Updated on: 24 July, 2015
Name: FOO, Pionie Kim Ling
About Me
Pionie enjoys helping students of different backgrounds to master English language and
communication skills. At HKUST, she has been heavily involved in the major curriculum and
some previous outreach projects, teaching mainly students from freshmen to postgraduates of
different schools, and also in-service English teachers, MBA students in the Mainland, and
secretaries in the commercial field.
She is in charge of a wide range of English short courses as part of the extra-curricular language
curriculum at HKUST. She monitors the development of related course materials, supervises
course evaluation, and recruits teachers and students. With keen interest in web design, she
works closely with the IT Team to develop the iLANG website to promote language learning in
an informal context.
Before joining HKUST, she chaired the Academic Committee, headed the English panel, and
taught English in a local secondary school.
Qualifications:
1990 - 92
M.Ed. (Language in Education - English)
Distinction
University of Hong Kong
1983 - 84
Dip.Ed. (English Language)
Distinction in Course Work, Distinction in Practice-teaching
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1979 - 83
B.A. (Hons.) (English - Language and Literature)
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2. Teaching : Current / Recent Teaching
Credit bearing Courses
LANG 1002 English for University Studies I
LANG 1003 English for University Studies II
LANG 2030 Technical Communication I
Non-credit bearing Courses
Writing Expressively with Richer Vocabulary
IELTS Orientation
IELTS Speaking
3. Professional Interest
Second language acquisition
Extra-curricular English language program development
Teaching materials development
IELTS preparation
4. Publications
Mak, L., Chang, S., Foo, P., Hunter, J., Keung, M., Lee, J., Mok, W. & Noakes, N. (Eds). (2002).
Technology in Language Education: Meeting the challenges of research and practice.
[CD-Rom]. Hong Kong: Center for Language Education, Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology.
Etherton, P., Foo, P. & Lee, J. (2000). Oxford Primary English: Teacher’s Book. Vol. 4 – 6. Hong
Kong: Oxford University Press.
Yu, A., Foo, P., Ng, I. & Law, L. (1998). Evaluating the training of effective writers through a
business letter writing course. In E. Li & G. James (Eds.), Testing and Evaluation in
Second Language Education (pp. 220-229). Hong Kong: Language Centre, Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology.
Foo, P. (1997). Reading strategy training: The use of topic sentences and text organisation. In
S. Ho, & S. Carmichael (Eds.) Exploring Language. Hong Kong: Language Centre, Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology.
5. Presentations
Foo, P. (2008, January). Co-curricular courses: Flexibly taking students beyond a prescribed
language curriculum. Conference presentation at Responding to Change – Flexibility in
the Delivery of Language Programmes. Co-organized by Language Centre, Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology & Department of English Communication, Faculty
of Humanities at Payap University.
Foo. P. & Lee, J. (1999, June). Basic web skills a resourceful EFL teacher needs. Conference
presentation at Second Language Teaching: Reading, writing and discourse. Coorganized by Language Centre, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology &
Faculty of English Language & Culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
Yu, A., Foo, P., Ng, I. & Law, L. (1995, June). Evaluating the training of effective writers through
a business letter writing course. Conference presentation at Testing and Evaluation in
Second Language Education. Co-organized by Language Centre, Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology & Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
6. Professional Involvement
2012 – present. Project Manager of Short Courses and of Web Management, iLANG Team.
Center for Language Education, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
2004 - 2012.
Co-ordinator of Co-curricular Courses.
Center for Language Education, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
2002, June.
Member of the conference organizing committee. Technology in Language
Education: Meeting the challenge of research and practice.
Co-organized by Language Centre, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology &
Department of Applied Foreign Language Studies, Nanjing University.
1999, June.
Member of the conference organizing committee. Second Language Teaching:
Reading, writing and discourse.
Co-organized by Language Centre, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology &
Faculty of English Language and Culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
1994
Action researcher. Training effective writers of business English through
interactive feedback.
A UGC funded Action Learning Project in collaboration with Yu, A., Ng, I. and Law, L. of
Language Center, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
7. Contact me
lcpfoo@ust.hk
2358 5988
Rm 3307