Dr. Nora HUSSIN

Associate Director

Email
lcnora@ust.hk
Telephone
2358-8149
Room
3314

Nora Hussin is the Associate Director (Scholarship and Staff) at the Center for Language Education, HKUST, with a dual role of advancing the Center's initiatives in scholarship, and staffing and well-being by working with various internal and external stakeholders. Nora received her PhD in Applied Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong. Having taught for 25 years, Nora has undertaken various leadership roles and served in various committees. An experienced student and teacher educator, Nora has taught at the postgraduate (Master of Arts in International Language Education; and MBA), undergraduate, secondary and primary levels. Nora believes in scholarship that benefits students, lecturers and the Center, and is driven to build a fair, safe, inclusive and equitable work environment.

 

Professional Involvement

  • Chair, Merit Salary Review Committee
  • Chair, Appointments and Promotion Committee
  • Project Leader, Observations of Teaching
  • Member, Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation
  • Member, Awards Committee

Professional Interests

  • Scholarship of teaching and learning
  • Observations of teaching
  • Technology-enhanced language learning
  • Discourse analysis
  • Activity theory

 

Scholarship

2021 Conference Presentation

Reframing lesson observation: a teacher-driven approach

Nora Hussin

HKCPD International Conference 2021 Hong Kong
2021 Workshop

A Self-directed Approach to Observation of Teaching

Nora Hussin

CityU Chan Feng Men-ling Chan Shuk-lin Language Centre
2021 Workshop

Taking Stock and Moving Forward & Exploring and Developing Potential in Scholarship

Nora Hussin & Amy Chi

Center for Language Education
2021 Workshop

Scholarship Projects at the CLE: Opportunities to Talk and Connect

Nora Hussin & Dinesh Sadhwani

Center for Language Education
2021 Scholarship Talk

Observations of Teaching Practice

Nora Hussin

Center for Language Education
2021 Conference Presentation

Strategies for engagement using Soqqle

Nora Hussin (Invited Speaker)

2021 Podcast

Observations of Teaching Practices

Nora Hussin

Teachers' Lift HKCPD Hub
2020 Conference Presentation

Promoting student engagement using Soqqle

Nora Hussin (Invited Speaker)

Ministry of Higher Education (Polytechnic and Colleges) Malaysia
2020 Scholarship Talk

Migrating Teaching to Online Delivery Mode​

Nora Hussin

BALEAP Pop-up Professional Interest Meeting (PIM)
2013 Conference Presentation

Moving the Giants: Transition from Print to Digital Curriculum. International Conference on Applied Foreign Languages: Greeting the New Age of ESP: Practice, Innovation & Vision.

HUSSIN, Nora

National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality & Tourism, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 23-24, 2013.
2009 Working Paper - Peer Reviewed

Interaction from an activity-theoretical perspective: comparing learner discourse of language face-to-face, in chat and in audio conferencing in second language learning.

HUSSIN, Nora

Ph.D thesis, University of Hong Kong, 2009.
2008 Conference Presentation

Introducing authentic, sustained but scaffolded exposure to spoken English in HK’s primary schools.

HUSSIN, Nora

First International Conference of Popular Culture and Education in Asia, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Dec 11-13 2008.
2005 Conference Presentation

Comparing learner discourse of three different tools in interaction in second language acquisition.

HUSSIN, Nora

3rd Asia TEFL International Conference, Beijing, Nov 4-6, 2005.
2005 Conference Presentation

Interaction as an activity: Comparing learner discourse of three different tools in interaction in second language acquisition.

HUSSIN, Nora

Postgraduate Research Conference (PRC), Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, June 4, 2005.
2004 Conference Presentation

Examining computers in context to increase learner interaction in English.

HUSSIN, Nora

The Fifth Pan-Asian Conference on Language Teaching, FEELTA, Vladivostok, Russia, June 24-27, 2004.
2004 Conference Presentation

Comparing learner discourse of three different tools in interaction in second language learning.

HUSSIN, Nora

Postgraduate Research Conference (PRC), Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, May 29, 2004.
2004 Conference Presentation

webWRITING: a pedagogical innovation to centre writing in web creation.

HUSSIN, Nora

39th Regional English Language Centre (RELC) International Seminar, Singapore, April 19-21, 2004.
2003 Working Paper - Peer Reviewed

A classroom at the Multimedia Learning Centre (MMLC): How tools can be used effectively to encourage learner interaction in English language learning.

HUSSIN, Nora

IT@HKU, CAUT, 9, 18-22, June 2003.
2003 Conference Presentation

Interaction as an activity: Comparing learner discourse using three different tools in second language learning.

HUSSIN, Nora

PhD confirmation seminar presentation, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, June 21, 2003.
2003 Working Paper - Peer Reviewed

MMLCs as a resource in teaching and learning: an academic writing class.

With Storey A.M.

IT@HKU, CAUT, 9, 23-24, June 2003.
2002 Conference Presentation

A genre analysis of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) text.

HUSSIN, Nora

AILA 2002, Singapore, December 16-21, 2002.
2001 Conference Presentation

Virtual interaction: A survey of technologies.

HUSSIN, Nora

Seminar presentation, English Centre, University of Hong, January, 2001.
2000 Working Paper - Peer Reviewed

"Written talk" in electronic discourse: a study of Internet Relay Chat text.

HUSSIN, Nora

Master’s thesis, University of Hong Kong, 2000.