Dr. SHIU Wing-hoi, Cathy

BA(TESL) (CityU), MA(TESL) (CityU), MA(ELA) (PolyU), EdD (HKU)

Lecturer

Introduction
Dr. Shiu Wing Hoi Cathy is a Lecturer of Curriculum and Instruction at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She formerly served as English language teacher and level coordinator in primary and secondary schools, part-time instructor at Hong Kong Baptist University (School of Continuing Education), research assistant at the University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Metropolitan University, School Development Officer II at Centre for Language Education and Multiliteracies Research at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Project Officer at Education University of Hong Kong, part-time lecturer in Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Courses taught or currently teaching at CUHK include English Language Teaching Theory and Methodology, English Language Teaching Techniques II: Listening and Speaking, English Language Teaching Techniques III: Reading and Writing, Enrichment Activities for English Language Teaching, Language Testing and Assessment and Contemporary English Language Teaching Issues.
Research Areas
  • English language teacher cognition
  • Technology integration in ESL
  • Multiliteracies and New Literacies
  • Blended Learning in ESL

Publications
  1. Wing Hoi Cathy Shiu (2024). Teacher learning in Hong Kong: primary English language teachers’ cognitions about online teaching to survive or thrive during COVID-19, Teachers and Teaching, DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2024.2328017

Paper Presentations at Conferences
  1. Shiu, W. H. C. (2022, December). Rethinking the Pedagogic Purposes of Different Types of Technological Tools Used in Hong Kong English Language Classrooms. Paper presented at The International Congress on English Language Education and Applied Linguistics (ICELEAL2022) (virtual), HK, China.
  2. Shiu, W. H. C. (2022, June). Teacher Learning in the Baffling States: Primary English Language Teachers’ Cognitions About Online Teaching to survive or thrive during COVID-19. Paper presented at Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2022 (virtual), Singapore.
  3. Shiu, W. H. C. (2019, June). A Multiple-Case Study of English Language Teacher (ELT) Cognition about Technology Integration in Hong Kong. Paper presented at Inaugural Conference on Language Teaching and Learning: Cognition and Identity, HK, China.

Seminars and Workshops
  1. Blended Learning in ESL, In-service Programme for the Guangdong English Teachers in the 2022/23 School Year. The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Education Bureau, July, 25, 2023 (39 participants) (Workshop).
  2. Implementing Blended Learning into the Local HK English Language Subject, Jockey Club “Blended Learning’ Project, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, November 12 & 19, 2022 (14 participants) (Workshop).

Consultancy/Professional/Community Services
  1. (2023) Adjudicator of Instructional Video & Resources Contest 2023 under Jockey Club ‘Blended Learning’ Project
  2. (2023-to date) Invited reviewer of Educational Technology & Society Journal
  3. (2022-to date) Invited reviewer of International Journal of Language Teaching and Education
  4. (2022-to date) Invited reviewer of Asia Pacific Journal of Education