Research interests: Applied Linguistics and Teacher Education.

Professor of Applied Linguistics in Education, School of Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of East Anglia. Honorary Professor and Chair of Applied Linguistics, the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Honorary Professor at the University of Warwick. Foundation Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. 39 years teaching English for Academic Purposes, applied linguistics, and teacher education. He has Published 13 single-authored books, 14 edited books and over 220 journal articles and book chapters. Many articles have appeared in the top international SCCI journals.