Assistant Lecturer
- Cert. TESOL, Trinity College London
- MA in Literary and Cultural Studies, The University of Hong Kong
- BA in English Studies (First Class), City University of Hong Kong
Gagan obtained his M.A. in Literary and Cultural Studies at The University of Hong Kong. Prior to his postgraduate qualification, he accumulated experience in various fields including broadcast journalism, social media, and language tutoring while completing his B.A. in English Studies from City University of Hong Kong. Before joining the Centre for Applied English Studies as an Assistant Lecturer, he worked as a research assistant for the Hong Kong Archive of Language Learning, and English teaching assistant at CAES.
Gagan teaches a wide range of undergraduate English-in-the-Discipline (ED) courses, including Core University English, and those catering to the Faculty of Business and Economics, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science. He is the course coordinator of CAES9821 Professional and Technical Communication for Mathematical Sciences. He also designed and held academic writing and portfolio writing workshops for MA programmes at HKU.
His academic interests include literary and film studies, student autonomy and engagement, and language, culture and identity.
Selected Publications / Presentations:
- Singh, G. (2018). [Review of the Book: Faces of English: Students, Teachers, and Pedagogy, by L.C. Wong & K. Hyland]. The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 5(2), 263-264.
- Singh, G., Leigh, L., & Zhang, J. (2018). The ETA Initiative: Beyond English Language Support. Hong Kong Continuing Professional Development Symposium conducted at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.