Kevin Wai Ho Yung
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 770936 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kevin Wai Ho Yung |
| NOMBRES | Kevin Wai Ho |
| APELLIDO | Yung |
| FIRMA | YUNG K W H |
| AFILIACIONES | Education University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5252-9422 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Students’ Situated Preferences for ‘Native’ and ‘Non‐Native’ English‐Speaking Schoolteachers and Private Tutors in Hong Kong
English private tutoring (EPT) has become a major site of English learning for students in many examination‐oriented societies, yet world Englishes scholarship has rarely looked inside shadow education. This article compares how the same learners reason about their preferences for so‐called native and non‐native English‐speaking teachers (NESTs and NNESTs) across two coexisting educational contexts: mainstream schooling and EPT. Drawing on focus‐…
Navigating language learning choices
Out-of-school language learning, a crucial supplement to formal schooling, is shaped by many sociopolitical factors, such as macro-level policies that determine the availability of language resources. China’s ongoing Double Reduction Policy (DRP) has substantially reduced English private tutoring (EPT), reshaping out-of-school language learning landscapes. While existing research has largely examined impacts on the supply side (tutors and institu…
Unpacking private tutors’ critical incidents for professional development in shadow education
Critical incidents (CIs) link closely to teacher reflection and development. This study explores CIs experienced by nine private tutors in the shadow education context of Mainland China. Informed by complexity theory, the study unpacks their various categories, occurrence pathways, and impacts on tutors’ professional development (PD). Based on three rounds of narrative interviews exploring each tutor’s career experience, the findings show that : …
A narrative inquiry into a private tutor’s dynamic professional development in shadow education
Private tutoring (shadow education) has become prevalent in many contexts, particularly in those with an examination-oriented education system. The prevalence of shadow education entails attention to private tutors’ professional development (PD), given its impact on tutors’ career commitment and consumer confidence. This narrative inquiry, underpinned by sociocultural theory, explores the dynamic PD of an English as a foreign language (EFL) tutor…
A Longitudinal Narrative Inquiry on Disadvantaged Adolescents' Well‐Being Development in Fee‐Free Supplementary Tutoring
Well‐being development in young people's formative years is crucial for their transition to adulthood. While research on well‐being in formal education contexts is expanding, little attention has been paid to out‐of‐school educational settings, particularly supplementary tutoring for disadvantaged students. Adopting Sirgy's concept of positive balance, this paper examines the well‐being of financially disadvantaged adolescents receiving fee‐free …
Theorizing agency from a complex dynamic systems theory perspective
The recent dynamic turn in second language acquisition research has called for an investigation in learner agency by taking its complex dynamic nature into account. Informed by complex dynamic systems theory (CDST), this study investigated the agency of learners in a complex educational context where mainstream schooling and private tutoring (shadow education) coexist, and when teaching and learning was switched online. Through longitudinal narra…
Bittersweet English private tutoring
Private Tutoring as a Relief or Burden? Changes in Parental Beliefs About Young Children's English Learning in China
The increasing trend of early English education has promoted the rapid growth of English private tutoring (EPT) for children, which garners attention in research as a global educational phenomenon. In China, EPT for children experienced a fervent expansion under neoliberalism. However, a recent policy (Double‐Reduction Policy) has banned EPT for preschoolers (age 3–6), creating a unique context where state‐led neoliberalism prevails. This study e…
Revamping an English for specific academic purposes course for problem-based learning
A narrative inquiry into EFL tutors’ career trajectories through social cognitive career theory
Despite the prevalence of English private tutoring (EPT) in EFL contexts, scant literature has focused on its tutors’ career experiences. This narrative study, underpinned by social cognitive career theory (SCCT), inquiries into the career trajectories of three EFL tutors in Mainland China. Data were mainly collected through three rounds of narrative interviews. Tutors’ photos representing significant career moments supplemented the interview dat…
Shadow education
Shadow education research has expanded rapidly worldwide in the past decades. Whilst most studies have focused on somewhat broad dimensions of shadow education (for example, its prevalence, nature and characteristics at different educational levels, or its impact on social inequalities), there are various important micro dimensions of this phenomenon that have received limited scholarly attention. In fact, the field lacks research on topics such …
Parentocracy within meritocracy
The shift from meritocracy to parentocracy in contemporary societies has resulted in a situation where children’s educational success increasingly depends on parents’ wealth and wishes rather than children’s ability and efforts. Better-off parents can afford extra learning activities to increase children’s competitive edge. This phenomenon is fuelled by ‘English fever’ in many non-English-speaking contexts, driving parents to subscribe to English…
