Faculty Profiles - WU Kam Yin | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Kam Yin WU
胡錦賢

PhD in English Language Education
The University of Hong Kong, 2007

Lecturer I
Center for Language Education

(852) 2358 7890
lckywu@ust.hk
Room 3358
Personal Web

ORCID

0000-0003-2419-2759

Scopus ID

7404507471

Research Interest Publications Teaching Assignment Space used

Research Interest

English for academic and specific purposes
Corpus-based methods
English language materials writing
Genre analysis

Publications

All Years 16 2025 0 2024 0 2023 1 2022 3 2021 3 2020 0 2019 9

2023 1

Cross-faculty cooperation in an ESP course: issues arising in the COVID pandemic

Scholarship of Teaching in Language Education (STiLE), v. 1, article number 12
Au, Chui Han Anita; Carmichael, Sarah; Wu, Kam Yin
Article

2022 3

Grammar: A Linguist’s Guide for Language Teachers [Book Review]

JALT Journal, v. 44, p. 198-201
Wu, Kam Yin
Article

Syntactic complexity and writing quality in students' technical writing

ThaiTESOL Journal, v. 35, p. 22-35
Lee, Ping Chung Eric; Wu, Kam Yin
Article

Syntactic complexity and writing quality in students’ technical writing

Paper presented at 41st Thailand TESOL International Virtual Conference
Wu, Kam Yin
Conference paper

2021 3

Exploring the effect of task-based language teaching on students’ analytical writing

English for Specific Purposes, v. 1, p. 93-110
Wu, Kam Yin
Article

Developing materials for learning STEM vocabulary

Paper presented at JALT College & University Educators (CUE) Conference 2021
Wu, Kam Yin
Conference paper

Remote teaching during the pandemic: The case of an ESP course for engineering students

Paper presented at The Third International Conference on English Across the Curriculum
Au, Anita C.H.; Carmichael, Sarah; Wu, Kam Yin
Conference paper

2019 1

Developing Digital Resources to Support the Learning and Use of Technical Vocabulary

Paper presented at Learning and Teaching @EdUHK Festival 2019: Excellence in Learning and Teaching in the Digital Era
Ng, Irene Wai Yee; Wu, Kam Yin
Conference paper

2018 1

Impacts of discipline-specific language instruction on the academic writing of civil engineering students

Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, v. 5, (1), p. 19-35
Wu, Kam Yin; Carmichael, Sarah
Article

2017 1

Teaching Analytical Writing: A Scaffolded Approach

International House Journal, v. 43, p. 28-30
Wu, Kam Yin
Article

2015 1

Language curriculum design for engineering students: How specific can it be?

Paper presented at International Conference on the Development of English Across the Curriculum
Carmichael, Sarah; Wu, Kam Yin
Conference paper

2013 1

Designing and Evaluating a Genre-based Technical Communication Course Incorporating a Task-based Model of Instruction

Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, v. 14, p. 20-44
Carmichael, Sarah; Wu, Kam Yin
Article

1998 1

Hong kong esl teachers’ questions about english grammar

Language and Education, v. 12, (2), p. 137-153
Wu, Kamyin; Sengupta, Sima
Article

1997 1

Teachers' grammar on the electronic highway: Design criteria for TeleGram

System, v. 25, (2), p. 169-183
Wu, Kamyin; Tsui, Amy B.M.
Article

1996 1

Enhancing teacher development through TeleNex - A computer network for English language teachers

System, v. 24, (4), p. 461-476
Tsui, Amy B.M.; Wu, Kamyin; Sengupta, Sima
Article

1993 1

Classroom Interaction and Teacher Questions Revisited

RELC Journal, v. 24, (2), p. 49-68
wu, Kam Yin
Article

Article 1

Cross-faculty cooperation in an ESP course: issues arising in the COVID pandemic

Scholarship of Teaching in Language Education (STiLE), v. 1, article number 12
Au, Chui Han Anita; Carmichael, Sarah; Wu, Kam Yin

Article 2

Grammar: A Linguist’s Guide for Language Teachers [Book Review]

JALT Journal, v. 44, p. 198-201
Wu, Kam Yin

Syntactic complexity and writing quality in students' technical writing

ThaiTESOL Journal, v. 35, p. 22-35
Lee, Ping Chung Eric; Wu, Kam Yin

Conference paper 1

Syntactic complexity and writing quality in students’ technical writing

Paper presented at 41st Thailand TESOL International Virtual Conference
Wu, Kam Yin

