Dr Charles Lam

Profile

I joined the University of Leeds as Lecturer in EAP in August 2023. My current responsibilities include teaching pre-sessional modules for STEM and in-sessional modules for biological sciences. 

Prior to joining the university, I have taught a wide range of linguistics and English modules in the US (2011-2014), Hong Kong (2015-2022), and in the UK (Spring semester in 2023). In my previous positions, I have researched on linguistics and digital humanities in the Hong Kong context, with specific interests in both English and Cantonese. 

I am available to taking on the responsibility of supervising postgraduate research students, especially for project involving corpus-based or digital studies of language.   

Research interests

My research interests include corpus linguistics, experimental linguistics and digital humanities. In the context of my in-sessional provision, I have been developing research on scientific writing under a data-driven learning (DDL) framework. Specifically, I am working on a corpus study on rhetorical organization of research articles in biological sciences. 

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Qualifications

• CELTA
• PhD in Linguistics (Purdue)
• MA in Linguistics (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Bachelor in European Studies (German) (Hong Kong Baptist University)

Research groups and institutes

• Language Centre

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