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Jack PUN
Associate Professor
B.S.C.(Hons), M.A. (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), D.Phill (University of Oxford)
Administrative Post
Undergraduate (UG) Admission Coordinator for BA Programme in English
Office
Fung King Hey 307
Tel
3943 7174
Website
https://jackpen.wixsite.com/my-personal-site
Link
CV
Research Interests
English Language Teaching & Learning, Health communication; English Medium Instruction (EMI); Language Across the Curriculum; Academic Literacy Development (Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking); Students’ Language Challenges/ Coping Strategies; Classroom Discourse (Spoken/Written); Sociolinguistics; Professional Communication; Multimodal Discourse Analysis; Systemic Functional Linguistics/Grammar; Discourse Analysis/ Text Analysis; Mixed-Method Approach
Books/Monographs Authored
| Forthcoming | Pun, J. & Jia, W., (January, 2026). English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education in Hong Kong: Policy, Research and Practice in STEM Classrooms. Bloomsbury Publishing. |
| Forthcoming | Pun, J. & Chan, A. (December, 2025). Exploring Clinical Communication in Asia: Multidisciplinary Evidence-Based Practices. Bloomsbury Publishing. |
| Forthcoming | Pun, J. (November, 2025). English for Science Communication. Routledge. |
| 2025 | Pun, J. (2025). Exploring and Teaching Healthcare Communication- Clinicians’ Perspectives in Hong Kong. Palgrave. |
| 2024 | Pun, J. (2024). English as a Medium Instruction in Secondary School Science Classrooms: Policies, Practices and Challenges. London: Routledge. |
| 2023 | Pun, J. (2023). The Role of Language in Eastern and Western Health Communication. London: Routledge. |
| 2022 | Richards, J.C. with Pun, J. (2022). Teaching and Learning in English Medium Instruction. London: Routledge. |
Edited Volumes
| 2025 | Pun, J., Curle, S. & Pramod, S.K. (Eds.) (2025). Assessment, testing and evaluation in English-medium education from a global perspective. Multilingual Matters. |
| 2025 | Lim, F.V. & Pun, J. (Eds.) (2025). Designing Learning with Multimodality in Asia’s English-Medium Instruction Classrooms. Bloomsbury Publishing. |
| 2025 | Pun, J. (Ed.) (2025). Teaching and Learning Oncology Communication: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Chinese Context. Springer. [Link] |
| 2025 | Curle, S. & Pun, J. (Eds.) (2025). Researching English Medium Instruction: Quantitative Methods for Students and Researchers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
| 2023 | Curle, S., & Pun, J. (Eds.) (2023). Qualitative Research Methods in English Medium Instruction for Emerging Researchers’ London: Routledge. |
| 2022 | Pun. J., Curle, S. & Yuksel, D. (Eds.) (2022). The Use of Technology in English Medium Education. Cham: Springer. |
| 2021 | Pun, J. & Curle, S. (Eds.) (2021). Research Methods in English Medium Instruction. London: Routledge. |
Chapters in Books
| 2025 | Pun, J., Moorhouse, B. and Tan, (2025). Exploring the teaching challenges and pedagogical strategies of teachers in English-medium instruction in online modalities : A case study of STEM teachers in Hong Kong universities. In X. Qiu & Yuan, R. (Eds.), English-Medium Instruction Pedagogy in Disciplinary Classrooms (pp.25-41), Routledge. |
| 2024 | Jia, W., Fu, X. and Pun, J. (2024). It's Difficult, but I Don't Care': Relationships Between Learner Characteristics and Self-Perceived Language Challenges among EMI Students in China. In Lasagabaster, D., Fernández-Costales, A., González-Mujico, Flor de Lis. (Eds.), The Affective Dimension in English-medium Instruction in Higher Education, Multilingual Matters. (Link) |
| 2021 | Pun, J. (2021). Translanguaging in Partial-EMI Secondary Science Classrooms in Hong Kong. In B. Paulsrud, Z. Tian & J. Toth (Eds.), English-Medium Instruction and Translanguaging (pp. 94 -107), Multilingual Matters. https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/EnglishMedium-Instruction-and-Translanguaging/?k=9781788927314 |
| 2020 | Pun, J. (2020). An Ethnographic Discourse Analysis: Developing a Research-Informed Training Program for Effective Nursing Clinical Handover Communication. In Sage Research Methods: Medicine and Health, https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529731873 |
| 2019 | Pun, J. (2019). Interdisciplinary Research. In J. McKinley & H. Rose (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. (pp.108-121), London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367824471 |
| 2016 | Pun, J., Matthiessen, C., Williams, G, & Slade, D. (2016). Using ethnographic discourse analysis to understand doctor-patient interactions in clinical settings. SAGE Research Methods Cases. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473979697 |
| 2016 | Slade, D., Pun, J., Lock, G., Eggins, S. (2016). Potential risk points in doctor-patient communication: an analysis of Hong Kong emergency department medical consultations. In Helen de Silva Joyce (Eds). (2016). Language at Work: Analysing Language Use in Work, Education, Medical and Museum Contexts, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p.146-165. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-4438-8711-3 |
| 2016 | Slade, D., Matthiessen, C.M.I.M., Lock, G., Pun J., & Lam, M. (2016). The interplay of interpersonal and experiential meanings in doctor-patient communication and its impact on health outcomes in a Hong Kong Accident and Emergency Department. In Ortega, L., Tyler, A., & Park, H.-I. (Eds.). (2016). The usage-based study of language learning and multilingualism. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Usage-based-Study-of-Language-Learning-and-Multilingualism |
Articles in Journals
| Special Issues for Journals | |
| 2025 | Guest Editor (with Yuan R.E.), Special Issue of the International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL): Literacy Teaching and Teacher Education in English-Medium Education (EME) Contexts, 2025. https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/iral/html |
