Dr. Ming Ni is an English lecturer at ELC. She joined BNU-HKBU United International College immediately after the completion of her PhD in Education at the University of Stirling, UK in November 2021. Alongside her PhD, she taught English for academic purposes to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UK and supervised master’s dissertations for two years. She also worked on two British Council research projects: ‘Global Practices in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL)’ and ‘ELT Master’s Courses in the UK: Students’ Expectations and Experiences’. She has presented her research results to a range of audiences in local and international conferences, ranging from linguistics to sociology. Teaching English II English for Academic Purposes III Education Ph.D. in Education, University of Stirling, UK (2021) M.Re. in Educational Research (with merit), University of Stirling, UK (2016) M.Sc. in TESOL, University of Glasgow, UK (2014) B.A. in Business English, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China (2013) B.Admin. in Logistics Management (with distinction), Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China (2013)

Linguistic ethnography, translanguaging, sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, higher education internationalisation, bilingualism and multilingualism, teaching English to speakers of other languages

Copland, F. & Ni, M. 2019. Language in the young learner classroom. In S. Garton & F. Copland (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners. London: Routledge, 138-153. Ni, M. 2018. Review of The career trajectories of English language teachers. Educational Review, 70(2), 252-253.