Professor Constant Leung
Print versionProfessor of educational linguistics; deputy head of department
About me
I have worked for many years in the field of second/additional language education. My academic and research interests include classroom pedagogy, content and language-integrated curriculum development, language assessment, and language policy. I am the director of the MA Assessment in Education programme. I also teach on the BA English Language & Communication, and the MA Language, Ethnicity & Education, PGCE and MPhil/PhD programmes.
I am currently conducting research and development work on two projects:
At the present time, I am Associate Editor of Language Assessment Quarterly with special responsibility for the Commentary section, and serve on the editorial boards of three international journals: Language and Education, Prospect and Reflections in Second Language Teaching.
I am currently conducting research and development work on two projects:
- ESRC-funded ‘Modelling for Diversity: Academic Language and Literacies in School and University’ (RES-062-23-1666), with Professor Brian Street and Dr Sabina Sica.
- Comenius-funded ‘European Teacher Education – Second Language Core Curriculum’ (141836-2008-LLP-DE-COMENIUS-CMP) – a multilateral project involving researchers from nine member states.
At the present time, I am Associate Editor of Language Assessment Quarterly with special responsibility for the Commentary section, and serve on the editorial boards of three international journals: Language and Education, Prospect and Reflections in Second Language Teaching.
International conferences
- Charting the international terrain of doctoral programs. Invited colloquium, co-organisers: Maggie Hawkins and Michael Legutke, TESOL Convention, Denver, 2009
- Charting pathways in literacies, colloquium, co-organiser: Maggie Hawkins, TESOL Convention, Denver, 2009
- English as an Additional Language – interaction, understanding and learning in the mainstream, invited speaker, BAAL-CUP Seminar, Newcastle University, 2008
- Formative Assessment: time of learning? Quality Education Fund International Conference, University of Hong Kong 2007
- Communicative competence in English as an Additional/Second Language: beyond reification. Invited plenary lecture, BAAL-CUP Seminar, Birkbeck College, University of London. 2007
- Formative Directions Invited plenary lecture, BAAL-CUP Seminar , Bristol University. 2007
- Standards in ELT Plenary lecture, Quality in TESOL Education (QuiTE), London. 2006
- EAL: a case of curriculum assimilation or integration. Plenary paper, NALDIC annual conference, London 2006
- Ethnography, Language and Literacy, official Research Symposium, TESOL Annual Convention, Tampa, USA. Invited orgainiser and speaker. 2006
- Formative Teacher Assessment for Learning: Issues of theory and practice. Plenary lecture, Academic Committee for Research in Language Testing (Israel) (ACROLT) conference, Israel 2005
- Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching - time to rethink? Keynote lecture, English Teachers' Association of Israel (ETAI) conference, Israel (by video-conferencing) 2005
Publications
You can see a selected list of my publications here.
