Ms TAVARES, Nicole J.

Teaching Areas

Courses on the BA&BEd, PGDE, MEd(ELE), MEd(CLIL) and MA(TESOL) programmes: English Language Teaching Methodology; Pedagogy (English): Learning and Teaching English in Secondary School (Oracy and Literacy); Mistake-Management: Handling Error-Correction and Giving Quality Feedback; Assessment for Learning: Making it Work in Hong Kong Classrooms; Academic Literacies in Science and Mathematics; Language Awareness: Grammar and Lexis

EDB In-service Professional Development Programmes:

School-Based Support Programme on Developing Curriculum Materials to Enhance Teaching Mathematics Education Key Learning Area in the English Medium

Optimising Senior Secondary English Language Series of Courses: 'The Role of Grammar and Vocabulary in Academic Reading and Writing'

Courses for English Teachers on 'Adopting an inductive approach to enhance secondary students' grammar knowledge and promote self-directed learning'

Courses for Secondary School Teachers on 'Enhancing the Learning and Teaching of English Vocabulary for Cross-curricular Learning in the Secondary English Classroom'

Courses on 'Roles of English Language Teachers in the Whole-School Approach to Using the English Medium'

Courses for 'Enhancing Teachers' Competency in Academic English for Teaching Non-Language Subjects in the English Medium'

Courses for Secondary School Teachers on 'Catering for Learner Diversity in Learning and Teaching Non-language Subjects in English'

Courses for Non-Language Teachers on 'Enhancing Classroom Communication by Using Subject-Specific Language in English'

Courses for Secondary School Teachers on Mathematics Education, Science Education and Personal, Social & Humanities Education Key Learning Areas in the English Medium

Courses for Secondary School Teachers on 'Conducting Extended Learning Activities in English for the Mathematics Education Key Learning Area'

Courses on 'Connecting Reading and Writing in the Secondary English Language Curriculum' and 'Developing Primary Pupils' English Reading Strategies to Enhance their Learning Capacity to Facilitate the Transition from KS2 to KS3'

Professional Development Courses for Secondary School Graduate Teachers: Advances in Curriculum Studies and Pedagogies (English Language)

Professional Development Courses for Teachers in Preparation for the School-Based Assessment Component of the HKDSE English Language Examination

Research Interests

In English Language Teaching
English Language Pedagogy; Language Across the Curriculum / Content and Language Integrated Learning; Dynamic and Interactive Assessment; Teacher Assessment Readiness; Good Practices in the Teaching and Learning of English; Error-correction Techniques in Speaking and Writing Classes; Feedback on Students' Writing; Second Language Learning Strategies; 21^st Century Skills Development; Online Teaching and Learning; Collaborative Learning; Collaborative Writing and Writing Skills Development using Web 2.0 Technologies; Collaborative inquiry project-based learning

In Teacher Development
School-based Language-Across-the-Curriculum Programmes and Activities; The Use of Moodle, Facebook and other Social Networking Websites in Motivating and Facilitating the Learning and Professional Development of Pre-Service Teachers; Blended and E-Learning in Teacher Professional Development; Collaborative Lesson Planning; Challenges of Pre-service and In-service Teachers of English amid Curriculum Reforms

• HKU Teaching Innovation Award 2020, awarded by The University of Hong Kong

• Emergency Remote Teaching Award 2020, awarded by the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
• Long Service Award 2017, awarded by The University of Hong Kong

• University Outstanding Teaching Award 2015, awarded by The University of Hong Kong
  Nicole's Teaching Philosophy and Students' Words of Appreciation
  OTA Video Clip (1:17-2:34)
• Outstanding Teaching Award 2014 - 2015, awarded by the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
• Teacher Effectiveness Award (Undergraduate) 2014, awarded by the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, in recognition of excellence in teaching and having achieved the highest average SETL scores at the undergraduate level over the past three academic years (2011/12 - 2013/14) 
• Academic Staff Knowledge Exchange Award 2009 - 2010, as part of The School-University Partnership Team, awarded by the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
• Distinguished Teacher Award 2005 - 2006, awarded by the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
• Ray Tongue Scholarship 2004 awarded by the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
• Scholarships awarded by the Portuguese Community Education and Welfare Foundation (2000, 1996)
• True Light Middle School of Hong Kong Prize in Education (1996)

1. Paper Presentation titled "A Joint COIL Project in English Language Teacher Education across Two Universities via Perusall: Opportunities, Strategies and Potentialities", at Perusall Exchange 2024, on the theme 'Education at the Age of Generative AI' (9^th - 15^th June 2024)

2. Paper Presentation titled "Student-Teachers' Growth in Pedagogic and Language Awareness as Managers of a Collaborative Online Annotations Platform" at 58th RELC International Conference, on the theme 'Rehumanizing, Re-conceptualizing and Re-imagining Language Teaching and Learning for Education 5.0', organised by SEAMEO RELC, in Singapore (11^th March 2024)

3. Paper Presentation titled "Optimising Learning on a Collaborative Online Annotation Platform: Teacher Mediation and Course Design Strategies" at The 6^th International Conference on Technology in Education (ICTE) 2023, organised by International Hybrid Learning Society and co-organised by Kasetsart University (KU), in KU, Bangkok, Thailand (20^th December 2023)

4. Paper Presentation titled "MA(TESOL) Student-Teachers' COIL Experience: Opportunities, Challenges and the Direction Ahead in Teacher Education" at The 21st AsiaTEFL International Conference with KICE and Korea TEFL in Daejeon, South Korea, on the theme 'Celebrating ELT in Asia: Visions and Aspirations' with Dr Jim Chan, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK (19^th August 2023)

5. Paper Presentation titled "Engineering Formative Feedback Practices and Developing Assessment Literacy in Teacher Education via Instructor Modelling" at Perusall Exchange 2023 on the theme 'Alternative Grading and Alternative Approaches' (5^th - 11^th June 2023)

6. Paper Presentation titled "Chatbot as a Pedagogic Tool for Collaborative Goal-Setting in Teacher Education: Instructor and Student Perceptions" at the International Conference on Learning and Teaching for Future Readiness (ICLT) 2023 on the theme 'Learning and Teaching in the Eve of Metaverse' organised by The Education University of Hong Kong (18^th May 2023)

7. Paper Presentation titled "Audio, Video and Zoom Feedback: Practices, Perceptions and Potentialities" at the virtual TESOL 2023 International Convention & English Language Expo organised by TESOL International Association (US) (4^th April 2023)

