主讲人：  Bob Adamson教授（香港教育学院）

主持人：  郑新民教授（上外语言研究院）

讲座一：   China’s English: A History of English in Chinese Education

（中国英语）

时 间：   2012年3月16日（周五）上午 9:30-11:00

地 点：   虹口校区图书馆6楼606报告厅

讲座二：   Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics

（应用语言学中的质化研究）

时 间：   2012年3月16日（周五）下午 2:30-4：00

地 点：   虹口校区图书馆6楼606报告厅

主讲人简介：

Bob Adamson is Professor of Curriculum Studies at Hong Kong Institute of Education. He publishes in the fields of English language teaching, teacher education, comparative education, curriculum studies and higher education. His books include China’s English; Curriculum, schooling and society (with Paul Morris); Comparative education research: Approaches and methods (co-edited with Mark Bray and Mark Mason—a work translated into six languages); Higher education in post-Mao China (co-edited with Michael Agelasto); and Changing the curriculum (co-edited with Tammy Kwan and Chan Ka Ki). He was part of the curriculum development team that produced the Junior English for China and Senior English for China textbook series, which were used by approximately 400 million students.

讲座摘要

China’s English

English language education in the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been described as a "weather vane" of modernisation (Ross, 1992), in that the role ascribed to education in the language closely reflects the prevailing political ideology.  This paper examines the roles and status of English in language education in China using a historical perspective. At times, English has occupied a tenuous and controversial position in the PRC, being considered as economically desirable but sometimes culturally and politically suspect. Drawing on a study of syllabuses and textbooks, I trace the progress of the English in language education in different socio-economic and socio-political periods from a very minor role and status in the 1950s to its current position as a highly significant language in the country,

Qualitative research in applied linguistics

In this presentation, I will reflect upon my experiences of using qualitative methods in research in applied linguistics. I will present an overview of some issues that need to be considered when selecting appropriate strategies of inquiry for research of a qualitative nature; for choosing a suitable study design and data collection methods; for analysing and interpreting qualitative data, and for reporting findings. I will illustrate the presentation with examples from specific research projects carried out in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland.

主办单位：语言研究院/中国外语战略研究中心