Understanding novice teachers’ identities through metaphors
Employing ‘identity’ as an analytical lens, this study examined a group of novice school counselling teachers’ (SCTs) professional identities in the Chinese context. Informed by a multiple, integrated theoretical perspective focusing on the cognitive, social, and emotional dimensions of teacher identities, the findings reveal five types of metaphors (i.e. cognitive, social, cognitive-emotional, social-emotional and cognitive-social-emotional) tha…
Shadow education as a form of oppression
Private tutoring is one of the unintended outcomes of high-stakes testing and has become a widespread global phenomenon. It is called shadow education because it mimics the mainstream curriculum. From the critical perspective, this study investigated the role of private tutoring in a context of high-stakes testing through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. It explored 18 Secondary Six (Grade 12) students’ reflections on their learning expe…
Becoming a teacher educator through being a student teacher
This In Practice paper reports on an autoethnographic study based on the author’s 12-week teaching practicum experience in two secondary schools in an initial teacher education programme to professionally develop himself as a teacher educator. As a novice teacher educator, the author took on the role as a student teacher in the practicum. Through ongoing dialogues with different stakeholders in schools and the author’s own reflective self, the pr…
Do secondary school-leaving English examination results predict university students’ academic writing performance? A latent profile analysis
Secondary school-leaving English examination results are often regarded as indicators of students’ competence to study in English-medium universities, which is usually demonstrated through source-based academic writing. In English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) contexts, many English-medium universities require local undergraduates to enrol in an academic writing course, unless they received outstanding English results in secondary sch…
Investing in English private tutoring to move socially upward
Access to private tutoring, or shadow education, significantly contributes to the increasing disparities in the attainment of language learners from different family backgrounds worldwide. In ESL/EFL contexts, many students subscribe to English private tutoring (EPT) in hopes of getting good English results in high-stakes examinations to secure a university place. This longitudinal narrative inquiry investigates the experiences of a financially d…
The most popular star-tutor of English
Private tutoring has become a widespread phenomenon worldwide, partly due to the global trend of marketisation and commodification of education. Informed by a discursive view of identity and through multimodal discourse analysis, this study aims to unveil part of the shadow education discourse by investigating the identities of 41 English language tutors portrayed in their biographies on the websites of six leading tutorial schools in Hong Kong. …
Comparing the effectiveness of cram school tutors and schoolteachers
Exploring the L2 selves of senior secondary students in English private tutoring in Hong Kong
Identity formation in a multicultural university residential hall
Internationalisation has recently become one of the major developmental goals within many institutions of higher education, where the use of languages on campus plays an important role. While research focusing on the use of English in higher education is growing, little attention has been paid to out-of-class contexts. This paper reports on the identity formation of an undergraduate who lived in a multicultural residential hall on an English-medi…
Learning English in the Shadows
Given that private tutoring has received increasing attention in research as a global educational phenomenon with significant implications for educational practices, it has become necessary for TESOL researchers and practitioners to become aware of its impact on language learning and pedagogy. This study investigated the learning experience and reflections of 14 Chinese learners who had received English private tutoring ( EPT ) during their secon…
Exploring the L2 selves of senior secondary students in English private tutoring in Hong Kong
Learning English in the Shadows
Given that private tutoring has received increasing attention in research as a global educational phenomenon with significant implications for educational practices, it has become necessary for TESOL researchers and practitioners to become aware of its impact on language learning and pedagogy. This study investigated the learning experience and reflections of 14 Chinese learners who had received English private tutoring ( EPT ) during their secon…
The most popular star-tutor of English
Private tutoring has become a widespread phenomenon worldwide, partly due to the global trend of marketisation and commodification of education. Informed by a discursive view of identity and through multimodal discourse analysis, this study aims to unveil part of the shadow education discourse by investigating the identities of 41 English language tutors portrayed in their biographies on the websites of six leading tutorial schools in Hong Kong. …
Private Tutoring as a Relief or Burden? Changes in Parental Beliefs About Young Children's English Learning in China
The increasing trend of early English education has promoted the rapid growth of English private tutoring (EPT) for children, which garners attention in research as a global educational phenomenon. In China, EPT for children experienced a fervent expansion under neoliberalism. However, a recent policy (Double‐Reduction Policy) has banned EPT for preschoolers (age 3–6), creating a unique context where state‐led neoliberalism prevails. This study e…