8. Paper Presentation titled "Using chatbot as a goal-setting faciltator in an online course: students' performance and teacher's perception" at the IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE 2022) on the theme 'Transforming Educational Technologies and Pedagogies for the Next Decade' with Weijiao Huang, Jiahui Du & Timothy Hew (6^th December 2022) 

9. Paper Presentation titled "How a video-based online platform enhances pre-service English teachers' quality and depth of reflections", at the 20^th AsiaTEFL, 60^th TEFLIN & 5^th iNELTAL Hybrid International Conference 2022, Indonesia, on the theme 'Hindsight, Insight and Foresight in ELT in Multilingual Asia' (7^th August 2022)

10. Paper Presentation titled "Ethnic minority students learning Chinese as a second or foreign language: Obstacles and opportunities", at the Twenty-ninth International Conference on Learning, on the theme 'Intercultural Learning in Plurilingual Contexts', at University of Valencia, Spain (with co-presenters Iris Yim, Winsy Lai, Davy Ng & Dr Sam Chu) (13^th - 15^th July 2022)

11. Paper Presentation titled "Given the right environment, opportunities and support, all students have the potential to succeed", at the Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2022, on the theme 'Teaching in the spotlight: What next for enhancing student success?', at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK (7^th July 2022)

12. Paper Presentation titled "Building a community of inquiry on Perusall: Using a social constructivist approach to empower teachers as 'TLA experts'", at Perusall Exchange 2022, an event for innovators in 'Social Learning', with co-presenters Ada Fong, Nicholas Miller Perry and Louise Wang from 2021/22 MEd(ELE) (16^th - 27^th May 2022)

13. Paper Presentation titled "Empowering Second-Language Learners to (Re-)Shape Teacher Feedback through Partnership, Choice and Reflection", at 56th RELC International Conference 2022 organised by SEAMEO RELC, Singapore with co-presenter Ms Holly Ho (15^th March 2022)

14. Paper Presentation titled "The complex relationship between technology and pedagogy: Implications for interactivity and engagement in classroom learning", at the International Conference on Learning and Teaching 2021 organised by The Education University of Hong Kong (8^th December 2021)

15. Paper presentation titled "Empowering learners through partnership with the teacher - maximising student voice in the English classroom", at the 19th AsiaTEFL International Conference on the theme "Empowering through the English language: The dynamics of teaching and learning of English in Asia" with co-presenter Ms Holly Ho (5^th December 2021)

16. Speaker, on the topic "Pedagogy Horse and Technology Cart Revisited and Implications for Teacher Knowledge", at the HKU Faculty of Education webinar with Prof. Amy B. M. Tsui and Dr Kennedy K. H. Chan as co-presenters (30^th July 2021)

17. Panelist, on the topic "A teacher educator's response to challenges amid the pandemic, insights gained from teaching in the new normal, and observation of innovative English teaching practices" as part of the Asia TEFL Professional Network Webinar Series with the theme "Embracing the new normal in English language education from a pedagogical perspective: Innovative approaches and methodologies for classroom best practices" (17^th July 2021)

18. Paper presentation titled "Technology-enhanced video feedback - feedback that is relational, dialogic and engaging in nature, feedback that learners find prospective and actionable" at the International Conference on Technology-enhanced Language Learning and Teaching and Corpus-based Language Learning and Teaching (TeLLT & CoLLT 2021) organised by The Education University of Hong Kong (9^th July 2021)

19. Live workshop "No student is left out: Making every learner's voice heard and its impact on re-establishing social presence and communities of learning" at the Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2021 with the theme 'Teaching in the Spotlight: What is the Future for HE Curricula?' (7^th July 2021)

20. Paper presentation titled "Exploring CLIL as an Approach to teaching Mathematics through English: From cooperation to collaboration, from stand-alone to contextualised lessons, from translation to communication, from learning key words to a practice of skills integration" with co-presenter Wong Ka Lok at The 2nd International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning 2021 organised by The Education University of Hong Kong (20^th June 2021)

21. Paper presentation titled "Students as Perusall Managers - MANning discussions, MANAGing their own learning and GenERating new understanding" at Perusall Exchange 2021 Conference (with co-presenters Daniel Ferguson, Hayley Kam and Poonkuzhali Sundaramurthy from 2020/21 MEd(ELE)) (17^th - 28^th May 2021) 

22. Paper presentation titled "Reflecting on emerging modes of collaboration between Mathematics and English teachers in 4 Hong Kong schools" at the 3rd International Conference on English Across the Curriculum at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (with Wong Ka Lok, Arthur Lee and Simon Chan as co-presenters) (21^st May 2021)

23. Paper presentation titled "Learners positioning themselves as the teacher and the teacher as learner" at the HKCPD Hub Virtual International Conference 2021 on the theme "Innovative Teaching and Research in English Language Education" (9^th January 2021) (with Lisa Catherine Low and Holly Ho as co-presenters)

24. Paper presentation titled "Empowered students empowering the teacher: The cycle of empowerment" at the AsiaTEFL 2020 International Conference on the theme "Interweaving Theory and Practice in ELT in Asia: Creating New Prospects for the Future" held online and in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (27^th November 2020) (with Lisa Catherine Low and Holly Ho as co-presenters)

25. Paper presentation titled "SMILE in CLIL: How 'Maths Talk' impacts on ESL learners' phonological and morphosyntactic awareness" at the virtual 2020 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in April 2020 in San Francisco, USA 

26. Paper presentation titled "Enriching ELT through CLIL: How 'Maths Talk' enhances L2 English morphosyntax and phonology" at the 17th Asia TEFL International Conference and 6th FLLT International Conference on the theme “ELT for Glocal Synergies across Disciplines and Multilingual Ambiences” in Bangkok, Thailand on 27th June 2019 (with Dr Daniel Fung from The Education University of Hong Kong as co-presenter)