| 2020 | Guest Editor (with Hafner, C.), RELC Journal Special Issue: English for Academic and Professional Purposes in the Digital Era, 2020. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0033688220917472 |
| English Studies and Others (*corresponding author): | |
| 2025 | Jia, W., *Pun, J. (2025). Exploring EMI teachers’ agency in addressing language-related challenges with ChatGPT: A multiple case study. Computer Assisted Language Learning. (*corresponding author) |
| 2025 | *Pun, J., Cheung, K.K.C. & Kenneth-Li, W. (2025). Secondary Students’ Reading of Socio-Scientific Image-Texts on Climate Change in a GPT-4 Scenario. Research in Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-025-10258-w. (*corresponding author) |
| 2025 | Cheung, K.K.C., *Pun, J., Kenneth-Li, W., Mai, J. (2025). Exploring Students’ Multimodal Representations of Ideas About Epistemic Reading of Scientific Texts in Generative AI Tools. Journal of Science and Technology, 34 , 284–297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-024-10182-0. (*corresponding author) |
| 2025 | Cheung, K.K.C., *Pun, J. & Jiaqi Xu. (2025). Development of a Questionnaire on Multilingual Students’ Beliefs about Equitable and Epistemic Use of Languages in Learning Science. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. (*corresponding author) |
| 2025 | Pun, J. & Jia, W. (2025). Meaning-making in English-medium instruction science classroom interaction: From the systemic functional linguistics perspective. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2024-0109 |
| 2024 | Pun, J. & Li, W.K. (2024). A structural equation investigation of linguistic features as indices of writing quality in assessed secondary-level EMI learners’ scientific reports. Assessing Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2024.100897 |
| 2024 | Pun, J. (2024). Commentary to the special issue ‘English-medium instruction teachers’ lived experiences and continuing development in multilingual and multicultural contexts’. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2402490 |
| 2024 | Pun, J., Tan, S., Li, X. (2024). Discourse competence in Hong Kong secondary students' disciplinary research writing. Assessing Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2024.100872 |
| 2024 | Pun, J., Flowerdew, J., & Jia, W. (2024). Navigating academic language in English medium instruction (EMI) science classrooms in Hong Kong. RELC Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882241261041 |
| 2024 | Cheung, K.K.C., Pun, J*., Li, W. (2024). Students' holistic reading of socio-scientific texts in a ChatGPT scenario. Research in Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-024-10177-2 |
| 2023 | Cheung, K.K.C., & Pun, J.* (2023). Development and Validation of a Reading in Science Holistic Assessment (RISHA): a Rasch Measurement Study. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-023-10434-2 |
| 2023 | Pun, J.* & & Cheung, K.K.C. (2023). Developing and Validating a Genre Awareness Questionnaire for Writing Scientific Reports. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 (1210240). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1210240 |
| 2023 | Pun, J. (2023). Commentary for the special issue on ‘The emotional landscape of English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education’. Linguistics and Education, 75 (101180). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2023.101180 |
| 2023 | Pun, J.*, Fu, X.U. & Cheung, K.K.C. (2023). Language Challenges and Coping Strategies in English Medium Instruction (EMI) Science Classrooms: A Critical Review of Literature. Studies in Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057267.2023.2188704 |
| 2023 | Jia, W.Y., Fu, X.U., & Pun, J.* (2023). How Do EMI Lecturers’ Translanguaging Perceptions Translate Into Their Practice? A Multi-case Study of Three Chinese Tertiary EMI Classes. Sustainability, 15(6), 4895. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15064895. |
| 2023 | Pun, J.*, & Gao, X.A. (2023). Teachers’ Metacognitive Understanding of Teaching Science in English as a Medium of Instruction Classes. Language Awareness. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2023.2173216. |
| 2023 | Pun, J.* & Onder-Ozdemir, N. (2023). Exploring students’ perceptions in sustainable disciplinary language learning in an English-medium instruction university: A case study of Hong Kong veterinary medical students. Sustainability, 15(2), 1279. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021279 |
| 2022 | Pun, J.* & Jin, X. (2022). English Medium of Instruction in Science Learning: A Path Analysis. System, 109,102867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2022.102867. |
| 2022 | Pun, J.*, Yu, Q^., Sicuan, T.K#., Macaraeg, M.A.#, Cia, J.M.# (2022). An exploratory study of Cantonese learning strategies amongst non-Chinese English-speaking ethnic minority university students in Hong Kong. Frontiers in Psychology,13:910603. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.910603 (with^ PhD student, #Undergraduate student) |
| 2022 | Pun, J. (2022) Effects of prior English exposure on Hong Kong tertiary science students’ experiences in EMI learning. RELC Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882221079057 |
| 2022 | Pun, J.*, Thomas, N. and Bowen, N.E.J.A. (2022). Questioning the Sustainability of English-Medium Instruction Policy in Science Classrooms: Teachers' and Students' Experiences at a Hong Kong Secondary School. Sustainability, 14(4), 2168, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042168 |
| 2022 | Richards, J. & Pun, J.* (2022). Teacher Strategies in Implementing English Medium Instruction. ELT journal, 76(2), 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccab081 |
| 2021 | Yu, Q. & Pun, J.* (2021). The Secret Life of English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education: Examining Microphenomena in Context, David Block, Sarah Khan (Eds). Routledge, London/New York. (2020). 148 pages. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 52 (101023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2021.101023. |
