Asian Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca and Identity
Edited by Chit Cheung Matthew Sung
Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 26:2 (2016) vi, 182 pp.
Chit Cheung Matthew Sung
List of John Benjamins publications for which Chit Cheung Matthew Sung plays a role.
Title
Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Altaic languages | Communication Studies
Articles
2021 Identities and beliefs across time and space: A case study of a university student’s second language learning trajectory Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 44:3, pp. 265–288 | Article
This paper presents a case study of a Hong Kong university student’s experiences of learning English as a second language (L2) over a four-year period, with particular attention to the changes in her identities and beliefs across time and space. Drawing on a narrative inquiry approach, the study… read more
2016 English as a lingua franca in the Asian context: Perspectives on identity in a multilingual world Asian Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca and Identity, Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew (ed.), pp. 175–192 | Article
The global phenomenon of English as a lingua franca (ELF) has gained a great deal of attention among applied linguists in recent years. With English serving an increasingly important role as a lingua franca in the Asian context, this special issue aims to explore ELF in Asia through the lens of… read more
2016 Experiences and identities in ELF communication: Insights from Hong Kong students’ written narratives Asian Perspectives on English as a Lingua Franca and Identity, Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew (ed.), pp. 301–320 | Article
This paper examines a group of Hong Kong university students’ experiences and identities in English as a lingua franca (ELF) communication. As part of a larger research study, this paper analyzes narratives written by eighteen English majors at a Hong Kong university on their experiences of… read more
2014 Hong Kong university students’ perceptions of their identities in English as a Lingua Franca contexts: An exploratory study Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 24:1, pp. 94–112 | Article
This paper presents findings from an exploratory study that investigated the perceptions of a group of Hong Kong university students concerning their identities in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) contexts. Qualitative data were collected primarily via in-depth interviews with a group of… read more
2011 Doing gender and leadership: A discursive analysis of media representations in a reality TV show English Text Construction 4:1, pp. 85–111 | Article
This article examines the media representations of gender and leadership discourse in the debut season of the American reality TV show The Apprentice. By drawing upon the method of discourse analysis, I analyse the leadership styles that two male and two female project managers employ in ‘doing… read more