27. Faculty Research Fund project "University-School Collaboration between Content and Language Specialists in the Learning and Teaching of Secondary 1 Mathematics in English as the Medium of Instruction" (November 2018 - August 2021) (with Co-Investigator Wong Ka Lok)
28. Invited Workshop "Making the Most Out of Online and Digital Technologies for Learning Effectiveness" as part of the HKAECT 2018 International Conference on the theme 'New Media for Educational Change: Effect on Learning and Reflection on Practice', co-organised by HKAECT and Hong Kong Baptist University (26^th July 2018)
29. SCOLAR project "Gamifying students' reading process through an online battle platform: Factors for success and obstacles to be overcome" (June 2018 - 2021) (Principal Investigator: Dr Sam Chu)
30. Teaching Development Grant project "Student-teachers providing free English Language instruction to school students from lower socio-economic backgrounds in Community English Language Professional Workshops: An Experiential Professional Development and Community-based Project" (December 2017 - September 2019) (Project Leader: Ms Suzi Nicholson)
31. Impact Project "Fostering young authors for the future: Co-authoring children's literature with high performers in a gamified e-quiz platform" supported by the Knowledge Exchange (KE) Funding Exercise (September 2017 - August 2018) (Project Leader: Dr Sam Chu)
32. "Leading Asia via the MEd-CLIL (Master of Education in Content and Language Integrated Learning) Programme" (March 2016 - December 2017) supported by the Dean's Innovation Fund (Principal Investigator: Prof. Angel Lin)
33. "Enhancing secondary students’ English-learning experiences through collaborative Language-Across-the-Curriculum tasks in the Mathematics classroom" (January 2016 - December 2017) funded by the Faculty (of Education) Research Fund
34. Paper presentation titled "Access to English Medium Education through Blended Learning at Higher Education in Southeast Asia" as part of the sub-theme “Excellence in education through provision of technology, effective teaching and research” at the 60^th ASAIHL International Conference, Siem Reap, Cambodia on 2^nd December 2016 (with Prof. Angel Lin, Dr Yuen Yi Lo & Dr Simon Chan)
35. "Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Integrating Mobile Learning with Learning Management System" (June 2014 - August 2016) funded by the Teaching Development Grant (HKU) with Dr Hu Xiao as Principal Investigator
36. "Understanding Maths Talk: Theorising strategies of  how Mathematics teachers apprentice students into the technical language of mathematics" (December 2013 – August 2014) funded by the Faculty (of Education) Research Fund
37. Strengthening students’ reading comprehension ability (both Chinese and English) through developing children’s literature e-quiz bank on cloud (May 2013 - February 2016) funded by the Quality Education Fund (EDB) with Dr Sam Chu as Principal Investigator
38. Paper presentation titled "How strategic use of L1 in a Mathematics classroom facilitates L2 interaction and comprehension" in the colloquium "Beyond Linguistic Purism: Designing Multilingual and Multimodal 'Content and Language Integrated Learning' (CLIL) Frameworks for EFL Students" at the 9th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB9) in Singapore (10^th - 13^th June 2013) with Prof Angel Lin, Dr Lo Yuen Yi, Dr Simon Chan and Ms Gladys Luk
39. Paper presentation titled "From Moodle to Facebook: Exploring students' motivation for online discussion" at the 2013 AERA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, USA (27^th April - 1^st May 2013) with Dr Lisa Deng from Hong Kong Baptist University as co-presenter
40. Paper Presentation titled "Experimenting with English Collaborative Writing on Google Sites" at the 4^th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU) in Porto, Portugal (16^th - 18^th April 2012)
41. Speaker, 'Experimenting with English Collaborative Writing on Google Sites' as part of the CITE Research Symposium 2011 titled "Building Communities for Technology Enhanced Learning" and Symposia on 'Applying a collaborative approach to inquiry project-based learning with web 2.0 at upper primary levels' with Dr Sam Chu, Dr Felix Siu and Dr Ken Chow (30^th June 2011)
42. Paper presentation titled “An emerging role of teacher-researchers in Hong Kong through a school-university collaborative research project” (in collaboration with Dr Ken Chow, Dr Sam Chu, Dr Felix Siu, Prof. Donna Chu and Dr Ho Shun-yee), at The 2^nd East Asian International Conference on Teacher Education Research, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong (December 2010)
43. Speaker at the seminar titled 'Blogs and forums to support student learning at HKU: tales from three cases', as part of a series of technology-enhanced learning presentations organised by the Centre for Information Technology in Education, with Dr Bob Fox and Dr Lisa Deng(24^th November 2010)
44. Paper presentation titled “Media awareness in the age of new media: A case study of Primary 4 students in Hong Kong” (in collaboration with Prof. Donna Chu, Dr Sam Chu, Dr Felix Siu, Dr Ken Chow and Dr Ho Shun-yee), at ASIS&T 2010 Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA (October 2010)
45. EDB Consultancy Project on "Promoting a Collaborative Teaching Approach to Inquiry Project-based Learning with Web 2.0 at Upper Primary Levels" funded by the Quality Education Fund – with Dr Sam Chu as Principal Investigator and Nicole Tavares, Dr Felix Siu, Dr Ho Shun-yee, Dr Ken Chow (Principal, Sacred Heart Canossian Primary School) and Prof. Donna Chu (CUHK) as Co-Investigators (April 2009 - September 2011)
46. Paper Presentation titled "Moving Students Forward Via Interactive Assessment - The Impact of IA on Student Learning, Challenges Teachers Face Practising IA and The Way Ahead" (in collaboration with Prof Liz Hamp-Lyons), as part of the SBA Seminar Series, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (24^th September 2008)
47. Paper Presentations titled "Interactive Assessment in an ESL Context: Student Learning, Teacher Constraints and The Need for Capacity-Building" and "ESL Teachers Learning to Assess Interactively - The Challenges and Teacher Development Issues" (in collaboration with Prof Liz Hamp-Lyons) at the 30th Language Testing Research Colloquium, Hangzhou, China (25^th & 28^th June 2008)
48. Pre-Conference Workshop titled "Applying Assessment for Learning Principles in a Formal Examination System" (in collaboration with Prof. Chris Davison and Prof Liz Hamp-Lyons) at the 30^th Language Testing Research Colloquium, Hangzhou, China (23^rd June 2008)
49. Paper Presentation titled "Teachers Learning to Assess Interactively - An Analysis of 'Interactive Assessment' Discourse, ESL Teachers' Strategy Use and Teacher Development Issues" at the 2008 Conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Washington DC, USA (31^st March 2008)
50. Workshop on Interactive Assessment titled 'Assessing Interactively - Finding the Right Moment and Using the Right Strategies' at the QEF Teacher Conference 'Aligning Assessment with Curriculum Reform in Junior Secondary English Language Teaching', Hong Kong SAR (Workshop Co-Leaders: Nicole J. Tavares and Liz Hamp-Lyons) (24^th November 2007)
51. 'Aligning assessment with curriculum reform in junior secondary English language teaching' funded by the Quality Education Fund (Co-Investigators: Prof. Chris Davison, Prof. Steve Andrews. Prof. Dave Carless, Prof. Liz Hamp-Lyons, Dr. Zhangdong Gan and Ms Geraldine Davies) (August 2006 - July 2008) 
52. 'The teacher's role as mediator in assessment for learning: A case study of local English teachers' use of mediational strategies in evaluating and promoting learning during student presentations in the HKCEE school-based assessment' funded by the Faculty Research Fund
53. Paper Presentation titled "Planning Lessons with Teachers - A Dialogic, Collaborative and Reflective Approach" at the Third Asia TEFL International Conference in Beijing, China (5^th November 2005)
54. Paper Presentation titled "Outliving the Constraints and Overcoming the Barriers in the Way of Teaching Excellence" at The 18th International Language in Education Conference in Hong Kong - co-presented with Dr Gary Harfitt (16^th December 2004)
55. Paper Presentation titled "To Adopt? To Adapt? Or to Abort? Re-conceptualising the Challenges of Textbook Adaptation" at the Second Asia TEFL International Conference in Seoul, South Korea (6^th November 2004)
56. Paper presentation titled "Obstacles as Opportunities for the Pursuit of Teaching Excellence: Learning to Become Teacher Educators" at the ICET World Assembly 2004 (International Council on Education for Teaching) in Hong Kong (15^th July 2004)
57. Paper presentation titled "Learning Space - A Powerful 'Tool' that Unites, Motivates and Empowers Student-Teachers" at the 38^th International Annual IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign language) Conference in Liverpool, the United Kingdom (15^th April 2004)
58. Paper Presentation at the First Asia TEFL International Conference in Pusan, South Korea on the impact of computer-mediated communication on the professional and pedagogical development of student-teachers during the BEd Teaching Practicum (7^th November 2003)
59. EMB Consultancy Project on "The Study of Good Practices in Secondary Schools: Enhancing Students' English Language Proficiency. Funded by the Quality Education Fund. Research Team headed by Prof. Amy B. M. Tsui and Dr. Anthony K. K. Tong (March 2003 - March 2005)
60. A Study of the Second Language Learning Strategies of Secondary 6 Students in an Anglo-Chinese Band One School in Hong Kong (September 1997 - August 1999)

