Professor Kevin W. H. Tai is Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education (CAISE) at the Faculty of Education in The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He was awarded the RGC Early Career Award (ECA) in 2023/24 from the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, the University Research Output Prize, the Faculty Outstanding Young Researcher Award and the Faculty Early Career Research Output Award from HKU for recognising his excellent achievements in research. Moreover, he was listed in the World's Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists in the field of Languages and Linguistics by Standard University Ranking in 2024. In relation to his editorial positions, Kevin Tai is Editor of The Language Learning Journal (ESCI-listed Journal; Routledge), Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (SSCI-listed Journal; Routledge) and Executive Guest Editor of Learning and Instruction (SSCI-listed Journal; Elsevier). His research interests include: translanguaging in multilingual contexts, classroom discourse, language education policy, and qualitative research methods (particularly Conversation Analysis and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis). Kevin Tai is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
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