Prof. Rita Elaine Silver's Upcoming In-Person Talks at HKU

[Kevin W. H. Tai (Prof.)]

It is with great pleasure that I take on the role of Faculty Host to welcome Professor Rita Elaine Silver (Emeritus Associate Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University) to the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) as a Faculty Visitor for a 5-day visit. Professor Silver will be conducting two in-person seminars during her stay at the HKU Faculty of Education, and I will be chairing both sessions:

Ways forward in classroom Research: Topics, methods, tips & tricks

Date: February 24, 2026 (Tuesday)

Time: 14:30 - 15:30

Venue: Room 401-402, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Chair: Professor Kevin Tai

Demystifying Academic Publishing

Date: February 26, 2026 (Thursday)

Time: 16:00 - 17:00

Venue: Room 408-410, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Chair: Professor Kevin Tai

~ All are welcome ~

Professor Kevin W. H. Tai

PhD (UCL), FHEA, FRSA  

Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy Education

Co-Director, Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education

Faculty of Education 

The University of Hong Kong

Honorary Research Fellow, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London

Editor, The Language Learning Journal (Routledge) 

Associate Editor, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Routledge)

Executive Guest Editor, International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Wiley) 

The World's Top 1% Scholar and HKU Scholar in the Top 1%, Clarivate Analytics, 2025

The World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientist (Languages and Linguistics), Stanford University, 2024 and 2025 (Elsevier)

Email (HKU): kevi...@hku.hk  

Email (UCL): kevi...@ucl.ac.uk  

Telephone: (852) 3917 6107  

Website: https://web.edu.hku.hk/faculty-academics/kwhtai