Books

1. Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, N.J., Notari, M.P. & Lee, C.W.Y. (2017). 21^st century skills development through inquiry-based learning: From theory to practice. International examples in wikis, digital project creation and game contexts. Singapore: Springer Asia.
2. Chu, S.K.W., Tavares, N.J., Chu, D., Ho, S.Y., Chow, K., Siu, F.L.C. & Wong, M. (2012). Developing upper primary students' 21st century skills: Inquiry learning through collaborative teaching and Web 2.0 technology. Hong Kong: Centre for Information Technology in Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. ISBN: 978-988-18659-3-9 (Can be purchased via QEF Cyber Resource Centre)
3. Deutsche Konversation im Alltag (1993) (with Volker Pasternak and Li Ye Xuan, German Section, Language Centre, HKU)

Journal articles, Invited Papers and book chapters

3. Tavares, N.J. (2023). Empowering English teachers to be grammar 'experts' and coursebook analysts via Perusall. In the Special Issue 'Teaching with Technology in the Post-Pandemic Digital Age', RELC Journal 0(0). (First published online 10 August 2023)
4. Huang, W., Tavares, N.J., Du, J., & Hew, K.F. (2022). Using chatbot as a goal-setting facilitator in an online course: students' performance and teacher's perceptions. In IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2022 Proceedings. IEEE.
5. Ho, H., & Tavares, N.J. (2022). Maximising student voice. In Modern English Teacher, 31(6), 14-16.
6. Tavares, N.J. (2022). Chatbot as a Pedagogic Tool that Engages the Teacher and Students in Negotiating Course Expectations. In HKU CETL eNewsletter Teaching and Learning Connections Issue 17 on the theme "Teaching Innovation and Development" (published online on 21 September 2022)
7. Tsui, A.B.M., & Tavares, N.J. (2021).The Technology Cart and the Pedagogy Horse in Online Teaching. English Teaching & Learning, 45(1), 109-118. (published online on 5 February 2021)
8. Tavares, N.J. & Fung, D.K.T. (2020). SMILE in CLIL: How 'Maths Talk' impacts on ESL learners' phonological and morphosyntactic awareness. Online Paper Repository of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting. 
9. Chu, S.K.W., Tavares, N.J., Law, A.H.C., Fung, K.Y., Fong, C.S., Law, O.K.L., Lee, C.W.Y. & Leung, D.W.K.W. (2016). Using a Wiki for Collaborative Learning at Primary Schools. In The Wiki way of learning: Creating learning experiences using collaborative web pages. Chicago: American Library Association.
10. Deng, L.P. & Tavares, N.J. (2015). Exploring university students’ use of technologies beyond the formal learning context: A tale of two online platforms. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 31, Issue 3, pp. 313 – 327.
11. Chow, K.C.K., Chu, S.K.W., Tavares, N.J. & Lee, C.W.Y. (2015). Teachers as Researchers: A discovery of Their Emerging Role and Impact through a School-University Collaborative Research, Brock Education Journal, Volume 24, No. 2, pp. 20 - 39.
12. Tavares, N.J. (2015). How strategic use of L1 in an L2-medium mathematics classroom facilitates L2 interaction and comprehension. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Special Issue on Multilingual and Multimodal CLIL), Volume 18, Issue 3, pp. 319 – 335.(available online 3 February 2015)
13. Wu, W.W.Y., Chu, S.K.W., Chan, H., Wong, J., Tse, S.K., Tavares, N.J. & Mok, S.W.S. (2014). Strengthening students’ reading comprehension ability (both Chinese and English) through developing children’s literature e-quiz bank on the cloud. Paper presented at 19th International Education & Technology Conference, Hong Kong.
14. Chu, S.K.W., Tavares, N.J., Law, A.H.C., Fung, K.Y., Fong, C.S., Law, O.K.L., & Lee, C.W.Y. (2014). Verwendung von Wikis zum kollaborativen Lernen in Grundschulen. In Wiki-Weg des Lernens. Notari, M.P., and Doebeli, B. (Eds.). Berne, Switzerland: HEP. (English: Using a wiki for collaborative learning at primary schools. In The Wiki-Way of Learning)
15. Deng, L. & Tavares, N.J. (2013). From Moodle to Facebook: Exploring students' motivation and experiences in online communities . Computers & Education, Volume 68, pp. 167 – 176. (available online 9 May 2013).
16. Tavares, N., & Chu, S. (2012). Experimenting with English Collaborative Writing on Google Sites.Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Volume 1, pp. 217 - 222. ISBN: 978-989-8565-06-8
17. Hamp-Lyons, E.M. & Tavares, N.J. (2011). Interactive Assessment – A Dialogic and Collaborative Approach to Assessing Learners’ Oral Language. In D. Tsagari & I. Csepes (Eds.), Classroom-based language assessment. Language testing and evaluation series. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. pp. 29 - 46. ISBN: 978-3-631-60643-8
18. Chu, S.K.W., Tavares, N., Siu, F., Chow, K., Ho, S.Y. & Choi, M.K.T. (2010). Teaching guide for teachers on inquiry based learning: Primary 5 General Studies project learning and English collaborative writing. Hong Kong: Centre for Information Technology in Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong.
19. Yuen, H.K., Deng, L., Fox, R. & Tavares, N.J. (2009). Engaging Students with Online Discussion in a Blended Learning Context: Issues and Implications, ICHL 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 5685), 2009, F.L. Wang et al, Springer-Verlag, pp. 150 - 162. ISBN: 978-3-642-03697-2-15
20. Tavares, N.J. (2007). Remembering students' names. In IATEFL Teacher Development Special Interest Group Newsletter, Issue 53, pp. 10 - 13. ISSN: 1026-4361
21. Harfitt, G.J. & N.J. Tavares (2005). Obstacles as Opportunities in the Promotion of Teachers' Learning. In International Journal of Educational Research, Volume 41 Issues 4 - 5, pp. 353 - 366.​
22. Tavares, N.J. (2004) 'Learning space - uniting, motivating and empowering student teachers'. In A. Pulverness (ed.) IATEFL 2004 Liverpool Conference Selections. Kent: IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language). ISBN 1-901095-26-6