| 2021 | Pun, J.* and Xina, J. (2021) Student challenges and learning strategies at Hong Kong EMI universities, PLoS One, 16(5): e0251564. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251564. |
| 2021 | Pun, J.* & Tai, K.W.H. (2021). Doing Science through Translanguaging: A Study of Translanguaging Practices in Secondary English as a Medium of Instruction Science Laboratory Sessions. International Journal of Science Education, 43(7), 1112-1139. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2021.1902015 |
| 2021 | Pun, J. & Cheung, K.K.C. (2021). Meaning making in collaborative practical work: a case study of multimodal challenges in a Year 10 chemistry classroom. Research in Science & Technological Education. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2021.1895101 |
| 2021 | Richards, J. & Pun, J.* (2021). A Typology of English-Medium Instruction. RELC Journal, 54(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/0033688220968584. |
| 2020 | Pun, J.* & Thomas, N. (2020). English medium instruction: teachers’ challenges and coping strategies. ELT Journal, 74(3), 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccaa024 |
| 2020 | Hafner, C.A. & Pun, J. (2020) Editorial: Introduction to this Special Issue: English for Academic and Professional Purposes in the Digital Era. RELC Journal, 51(1), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033688220917472 |
| 2019 | Pun, J. (2019). Salient language features in explanation texts that student encounter in secondary school chemistry textbooks. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 42(100781). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2019.100781 |
| 2018 | Pun, J.* & Macaro, E. (2018). The effect of first and second language use on question types in English medium instruction science classrooms in Hong Kong. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 22(1) 64-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2018.1510368 |
| 2017 | Macaro, E., Curle, S., Pun, J., An, J., & Dearden, J. (2017). A systematic review of English medium instruction in higher education. Language Teaching, 51(1), 36-76. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444817000350 |
| 2017 | Matthiessen, C. & Pun, J.* (2017). Expounding knowledge through explanations: Generic types and rhetorical-relational patterns. Semiotica, 2019(227), 31-76. https://doi.org/10.1515/sem-2016-0045 |
| 2011 | Cheung, H. W., So, C. M., Pun, K. H., Zhou, Z. and Lau, C. P. (2011), Hydro(trispyrazolyl)borato-Ruthenium(II) Diphosphinoamino Complex-Catalyzed Addition of β-Diketones to 1-Alkynes and Anti-Markovnikov Addition of Secondary Amines to Aromatic 1-Alkynes. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 353: 411–425. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201000567. |
| Health Communication (*corresponding author): | |
| 2023 | Pun, J*. & Yu, J.Q. (2023). Sharing peer advice: A case study of Chinese patients’ narratives in an online support group for mental health. Language and Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laheal.2023.10.002 |
| 2023 | Pun, J. (2023). Developing an ESP workshop to promote effective communication in nursing handover practices: A case study of nurses in a bilingual hospital in Hong Kong. Journal of English for Specific Purposes, 71, 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2023.04.002 |
| 2023 | Leung, A.S.Y., Cheng, N.S., Cheng, J.W.C-H, Pun, J., Leung, T.F. (2023). Development and Validation of Assessment Tools for Food Allergy-related Knowledge and Management Confidence, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global, 100098, 2(3), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacig.2023.100098. |
| 2023 | Pun, J.*, Tsang, C.M., Wong, J., & Kong, B.C.K. (2023). Experience of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Qualitative Study of a Nurse-Led Clinic. Clinical Nursing Research, 32(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/10547738231164395 |
| 2023 | Pun, J. (2023). Using a simulation-based approach to promote structured and interactive nursing clinical handover: A pre- and post-evaluation pilot study in bilingual Hong Kong. BMC Nursing, 22:38, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01189-w |
| 2023 | Pun, J. (2023). Nurses’ Perceptions of the ISBAR Handover Protocol and its Relation to the Quality of Handover: A Case Study of Bilingual Nurses. Frontiers in Psychology, 14:1021110, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1021110 |
| 2023 | Pun, J.*, Chow, J.C.H., Fok, L., & Cheung, K.M. (2023). The Role of Patients’ Family Members in End-Of-Life Communication: An Integrative Review. BMJ Open, 13(2), 13:e067304, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067304. |
| 2023 | Pun, J.* & Kong, B.C.K. (2023). An exploratory study of communication training for Chinese medicine practitioners in Hong Kong to integrate patients’ conventional medical history. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 23:10, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-022-03811-x. |
| 2022 | Pun, J.*, Yu, J.Q.^ & Lee, M.K.C.# (2022). An ethnographic discourse approach to explore GP-counsellor communication in primary health care settings in Hong Kong. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:943840, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.943840 (with^ PhD student; # MA student) |
| 2022 | Pun, J. (2022). The Active Participation of Elderly Patients in Traditional Chinese Medicine Consultations as Means to Creating a Community of Practice: A Case Study in Hong Kong. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:948988, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.948988 |
| 2022 | Huang, Q., Pun, J.* & Huang, S. (2022). Using a Mixed-Methods Needs Analysis to ensure the Sustainability and Success of English for Nursing Communication courses: Improving Nurse-Patient Engagement Practices in Globalized Health Care. Sustainability, 14(21), 14077, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114077 |
