Dr. Ge is currently Assistant Professor in the School of Education and Languages, and Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Bilingual Learning and Teaching at Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU). She also developed and serves as Programme Leader of the Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Child Language Disorders. She received her MPhil and PhD in Linguistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Dr Ge's research aims to advance understanding and support for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, with a particular focus on autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Her research uses experimental methods to investigate how linguistic properties, child-internal factors (e.g, executive functions, theory of mind), and environmental influences (e.g., language input, family practices) jointly shape language and cognitive development in these children.
Dr. Ge has secured competitive research funding supported by the Faculty Development Scheme, Smart Traffic Fund, Health and Medical Research Fund, General Research Fund, and National Social Science Fund of China. Her work has appeared in top-tier high-impact international journals, including Autism, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Applied Psycholinguistics, and Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. Her scholarly work has been recognised through awards, including the Faculty Advancement Fund, the Sino-British Fellowship Trust Fund, and the Outstanding Research Publication Award at HKMU.
Dr. Ge is certified to administer and code the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Second Edition (ADOS-2) (a gold-standard instrument for diagnosing autism) for clinical and research reliability. She has conducted professional assessments for hundreds of autistic children in Hong Kong. Her evidence-based research has received extensive media coverage and is widely shared with parents, educators, and professionals through community outreach.
Updates:
[05/2024] Our research reveals that socioeconomic status affects the bilingual exposure received by autistic children in Hong Kong:
[星島頭條網] 27 May 2024 自閉症兒童學好雙語 助融入社會向上流動
[01/2024] Our research on bilingualism and autism was covered in newspapers!
[明報] 23 January 2024都大研究:ASD童學雙語 有助語言發展
[大公報] 23 January 2024都大研究:自閉童學中英雙語有助溝通
[文匯報] 23 January 2024都大研究揭雙語學習升自閉童理解表達力
[星島頭條網] 23 January 2024都大研究:雙語教育助自閉症譜系障礙兒童 提升理解及表達能力
[香港經濟日報網] 23 January 2024【自閉症】自閉症小學生過去5年增長2成6 學者:雙語學習有助彌補資訊整合能力
[香港商報網] 23 January 2024都大研究:雙語教育可改善自閉症譜系障礙兒童溝通障礙
[香港新聞網] 23 January 2024港都大研究:雙語教育助升自閉症譜系障礙兒童的理解和表達能力
[信報網] 23 January 2024都大研究:雙語教育助提升自閉症兒童溝通能力
[Oh爸媽] 23 January 2024都大研究:雙語教育助自閉症童 提升理解及表達能力
[中國評論月刊網絡版] 24 January 2024都大研究:自閉童學中英雙語有助溝通
[香港經濟日報網] 23 January 2024 自閉學童|自閉症港童5年增長兩成六 6問題自測孩子是否自閉症
[10/2023] How does bilingual exposure affect the first language development of autistic children? Check out our newly published article in Autism! https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231207449
[10/2022] Our paper on the comprehension abilities of Cantonese-speaking children with ASD is now available in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Feel free to check it out: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05770-1
[01/2021] Our paper on L2 writing quality and linguistic features is now available online in System. Please visit https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2021.102461 for more details.
[06/2020] Our article on L2 comprehension of focus-to-accentuation mapping is now available in Studies in Second Language Acquisition. Feel free to check it out: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0272263120000248
[06/2020] We are currently recruiting Cantonese-speaking children with and without ASD to participate in an RGC-funded research project. Please share the flyers with your friends. Thanks!!