1. Adjudicator, Story to Stage Puppetry Competition for Primary Schools 2024, organised by the NET Section of the Education Bureau (May 2024)
2. Invited Speaker, on the topic 'Structuring a COIL course: From start to finish', as part of the COIL Seminar Series, organised by the Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre (TALIC) at HKU with Dr Jim Chan, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University (UK), and Dr Ray Hartman, Sungkyunkwan University (South Korea), speaking on MAES7008, an exemplar selected by TALIC (2^nd May 2024)
3. Invited Speaker, on the topic 'Peer Annotation and Feedback via Perusall', as part of the EdTech for All - A Toolkit Series (Spring 2024), organised by Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre (TALIC) at HKU with Dr Leon Lei (11^th January 2024)
4. Speaker, HKU Teaching and Learning Fellows Sharing Seminar, organised by Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre (TALIC), The University of Hong Kong, with Dr Amy Chen Hui (Dentistry), Dr Tim Gruenewald (Arts), Dr Carrie Li (Social Work and Social Administration) and Dr Mathew Pryor (Architecture) (5^th December 2023)
5. Invited Speaker at a talk titled 'Reshaping oral and written feedback through partnership and choice', as part of the HKU & mLang webinar "Empowering a Brighter Tomorrow" with co-presenter Holly Ho (14^th October 2023)
6. Project Co-leader, School-based Support Programme on Mathematics Curriculum Materials commissioned by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong - School-based staff development meetings and professional development workshops at Gertrude Simon Lutheran College, Man Kwan Pak Kau College and YCH Law Chan Chor Si College with Wong Ka Lok (June 2022 - July 2023)
7. Teacher of HKU Fellows from leading universities worldwide in the HKU Summer Institute Cultural Summer Exchange (CSE) Programme 2023 for 167 primary and secondary students from Hong Kong and overseas (in collaboration with Dr Tris Kee) (17^th July - 4^th August 2023)
8. Adjudicator, S.1 - S.3 Tung Wah Group of Hospitals "Good People, Good Deeds: English Writing Competition 2022-23" (13^th July 2023)
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10. Panelist at CETL Rountable Discussion on the Sharing of Classroom Observations as an HKU Teaching & Learning Fellow 2023 with CETL Director Prof. Susan Bridges, Dr Mei Li Khong (LKS Faculty of Medicine), Mr David Lee (HKU Business School) & Dr Rachel Lui (Faculty of Science) (23^rd March 2023)

11. Open Classroom Observation to all staff at HKU, as part of the 4th HKU Teaching & Learning Festival 2023 organised by the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) (6^th March 2023)