| 2022 | Pun, J. (2022). The priorities, challenges, and scope of clinical communication teaching perceived by clinicians from different disciplines: a Hong Kong case study. BMC Primary Care, 22:158, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01770-3 (original journal name: BMC Family Practice). |
| 2022 | Pun, J.* & Wong, W. (2022). Navigating communication between conventional medicine and traditional Chinese medicine: A case study of patients with cancer in Hong Kong. Supportive Care in Cancer, 30, 5729-5735. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-022-06986-8. |
| 2021 | Pun, J. (2021). Communication about Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning in the East Asian context: A systematic review. Oncology Nursing Forum, 49(1), 58-70. DOI: 10.1188/22.ONF.58-70 |
| 2021 | Pun, J. (2021). Clinical handover in a bilingual setting: Interpretative phenomenological analysis to exploring translanguaging practices for effective communication among hospital staff. BMJ Open, 11:e046494, 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046494 |
| 2021 | Pun, J. (2021). Comparing veterinary students’ and practitioners’ perceptions of communication in a bilingual context. Veterinary Record, 189(12), 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.587. |
| 2021 | Pun, J. (2021). Factors associated with nurses’ perceptions, their communication skills and the quality of clinical handover in the Hong Kong context. BMC Nursing, 20 (95), 1-8, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00624-0 |
| 2021 | Pun, J. (2021). A study of Chinese medical students’ communication pattern in delivering bad news: An ethnographic discourse analysis approach. BMC Medical Education, 21(286), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02724-6 |
| 2021 | Pun, J. * Cheung K.M. & Chow, C.H.J. (2021). A Systematic Review of Teaching End of Life Communication: the Priorities, the Challenges and the Scope. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 12(4), 368-375. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002725 |
| 2021 | Chan, W.L., Pun, J. , Dong, D., Siminoff, L. & Dumenci, L. (2021). Reliability and validity of the Cancer Health Literacy Test-Chinese versions: CHLT-30-Chinese and CHLT-6-Chinese. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 18(3), 279-286. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajco.13621 |
| 2021 | Yu, Q. & Pun, J.* (2021). Promoting patient engagement in medical informed consent – a qualitative study of Chinese doctors’ communication strategies. Health Communication, 38(1), 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1932287 [^publication with PhD student] |
| 2020 | Pun, J. (2020). An integrated review of the role of communication in veterinary clinical practice. BMC Veterinary Research, 16(394), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02558-2 |
| 2020 | Pun, J.* & Chor, W. (2020). Using questioning strategies in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) encounters to realise TCM philosophy for an effective communication: Holism, Five Elements and Yin-Yang in the context of doctor–patient communication. Health Communication, 37(2), 163-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1828533 |
| 2020 | Pun, J. (2020). Moments of 'touch' as a way for mental support in Traditional Chinese Medicine consultations: Analysis of the interactional process of co-constructing understanding of the patient's body conditions in Hong Kong. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 52 (102516). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2020.102516 |
| 2020 | Pun, J.* Cheung K.M., Chow, C.H.J. & W.L. Chan (2020). Chinese perspective on end-of-life communication: a systematic review, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002166 |
| 2020 | Pun, J.*, Chan, E.A., Eggins, S. & Slade, D. (2020). Training in communication and interaction during shift-to-shift nursing handovers in a bilingual hospital: A case study. Nurse Education Today. 84 (104212). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104212 |
| 2019 | Pun, J.*, Chor, W., Zhong, L. (2019). Delivery of patient-centered care in complementary medicine: Insights and evidence from the Chinese medical practitioners and patients in primary care consultations in Hong Kong. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 45,198-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2019.06.013 |
| 2019 | Pun, J.*, Chan, E.A., Man, M., Eggins, S., Slade, D. (2019). Pre- and post-evaluations of the effects of the Connect, Ask, Respond and Empathise (CARE) protocol on nursing handover: A case study of a bilingual hospital in Hong Kong. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(15-16) pp.3001-3011. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14871 |
| 2018 | Slade, D., Murray, K.A., Pun, J.*, Eggins, S. (2018). Nurses’ perceptions of mandatory bedside clinical handovers: An Australian hospital study. Journal of Nursing Management. 2018;00:1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12661 |
| 2018 | Slade, D., Pun, J.*, Murray, K. A., & Eggins, S. (2018). Benefits of health care communication training for nurses conducting bedside handovers: An Australian hospital case study. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 49(7), 329-336. https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20180613-09 |
| 2018 | Pun, J.* Chan, E.A., Wang, S. & Slade, D. (2018). Health professional-patient communication practices in East Asia: An integrative review of an emerging field of research and practice in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Mainland China. Patient Education and Counseling. 101(7), 1193-1206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2018.01.018 |
| 2018 | Leung, C. C., Pun, J., Lock, G., Slade, D., Gomersall, C. D., Wong, W. T., & Joynt, G. M. (2018). Exploring the scope of communication content of mechanically ventilated patients. Journal of Critical Care, 44, 136-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.10.044 |
