Lecturer (講師)   
Office: 20/F, School of Arts and Humanities, Tung Wah College Cheung Kung Hai Memorial Building, 90A Shantung Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon
Telephone: (852) 3468 6720
Email: [email protected]

Biography
Pedro is currently an English lecturer of the School of Arts and Humanities at Tung Wah College. Upon the completion of his master degree in Applied English Linguistics, he has been teaching and coordinating English language courses in tertiary institutions. His teaching specialties are English for Specific Purposes (ESP) including English for Academic Purposes (EAP), language enhancement and IELTS preparation. Since his arrival at Tung Wah College, he has been the course coordinator of two compulsory English courses - ENG1001 and ENG3006. He is also the coordinator of the Peer Language Mentor Programme of Centre for Academic and Professional Language Enhancement (CAPLE).

Pedro was a member of the eTeaching Literacy project funded by the Quality Enhancement Support Scheme (QESS). His duties were to adopt classroom interventions with customised language learning strategies, such as the introduction of digital whiteboards and game-based learning platforms, to enhance motivation in learning and interaction in and beyond classrooms.

With particular interest in online multilingual practices, Pedro is undertaking the doctoral degree in sociolinguistics at the School of English. Together with his research colleagues, he published a book on the use of English in Hong Kong and delivered paper presentations in local and overseas academic conferences. Last year, he worked with Professor Li Wei and his research team on an article titled Kongish Daily: Researching Translanguaging creativity and subversiveness. The article was accepted and published in early 2020.

Academic and Professional Qualifications
BA, MA (Applied English Linguistics)

Education
Certificate of Completion in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Columbia University and Osaka Gakuin University
Master of Arts (Applied English Linguistics), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Arts, The University of Hong Kong

Teaching Areas
English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
Language Enhancement
IELTS Preparation

Research Interests
World Englishes
Multilingualism
Translanguaging

Publications (Selected)
Kongish Daily: Researching Translanguaging creativity and subversiveness. Multilingual Writing in the International Journal of Multilingualism (2020)
Kongish Daily: Laugh L Die. Old News is Still Exciting, and Perhaps Educative. Siu Ming Creation, Ming Pao Publications Limited (2017)