kempston, T and Thomas, N. (2014) (forthcoming: revised and re-submitted) ‘The Drama of the South China Sea: an International Studies simulation’. International Studies Perspectives. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Kempston, T (2011) ‘Using Drama to enrich School Based Assessment in the Hong Kong secondary school English classroom.’ In J. Winston (Ed): Second Language Learning through Drama: Practical Techniques and Applications. London: David Fulton. 

• Co-taught professional development workshops on Promoting Reading Across the Curriculum commissioned by the Education Bureau with Dr Cheri Chan (January, November and December 2012).
• Adjudicated Open Verse (Primary and Secondary) sections of the  annual Hong Kong Speech and Music Festival (November 2010 - 2012)
• Chaired the Hong Kong Examination Authority Basic Competency Assessment review committee for Key Stage 2 (March 2011 - July 2012)
• Adjudicated the semi-finals and final of the Native English-speaking Teacher Association territory-wide debating contest (March 2009).