Perspective from Asia -- Prof. Christine Davison

Chris Davison is Professor of Education and Head of School, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia and an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong where she worked for nine years, most recently as Associate Dean (Research). She has had many years' experience as an English language teacher and teacher educator in primary, post-primary and adult settings in the Asian-Pacific area. She has researched and published extensively on the interface between English as a mother tongue and ESL development, integrating language and content curriculum, and English language assessment. Her latest books include a two volume handbook of teaching English internationally (Springer, with Jim Cummins) and a co-authored book on English language teaching innovation in China (HKU Press, with Xinmin Zheng). With colleagues at the University of Hong Kong, she has been developing and researching a range of oral school-based assessment initiatives for the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority and the Hong Kong Education Bureau, and has also been working with the Ministry of Education, Singapore, on integrating assessment for learning into their new English language syllabus.