Lai Ping Florence Ma
Department of International Studies: Languages and Cultures
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Florence develops and delivers the newly designed English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, which currently includes EFLA100 (EFL in Practice), EFLA110 (EFL Consolidation), EFLA201 (EFL Expansion I), and EFLA202 (EFL Expansion II).
Research Interest
Florence is passionate about conducting research in the field of TESOL. She has published papers in top-tier journals such as TESOL Quarterly, and Linguistics and Education. She is an Editorial Board member of TESOL Quarterly and regularly reviews articles for several other peer-reviewed journals. She completed her PhD in Linguistics at this university in 2011 and received the Higher Degree Research Excellence Award. The research project investigated the perceptions of native and non-native English speaking teachers (NNESTs) in Hong Kong using mixed research methods. Her research interests include a wide range of areas in TESOL, for example, NNESTs issues, the use of L1, language teacher education, bilingualism, and academic literacy.
Publications
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Khachatryan V, Erbacher R, Carrillo Montoya CA, Carvalho W, Górski M, Kotlinski D, Jez P, Ujvari B, Bein S, Lander R, Smith N. Suppression of $Upsilon (1S) $, $Upsilon (2S) $ and $Upsilon (3S) $ production in PbPb collisions at $sqrt {s} _ {NN} $= 2.76 TeV. CMS-HIN-15-001-003; 2016 Nov 4.
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Chatrchyan S, Erbacher R, Carrillo Montoya CA, Moon CS, Carvalho W, Górski M, Kotlinski D, Anderson J, Jez P, Ujvari B, Ozturk S. Studies of dijet pseudorapidity distributions and transverse momentum balance in pPb collisions at $sqrt {s_ {NN}} $= 5.02 TeV. Eur. Phys. J. C. 2014 Jan 17;74(arXiv: 1401.4433):2951.
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Ma LP. Strengths and weaknesses of NESTS and NNESTs: Perceptions of NNESTs in Hong Kong. Linguistics and Education. 2012 Mar 31;23(1):1-5.
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Ma F, Ping L. Advantages and disadvantages of nativeâ€and nonnativeâ€Englishâ€speaking teachers: Student perceptions in Hong Kong. TESOL quarterly. 2012 Jun 1;46(2):280-305.