Article 1

Exploring the effect of task-based language teaching on students’ analytical writing

English for Specific Purposes, v. 1, p. 93-110
Wu, Kam Yin

Conference paper 2

Developing materials for learning STEM vocabulary

Paper presented at JALT College & University Educators (CUE) Conference 2021
Wu, Kam Yin

Remote teaching during the pandemic: The case of an ESP course for engineering students

Paper presented at The Third International Conference on English Across the Curriculum
Au, Anita C.H.; Carmichael, Sarah; Wu, Kam Yin

Conference paper 1

Developing Digital Resources to Support the Learning and Use of Technical Vocabulary

Paper presented at Learning and Teaching @EdUHK Festival 2019: Excellence in Learning and Teaching in the Digital Era
Ng, Irene Wai Yee; Wu, Kam Yin

Article 1

Impacts of discipline-specific language instruction on the academic writing of civil engineering students

Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, v. 5, (1), p. 19-35
Wu, Kam Yin; Carmichael, Sarah

Article 1

Teaching Analytical Writing: A Scaffolded Approach

International House Journal, v. 43, p. 28-30
Wu, Kam Yin

Conference paper 1

Language curriculum design for engineering students: How specific can it be?

Paper presented at International Conference on the Development of English Across the Curriculum
Carmichael, Sarah; Wu, Kam Yin

Article 1

Designing and Evaluating a Genre-based Technical Communication Course Incorporating a Task-based Model of Instruction

Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, v. 14, p. 20-44
Carmichael, Sarah; Wu, Kam Yin

Article 1

Hong kong esl teachers’ questions about english grammar

Language and Education, v. 12, (2), p. 137-153
Wu, Kamyin; Sengupta, Sima

Article 1

Teachers' grammar on the electronic highway: Design criteria for TeleGram

System, v. 25, (2), p. 169-183
Wu, Kamyin; Tsui, Amy B.M.

Article 1

Enhancing teacher development through TeleNex - A computer network for English language teachers

System, v. 24, (4), p. 461-476
Tsui, Amy B.M.; Wu, Kamyin; Sengupta, Sima

Article 1

Classroom Interaction and Teacher Questions Revisited

RELC Journal, v. 24, (2), p. 49-68
wu, Kam Yin

2019 1

Developing Digital Resources to Support the Learning and Use of Technical Vocabulary

Paper presented at Learning and Teaching @EdUHK Festival 2019: Excellence in Learning and Teaching in the Digital Era
Ng, Irene Wai Yee; Wu, Kam Yin
Conference paper

2018 1

Impacts of discipline-specific language instruction on the academic writing of civil engineering students

Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, v. 5, (1), p. 19-35
Wu, Kam Yin; Carmichael, Sarah
Article

2017 1

Teaching Analytical Writing: A Scaffolded Approach

International House Journal, v. 43, p. 28-30
Wu, Kam Yin
Article

2015 1

Language curriculum design for engineering students: How specific can it be?

Paper presented at International Conference on the Development of English Across the Curriculum
Carmichael, Sarah; Wu, Kam Yin
Conference paper

2013 1

Designing and Evaluating a Genre-based Technical Communication Course Incorporating a Task-based Model of Instruction

Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, v. 14, p. 20-44
Carmichael, Sarah; Wu, Kam Yin
Article

1998 1

Hong kong esl teachers’ questions about english grammar

Language and Education, v. 12, (2), p. 137-153
Wu, Kamyin; Sengupta, Sima
Article

1997 1

Teachers' grammar on the electronic highway: Design criteria for TeleGram

System, v. 25, (2), p. 169-183
Wu, Kamyin; Tsui, Amy B.M.
Article

1996 1

Enhancing teacher development through TeleNex - A computer network for English language teachers

System, v. 24, (4), p. 461-476
Tsui, Amy B.M.; Wu, Kamyin; Sengupta, Sima
Article

1993 1

Classroom Interaction and Teacher Questions Revisited

RELC Journal, v. 24, (2), p. 49-68
wu, Kam Yin
Article

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Teaching Assignment

2025-26 Fall 2 2024-25 Summer 0 2024-25 Spring 3 2024-25 Winter 0 2024-25 Fall 2 2023-24 Summer 0

LANG1402	English for University Studies
LANG1407	Academic English for Engineering Studies

LANG2061	Professional Writing for the Workplace
LANG2063	Writing for Workplace Success
LANG5005E	Communicating Research in English

LANG4033	Technical Communication II for Civil and Environmental Engineering
LANG5005E	Communicating Research in English

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