BobAdamsonisUNESCOChairandChairProfessorofCurriculumReformatTheEducationUniversityofHongKong.HeisalsoaMemberoftheStandingCommitteeonTeacherEducationandProfessionalDevelopment,NationalAssociationofForeignLanguageEducationofthePeople’sRepublicofChina,andSecretary-GeneraloftheInternationalAssociationforMultilingualEducation.HepublishesinthefieldsofEnglishlanguageteaching,teachereducation,comparativeeducation,curriculumstudiesandhighereducation.HewaspartofthecurriculumdevelopmentteamthatproducedtheJuniorEnglishforChinaandSeniorEnglishforChinatextbookseries,whichwereusedbyapproximately400millionstudents.