A narrative inquiry into EFL tutors’ career trajectories through social cognitive career theory
Despite the prevalence of English private tutoring (EPT) in EFL contexts, scant literature has focused on its tutors’ career experiences. This narrative study, underpinned by social cognitive career theory (SCCT), inquiries into the career trajectories of three EFL tutors in Mainland China. Data were mainly collected through three rounds of narrative interviews. Tutors’ photos representing significant career moments supplemented the interview dat…
Investing in English private tutoring to move socially upward
Access to private tutoring, or shadow education, significantly contributes to the increasing disparities in the attainment of language learners from different family backgrounds worldwide. In ESL/EFL contexts, many students subscribe to English private tutoring (EPT) in hopes of getting good English results in high-stakes examinations to secure a university place. This longitudinal narrative inquiry investigates the experiences of a financially d…
Comparing the effectiveness of cram school tutors and schoolteachers
Understanding novice teachers’ identities through metaphors
Employing ‘identity’ as an analytical lens, this study examined a group of novice school counselling teachers’ (SCTs) professional identities in the Chinese context. Informed by a multiple, integrated theoretical perspective focusing on the cognitive, social, and emotional dimensions of teacher identities, the findings reveal five types of metaphors (i.e. cognitive, social, cognitive-emotional, social-emotional and cognitive-social-emotional) tha…
Learning English in the Shadows
Given that private tutoring has received increasing attention in research as a global educational phenomenon with significant implications for educational practices, it has become necessary for TESOL researchers and practitioners to become aware of its impact on language learning and pedagogy. This study investigated the learning experience and reflections of 14 Chinese learners who had received English private tutoring ( EPT ) during their secon…
Identity formation in a multicultural university residential hall
Internationalisation has recently become one of the major developmental goals within many institutions of higher education, where the use of languages on campus plays an important role. While research focusing on the use of English in higher education is growing, little attention has been paid to out-of-class contexts. This paper reports on the identity formation of an undergraduate who lived in a multicultural residential hall on an English-medi…
Exploring the L2 selves of senior secondary students in English private tutoring in Hong Kong
Comparing the effectiveness of cram school tutors and schoolteachers
Becoming a teacher educator through being a student teacher
This In Practice paper reports on an autoethnographic study based on the author’s 12-week teaching practicum experience in two secondary schools in an initial teacher education programme to professionally develop himself as a teacher educator. As a novice teacher educator, the author took on the role as a student teacher in the practicum. Through ongoing dialogues with different stakeholders in schools and the author’s own reflective self, the pr…
Do secondary school-leaving English examination results predict university students’ academic writing performance? A latent profile analysis
Secondary school-leaving English examination results are often regarded as indicators of students’ competence to study in English-medium universities, which is usually demonstrated through source-based academic writing. In English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) contexts, many English-medium universities require local undergraduates to enrol in an academic writing course, unless they received outstanding English results in secondary sch…
Investing in English private tutoring to move socially upward
Access to private tutoring, or shadow education, significantly contributes to the increasing disparities in the attainment of language learners from different family backgrounds worldwide. In ESL/EFL contexts, many students subscribe to English private tutoring (EPT) in hopes of getting good English results in high-stakes examinations to secure a university place. This longitudinal narrative inquiry investigates the experiences of a financially d…
The most popular star-tutor of English
Private tutoring has become a widespread phenomenon worldwide, partly due to the global trend of marketisation and commodification of education. Informed by a discursive view of identity and through multimodal discourse analysis, this study aims to unveil part of the shadow education discourse by investigating the identities of 41 English language tutors portrayed in their biographies on the websites of six leading tutorial schools in Hong Kong. …
Shadow education as a form of oppression
Private tutoring is one of the unintended outcomes of high-stakes testing and has become a widespread global phenomenon. It is called shadow education because it mimics the mainstream curriculum. From the critical perspective, this study investigated the role of private tutoring in a context of high-stakes testing through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. It explored 18 Secondary Six (Grade 12) students’ reflections on their learning expe…
Parentocracy within meritocracy
