Prof. BRAINE George


Title

Associate Professor

Tel 2609 7445
Office Fung King Hey 319
Profile B.A. (Kelaniya, Sri Lanka), M.A. (American U.), Ph.D. (Texas)
E-mail georgebraine@cuhk.edu.hk
Homepage http://ihome.cuhk.edu.hk/~b788765/home.htm

 

Administrative Posts

 

Research Interests

  • Second language writing, computers and writing, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), role of non-native speaker teachers in English language teaching, academic literacy and NNS postgraduate students.

 

Selected Publications

Books [Image]

2005
  • Teaching English to the World: History, Curriculum, and Practice. Mahwah, NJ, USA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (191 pages). This anthology is a unique collection of English language teaching (ELT) histories, curricula, and personal narratives from non-native speaker (NNS) English teachers around the world. The anthology includes chapters from Brazil, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Turkey. All chapters follow a consistent pattern, describing first the history of English language teaching in a particular country, then the current ELT curriculum, followed by the biography or the autobiography of an English teacher of that country. [Image]
1999
  • Non-Native Speaker Educators in English Language Teaching (Editor). NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 233 pages.An anthology of 13 original chapters written by renowned English language educators who are non-native speakers of English. Explores issues relating to the English language teaching profession and non-native speaker educators.
1996
  • Writing from Sources: A Guide for ESL Students. (co-author: Claire May). CA: Mayfield Publishing Company. 225 pages. A textbook for ESL writing classes. Uses the portfolio approach. Ten chapters and additional readings.
1995
  • Academic Writing in a Second Language: Essays on Research and Pedagogy. (Co-editor: Diane Belcher) NJ: Ablex Publishing Corporation. 410 pages. A reference text for teachers and researchers of ESL composition. The anthology consists of 16 original chapters written by well-known ESL writing specialists.

Articles and Chapters

2005
  • "A history of research on non-native speaker English teachers." In Llurda, L.
    (Ed.) Non-native language teachers: Perceptions, challenges, and contributions to the profession (pp. 13-23). New York: Springer.

  • "A critical review of the research on non-native speaker English teachers." In
    Gnutzmann, C. & Intemann, F. (Eds.). The globalisation of English and the English language classroom (pp. 275-284). Tubingen, Germany: Gunter Narr Verlag.

  • (with Samarakkody, M.). "Teaching English in Sri Lanka: From colonial roots to Lankan English." In Braine, G. (Ed.) Teaching English to the World: History, curriculum, and practice (pp. 147-157). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
2004
  • The nonnative English speaking professionals' movement and its research foundations. In Lia D. Kamhi-Stein (Ed.) Learning and teaching from experience: Perspectives on nonnative English-speaking professionals (pp. 9-24). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
2003
  • From a teacher-centered to a student-centered approach: A study of peer feedback in Hong Kong writing classes. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 13, 269-288.
  • Negotiating the gatekeepers: The journey of an academic article. In C. Pearson and S. Vandrick (Eds.). Writing for scholarly publication (pp. 73-90). NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Teaching ESL and EFL writing on Local Area Networks (LANs). In S. Fotos & C. Browne (Eds.) New perspectives on CALL for second language classrooms (pp. 93-108). NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Providing leadership to nonnative speakers in TESOL. In P. Byrd & G. Nelson (Eds.) Sustaining professionalism (pp. 113-121). Alexandria, VA: TESOL.
2002
  • Academic literacy and the nonnative speaker graduate student. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 1, 59-68.
2001
  • A Study of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Writers On a Local Area Network (LAN) and in Traditional Classes. Computers and Composition, 18, 275-292. [Image]
  • When an exit test fails. System, 29, 221-234. [Image]
  • When professors don't cooperate: A critical perspective on needs analyses. English for Specific Purposes Journal, 20, 293-303. [Image]


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