Prof. JACKSON Jane

Title

Professor

Tel 2609 7174
Office Fung King Hey 119
Profile B.T., B.A. (St. Thomas); M.Ed. (Calg);
Ph.D. (OISE/Tor)
E-mail jjackson@cuhk.edu.hk

Administrative Posts

  • 3-3-4 Liaison
  • Department member of Arts & Language Panel

 

Recognition of teaching

2009-10 Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award
2008-09 Exemplary teacher award, Department of English, CUHK
2004-05 Exemplary teacher award, Department of English, CUHK
2001-02 Exemplary teacher award, Deptartment of English, CUHK; Short-listed for Faculty Award

Research Interests

  • applied cultural linguistics; intercultural communication; internationalization and education abroad; language, culture and identity; intercultural pragmatics; ethnography; qualitative & mixed-method research; reticence and anxiety; cultures of learning; case-based teaching and learning; English for Specific/Business Purposes

 

Current research projects

2010-2012

 

"International exchange programs and the acquisition of academic, linguistic, personal and intercultural competencies." Competitive General Research Fund (36 months); (Principal investigator). Award: HK $985.630.00

2011-2012

"Assessing the L2 and intercultural learning of semester-long exchange students from CUHK and Tsinghua University". A Direct Grant from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Principal Investigator. (Co-investigator: Dr. Lui Meihua, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China). Award: HK $99,230.00

 

2009-2012

"Bridging experiential (study abroad) and academic learning through critical reflection and web-enhanced pedagogy". Teaching Development Grant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Principal Investigator. Award: HK $250,000.00

 
2009-2012

"Creativity as a Learning Outcome in the Humanities". Teaching Development Grant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Principal Investigator: Lan Pan-Chiu, Associate Dean and Chair of the Faculty Committee on Teaching and Learning; Co-investigator along with other members of the committee. Award: HK $1,000,000.00

 
2009-2010

"E-learning in the Humanities". Teaching Development Grant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Principal Investigator: Lan Pan-Chiu, Associate Dean and Chair of the Faculty Committee on Teaching and Learning; Co-investigator along with other members of the committee. Award: HK $450,000.00

 
2008-2009

"Intercultural sensitivity, identity reconstruction, and sociopragmatic development in L2 sojourners." A Direct Grant from the Arts and Languages ?Council of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Principal Investigator. Award: HK $100,000.00

 

 

Selected Publications

(1) Books

  • (in preparation). Introducing Intercultural Communication: Applied Linguistics Perspectives. London: Routledge.

  • (2012) (Ed.). Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication. London: Routledge.
  • (2010). Intercultural Journeys: From Study to Residence Abroad. (S. Wright and H. Kelly-Holmes, Series Eds.; Language and Globalization Series). Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • (2008). Language, Identity, and Study Abroad: Sociocultural Perspectives. (S. Sarangi and C. Candlin, Series Eds.; Studies in Applied Linguistics Series.) London: Equinox.

(2) Articles and Book chapters

  • (in press). The transformation of 'a frog in the well': A path to a more intercultural, global mindset. In C. Kinginger (Ed.). The Social Turn in Study Abroad Research. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

  • (in press). Adjusting to differing cultures of learning: The experience of international exchange students from Hong Kong. In L. Jin and M. Cortazzi (Eds.). Researching Cultures of Learning. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave MacMillan.

  • (in press). Mutuality, engagement, and agency: Negotiating identity on stays abroad InChristina Higgins (Ed.). Negotiating the Self in Another Language: Identity Formation and Cross-cultural Adaptation in a Globalized World. Berlin/ New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

  • (in press). Study abroad. In C. A. Chapelle (Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell.

  • (in press). Teaching for Internationalization and Critical Citizenship. In C. A. Chapelle (Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics: Language Learning and Teaching. Hoboken, N.J.:Wiley-Blackwell.

  • (in press). Introduction. In J. Jackson (Ed.). Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication. London: Routledge.

  • (in press). Education abroad. In J. Jackson (Ed.). Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication. London: Routledge.

  • (in press). Second language and intercultural learning in the context of study abroad. (Keynote address). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Teaching English at Tertiary Level, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

  • (2011a). Cultivating cosmopolitan, intercultural citizenship in EIL learners. Language and Intercultural Communication. Special issue: Citizenship, Education, and Global Spaces, 11(2): 80-96.

  • (2011b). Host language proficiency, intercultural sensitivity, and study abroad. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad

  • (2011c). Assessing the impact of a semester abroad using the IDI and semi-structured interviews, (Distinguished paper award)Proceedings of the 2nd Intercultural Development Inventory conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

  • Lui Meihua and Jackson, J. (2011c). Reticence and Anxiety in Oral English lessons: A Case Study in Mainland China. In Lixian Jin and Martin Cortazzi (Eds.). Researching Chinese Learners- Skills, Perceptions, and Intercultural Adaptations, pp. 119-37,Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave MacMillan.

