Edsoulla is an assistant professor in the School of Education and Languages at Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU; formerly the Open University of Hong Kong, OUHK). Prior to completing her doctorate in second language education at the University of Cambridge as a Cambridge Trust scholar, Edsoulla taught English courses for academic and specific purposes in the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where she received a Faculty of Arts Outstanding Teaching Award in 2013 and an ELTU Exemplary Teaching Award for three consecutive years.

At HKMU, Edsoulla is engaged in English language education, teacher education, and educational research. With her commitment to quality teaching, she has been appointed as one of the six Learning and Teaching Evangelists, responsible for promulgating good practices for effective teaching among colleagues and working with the Office for Advancement of Learning and Teaching (ALTO) to facilitate teachers’ professional development. She was also a recipient of the President’s Awards for Teaching Excellence at the university in 2021. With her research interests in second language acquisition, professional development for teachers, and vocabulary input and treatment, Edsoulla has published in international journals, including International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, System and the Asia-Pacific Education Researcher.

Selected Awards 

Selected Teaching Awards

• President’s Awards for Teaching Excellence, HKMU (2021)
• Faculty of Arts Outstanding Teaching Award, CUHK (2013)
• Exemplary Teaching Award, ELTU, CUHK (2013; 2014; 2015)

Selected Research Awards

• Emerald Literati Outstanding Reviewer Award (2022)
• HKMU Research Achievement Award (2020−21)

Selected Academic Awards and Scholarships

• Dean's Honours List, Faculty of Education, CUHK (3 years) 
• St. Anne's College Prize, University of Oxford 
• Cambridge Trust Scholarship
• HKSAR Government Scholarship
• Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence
• Sir S K Tang Chevening Postgraduate Scholarship 

• English Language Teaching and Learning
• Professional Development for Teachers
• Second Language Acquisition
• Vocabulary Input and Treatment

BA, BEd (CUHK, First Hons); MSc (Oxon, Distinction); PhD (Cantab)

1. Listening strategy literacy of L2 English language teachers: An exploratory study of teachers' knowledge about listening strategies and practice of strategy instruction.
   Co-investigator, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, 2024-26. Project number: 17621624. [HKD476,440]
   
   
2. A multivariate longitudinal study on the listening problems and listening strategies of first-year tertiary EMI students.
   Co-investigator, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, 2023-25. Project number: 18606223. [HKD639,350]
   
   
3. A corpus-driven analysis of academic vocabulary use in essays written by English language learners at a Hong Kong university. 
   Principal Investigator, University Research Committee, HKMU, 11/2022-04/2024, RD/2022/1.19. [HKD200,000]
    
4. Towards a reflective approach to developing academic vocabulary: An intervention case study in the higher education context.
   Principal Investigator, Faculty Development Scheme, Research Grants Council, 01/2022-12/2023, UGC/FDS16/H19/21. [HKD768,300] 
    
5. Vocabulary learning and teaching in the English language classroom: Issues, challenges and implications. 
   Principal Investigator, Research and Development Funding for School of Education and Languages, HKMU, 2021-22, R4097. [HKD40,000] 
    
6. Investigating the role of critical reflection in teachers' professional development. 
   Principal Investigator, Research and Development Funding for School of Education and Languages, OUHK, 2019-20, R4089. [HKD40,000] 
    
7. A pilot study on analysing HKEAA English essays for learning and teaching in Hong Kong secondary schools. 
   Co-investigator, Research and Development Funding for School of Education and Languages, OUHK, 2019-20, R4086/7. [HKD60,000]
    
8. Developing beliefs and practices regarding vocabulary teaching through a dialogic approach for professional development: A case study of English language teachers in Hong Kong. 
   Principal investigator, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, 2015-18. [Approx. HKD960,000]
    
9. Expanding the academic vocabulary of university students: An eLearning initiative.
   Co-investigator, Courseware Development Grant, Academic IT Steering Committee (AITSC), CUHK, 2013-14. [HKD85,000]
    
10. Strategies to improve vocabulary size of university students. 
    Co-investigator, Teaching Development Grants for 2012-15 Triennium, CUHK, 2012-13. [HKD149,666]
     

• Member (2020-22) and Chairperson (2022-23) - LPATE Subject Committee; Chairperson (2023-24) and Member (2024-26) - LPAE Subject Committee
  
  
• Founding Member - Global Vision Empowerment Committee, Uplift Educational Charity Foundation (2024-present)
  
  
• Mentor - CoP for the BA (English Studies) and BEd (English Language Education) Co-terminal Double Degree Programme (EDUC4040 Teaching Practice II), Faculty of Education, CUHK (2018-19)
  
  
• Editorial Board Member and Reviewer - English as Foreign Language International Journal [Scopus; Formerly Asian EFL Journal] (2016-present) and TESOL International Journal [Scopus] (2015-present)
  
  
• Review Committee Member - The Asian Conference on Language Learning (2019); The Southeast Asian Conference on Education (2020); The Asian Conference on Education (2021); The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii (2022 & 2023)
  
  
• Reviewer - British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference (2017)
  
  
• Ad-hoc reviewer for SSCI journals - Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education; Cambridge Journal of Education; Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching; International Journal of Applied Linguistics; International Journal of Educational Research; International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching; Journal of Education for Teaching; Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development; Language and Education; Language, Culture and Curriculum; SAGE Open; Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Sustainability; The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
  
  
• Ad-hoc reviewer for ESCI, Scopus and other journals – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal [Scopus]; Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education [ESCI]; Education Sciences [ESCI]; Journal of Decision Systems [ESCI]; Journal of Language and Education [ESCI]; Language Teaching for Young Learners [ESCI]; Pedagogies: An International Journal [ESCI]; PLOS One [SCIE]; Teacher Education Quarterly; TESOL Journal [ESCI]; The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language (TESL-EJ) [Scopus]; The Language Learning Journal [ESCI]; The International Journal of Learning
  
  
• Adjudicator - Time to Talk Public Speaking Competition (2024); Sing Tao Inter-School Debating Competition (2013-present); The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups English Public Speaking Contest (2022)