| 2017 | Ng, G.W.Y., Pun, J.*, So, E.H.K., Chiu, W.W.H., Leung, A.S.H., Stone, Y.H., Lam, C.L., Lai, S.P.W., Leung, R.P.W., Luk, H.W., Leung, A.K.H., Au-Yeung, K.W., Lai, K.Y., Slade, D and Chan, E.A. (2017). Exploring speaking-up culture in an intensive care unit (ICU): Chinese doctors’ and nurses’ perceptions of the openness of communication. BMJ open, 7(8). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015721. |
| 2016 | Pun, J., Chan, E.A., Matthiessen C.M.I.M., Slade, D., Murray, K. (2016). Clinicians’ perceptions of communication challenges in a trilingual emergency department in Hong Kong. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(21-22), 3396-3407. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13699. |
| 2015 | Pun, J., Matthiessen, C.M.I.M., Slade, D., Murray, K. (2015). Factors affecting communication in emergency departments: doctors and nurses’ perceptions of communication in a trilingual ED in Hong Kong. International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 8:48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-015-0095-y |
| 2015 | Chandler, E., Slade, D., Pun, J., Espindola, E., Lock, G., Matthiessen, C.M.I.M. & Ng, C. (2015). Communication in Hong Kong Accident & Emergency Departments: The Clinicians’ Perspective, Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 2, 1-11. doi: 10.1177/2333393615576714 |
| 2015 | Slade, D., Chandler, E., Pun, J., Lam, M., Matthiessen, C.M.I.M., Williams, G., Espindola, E., Veloso, F., Tsui, K.L., Tang, S. & Tang, K.S. (2015). Effective Healthcare Worker-Patient Communication in Hong Kong Accident & Emergency Departments, Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, 22(2), 69-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/102490791502200201 |
| 2014 | Rider, E.A., Kurtz, S., Slade, D., Longmaid, E. III. H.E., Ho, M.J., Pun, J., Eggins, S. & Branch, W.T. (2014) The International Charter for Human Values in Healthcare: An interprofessional global collaboration to enhance values and communication in healthcare. Patient Education and Counseling, 96(3), 273-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2014.06.017. |
Conference Papers
| English Studies and Others: | |
| 2025 | Wenyun Jia and Jack Pun (2025). Comparing Hong Kong Teachers' and Students' perspectives on academic language in EMI science classrooms. AsiaTEFL, The Education University of Hong Kong. 10th-13th July 2025. |
| 2025 | Dunming Lu and Jack Pun (2025). L2 Student Use of ChatGPT's Content-focused Feedback in Text Revision: Behavioral, Cognitive, and Affective Engagement. 2025 International Summit on the Use of AI in Learning and Teaching Languages and Other Subjects, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. 4th-7th July 2025. |
| 2025 | Jack Pun (2025). Fostering Scientific Writing Skills in EMI: Insights from a Genre-Based, Technology-Integrated Pedagogy. 7th CELC symposium, University of Singapore, Singapore. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun (2024). Surviving in English-Medium Science Classrooms in Hong Kong. 50th Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) International Conference. Shizuoka Granship, Shizuoka, Japan. 15th-18th November, 2024. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun & Lo, Y.Y. (2024). Scaffolding teachers and learners to excel in EMI contexts. Special colloquium. 21st AILA Congress 2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 11th-16th August, 2024. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun & Xu, J. (2024). L2 students’ English reading ability in Hong Kong EMI classes: Exploring its relation with academic English skills and in-class English exposure. 21st AILA Congress 2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 11th-16th August, 2024. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun & Xu, J. (2024). Development of a school-based assessment of Academic English Language Skills for measuring Hong Kong secondary students’ reading comprehension. 2024 English-medium Education (EME) Symposium. Department of English, City University of Hong Kong, 26th April, 2024. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun (2024). Re-Visiting the Multi-Literacies and the Demands of EMI Classroom: A Case Study of Science Teachers and Students in Hong Kong. 2024 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching (ALLT), National Taipei University of Technology, 20-21st April, 2024. |
| 2024 | Tseng, M.I., Lim, V.F., Pun, J., Lin, Y.L., Chen, W.C., Fan, Y.S. (2024). Re-visiting and Re-imagining Multimodalities in EMI and Language Education: Digital Technologies, Designing Learning, and Innovative Pedagogies. Panel Discussion. 2024 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching (ALLT), National Taipei University of Technology, 20th-21st April, 2024. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun (2024). Navigating in English-medium Classrooms: A Case Study of Science Secondary Students' Literacy Demands in Hong Kong. CLE-TCA Language Education Conference. University of Science and Technology, 13th April 2024. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun (2024). The Role of English Exposure Levels on Students’ Experiences in English-Medium Learning: A Case Study of Science Students in Hong Kong EMI Classrooms. 58th RELC International Conference, Regional Language Centre, Singapore. 10-13th Mar, 2024. |
| 2024 | Jiaqi Xu and Jack Pun (2024). Genre-Based Approach to Enhancing Secondary Students' English Writing Ability in Science Subjects. 58th RELC International Conference, Regional Language Centre, Singapore. 10-13th Mar, 2024. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun (2024). Creating Opportunities or Challenges? Science Teachers and Students in Coping with Their Language Challenges in EMI Science Classroom. Appliable Linguistics and Language Education Symposium. Hong Kong Metropolitan University, School of Education and Languages. 26th January 2024. |
| 2023 | Jack Pun (2023). Creating opportunities or challenges? Science teachers and students in coping with their language challenges in EMI science classroom. 2023 Global English Education China Assembly. 27th-30th July 2023 |