  • (2010). Habitus, self-identity, and positioning: The multifarious nature of study abroad. Cultus: The Journal of Intercultural Mediation and Communication, Issue 3:65-78.

  • (2009). Intercultural learning on short-term sojourns. Intercultural Education. 20 (3), 61-73.

  • Liu Meihua and Jackson, J. (2009). Reticence in Chinese EFL students with varied proficiency levels. TESL Canada Journal, 26 (2), 65-81.

  • (2008). Globalization, internationalization, and short-term stays abroad. . Special issue of the International Journal of Intercultural Relations (Young Yun Kim and Dharm P.S. Bhawuk, Special edition editors), Theme: Globalization and Diversity: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives. 32 (4), 349-358.

  • Liu Meihua and Jackson, J. (2008). An Exploration of Chinese EFL Learners' Unwillingness to Communicate and Foreign Language Anxiety. The Modern Language Journal. 92, pp.71-86.

  • (2006a). Ethnographic pedagogy and evaluation in short-term study abroad. In M. Byram and A. Feng (Eds.). Living and Studying Abroad: Research and Practice. (p. 134-156). Clevedon, U.K.: Multilingual Matters.

  • (2006b). Ethnographic preparation for short-term study and residence in the target culture. The International Journal of Intercultural Relations.30, (1), 77-98.

  • (2005a). Assessing intercultural learning through introspective accounts. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. XI, 165-186.

  • (2005b). An inter-university, cross-disciplinary analysis of business education: Perceptions of business faculty in Hong Kong. English for Specific Purposes.24 (3), 293-306.

  • (2004). Case-based Teaching in a Bilingual Context: Perceptions of Business Faculty in Hong Kong" English for Specific Purposes, 23 (3), pp. 213-232. 2004.

  • ?(2003). Case-based learning and reticence in a bilingual context: Perceptions of business students in Hong Kong. System, 31 (4), 457-469.

  • ?(2002a). In search of a home: identities in transition in postcolonial Hong Kong. English Today, 18 (2), 39-45.

  • (2002b). Reticence in second language case discussions: Anxiety and aspirations System, 30 (1), 65-84.

  • (2002c). The China strategy: A tale of two case leaders. ESP Journal, 21 (3), 243-259.

  • (2002d). Diversity and the case leader: Linguistic, cultural, psychological and contextual insights. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. Special Issue: Teaching with Case Studies,13, 87-102.

  • (2002e). Cultural identity and language choice: English majors in Hong Kong. In C. Lee and W. Littlewood (Eds.), Culture, Communication and Language Pedagogy (pp. 37-50). Hong Kong: Hong Kong: Baptist University.

  • (2002f). The L2 case discussion in business: An ethnographic investigation.? In J. Flowerdew (Ed.); Christopher Candlin (Applied Linguistics and Language Study Series Editor), Academic Discourse (pp. 268-286). New York: Longman.?

  • (2001). Cross-cultural case discussions in international business: Encouraging the nails to stick up. Journal of Teaching in International Business. 13 (1), 67-86.

  • (2000). The case for decision-forcing cases: Preparing teachers for EFL settings.? TESOL Journal. Special issue: Preparing Teachers for Work in Diverse ESOL Contexts: An International Perspective. 9 (3), 5-9.

Selected conference presentations (Keynotes, colloquia)

  • (2011, August). 'The language and (inter)cultural learning of semester-long exchange students'' Symposium at the 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics in Beijing, China. Theme: ''Towards interculturality through study and residence abroad' with Jim Coleman, Stephanie Houghton and Xingsong Shi.

  • (2010, October).? SLA and intercultural learning in the context of study abroad, Keynote address at the6th International Conference on Teaching English at the Tertiary Level, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

  • (2010, March). The dialogic, situated learning of L2 sojourners. Invited paper presented in colloquium, "The social turn in study abroad research" organized by C. Kinginger (Penn State) at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

  • (2007, March). Mutuality, engagement, and agency: Negotiating identity on stays abroad. Invited paper presented in colloquium, "Negotiating the Self in Another Language: Discourse Approaches to Language Learning as Cross-Cultural Adaptation" at the 17th International Pragmatics & Language Learning Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  • (2009, August). Intercultural relations in homestays: Variations in mutuality and engagement. Invited paper presented in colloquium, "The Intercultural sojourn as a way to attain a peaceful world: Research and reflections on sojourners" at the International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR) conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  • (2001, October) The sociocultural dimension of language choice in postcolonial Hong Kong. Keynote address at China's Fourth International Symposium on Intercultural Communication organized by the China Association for Intercultural Communication and Xi'an Foreign Language University, Xi'an, China.

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