12. Adjudicator, The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups English Public Speaking Contest 2023, organised by The HKFYG Leadership Institute with The English-Speaking Union Hong Kong (March 2023)
13. Invited Speaker at the workshop titled 'Using Perusall as a Platform to Engage Readers, Unite Students as an Active LCommunityommunity and Their Learning Experienceperience', as part of the CETL Technology-Enhanced Learning Series for teaching staff at HKU (14^th December 2022) 
14. Invited Speaker at the Chatteris Education Foundation Professional Development Talk titled 'Engaging students: Giving every learner a voice in the digital classroom' with English Panel Head Ms Michel Kong (Maryknoll Convent School (Primary Section)) and English teacher Ms Macy Lee (Sing Yin Secondary School) for Primary and Secondary English Teachers in Hong Kong (13^th December 2022)
15. Invited Speaker at the Webinar titled 'Enhancing Feedback Quality: Using Audio, Video and Other Creative Forms of Feedback' organised by the Centre for Learning and Teaching of the Vocational Training Council for all teaching and administrative staff (12^th October 2022)
16. Invited Speaker at the Teacher Professional Development Workshop at Maryknoll Convent School (Primary Section) for Teachers in the English and Other Departments on the Theme 'Sharpening Teacher Language Awareness (TLA): Think, Link and Act' (7^th October 2022)
17. Invited Speaker on the Topic 'Tips to Teacher-Pilots on Flying the SDL Plane' inspired by "It's not the plane. It's the pilot." (Top Gun: Maverick, 2022), as part of the mLang Workshop on 'Promoting Self-Directed English Language Learning Using IT' with Miss Macy Lee (Cognitio College (HK)), Ms Muriel Weng (HKMA David Li Kwok Po College) and other English teachers (30^th July 2022)
18. Adjudicator at the TWGHs Good People, Good Deeds: English Story Writing Competition 2022 (18^th July 2022)
19. Adjudicator at Ying Wa Primary School (Online) 12^th Speech Gala 2022 (June - July 2022)
20. Facilitator at school-based professional development workshops at Gertrude Simon Lutheran College, Man Kwan Pak Kau College and Yan Chai Hospital Law Chan Chor Si College for Mathematics, Science and English teachers on the design of CLIL curriculum materials (with Wong Ka Lok) (May - June 2022)
21. Invited Speaker at the Special Session on 'Communication! Future Readiness across Digital, Visual, Writing and Speaking Literacies - Communication, that's what we need: Assessing Communication Skills alongside Course Content', at the HKU Teaching & Learning Festival 2022, organised by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, The University of Hong Kong (with Dr Michelle Raquel & Dr Evan Pickett) (27^th April 2022)
22. Chief Judge, Junior Secondary Section, International Digital Story Writing Competition, on the themes 'AI & Health' and 'COVID-19: Imagine, Create & Share', with more than 1000 registrants from 16 countries, organised by The University of Hong Kong, ASIS&T South Asia Chapter and Academy 22 Education for All Foundation (16^th April 2022)
23. Invited Speaker at the Webinar titled 'Maximising the Quality and Depth of Reflections based on Micro-Teaching and Collaborative Lesson Inquiry Activities via Video Vox', as part of the Faculty of Education 'Lunchtime Showcase of Innovative E-Learning Platforms and Practices' series (1^st March 2022)
24. Invited Speaker at the Workshop titled 'Leading Mistake-Management Initiatives at School: Developing Students' Responsibility via Teachers' Response-Ability', as part of the Leadership Series of Professional Development Programmes for School Leaders, organised by Academy for Leadership in Teacher Education (ALiTE), Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (22^nd February 2022)
25. Invited Speaker on the topic 'The role of technology in innovative pedagogic practices: Re-tooling, re-imagining and re-creating' at the Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics Monthly Webinar Series (25^th November 2021)
26. Adjudicator, English Activity Day 2021 (Solo Verse Speaking, Dramatic Duologue, Prose Reading, Story (Radio) Broadcasting, Public Speaking), St. Paul’s School (Lam Tin)  (5^th November 2021)
27. Keynote speaker on the topic "What it means to be innovative in the development and enhancement of students' core skills for life in an online learning environment" at The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust British Council Core Skills for Life Symposium 2021 (18^th October 2021) 
28. Invited Speaker on the topic 'Nurturing students to be self-directed, reflective and autonomous co-mistake-managers in the English class', at Maryknoll Convent School (Primary Section) (10^th September 2021)
29. Invited Speaker on the topic "Making the impossible possible with WIT - amid and beyond the pandemic"  at School-University Partnerships Symposium 2021 'The Post-Pandemic Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities for Education' organised by the School-University Partnership Office of the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong, with teacher-presenters Ms Petunia Kingsley (HKMA David Li Kwok Po College), Ms Holly Ho (Good Hope School, Secondary Section) and Miss Cherry Lam (St Paul's College) (2^nd July 2021)
30. Adjudicator, Language Out Loud (LOL) competition, organised by THiNKSeries, sponsored by the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) and partnered with Wiseman Education and Cultural Agents (Harvard University) (May 2021)
31. speaker at a 'STrEAM 1 + 1 Children Reading/Writing Marathon' workshop for Primary 3 students of different ethnicities in 12 schools aiming at enhancing their cultural awareness and strengthening their reading and writing skills (17^th May 2021)
32. Keynote Speaker, 'Coping with the "New Normal" in ESL Teaching Using IT' Webinar, organised by mLang (27^th March 2021)
33. Adjudicator, Grand Final, CUHK English Public Speaking Competition 2021 on the Topic 'Protecting the Blue Planet', organised by the English Language Teaching Unit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (25^th March 2021)
34. Presiding Judge, Upper Primary Section, Asian Digital Story Writing Competition 2021 on the theme 'AI, Robots, Love and Peace', organised by Academy 22 Education for All Foundation (18^th February 2021)
35. Adjudicator at The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups English Public Speaking Contest 2021(31^st January 2021)
36. Speaker at the Chatteris Educational Foundation Workshop titled "Listen!" "Aren't we listening?" for Primary CNETs (21^st October 2020) 
37. Speaker on the topic 'Using video feedback to promote student uptake and responsiveness to feedback' at the 'Using videos to promote teacher learning' Webinar organised by the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong with Dr Kennedy Chan  (27^th July 2020) 
38. Invited Speaker at the Digital Story Writing (DSW) Workshop 2020 titled 'Design and Draw with Sincerity and Wit' for Little Authors of the Reading Battle, organised by the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong (5^th May 2020)
39. Adjudicator at Ying Wa Primary School 10^th Speech Gala 2020 (21^st January 2020)
40. Speaker at the Professional Development Workshop on 'Learning English through Coordinate Geometry' for the Mathematics, English and LAC teachers at Raimondi College(7^th January 2020)
41. Speaker at the Professional Development Workshop on 'MathematicLanguageanguage: Learning English through Maths' for the Mathematics and English teachers at United Christian College with Wong Ka Lok(15^th October 2019)
