| Name | Thomas CHAN Yin Hong |
| Present Post | Professor Ip Ying To Lee Yu Yee School of Humanities and Languages Saint Francis University |
| Office Address | Room 909 |
| Telephone | (852) 3653 6750 |
| tchan@sfu.edu.hk |
Prof. Chan began his academic and teaching career as Lecturer in German and English and was then promoted to Associate Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he served for twenty years, before joining Teaching and Learning Centre at Lingnan University. After serving as Registrar of the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation (HKCAA) for two years, Prof. Chan then returned to academic practice by joining Caritas Francis Hsu College as Head of the Department of Language Studies and Vice-President (Academic). He later joined Chu Hai College of Higher Education as Professor and Head of the English Department for ten years. In 2017, Prof. Chan 'returned' to Caritas Institute of Higher Education (CIHE) as Professor of the Ip Ying To Lee Yu Yee School of Humanities and Languages.
Through all the years Prof. Chan has been teaching and developing a huge amount of instructional design projects and materials in such varied disciplines and subject areas as German Language, English for Professional Communication, Philosophy, Critical Thinking, Western Civilisation, and Nature and Living in Early Childhood Education, at both degree and sub-degree levels.
Current courses designed and taught (2020 through 2023):
Principal Investigator of an Institutional Strategic Grant funded research project (2021-23) on Differentiated Instruction (DI) titled "Implementing Differentiated Instruction for College-level ESL Learners: A Case-based Action Research Study in Hong Kong" with a funding of HK$854,000.00.
"Teachers' Pressure to Adopt Differentiated Instruction in Higher Education in Hong Kong". Asian Journal of Language Literature and Culture Studies. (Co-author with Wong, A.) [Under review]
Leung, K., Chan, T. & Ho, M.K., (2017) "Error Correction in Chinese Writing Classrooms: Whose Responsibility is it?", Proceedings of 2017 International Symposium on Teaching, Education and Learning (pp. 80-101), 24-26 January 2017, Bangkok, Thailand.
Leung, K., and Chan, Y.H. (2016), "Chinese Language Teachers' Composition Marking Strategies: A Pilot Study in Hong Kong". Proceedings of the international conference on the globalization of second language acquisition and teacher education (pp. 123-128).
Leung, K., Chan, Y.H. & Mak, B. (2016), "Correcting every conceivable mistake in the making process – Is that the right way to go about making composition? Two cases in Hong Kong". Proceedings of 2016 International Symposium on Education and Psychology (pp. 37-46).
"Matching English & Communication Courses for Engineering Students to Specific Needs in a Changing World", Paper presented at the International Conference on Knowledge and Discourse '96 : Changing Relationships across Academic Disciplines and Professional Practices, held 18-21 June 1996 at the University of Hong Kong, published in the Conference Proceedings
"Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Technical Communication by adopting a Content- and Task-based Approach", Paper presented on 20 April 1996 at the 4th AECT Conference held at Baptist University and Lingnan College, Hong Kong, published in the Proceedings of the Conference
"The Role of AV and C.A.L.L." in German Language Teaching and Learning at Hong Kong Polytechnic, Paper presented at the 1st AECT Conference, held in July1990 at Hong Kong Polytechnic, published in the Proceedings of the Conference.
"Online Chinese Reading Practice Platform for Social Integration of Ethnic Minority Students in Hong Kong", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Studies in Law, Education, Business & Corporate Social Responsibilities (pp. 64-67), 8-9 August, Singapore. (Co-authoring with Leung, K. and Ho, M.K.),
"Chinese Language Teachers' Composition Marking Strategies: A Pilot Study in Hong Kong". Proceedings of the international conference on the globalization of second language acquisition and teacher education, Fukuoka, Japan, 4-6 August (pp. 123-128). (Co-authoring with Leung, K.)
"Correcting every conceivable mistake in the making process – Is that the right way to go about making composition? Two cases in Hong Kong". Proceedings of 2016 International Symposium on Education and Psychology (pp. 37-46), 7-9 October, Taipei. (Co-authoring with Leung, K and Mak, B.)
"The Spirit of Western Thought through Chinese Eyes", Paper presented at an International Conference on 14 May 2010 in Fu Jen University (Taiwan Catholic University), Taipei
"The Impact of Western Thought on International Relations in the 19th and 20th Centuries", Paper presented at an International Conference 9-11 May 2011 at University of Macau
Using Media and Multimedia to Enhance Teaching and Learning, Talk and Demonstration delivered at "The National Conference on Microteaching" held 5-10 October 1998 in Kunming, Yunnan, Mainland China