Dr Beatrice LOK Chak Ying

Name	LOK Chak-ying Beatrice
Present Post	Assistant Professor Programme Leader of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Language and Liberal Studies Ip Ying To Lee Yu Yee School of Humanities and Languages Saint Francis University
Office Address	Room A622
Telephone	(852) 3702 4331
Email	blok@sfu.edu.hk

Biography

Dr Lok did her first degree in Social Work at the University of Hong Kong, where she developed her research interest in education policy. In order to advance her knowledge and research skills, she pursued an MA in Educational Studies (specialising in Second Language Education) at the University of York (UK) and then an MPhil and PhD in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. Since graduation, Dr Lok's has accumulated rich experience in teaching students of varies educational levels, from nursery to secondary school, and to tertiary institution. She has worked as a Visiting Lecturer at several universities, including Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University College London, and Hong Kong Shue Yan University. She is a fellow of the Cambridge Overseas Trust Society and a life member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. Over the years, her research interests have centred around education; she has a few publications covering the areas of second language education, critical thinking, and teaching and learning development in higher education.

Dr Lok enjoys teaching because she loves the interaction with students inside and outside the classroom. Stimulating and supporting students to cultivate a positive learning attitude for life have been her teaching missions. With a strong aspiration to provide quality language and humanities education to students in higher education, she hopes students can develop a positive attitude towards learning and life.

Teaching

• LENG 101 English Usage
• LENG 202 Business Communication I
• LENG 203 English Communication for Social Sciences I
• LENG 205 English Communication for Early Childhood Education I
• LENG 301 Business Communication II
• LENG 401 English for Technical Communication II

Research

• Teaching Development Grant at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) for project 'Excellence in Teaching and Learning: A Framework for CUHK Undergraduate Programmes', 2009-2011 (HKD 500,000)
• Dean's Reserve at Hong Kong Polytechnic University for project 'Analysing Stress, Anxiety and Disruption across Languages and Cultures: A Longitudinal Study', 2019-2021 (HKD 105,000)

Publications and Conference Presentations

• Turnbull, M., Watson, B., Jin, Y., Lok, B., & Sanderson, A. (2020). Vicarious trauma, social media and recovery in Hong Kong. Asian Journal of Psychiatry.

• Lok, B., McNaught, C., & Young, K. (2015). Criterion-referenced and norm-referenced assessments: Compatibility and complementarity. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. DOI: 

• Thomas, K., and Lok, B. (2015). Teaching critical thinking: An operational framework. Critical Thinking in Higher Education. Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education.

• McNaught, C., Lok, B., Yin, H., Lee, J.C-H., and Song, H.(2013). Different regions, Diverse classrooms? A study of primary classrooms in China. Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 

• Lok, B., Fox, R., and McNaught, C. (2011). What Values do Students in Hong Kong Attach to Experiential Learning Opportunities? In E. O'Doherty (Eds.), Education in a Changing Environment: Conference Book, Volume 5. College Station. Salford: Informing Science.

• Lee, J. and Lok, B, (2010) A tale of the two Special Administrative Regions (SARS) of China - An overview of English language teaching developments in Hong Kong and Macao. In D. Wyse, R. Andrews, and J., Hoffman (eds.) The International Handbook of English, Language and Literacy Teaching. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Forrester, V., and Lok B. (2008) Native English Teaching Scheme in Hong Kong: Building Communities of Practice. Journal of Asian Social Sciences, 4:5, pp 3-11.

• Forey, G., Evans, S., and Lok, B. (2006) Report on the English Needs of Research Students, Department of English: Hong Kong Polytechnic University.