Ruth Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3583190 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Education University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4536-4794 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From sporadic to sustained
Purpose While generative AI empowers language learning beyond the classroom, AI-mediated informal digital learning of English (AI-IDLE) speaking practice tends to be aimless and sporadic. Drawing on Activity Theory and the Social Support Framework, this study proposed and empirically validated a teacher support framework designed to resolve the systemic contradictions inherent in self-directed AI-IDLE speaking practice.Methodology Employing a mix…
Effectiveness of Psychosocial Interventions for Adults With Substance Use Disorder That Have a Co‐Occurring Common Mental Health Disorder
When no one can go to school
What will happen if students cannot go to school and can rely on online learning? This study aimed to examine whether students’ basic learning needs could be met when teaching and learning can only be conducted through online mode. According to Ormrod (2011 Ormrod, J. E. (2011). Human learning (6th ed.). Pearson. [Google Scholar]), the four basic learning needs are arousal, autonomy, relatedness and competence, which were used as the theoretical …
The Qaly at 50
Job-related Stress and Well-being Among Teachers
Teachers are believed to be a profession which brings relatively high job satisfaction as well as high level of stress in their job settings because of various reasons such as heavy workload, long teaching hours, large class size, students’ disciplinary problems, cramped classrooms, excessive administrative work and so on. To examine what the main stressors are and whether gender and teaching experiences will make a difference on how teachers per…
‘Talking the talk or walking the walk?’ A bibliometric review of the literature on public involvement in health research published between 1995 and 2009
Impact of Overseas Immersion Homestay Experience on Linguistic Confidence and Intercultural Communication Strategies
This paper attempts to use Clements’ linguistic confidence theory (Clement, 1980) to explore the relationship between students' intercultural communication strategies, and their linguistic confidence in their second language (L2) both before and during immersion programmes, particularly in the context of the homestay experience. Questionnaire and student interviews were conducted before and after the immersion programmes to investigate levels of …
Strategies for the construction of meaning
The paper examines performance in written English and Chinese in a sample of Singapore students (N = 43). Students had to write essays in both languages and were invited to think aloud while doing so. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the protocols are presented. They show that both effective and ineffective writers use meaning‐constructing strategies in their writing, but they differ in the quality of this use. Those who have developed go…
The Qaly at 50
Impact of Overseas Immersion Homestay Experience on Linguistic Confidence and Intercultural Communication Strategies
This paper attempts to use Clements’ linguistic confidence theory (Clement, 1980) to explore the relationship between students' intercultural communication strategies, and their linguistic confidence in their second language (L2) both before and during immersion programmes, particularly in the context of the homestay experience. Questionnaire and student interviews were conducted before and after the immersion programmes to investigate levels of …
Strategies for the construction of meaning
The paper examines performance in written English and Chinese in a sample of Singapore students (N = 43). Students had to write essays in both languages and were invited to think aloud while doing so. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the protocols are presented. They show that both effective and ineffective writers use meaning‐constructing strategies in their writing, but they differ in the quality of this use. Those who have developed go…
Strategies for the construction of meaning
The paper examines performance in written English and Chinese in a sample of Singapore students (N = 43). Students had to write essays in both languages and were invited to think aloud while doing so. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the protocols are presented. They show that both effective and ineffective writers use meaning‐constructing strategies in their writing, but they differ in the quality of this use. Those who have developed go…
‘Talking the talk or walking the walk?’ A bibliometric review of the literature on public involvement in health research published between 1995 and 2009
Impact of Overseas Immersion Homestay Experience on Linguistic Confidence and Intercultural Communication Strategies
This paper attempts to use Clements’ linguistic confidence theory (Clement, 1980) to explore the relationship between students' intercultural communication strategies, and their linguistic confidence in their second language (L2) both before and during immersion programmes, particularly in the context of the homestay experience. Questionnaire and student interviews were conducted before and after the immersion programmes to investigate levels of …
Job-related Stress and Well-being Among Teachers
Teachers are believed to be a profession which brings relatively high job satisfaction as well as high level of stress in their job settings because of various reasons such as heavy workload, long teaching hours, large class size, students’ disciplinary problems, cramped classrooms, excessive administrative work and so on. To examine what the main stressors are and whether gender and teaching experiences will make a difference on how teachers per…
The Qaly at 50
When no one can go to school
What will happen if students cannot go to school and can rely on online learning? This study aimed to examine whether students’ basic learning needs could be met when teaching and learning can only be conducted through online mode. According to Ormrod (2011 Ormrod, J. E. (2011). Human learning (6th ed.). Pearson. [Google Scholar]), the four basic learning needs are arousal, autonomy, relatedness and competence, which were used as the theoretical …
From sporadic to sustained
Purpose While generative AI empowers language learning beyond the classroom, AI-mediated informal digital learning of English (AI-IDLE) speaking practice tends to be aimless and sporadic. Drawing on Activity Theory and the Social Support Framework, this study proposed and empirically validated a teacher support framework designed to resolve the systemic contradictions inherent in self-directed AI-IDLE speaking practice.Methodology Employing a mix…
Effectiveness of Psychosocial Interventions for Adults With Substance Use Disorder That Have a Co‐Occurring Common Mental Health Disorder
Psychology (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Mental health (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychosocial (2 works)