3rd HAAL Research Seminar

Today, I attended the Third HAAL Research Seminar. The event was wonderful and inspiring, providing beginning academics and serving teachers with a good platform to share their research and teaching ideas. More important, I had opportunities to talk with colleagues that I seldom see because of our busy teaching schedules, doctorate students who study in other institutions or the same one with mine and experienced academics whom I seldom see in other conferences. This HAAL Research Seminar is just like a party where people in the same fields - applied linguistics and teacher education - can see each other and talk about their research. I saw Andy Gao, Andy Kirkpatrick, Icy, George, Becky, David Carless, Jessica, Maggie, Iris, Darren, Simon, Jon, Lixun, Emily, Pauline, Amy, Victor (my previous colleague in CityU). I also attended some interesting sections and have to highlight the most wonderful closing talk given by Andy, Dave and Becky who presented and discussed the journey of writing for publication. After the event, I spent some quality time with Grace who picked me up after the conference (treat me like a kid) as she attended a NSS professional development course at PolyU as well. Looking forward to the Fourth HAAL Research Seminar!