| 2023 | Jia, W., Pun, J., Fu, X. (2023). How do EMI lecturers' Translanguaging perception translate into their practice? A multi-case study of three Chinese tertiary EMI classes. 2023 Global English Education China Assembly. 27th-30th July 2023 |
| 2023 | Jack Pun (2023). Exploring the literacy demands and coping strategies of science students in CLIL classrooms: A case study of teachers and students in Hong Kong classrooms. 2023 AILA World Congress, ENS Lyon, France, 17th-21st July 2023. |
| 2023 | Jack Pun (2023). Exploring the language demands and coping strategies of science students in a bilingual classroom: A case study of science teachers and students in Hong Kong EMI classrooms. International Symposium on Bilingualism 14, Macquarie University, Sydney, 26th-30th June 2023 |
| 2023 | Jack Pun (2023). Exploring the literacy demands and coping strategies of science students in EMI classrooms: A case study of teachers and students in Hong Kong classrooms. 57th RELC International Conference, Regional Language Centre, Singapore. 13-15th Mar, 2023. |
| 2022 | Jack Pun (2022). Opportunity or Challenge? A case study of teachers and students in Hong Kong English medium instruction (EMI) secondary classrooms. Invited feature talk in the conference 'Linking Policy and Practice in English-medium Instruction: A Critical Dialogue, School of Foreign Languages, The University of Electronic Science and Technology and China, Chengdu, China, 11th and 18th Nov, 2022. |
| 2021 | Jack Pun (2021). Teaching and learning Science through English: A case study of teachers and students overcoming their language challenges in Hong Kong EMI classrooms. British Association for Applied Linguistics 2021 conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, 9-11 September 2021. |
| 2021 | Jack Pun (2021). Teaching and Learning Multimodal English Language in Life Sciences. Presented at the HKBU Language Centre Symposium 2021: ESP in Higher Education in Hong Kong - Teaching Practices and New Trends, Hong Kong Baptist University, 5th August 2021. |
| 2021 | Jack Pun (2021). Opportunity or Challenge? A case study of teachers and students in Hong Kong English medium instruction (EMI) secondary classrooms. Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning 2021, Education University of Hong Kong, 19-20 June 2021. |
| 2021 | Jack Pun (2021). A Case Study of Teachers and Students in Coping with Their Language Challenges in Hong Kong EMI Classrooms. Presented at the 6th Asia Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association conference, City University of Hong Kong, 3-5 June 2021 |
| 2021 | Jack Pun (2021).Challenge or Opportunity? A case study of teachers and students in coping their language challenges in EAC (English across curriculum)/EMI setting. Presented at the 3rd International Conference on English Across the Curriculum, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 20-21 May 2021. |
| 2021 | Jack Pun (2021). Surviving in English-medium classroom: A case study of teachers and students in coping with their language challenges in Hong Kong Science classrooms. Presented at the 55th RELC International Conference - Sustainable Language Education: Standards, Strategies and Systems, Singapore, 15th-17th Mar, 2021. |
| 2021 | Jack Pun (2021).Exploring the language challenges and coping strategies of science students in English-medium instruction: A case study of teachers and students in Hong Kong secondary classrooms. Presented at the HKCPD Hub Virtual International Conference 2021 for English teaching professionals worldwide, Hong Kong, 8th-10th Jan, 2021. |
| 2019 | Jack Pun (2019). Exploring the language challenges and coping strategies of science students in English-medium instruction: A case study of teachers and students in Hong Kong secondary classrooms. Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Situating Strategy Use, Osaka, Japan, 13th-15th Oct, 2019 |
| 2019 | Jack Pun (2019). An Exploratory Study of Meaning Negotiation in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Consultation— A Case Study of Hong Kong. Presented at the 2019 JASFL Japanese Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics, Yasuda Women’s University, Hiroshima Japan, 18th-19th Oct, 2018. |
| 2018 | Jack Pun (2018). Navigating through the English-medium-instruction policy: voices from the teachers and students in Hong Kong secondary science classrooms. Presented at the 2018 International Conference on Bilingual Learning and Teaching, The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 27th Oct, 2018. |
| 2018 | Jack Pun (2018). The challenges of teaching and learning in EMI classrooms: Perceptions of teachers and students from Hong Kong Secondary Science classrooms. Presented at the 2018 Applied Linguistics Association of Korea (ALAK), Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea. 13th Oct, 2018. |
| 2018 | Jack Pun (2018). “Why EMI is still a matter for Hong Kong students? perceptions of teachers and students in Hong Kong Secondary Science classrooms?”. Presented at 16th Asia TEFL Conference, University of Macau, 27-29th June, 2018. |
| Health Communication: | |
| 2024 | Jack Pun (2024). Conducting nursing clinical handover training in bilingual context: Challenges, strategies and ethical concerns. 14th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP). Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 17th-19th December 2024. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun (2024). Developing a Research- Informed Training Program for Effective Nursing Clinical Handover Communication for Hong Kong. Chinese Medicinal Nursing Symposium 2024 : Exploring the working models amongst doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in Chinese Medicine Hospital. Hong Kong Baptist University. 23rd November 2024. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun (2024). An exploratory study of communication training for Chinese medicine practitioners in Hong Kong to integrate patients’ conventional medical history. 21st AILA Congress 2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun (2024). An exploratory study of communication training for Chinese medicine practitioners in Hong Kong to integrate patients’ conventional medical history. 21st AILA Congress 2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 2024 | Jack Pun (2024). An ethnographic discourse analysis: Developing a research-informed training program for effective nursing clinical handover communication. Sociolinguistics Symposium 25. Curtin University, Perth, Australia. 24th June, 2024. |
