Tongle SUN
- Ph.D. (CUHK), CELTA (Cambridge ESOL)
- College Coordinator (New Asia College), Student Communications
Telephone
3943 7462
Email
tonglesun@cuhk.edu.hk
Office
Fung King Hey 322
Researcher Profile
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Research Interests
Language, culture, and identity; language socialization; study abroad; language learning motivation; intercultural communication; internationalization/interculturalization; digital literacies; English for specific purposes
Publications
Books / Monographs Authored
| 2024 | (with Darvin, R.) Intercultural communication and identity. Cambridge University Press. (website) |
Chapters in Books
| 2022 | (with Jackson, J. and Chan, S. Y.) Intercultural development in the context of mobility. In T. McConachy, I. Golubeva, & M. Wagner (Eds)., Intercultural learning in language education and beyond: Evolving concepts, perspectives, and practices (pp. 133-148). Multilingual Matters. |
Articles in Journals
| 2024 | (With Hafner, C. A. and Jaworska, S.) Disciplinary tribes and the discourse of mainstream media expert opinion articles: Evidencing COVID-19 knowledge claims for a public audience. Applied Linguistics Review (De Gruyter). |
| 2021 | (With Hafner, C. A.) The ‘team of 5 million’: The joint construction of leadership discourse during the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand. Discourse, Context & Media, 43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2021.100523 |
Conference Papers
| 2024 | Second language identities and intercultural development: Chinese international exchange students in an English-speaking country. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT’24) (Theme: Education Abroad: Language, Learners, and Communities), Washington DC, USA, 1-3 March 2024. (https://gurt.georgetown.edu/) |
| 2023 | (with Kwan, B.) Investigating research projects presented in article-compilation theses written by doctoral students in Hong Kong. The 21st AsiaTEFL International Conference, Daejeon, South Korea, 17-20 August 2023. (https://www.asiatefl2023.org) |
| 2023 | (with Kwan, B.) Narratives of negotiating the article-compilation thesis in Social Sciences and Humanities: A Hong Kong-based case study. Joint AELFE-LSPPC International Conference, University of Zaragoza, Spain, 28-30 June 2023. (https://aelfe-lsppcconference2023.com/) |
| 2021 | (with Hafner, C. A.) “Team of 5 million”: The joint construction of leadership discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. The 17th International Pragmatics Conference, International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), Winterthur, Switzerland, 27 June-2 July 2021. (Panel: Gendered crises?: Bringing in the voices of women in the workforce in the times of health, social, economic and other global crises). |
| 2020 | (with Jackson, J.) Enriching international educational experience through e-learning pedagogy. Proceedings of the 14th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED2020) (pp. 32-38). Valencia, Spain: International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED). https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2020.0018 (Web of Science indexed) |
| 2019 | (with Jackson, J. and Chan, S. Y). Language and (inter)cultural socialization in study abroad (SA) contexts. In A. H. Omar (Ed.), Proceedings of the Conference of the Global Council for Anthropological Linguistics in Asia (The GLOCAL CALA 2019) (pp. 548-551). The Conference of the Global Council for Anthropological Linguistics in Asia, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 23-26 January 2019. (https://glocal.soas.ac.uk/cala2019-proceedings/) |
| 2019 | Adjusting to an English-speaking environment: The experiences of Chinese international exchange students (STEM). The 11th International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR) Biennial Conference and the 15th Chinese Association for Intercultural Communication (CAFIC) Annual Conference, Shanghai, China, 7-10 July 2019. |
| 2018 | (With Jackson, J.). eLearning and English-medium instruction: Challenges facing L2 exchange students. The 30th European Association of International Education (EAIE) conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 11-14 September 2018. |
| 2017 | Identity negotiation and intercultural learning of Chinese STEM sojourners in study abroad STEM. The 5th combined conference for the Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand (ALANZ), Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA), and Association of Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ), Auckland, New Zealand, 27-29 November, 2017. |
| 2017 | (With Jackson, J., Barkhuizen, G., & Benson, P.). Tracing the developmental trajectories of Chinese exchange students in Australasia. The Asia-Pacific Association of International Education (APAIE) Conference, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 20-23 March 2017. |
| Invited Talks | |
| 2023 | Language and intercultural learning in study abroad: The experience of Chinese international exchange students. Guest lecture, Department of English and Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, 11 November 2023. |
| 2023 | (with Kwan, B.). Characterizing projects reported in article compilation theses: A cross-disciplinary study. Invited talk at Department of English Research Seminar, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 3 April 2023. |
| 2022 | (with Hafner, C.). Multimodal conduct and professional discourse identity in oral advocacy: Insiders’ perspectives. Invited talk at the Joint Seminar organized by the Department of English and Communication, and the Research Centre for Professional Communication in English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, 9 November 2022. |
| 2022 | Language and intercultural development in the context of academic mobility. Invited talk at Public Lecture Series 2022, Department of English Language Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 15 January 2022. |
| 2019 | Preparing Chinese STEM students for international exchange experience in English-speaking countries. Invited presentation at CUHK’s International Conference on ‘Internationalisation: Optimising Student Experience’, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 15-16 May 2019. |
| Invited Workshop | |
| 2019 | (With J. Jackson, J.). Fostering inclusivity and interculturality on campus. Invited workshop at the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-29 March 2019. |
Teaching
| ENGE1000 | English Studies: Thinking Creatively in a Global Language |
| ENGE1320 | Communications for English Majors II |
| ENGE1500 | Introduction to English Linguistics |
| ENGE2710 | Language and Intercultural Communication |
| ENGE2960 | The World in English: An Oxford Summer Programme |
| ENGE4700 | Independent Research Project (Capstone course) |
| ENGE5440 | Language and Intercultural Communication (MA) |
| ENGE5640 | Research Project in Applied English Linguistics |
Service
| 2020-current | Webmaster/Outreach, Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association |
| 2019 | Organizing Committee, International Conference on Internationalisation: Optimising Student Experience, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 15-16 May 2019. |
| 2018 | Digital Scholarship Volunteer, Standing out from the crowd: Author identity, CUHK Library, November 2018 |
| 2015-2019 | Reviewer, CUHK’s Annual Study Abroad Writing Contest |
Grants and Awards
Grants
| External | |
| 2017 | The second language identities and academic/social (non)integration of Chinese international exchange students. University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) Research Net. Award: US$9,000.00 (Principal investigator: Jane Jackson (CUHK); Co-investigators: Gary Barkhuizen (University of Auckland), Phil Benson (Macquarie University), Tongle Sun (CUHK) and Chan Sin Yu. |
Awards
| External | |
| 2019 | Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics Postgraduate Student Travel Grant |
| 2018 | Hong Kong Government Reaching Out Award |