NTU DFLL Faculty Colloquium

臺大外文系學術演講

Title: Conceptualising Translanguaging as a Mediator for Supporting Students’ L2 Motivation in English Medium Instruction Context

Speaker: Professor Kevin W. H. Tai (戴維軒 University of Hong Kong)

Moderate: Professor Danny Huang (黃恆綜 National Taiwan University)

Date: 2026/5/27 (Wednesday), 3:30PM

Venue: B208, NTU Humanities Hall (臺大人文館B208室)

Short bio:
Prof. Kevin Tai is Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education at the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). In relation to his editorial positions, Kevin Tai is Editor of The Language Learning Journal (Routledge) and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism(Routledge). Kevin Tai’s research interests include Conversation Analysis for Second Language Acquisition, translanguaging in education, classroom discourse and qualitative research methods. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He was named among the World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists in the field of Languages and Linguistics by Stanford University in both 2024 and 2025. His outstanding contribution in research has further honoured him as the World’s Top 1% Scholar by Clarivate Analytics in 2025.