Fang Fan obtained his PhD from the Centre for Global Englishes, the University of Southampton, the UK. He is currently Professor (Practice) at The Education University of Hong Kong. His research interests include Global Englishes, language attitude, identity, intercultural communication and ELT. He has published articles in journals including Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Asian Englishes, ELT Journal, English Today, Language, Culture and Curriculum, Language Teaching Research, and System, among others. His latest books include a monograph titled Re-positioning accent attitude in the Global Englishes paradigm (Routledge) and an edited volume (co-edited with Dr Handoyo Widodo) titled Critical Perspectives on Global Englishes in Asia: Language Policy, Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Multilingual Matters).