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Joseph Arthur Davies

Senior Lecturer of English Language at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Selected Publications


‘Feedbackpacking’: mapping the journey towards independent L2 student feedback literacy

Journal Article Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education · January 1, 2025 Generally, there are two kinds of travellers: package tourists and independent backpackers. The journey towards second language (L2) student feedback literacy shares many features with independent backpacker travel, and there are benefits to viewing studen ... Full text Open Access Cite

What the CHAMELEON Framework Taught Us About Equitable and Adaptable Pedagogy

Chapter · January 1, 2025 The CHAMELEON framework, although stimulated by COVID-19, has transformed the English for academic purposes (EAP) practices at a Sino–foreign joint venture university. The framework’s guiding principles are to show compassion and empathy to foster equitabl ... Full text Open Access Cite

Developing learning-focused feedback practices: An evaluation of English for Academic Purposes teacher feedback literacy at a Sino-foreign university

Chapter · September 1, 2024 This chapter explores the feedback literacy of Higher Education (HE) English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teachers based at a Sino-foreign joint venture university. Specifically, the chapter aims to: • Critically review the suitability of current teacher fe ... Open Access Link to item Cite

In search of learning-focused feedback practices: a linguistic analysis of higher education feedback policy

Journal Article Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education · January 1, 2023 Feedback can have one of the biggest positive influences on higher education learners. Despite this, teachers and students consistently report being dissatisfied with feedback. In response, there has been a theoretical shift in how feedback is conceptualis ... Full text Open Access Cite

Understanding and Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries: Pedagogical Insights from an Interdisciplinary Graduate-Level EAP Course Sequence

Chapter · January 1, 2023 Over the past 30 years, the popularity of interdisciplinary approaches to academic study has grown. At the same time, there is a growing consensus that English for academic purposes (EAP) courses should move away from teaching ‘general’ study skills and in ... Full text Open Access Cite

The CHAMELEON approach to change: adapting to new educational conditions

Journal Article Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education · October 27, 2021 Full text Open Access Cite

Lessons from a virtual field trip: Adapting explorative and immersive learning pedagogy

Journal Article Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education · October 14, 2021 Full text Open Access Cite

Surveying pragmatic performance during a study abroad stay: A cross-sectional look at the language of spoken requests

Journal Article Intercultural Communication Education · August 31, 2019 This paper documents a cross-sectional look at L1 transfer and L2 contact for learners of English in a UK study abroad (SA) context. The study employed an instructional experimental design over a 6-month period with 34 Chinese students assigned to ... Full text Open Access Cite

Rethinking orientation: Innovation and collaboration in a language and culture camp at a Sino-US university.

Chapter The past few decades have seen a dramatic increase in the internationalization of higher education institutions, from study abroad programs to increasing internationalization efforts at home (Institute of International Education, 2019; Ogden & Brewer, 2019 ... Open Access Cite