CLASS Workshop | Corpus-driven approach to ESP research and writing for publication
Event Name of event and organizer | CLASS Workshop: Corpus-driven approach to ESP research and writing for publication |
Date If held over multiple dates, please note too | 17th August 2018 |
| Time | 9:00am to 12:30pm |
Venue Venue name + Unit number Insert address if outside HSS Building | LHS-TR+38 The Hive, LHS-B1-04 |
Registration/ Information Registration link Open to students/faculty/public/private event | https://wis.ntu.edu.sg/pls/webexe/REGISTER_NTU.REGISTER?EVENT_ID=OA18072514183920 |
| Event write-up | Corpus-driven approach to ESP research and writing for publication
This workshop will begin with a talk on the following topics:
The talk will be followed by Q&A and a discussion about participants' individual needs, interests and goals in using ESP corpora for research and writing for publication, and then ways to achieve their goals, by brainstorming possible research projects, methods and strategies. |
Speaker /s Name and designation of speakers | Prof Winnie Cheng |
| Speaker profile/s (if any) | Winnie Cheng is Adjunct Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She was formerly Associate Dean of the university's Faculty of Humanities, as well as Professor of English and Director of the Research Centre for Professional Communication in English (RCPCE), Department of English. She is a Founding Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. Her research interests include corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, discourse intonation, ESP, intercultural pragmatics and communication, professional and organizational communication, and writing across the curriculum. |
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