42. Invited Speaker at the Pedagogical Innovation Seminar Series: Making Learning Fun and Stimulating on 'Enhancing the Quality and Depth of Student Reflections through Video Vox' organised by the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) at HKU (with co-presenters Prof. Michael Botelho from the Faculty of Dentistry and Dr Kennedy Chan from the Faculty of Education) on 11^thOctober 2019
43. Speaker at the Professional Development Workshop on 'Maths Talk - Its Impact, Possibilities and Opportunities' for the Mathematics, English and LAC teachers at Raimondi College(11^th June 2019)
44. Speaker at the Professional Development Workshop on 'Understanding the challenges of tackling word problems - Implications for Maths-English-teachers collaboration and school-based curriculum development' for the Mathematics and English teachers at United Christian College with Wong Ka Lok  (6^th May 2019)
45. Adjudicator at The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups English Public Speaking Contest 2019 (27^th January 2019)
46. Professional Development Workshops on 'A Genre-Process Approach to the Teaching and Marking of Student Writing' for the English Panel at St Catharine's School for Girls with Dr Margaret Lo and Ms Suzi Nicholson(19^th October 2018, 7^th December 2018)
47. Adjudicator at the Hong Kong Inter-Primary Schools English Speech Competition 2018, organised by HKMA David Li Kwok Po College(1^st December 2018)
48. Experience Sharing at 'The Essentials of Academic Advising @ HKU' Workshop with Ms Rachel Hong, Acting Head of the Academic Advising Office of the Registry at The University of Hong Kong (20^th September 2018)
49. Presentation titled 'The F-E-E-D-B-A-C-K Practice' at the Feedback for Learning Symposium on the theme 'Enhancing Feedback Practice with Technology', organised by the Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative at The University of Hong Kong (20^th September 2018)
50. Invited Workshop titled "Making the Most Out of Online and Digital Technologies for Learning Effectiveness",  HKAECT International Conference 2018 on the theme 'New Media for Educational Change: Effect on Learning and Reflection on Practice' held at Hong Kong Baptist University (26^th July 2018)
51. Invited Speaker at the Professional Development Workshop on Fostering Students' Critical Thinking in Tertiary Education titled "Promoting Critical Thinking Both In and Out of Class" for the teaching staff at Centennial College with Dr Kennedy Chan  (3^rd April 2018)
52. Invited Speaker at the Professional Development Workshop "How to effectively facilitate classroom discussions in tertiary education" for the teaching staff at Centennial College (13^th December 2017)
53. Invited Speaker at the Advising “Chat and Share” event organised by the Academic Advising Office, with Dr Julia Kuehn (School of English), Dr Anthony Tam (Department of Computer Science), Ms Rachel Hong (AAO), Ms Linda Yeung & Ms Jamie Fung (CEDARS) (8^th May 2017)
54. Panel Speaker in the Join-the-Conversation Event on ‘How can academic advisors help students to capitalise upon the wealth of learning experiences at HKU?’ co-organised by the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Academic Advising Office (with other panellists: Drs. Michael Botelho, Gary Harfitt & Julia Kuehn) (1^st December 2016; 10^th January 2017)
55. Invited expert observer of the ‘Reading Buddy’ Lesson, Open Lesson cum Teaching Exchange and Sharing, attended by EDB officers, principals, vice principals and curriculum development territory-wide, at Yu Chun Keung Memorial College No. 2 (29^th November 2016)
56. Chairing the roundtable discussion on ‘the aspects that help bring about good teaching and learning’ as part of the ‘Introduction to Teaching and Learning at HKU’ programme for new academics and teaching staff organised by the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning(13^th September 2016; 10^th January 2017)
57. Adjudicator at the TWGHs Good People, Good Deeds: English Story Writing Competition 2015-16, 2016-17, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
58. Invited Speaker for a talk on 'Setting Academic, Career and Life Goals' for Secondary 1 to 4 students at Ling Liang Church E Wun Secondary School(17^th February 2016)
59. Invited Speaker at the Reading BattleSeminar titled ‘Tips on Enjoyable Reading’ for over 200 parents, primary students and teachers, Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong (30^th June 2015)
60. Invited Speaker at an EDB seminar titled 'A Genre-based Approach to the Teaching of Writing, Reading, Grammar and Vocabulary and its Implications for the Use of Written Feedback' as part of the Scheme on Hong Kong Teachers' Exchange Activities to the Mainland 2014/15 (2^nd April 2015)
61. Invited Speaker at the Professional Development Workshop “Questioning our Questions” for all teachers of the English Department at HKUGA College(27^th August 2014)
62. Invited Speaker of the Professional Development Workshop titled “Write it Right! Mark it Right” for all English teachers based on the theme "Assessing students’ writing assignments more effectively" at SKH St Simon’s Lui Ming Choi Secondary School(25^th June 2014)
63. Member of the Moderation Group and Test Construction Committee for the ‘Construction of the Pre-Secondary One Hong Kong Attainment Test 2015 English Test’ at the Hong Kong Education Bureau (September 2013 – January 2015)
64. Invited Speaker at the Staff Development Day for all teachers on "Assessment for Learning: Maximising its Potential and Effectiveness at SKHLMCSS" at SKH Lui Ming Choi Secondary School(6^th March 2013)
65. Member of HKU Consultancy Team in the 'Language-Across-The-Curriculum Project' at Shun Lee Catholic Secondary School for all Content Subject Teachers teaching their Subject Using English as MOI (in collaboration with Dr Tammy Kwan and Dr Gary Harfitt) (July 2012 - August 2014)
66. Invited School Manager, School Management Committee, Sacred Heart Canossian College(2010 - 2013)
67. Invited Speaker at the professional development workshop titled "Keeping our Students 'Fit' for Writing" at HKTA The Yuen Yuen Institute No. 1 Secondary School(27^th October 2012)
68. Adjudicator at the annual Inter-Class Choral Speaking and Public-Speaking Competition at St Paul's School (Lam Tin)(26^th October 2012)
69. Invited Speaker at the professional development workshop titled 'Maximising our Response-Ability: Better Marking! Better Writing!' at Shung Tak Catholic English College(4^th July 2012)
70. Adjudicator for the 1^st - 12^th Hong Kong Students Open Speech Competition, Speech and Music Recital Development Foundation(9^th July 2008, 7^th May 2009, 11^th - 12^th May 2010, 5^th & 12^th May 2011, 23^rd - 24^th May 2012, 7^th May 2013, 13^th & 15^th May 2014, 12^th & 19^th May 2015, 24^th May 2016, 25^th May & 1^st June 2017, 29^th May & 20^th June 2018; 23^rd May 2019) 
71. Invited Speaker at the Professional Development Workshop for the Centre for Applied English Studies titled 'Empowering Learners through Social Media: Facebook, Moodle and Podcasts' - with Ashley Hazell as co-facilitator (7^th March 2012)
72. Invited Speaker at the Teacher Training Workshop on Catering for Learner Diversity titled 'Appreciating Individual Differences: Same Task - Different Approaches' at True Light Middle School of Hong Kong(5^th JanuaryHonourablenorable Reviewer, English Learning and Teaching Programmes, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University (2010 - 2011)
73. Adjudicator for the Solo-verse Speaking Competition, CCC Ming Yin College(11^th May 2011)
74. Guest facilitator at the EDB workshop titled 'Assessment for Learning: Let's shape up assessment to directly benefit learning' for secondary school Chinese, English and Mathematics teachers (15^th December 2010)
