Lindsay Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 3941514 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lindsay Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lindsay |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5961-2381 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Engagement and Incidental L2 Vocabulary Acquisition in Digital Gaming
An increasing amount of language learning is occurring outside the traditional classroom settings, with digital gaming emerging as a prominent arena. This study presents a case analysis of an individual, Choi, who is a gaming enthusiast or even an “in‐denial gaming addict” (in his own words) and demonstrates a paradoxical academic profile: academically underperforming yet possessing an advanced level of English proficiency. Through reflective ess…
Financial model of a carbon-neutral microgrid at an Ontario high school
A 30-year financial model and business case is presented for implementing a microgrid at an Ontario school to meet their energy needs and net-zero carbon emissions. The project considers several factors including capital expenses, electricity and natural gas cost projections, CO2 emission credits, efficiency measures, demand charge mitigation [and non-monetary benefits]. Ontario-specific policies and incentives are discussed. This project provide…
Innovative financing for renewable energy project development – recent case studies in North America
Renewable energy can address increasing energy demand while mitigating the effects of climate change. High capital costs and long payback periods require most projects to secure financing for a portion of the initial costs. Market-based incentives and policies can be credited with lowering development costs, but these come with uncertainties and expiration dates. To secure financing, project developers have turned to innovative mechanisms. This p…
Self-access managers
Managing self-access language learning
English teacher preference
In an era when English has become the uncontested world language, this study explores who Chinese non-English majors prefer as their English teachers: English teachers from China (ETCs) or so-called native-speaking English teachers (NETs). This issue has been keenly debated in the Chinese press in recent years. However, it is not a debate in which the voices of the learners and teachers of English have been sufficiently reported through empirical…
Social Structure and Individual Agency in Second Language Learning
This paper examines the issue of social structure and individual agency in language learning through the life histories of three young engineering graduates in Hong Kong. English is identified as an important form of cultural capital, which to a considerable extent determines the development of the three individuals, each of whom comes from a modest family background. In spite of the undeniable role of cultural capital (a product of social struct…
Issues in lecturing in a second language
This article explores how Hong Kong Chinese engineering students with low English language proficiency manage to cope with their lectures given in English. An ethnographic case study approach was used with multiple sources of data triangulated to provide a picture of the lecture event from both the students’ and the lecturer’s perspectives. One of the outcomes of the study, as described in this article, is that lectures have specific genres and t…
Attitudes Towards English and Cantonese among Hong Kong Chinese University Lecturers
This article describes a study that used primarily in-depth interviews to investigate the attitudes of 20 lecturers towards the English medium of instruction policy at a Hong Kong university at the moment of the former British colony's transition to Chinese sovereignty. The results of the study document the overall attitudes of the lecturers towards the policy, their reasons for supporting it, their problems in applying it, and their reported use…
On the Notion of Culture in L2 Lectures
This article reports on one aspect of the findings of a 3-year ethnographic study into academic lectures conducted at a university in Hong Kong, where native speakers of English lecture to ethnic Chinese ESL students. Based on ethnographic data, the article develops a framework for the analysis of L2 lectures. The framework has four dimensions: ethnic culture, local culture, academic culture, and disciplinary culture. Each of the dimensions is il…
On the Notion of Culture in L2 Lectures
This article reports on one aspect of the findings of a 3-year ethnographic study into academic lectures conducted at a university in Hong Kong, where native speakers of English lecture to ethnic Chinese ESL students. Based on ethnographic data, the article develops a framework for the analysis of L2 lectures. The framework has four dimensions: ethnic culture, local culture, academic culture, and disciplinary culture. Each of the dimensions is il…
Attitudes Towards English and Cantonese among Hong Kong Chinese University Lecturers
This article describes a study that used primarily in-depth interviews to investigate the attitudes of 20 lecturers towards the English medium of instruction policy at a Hong Kong university at the moment of the former British colony's transition to Chinese sovereignty. The results of the study document the overall attitudes of the lecturers towards the policy, their reasons for supporting it, their problems in applying it, and their reported use…