| 2023 | Jack Pun (2023). Better Nursing Handover Communication: Translational Research and Training in Hong Kong Hospitals. International Hybrid-Mode Conference on Healthcare Communication: Create Safter and More Compassionate Healthcare Practices in Nursing and Communication, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 26th December 2023. |
| 2023 | Jack Pun (2023). Exploring the Literacy Demands and Coping Strategies in EMI Classrooms: A Case Study of Science Teachers and Students in Hong Kong, Research Institute for Bilingual Learning and Teaching (RIBiLT), Hong Kong Metropolitan University, 10th November, 2023. |
| 2023 | Jack Pun (2023). Exploring Chinese medical students' communication pattern in delivering bad news using an ethnographic discourse analysis approach: a case study in Hong Kong. 2023 AILA World Congress, ENS Lyon, France, 17th-21st July 2023. |
| 2023 | Jack Pun (2023). Exploring Chinese medical students' communication pattern in delivering bad news using an ethnographic discourse analysis approach: a case study in Hong Kong. International Symposium on Bilingualism 14, Macquarie University, Sydney, 26th-30th June 2023. |
| 2021 | Jack Pun (2021). Better nursing handover communication: translational research in a bilingual Hong Kong hospital. AILA World Congress 2021. University of Groningen, Netherlands, 15-21 August 2021. |
| 2019 | Jack Pun (2019).An Exploratory Study of Meaning Negotiation in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Consultation— A Case Study of Hong Kong. Presented at the 2019 JASFL Japanese Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics, Yasuda Women’s University, Hiroshima Japan, 18th-19th Oct, 2018. |
| 2019 | Suzanne Eggins, Jack Pun , E. Angela Chan, Diana Slade (2019). Understanding the complexity of effective nursing handover communication in a bilingual Hong Kong hospital. Presented at the 16th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA 2019), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. 9-14th Jun, 2019. |
| 2019 | Jack Pun, E. Angela Chan, Suzanne Eggins, Diana Slade (2019). Researching and teaching effective nursing handover communication in a Hong Kong hospital. Presented at the 54th RELC International Conference & 5th Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association Conference, Regional Language Centre, Singapore. 11-13th Mar, 2019. |
| 2019 | Jack Pun, Winnie Chor, Linda Zhong (2019).An Exploratory Study of Meaning Negotiation in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Consultation— A Case Study of Hong Kong. Presented at the International Symposium on Communication in Health Care 2019, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 11-12th Feb,2019. |
| 2019 | Jack Pun, E. Angela Chan, Suzanne Eggins, Diana Slade (2019).Better Nursing Handover – Nurses’ Perceptions on Their Handover Practices in a Chinese Hospital in Hong Kong. Presented at the International Symposium on Communication in Health Care 2019, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 11-12th Feb,2019. |
| 2018 | Jack Pun (2018). Using discourse analysis to inform better nursing handover communication in a bilingual Hong Kong hospital. Presented at the 2018 JASFL Japanese Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics, Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo Japan, 6-7th Oct, 2018. |
| 2018 | Jack Pun (2018). "Understanding the role of health professional-patient communication practices in East Asia: Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Mainland China." Presented at the international and interdisciplinary conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP), Cardiff University (UK), 17-19 September 2018. |
| 2018 | Diana Slade, Suzanne Eggins, E. Angela Chan, & Jack Pun (2018). “Better nursing handover communication: translational research in a bilingual Hong Kong hospital.”. Presented at Communication, Medicine & Ethics (COMET) conference, University of Birmingham, 25-27th June, 2018. |
| 2018 | Jack Pun, E. Angela Chan, & Diana Slade (2018). “Health professional-patient communication practices in East Asia: A review of research and practice in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Mainland China.” Poster Presented at Communication, Medicine & Ethics (COMET) conference, University of Birmingham, 25-27th June, 2018. |
| 2018 | Diana Slade, Angela Chan, and Jack Pun (2018). “Better communication in nursing shift-to-shift handovers: from Research to Practice in a Hong Kong metropolitan hospital.” presented at the International Symposium on Healthcare Communication, Institute for Communication in Health Care (ICH), Australian National University, 12-13th February 2018. |
Teaching
| ENGE 3900 | Professional Internship in English Studies |
| ENGE 3640 | English Language Teaching and Learning |
| ENGE 2530/ UGED 2188 | Hong Kong English and its Culture |
| ENGE 5670 | Language Policy and Planning (LPP) |
| ENGE5600 | Special Topics in Applied English Linguistics |
Service
| Editor, Asian Journal of English Language Teaching (AJELT) |
| Associate Editor, Journal of Research in Science & Technological Education |
| Book Editor for the book series 'Routledge Focus on English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education' |
| Book Editor for the book series ‘Bloomsbury Studies in Language and Healthcare’ |
| Guest Editor, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL) |
| Guest Editor, RELC Journal Special Issue: English for Academic and Professional Purposes in the Digital Era |
| Editorial Board Member, Journal of English Medium Instruction |
| Editorial Board Member, Journal of Research in Science & Technological Education |
| Editorial Board Member, Journal of BMC Health Service Research |
Grants
| Internal | |
