Paul STABLES

Paul Nicholas STABLES

Associate Professor

MEd, English Language Teaching, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
MA, Honorary, Oxford University, United Kingdom
BA (Hons), Philosophy Politics and Economics, Oxford University, United Kingdom

Courses Taught

Textual Analysis of 20th Century Literature
The Language of Poetry
Themed Fiction
English Writing
Romantic Literature
Victorian Literature
Persuasive Writing
The Enlightenment
Arts Foundation Course
English for University Study
English Writing (Business)

Research Interests

The English studies curriculum in an EFL environment
Literature teaching in an EFL environment
Integrating learning and assessment
Second language writing development and vocabulary acquisition
Representation in literature of political and ethical issues

Publications

Stables, Paul (2006). ‘Literary Texts and Cultural Familiarity: A Student Perspective’ South East Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal 6(1) pp.146-157.

Stables, Paul (2006). ‘Assessing research and writing: An integrated cycle of tasks and feedback.’ In D. Carless, G. Joughin, and N.F. Liu (Eds.) How Assessment Supports Learning: Learning-orientated Assessment in Action (pp 25-28). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

Stables, Paul (2006). ‘Appropriate formative assessment in a collectionist culture’ Reflections on English Language Teaching 5 (1) pp 65-78.

Stables, Paul (2005).'Whither the Shue Yan English Language and Literature Programme?' The Shue Yan College Academic Journal. 3 January 2005. pp. 188-219.

Stables, Paul (2004). 'Interleaving student activity with formative assessment and feedback in a poetry essay project.' Useful Practices, Learning Orientated Assessment Project, Hong Kong Institute of Education http://www.ied.edu.hk/loap/practices.html

Editor, Shue Yan Journal of English/Cultural Studies Volume 2 1996, Shue Yan College

Conference Presentations

Presented a paper ‘Idealism, innocence, naivety, and irresponsibility in Graham Greene’s The Quiet American’ at the Irresponsibility 2006 Conference, 28-30 September 2006, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Presented a paper ‘Process Writing, Formative Assessment and Hong Kong Students’ at the 2006 International Conference on English Instruction and Assessment, 22-23 April 2006, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.

Presented a paper ‘Literary Texts and Cultural Familiarity – A Student Perspective’ at the 10th Conference on English in South East Asia: A Decade of Growth, 12-14 December 2005, University of Brunei Darussalam.

Presented a paper 'Developing a Recursive Remedial Process Approach to Writing in a Collectionist Culture' at the Learning Orientated Assessment Conference - Using assessment to improve learning; 10 June 2005, Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Presented a paper 'A Longitudinal Study of the English Writing Development of Hong Kong Cantonese L1 Post-secondary Students.' International Conference on Tertiary/College English Teaching. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004.