English teacher preference
In an era when English has become the uncontested world language, this study explores who Chinese non-English majors prefer as their English teachers: English teachers from China (ETCs) or so-called native-speaking English teachers (NETs). This issue has been keenly debated in the Chinese press in recent years. However, it is not a debate in which the voices of the learners and teachers of English have been sufficiently reported through empirical…
Engagement and Incidental L2 Vocabulary Acquisition in Digital Gaming
An increasing amount of language learning is occurring outside the traditional classroom settings, with digital gaming emerging as a prominent arena. This study presents a case analysis of an individual, Choi, who is a gaming enthusiast or even an “in‐denial gaming addict” (in his own words) and demonstrates a paradoxical academic profile: academically underperforming yet possessing an advanced level of English proficiency. Through reflective ess…
Managing self-access language learning
On the Notion of Culture in L2 Lectures
This article reports on one aspect of the findings of a 3-year ethnographic study into academic lectures conducted at a university in Hong Kong, where native speakers of English lecture to ethnic Chinese ESL students. Based on ethnographic data, the article develops a framework for the analysis of L2 lectures. The framework has four dimensions: ethnic culture, local culture, academic culture, and disciplinary culture. Each of the dimensions is il…
Attitudes Towards English and Cantonese among Hong Kong Chinese University Lecturers
This article describes a study that used primarily in-depth interviews to investigate the attitudes of 20 lecturers towards the English medium of instruction policy at a Hong Kong university at the moment of the former British colony's transition to Chinese sovereignty. The results of the study document the overall attitudes of the lecturers towards the policy, their reasons for supporting it, their problems in applying it, and their reported use…
Issues in lecturing in a second language
This article explores how Hong Kong Chinese engineering students with low English language proficiency manage to cope with their lectures given in English. An ethnographic case study approach was used with multiple sources of data triangulated to provide a picture of the lecture event from both the students’ and the lecturer’s perspectives. One of the outcomes of the study, as described in this article, is that lectures have specific genres and t…
Social Structure and Individual Agency in Second Language Learning
This paper examines the issue of social structure and individual agency in language learning through the life histories of three young engineering graduates in Hong Kong. English is identified as an important form of cultural capital, which to a considerable extent determines the development of the three individuals, each of whom comes from a modest family background. In spite of the undeniable role of cultural capital (a product of social struct…
Managing self-access language learning
English teacher preference
In an era when English has become the uncontested world language, this study explores who Chinese non-English majors prefer as their English teachers: English teachers from China (ETCs) or so-called native-speaking English teachers (NETs). This issue has been keenly debated in the Chinese press in recent years. However, it is not a debate in which the voices of the learners and teachers of English have been sufficiently reported through empirical…
Self-access managers
Innovative financing for renewable energy project development – recent case studies in North America
Renewable energy can address increasing energy demand while mitigating the effects of climate change. High capital costs and long payback periods require most projects to secure financing for a portion of the initial costs. Market-based incentives and policies can be credited with lowering development costs, but these come with uncertainties and expiration dates. To secure financing, project developers have turned to innovative mechanisms. This p…
Financial model of a carbon-neutral microgrid at an Ontario high school
A 30-year financial model and business case is presented for implementing a microgrid at an Ontario school to meet their energy needs and net-zero carbon emissions. The project considers several factors including capital expenses, electricity and natural gas cost projections, CO2 emission credits, efficiency measures, demand charge mitigation [and non-monetary benefits]. Ontario-specific policies and incentives are discussed. This project provide…
Engagement and Incidental L2 Vocabulary Acquisition in Digital Gaming
An increasing amount of language learning is occurring outside the traditional classroom settings, with digital gaming emerging as a prominent arena. This study presents a case analysis of an individual, Choi, who is a gaming enthusiast or even an “in‐denial gaming addict” (in his own words) and demonstrates a paradoxical academic profile: academically underperforming yet possessing an advanced level of English proficiency. Through reflective ess…
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (8 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (8 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works)