Chun Yan (August) Tung

School of English

PhD Research Student

cytung1@sheffield.ac.uk
Profile

I am a second-year PhD student who investigates the acquisition of predicative comparative constructions in L2 English with a specific focus on learners who speak Mandarin or Cantonese as their L1. Previously, I have taught English as a second language (ESL) in Hong Kong and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in in sessional and pre-sessional courses in the UK. Currently, I am the Graduate Teaching Associate for the undergraduate module EGH332 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

Qualifications
  • MA Applied Linguistics with TESOL, University of Sheffield
  • CELTA, Cambridge University Press & Assessment English
Research interests

I am interested in exploring how typological similarity between L1s and linguistic microvariation(s) between L1s and L2 English impact the acquisition of surface-phrasal and -clausal predicative comparatives in L2 English.

Research group

Supervisors:

  • Primary supervisor: Dr. Kook-Hee Gil
  • Secondary supervisor: Dr. Ranjan Sen
Teaching activities
  • Graduate Teaching Associate (GTA) University of Sheffield (2024 - present)
  • EGH332 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Tutor (2022-2023)
  • University of Sheffield (2023)
  • INTO Manchester (2023)
  • University of Leicester (2022)
  • INTO Queen’s University Belfast (2022)
  • General English Tutor (Hong Kong) (2016-2020)
Professional activities and memberships
  • Member of BALEAP

Conferences:

  • ‘Quality, quantity or both? A multidimensional analysis of textbook input on English articles’ at The 17th meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-17), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2024 – Presenter
  • ‘Transcendence and the Sacred’, 2024 PGR English Colloquium, University of Sheffield, May 2024 – Conference organiser
  • ‘Textbook input on English articles: a multidimensional analysis from an SLA perspective’ at Second Language Teacher Education: Inspiring Creativity, Cultivating Excellence (SLTED 2024), Masaryk University, September 2024 – Presenter

Publications

  • Tung, C. Y. and Gil, K.-H. (in preparation) Quality, quantity or both? A multidimensional analysis of textbook input on English articles