75. Invited Speaker at the school-based professional development workshop series for English teachers on 'New Assessment Initiatives in Hong Kong and its Implications for ELT Pedagogical Practices: Maximising the Teacher's Role as Interactive Assessor in Speaking Lessons' at Ling Liang Church E Wun Secondary School(28^th October 2010, 26^th November 2010, 14^th January 2011, 7^th July 2011)
76. Speaker, 'Collaborative Writing in English in a Wiki Environment' as part of the QEF Project Seminar titled "Promoting a collaborative teaching approach to inquiry project-based learning with Web 2.0 at upper primary levels" (9^th October 2010)
77. Invited Speaker at the workshop for English teachers on 'Collaborative Writing - Maximising the Teacher's Role and Students' Engagement in the WrProcess forss'for Canossa Primary School, CCC Kei Faat Primary School, Cheung Chau Sacred Heart School and STFA Wu Siu Kui Memorial Primary School [AM] (2^nd July 2010)
78. Coordinator, English Major Component of the Professional Development Course for Secondary School Graduate Teachers, INSTEP, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (2009 - present)
79. Adjudicator for the Inter-Class Debating Contest, CCC Ming Yin College(8^th December 2009)
80. Honorary Consultant, Writing Competition for Primary and Secondary School Students, Victoria Art and Performance Education Centre (October - November 2009)
81. Coordinating with the EDB Language Learning Support Section and ELCHK Lutheran Secondary School in their territory-wide Network Speaking Activity ‘Speaking Towards Excellence Project’ (STEP) for senior secondary students (February 2009 - February 2017)
82. Language Consultant for the 'Hoppi & Friends' series of English story books for 2- to 7-year-olds published by Little Rainbow Educational(2009 - present)
83. Invited Speaker at the school-based workshop on teaching vocabulary titled 'Working with Words' at QualiEd College(19^th June 2009)
84. Invited Speaker at the Assessment for Learning Workshop series titled 'From Hating to Enjoying Writing/Marking Compositions' at HKTA The Yuen Yuen Institute No. 1 Secondary School(23^rd October 2008, 30^th April 2009, 2^nd July 2009)
85. Adjudicator for the English Talent Show organised by the Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Secondary Schools (25^th April 2009)
86. Adjudicator for the THiNKAga!n Documentary Making Competition and TH?NKGre@t Snapshot Competition 2009 as part of THiNKSeries co-organised by the Education Bureau, National Geographic Channel, Reuters and Wiseman Education (2008 - 2011)
87. Guest Speaker at the 'Understanding Your Learners' Workshop, as part of the In-Service Teacher Training (INSETT) Programme, British Council (Hong Kong) (10^th December 2008)
88. Invited External Assessor, Internal Test of English Language Proficiency (ITELP), Centre for Language in Education, The Hong Kong Institute of Education (2009 - 2011)
89. Invited External Rater, Graduating Students' Language Proficiency Assessment (GSLPA) (English), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2007 - 2008)
90. Invited Speaker at the 'Write It Right' Workshop at the Professional Development Day of Christian Alliance S W Chan Memorial College(12^th June 2008)
91. Guest Speaker at the EDB Workshop on 'Nurturing Teacher' Competency in Speaking Performance Analysis, Speaking Task Design and Curriculum Planning', as part of the Speaking Towards Excellence Project (STEP) for Secondary School Teachers and Students (10^th November 2007)
92. Adjudicator for the Internal English Speech Festival at Sacred Heart Canossian College (9^th July 2007)
93. Advisor to the school-based English Language Curriculum and Invited Speaker at the Professional Development Workshop Series on "Giving Quality Feedback to Students" at Stewards Pooi Tun Secondary School(June - December 2007)
94. Delegate and Member of the Interviewing Team in The University of Hong Kong's Undergraduate Admissions Exercise at Tsinghua University, Beijing (28^th - 30^th June 2007)
95. Adjudicator for The Standard Chartered Hong Kong English Public Speaking Contest (2007 - 2018)
96. Adjudicator for the Poem Writing Competition at Po Leung Kuk Laws Foundation College(February 2007)
97. Invited Speaker at an 'Interview Skills' Workshop at St. Paul's School (Lam Tin)(30^th January 2007)
98. Invited Speaker at a two-day Professional Development Workshop on "Questioning Skills" at Sacred Heart Canossian College(27^th October & 3^rd November 2006)
99. Member of the Moderation Committee of the 2007 HKCE English Language Examination at the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (June 2006 - 2009)
100. Member of the Expert Panel for English Enhancement Schemes for CMI and EMI Schools for the Education and Manpower Bureau (August 2006 - July 2008)
101. Chief Examiner and Academic Advisor of the Territory-wide System Assessment Moderation Group for P6 English (2006 - 2009) at the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
102. Invited Member, Mentorship Programme, St. Mary's Canossian College(September 2005 - present)
103. Invited Speaker at a workshop on "Mistake-Management in a Speaking Class" at the Professional Development Day of Christian Alliance College (Tuen Mun)(26^th August 2005)
104. Speaker at the Sharing Session on the Exemplars of Good Practices in the Teaching and Learning of English - Sharing of the Exemplar on Adaptation of Curriculum Materials: "Promoting Authenticity and Student Involvement in Task Design" organised by the Education and Manpower Bureau for Secondary School Principals and English Teachers (5^th March 2005)
105. Chief Examiner and Academic Advisor of the Territory-wide System Assessment Moderation Group for P3 English (2005 - 2006) at the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
106. Adjudicator for the Annual Speech Contest at Good Hope School (Secondary Section)(11^th November 2004)
107. Invited Speaker at a talk on "Writing More Persuasive Self-Sells" for the Careers Teachers, English Teachers and Students at St. Paul's School (Lam Tin) (19^th October 2004)
108. Assessor for the Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers of English 2003 - 2014 at the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
109. Facilitator of a Workshop on "'Writing Persuasive Recommendations" at the Staff Development Day of PLK KTwood K T Chong Sixth Form College(2^nd May 2003) 
     
      
      
      
110. Speaker at the "Workshop on Writing Persuasive Recommendations in English for School Leavers" organised by the Education and Manpower Bureau for Secondary School Careers Teachers (27^th & 28^th January 2003, 11^th & 12^th December 2004) 
     
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48. Member of the Moderation Committee for the HKASL Use of English Examination 2001 - 2007 at the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
49. Adjudicator for the 53^rd - 66^th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival (2001-2014)
50. Adjudicator for the Hong Kong English Verse Speaking Contest (Primary Section) jointly organised by Cityplaza Shopping Centre, Asia Television and River Bank Culture Enterprise Ltd with the support of the Education and Manpower Bureau (2002-2008)
51. Member of the HKCE English Language Subject Committee 2001 - 2003 at the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
52. Chairperson of the HKCE English Language Subject Committee 2000 - 2001 at the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
53. Chairperson of the 2004 CE English Language Syllabus Working Party at the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
54. Speaker at the Seminar on the Proposed 2004 New CE English Language Syllabus (29^th June 2001)