Dr. Martha Lam
QUALIFICATIONS
Doctor of Education
Faculty of the Social Sciences
University of Leicester, U.K
TESOL Certificate
Institute of Languages
University of New South Wales, Australia
Master of Arts (Education)
Graduate school
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Diploma in Education
(Distinction in Teaching Practice)
School of Education
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Certificate in Linguistics & the Teaching of English
British Council Summer School
University of Reading, UK
Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
Arts Faculty
University of Hong Kong
TEACHING
MALE 5002 Language Teaching Methodology and Curriculum Design
HUMA 1000 Cultures and Values
MGMT 5110 Managerial Communication
MIMT 6110 Skill Seminars
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Second language teaching and learning
Teacher development
Use of bilingual skills
PUBLICATIONS
2012
2012
2012
Dimmock, C. and Lam, M. Grounded Theory Research. In Briggs A.,
Coleman M. and Morrison M. (Eds.), Research Methods in Educational
Leadership and Management , 3rd edition. London, Sage Publications,
188-204.
Lam, M. (Ed.) Accessing Chinese: For ethnic minority learners in Hong
Kong Volume IV . Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research: The University of Hong Kong, 171pp.
Lam, M. (Ed.) Accessing Chinese: For ethnic minority learners in Hong
Kong Volume 1 (Revised Edition) . Centre for Advancement of Chinese
Language Education and Research: The University of Hong Kong, 106pp.
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Lam, M. (Ed.) Accessing Chinese: For ethnic minority learners in Hong
Kong Volume III. Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language
Education and Research: The University of Hong Kong, 194pp.
Lam, M. (Ed.) Accessing Chinese: For ethnic minority learners in Hong
Kong Volume II. Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research: The University of Hong Kong, 122pp.
Lam, M. as Tang, P.H. 苦中作樂 Translation of Andrew Mathews’
Happiness in Hard Times. Trinity Beach, Qld: Seashell
Publishers/Cognizance Publishing, 160pp.
Lam, M. (Ed.) Accessing Chinese: For ethnic minority learners in Hong
Kong . Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and
Research: The University of Hong Kong, 135pp.
Lam, M. Senior women academics in Hong Kong: A life history approach.
Research Reports Vol. 9, G. James (Ed.) Hong Kong: Language Centre,
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 128pp.
Lam, M. as Tang, P.H. 快樂在今天 Translation of Andrew Mathews’
Happiness Now . Trinity Beach, Qld: Seashell Publishing, 124pp.
Lam, M. as Tang, P.H. 快樂箴言 , Translation of Andrew Mathews’
Happiness in a Nutshell . Trinity Beach, Qld: Seashell Publishing, 80pp.
Lam, M. and Lam, P. From textbook to e-learning: The real challenge –
Job interview skills in English. In L. Mak, S. Chang, P. Foo, J. Hunter, M.
Keung, J. Lee, W. Mok & N. Noakes (Eds.), Technology in language education: Meeting the challenges of research and practice . [CD-ROM]
(pp. 78–82). Hong Kong: Language Centre, The Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology.
Lam, M. as Tang, P.H. 做 個 快 樂 少 年 人 , Translation of Andrew
Mathews’ Being a Happy Teenager . Trinity Beach, Qld: Seashell
Publishing, 132pp.
Lam, M. and Lam, P. Dinosaurs in wonderland: From textbook to elearning, Information Technology, Education and Society , 2 (2), 47-6.
Tsung, L., Lam, M., Keung, M., Mok, W., Han, X., and Tam,S.C. 工學院
學 生 對 普 通 話 與 中 文 寫 作 的 學 習 需 求 , LT2000-QualityLanguage
Teaching Through Innovation & Reflection , Language Centre, The Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong/Dept. of
Foreign Languages, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 19-23 June 2000.
Carmichael, S., Lam, M. and Pemberton, R.
"Developing learner motivation through curriculum innovations”, The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: New Challenges for Educational Practice in Higher
Education in Hong Kong, 24- 26 May 2001.
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AWARDS
Lam, M. as Tang, P.H. 隨心所欲：尋找生活及工作的意義 , Translation of Andrew Matthews’
Follow Your Heart: Finding Purpose in Your Life and Work . Trinity Beach, Qld: Seashell Publishing, 142pp.
Lam, M., Ho, A. and Chan, L. An Investigation into the Needs for
Learning Practical Chinese Writing, Changing Languages: Language
Education in the Era of Transition , Language Centre, The Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 194-207.
Yu, A., Lam, M., Short, J., Stringer, A. and Archer, N. Complete
Examination Practice for AS Use of English . Hong Kong: Addison Wesley
Longman China, 390 pp.
Berry, R., Asker, B., Hyland, K. and Lam, M.
(Eds) Language analysis, description and pedagogy, Language Centre, The Hong Kong, University of Science and Technology, 1999. vi + 334 pp.
Lam, M., and Po, S. Functional Cantonese. Melting Pot Press, Australia,
172pp.
The Ray Bolam Doctoral Thesis Award 2008
The British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration
Association (BELMAS), UK
This award is made to the individual whose thesis is deemed by a professorial panel to have made the most important contribution to an understanding of educational leadership and/or management and/or policy
English Teaching Prize 1979
Jointly organized by The British Council, British Airways, Hong Kong
& Shanghai Banking Corporation & Fong Shu Fook Tong Foundation
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