| 2025-2026 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Arts, Conference Grant, HK$ 114,800. |
| 2025-2027 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Strategic Impact Enhancement Fund (2024-25), Principal Investigator, HKD 500,000, On-going. |
| 2025-2026 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Arts, Direct Grant for Research, June 2025 to May 2026, Principal Investigator, HKD 68,919, On-going. |
| External | |
| 2026 | Research Grants Council, General Research Fund, GRF (Hong Kong) (Approved on 1 July 2025), Multimodal Competence in Meaning Making of Practical Work in Science: An Exploratory Study of Hong Kong Junior Secondary Students. Principal Investigator, HKD436,000. |
| 2022-2024 | Research Grants Council, General Research Fund, GRF (Hong Kong) (Approved on 1 July 2021), Exploring ESL secondary school students' scientific writing: a case study of English-medium secondary school students in Hong Kong, January 2022 to December 2024, Principal Investigator, HKD174,000. |
| 2021-2024 | Quality Education Fund, Education Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government (Hong Kong) (Approved on 26 October 2021), Empowering Hong Kong STEM secondary students’ reading abilities through a school-based reciprocal reading programme and an online learning platform, December 2021 to November 2024, Principal Investigator, HKD1,465,900. |
| 2021-2024 | Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCHOLAR), Education Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government (Hong Kong) (Approved on 31 May 2021), Development of a school-based assessment of Core Academic English Language Skill Instrument (CALS-I) for measuring Hong Kong secondary students’ reading comprehension ability from different language backgrounds, November 2021 to August 2024, Principal Investigator, HKD1,352,440. |
| 2020-2023 | Food and Health Bureau, Health and Medical Research Fund, HMRF (Hong Kong) (Approved 20 January 2020), A pre-and post-test intervention design to develop a communication training model for practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)----pilot study, May 2020 to May 2023, Principal Investigator, HKD100,000. |
| 2019-2024 | Professional Services Advancement Support Scheme (PASS), The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government (Hong Kong) (Approved 25 February 2019), Developing Effective Nursing Clinical Handover Communication: Improving Patient Safety Experiences and Outcomes, June 2019 to August 2024, Principal Investigator, HKD 774,000. |
| 2019-2022 | Quality Education Fund, Education Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government (Hong Kong) (Approved on 6 December 2018), Genre-based approach to enhancing secondary students’ English writing ability in science subjects, April 2019 to May 2022, Principal Investigator, HKD1,022,700. |
| Others | |
| 2023-2025 | City University of Hong Kong, Research Enhancement Grant for RAE Impact Cases - Sub-project (CLASS) for Department of English (EN), (Approved on 8 November 2023), Building effective clinical communication amongst medical professionals: Improving patient safety and quality of healthcare, November 2023 to June 2025, Principal Investigator, HKD300,000. |
| 2022-2024 | City University of Hong Kong, Strategic Research Grant (SIRG) (Hong Kong), (Approved on 26 April 2022), How Does Health Literacy Affect Comprehension of COVID-19 Health Information? An Exploratory Study of Eye-tracking Technology in Understanding Hong Kong Elderly Residents’ Health Literacy, Empowerment and Adherence to Medical Regimens, May 2022 to April 2024, Principal Investigator, HKD300,000. |
| 2022-2024 | City University of Hong Kong, Teaching Development Grant (Hong Kong), (Approved on 14 December 2021), Preparing STEM students and teachers with extended learning opportunities through flipped/hybrid classrooms: The case of study of English-medium instruction (EMI) STEM students in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, January 2022 to June 2024, Principal Investigator, HKD269,958. |
| 2020-2021 | City University of Hong Kong, UGC KT Embarked Fund, KT Initiatives in Business, Law and Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Disciplines, (Approved on 19 June 2020), Developing effective clinical communication: Applying research findings to improve patient safety, experiences and outcomes, June 2020 to July 2021, Principal Investigator, HKD200,000. 2018-2020 City University of Hong Kong Research Start-up Grant for New Faculty (Hong Kong), (Approved on 21 March 2018), Exploring the language challenges and coping strategies of science students in an English-medium university, April 2018 to March 2020, Principal Investigator, HKD200,000. |
| 2018-2020 | City University of Hong Kong Research Start-up Grant for New Faculty (Hong Kong), (Approved on 21 March 2018), Exploring the language challenges and coping strategies of science students in an English-medium university, April 2018 to March 2020, Principal Investigator, HKD200,000. |
| 2018-2021 | City University of Hong Kong Teaching Start-up Grant for New Faculty (Hong Kong), (Approved on 16 May 2018), Multimodal English language learning in the life sciences: The case of interactional proficiencies, June 2018 to February 2021, Principal Investigator, HKD119,955. |
| 2018-2021 | City University of Hong Kong Teaching Start-up Grant for New Faculty (Hong Kong), (Approved on 16 May 2018), Multimodal English language learning in the life sciences: The case of lexico-syntactic proficiencies, June 2018 to February 2021, Co-Investigator, HKD119,955. |
| 2018-2021 | City University of Hong Kong Teaching Start-up Grant for New Faculty (Hong Kong), (Approved on 16 May 2018), Multimodal English language learning in the life sciences: The case of generic proficiencies, September 2018 to February 2021, Co-Investigator, HKD239,969. |
Awards
| External | |
| 2020 | College Excellence in Knowledge Transfer Award 2020, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong |
| 2019 | New Researcher Award 2019, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong |