Brian Paltridge
Professor Paltridge has taught English as a second language in Australia, New Zealand,
and Italy and has published extensively internationally in peer-reviewed journals.
He has taught postgraduate courses in the areas of second-language teaching and learning,
language curriculum design and methodology, research methods, discourse analysis,
English for specific purposes, writing for publication and thesis and dissertation writing.
With Sue Starfield, he edits the Routledge Introductions to English for Specific Purposes
and Research in English for Specific Purposes series.
Guangwei Hu
Guangwei Hu is Professor of Language and Literacy Education in the Department of English,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he teaches psycholinguistics, language testing,
and research methodologies. His research interests include academic literacy,
language assessment, second language education, biliteracy acquisition, and the psychology
of second language learning and use.
He has published widely on these and other areas and serves on the editorial boards of several
international journals such as English for Specific Purposes, Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes,
Language, Culture and Curriculum, and Publications. Currently, he is Co-Editor of the Journal of
English for Academic Purposes.