The shift from meritocracy to parentocracy in contemporary societies has resulted in a situation where children’s educational success increasingly depends on parents’ wealth and wishes rather than children’s ability and efforts. Better-off parents can afford extra learning activities to increase children’s competitive edge. This phenomenon is fuelled by ‘English fever’ in many non-English-speaking contexts, driving parents to subscribe to English…
Understanding novice teachers’ identities through metaphors
Employing ‘identity’ as an analytical lens, this study examined a group of novice school counselling teachers’ (SCTs) professional identities in the Chinese context. Informed by a multiple, integrated theoretical perspective focusing on the cognitive, social, and emotional dimensions of teacher identities, the findings reveal five types of metaphors (i.e. cognitive, social, cognitive-emotional, social-emotional and cognitive-social-emotional) tha…
Shadow education
Shadow education research has expanded rapidly worldwide in the past decades. Whilst most studies have focused on somewhat broad dimensions of shadow education (for example, its prevalence, nature and characteristics at different educational levels, or its impact on social inequalities), there are various important micro dimensions of this phenomenon that have received limited scholarly attention. In fact, the field lacks research on topics such …
Revamping an English for specific academic purposes course for problem-based learning
A narrative inquiry into EFL tutors’ career trajectories through social cognitive career theory
Despite the prevalence of English private tutoring (EPT) in EFL contexts, scant literature has focused on its tutors’ career experiences. This narrative study, underpinned by social cognitive career theory (SCCT), inquiries into the career trajectories of three EFL tutors in Mainland China. Data were mainly collected through three rounds of narrative interviews. Tutors’ photos representing significant career moments supplemented the interview dat…
Unpacking private tutors’ critical incidents for professional development in shadow education
Critical incidents (CIs) link closely to teacher reflection and development. This study explores CIs experienced by nine private tutors in the shadow education context of Mainland China. Informed by complexity theory, the study unpacks their various categories, occurrence pathways, and impacts on tutors’ professional development (PD). Based on three rounds of narrative interviews exploring each tutor’s career experience, the findings show that : …
A narrative inquiry into a private tutor’s dynamic professional development in shadow education
Private tutoring (shadow education) has become prevalent in many contexts, particularly in those with an examination-oriented education system. The prevalence of shadow education entails attention to private tutors’ professional development (PD), given its impact on tutors’ career commitment and consumer confidence. This narrative inquiry, underpinned by sociocultural theory, explores the dynamic PD of an English as a foreign language (EFL) tutor…
A Longitudinal Narrative Inquiry on Disadvantaged Adolescents' Well‐Being Development in Fee‐Free Supplementary Tutoring
Well‐being development in young people's formative years is crucial for their transition to adulthood. While research on well‐being in formal education contexts is expanding, little attention has been paid to out‐of‐school educational settings, particularly supplementary tutoring for disadvantaged students. Adopting Sirgy's concept of positive balance, this paper examines the well‐being of financially disadvantaged adolescents receiving fee‐free …
Theorizing agency from a complex dynamic systems theory perspective
The recent dynamic turn in second language acquisition research has called for an investigation in learner agency by taking its complex dynamic nature into account. Informed by complex dynamic systems theory (CDST), this study investigated the agency of learners in a complex educational context where mainstream schooling and private tutoring (shadow education) coexist, and when teaching and learning was switched online. Through longitudinal narra…
Bittersweet English private tutoring
Private Tutoring as a Relief or Burden? Changes in Parental Beliefs About Young Children's English Learning in China
The increasing trend of early English education has promoted the rapid growth of English private tutoring (EPT) for children, which garners attention in research as a global educational phenomenon. In China, EPT for children experienced a fervent expansion under neoliberalism. However, a recent policy (Double‐Reduction Policy) has banned EPT for preschoolers (age 3–6), creating a unique context where state‐led neoliberalism prevails. This study e…
Students’ Situated Preferences for ‘Native’ and ‘Non‐Native’ English‐Speaking Schoolteachers and Private Tutors in Hong Kong
English private tutoring (EPT) has become a major site of English learning for students in many examination‐oriented societies, yet world Englishes scholarship has rarely looked inside shadow education. This article compares how the same learners reason about their preferences for so‐called native and non‐native English‐speaking teachers (NESTs and NNESTs) across two coexisting educational contexts: mainstream schooling and EPT. Drawing on focus‐…
Navigating language learning choices
Out-of-school language learning, a crucial supplement to formal schooling, is shaped by many sociopolitical factors, such as macro-level policies that determine the availability of language resources. China’s ongoing Double Reduction Policy (DRP) has substantially reduced English private tutoring (EPT), reshaping out-of-school language learning landscapes. While existing research has largely examined impacts on the supply side (tutors and institu…
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