Professional Services
I have been invited to review book proposals, academic papers, and conference abstracts for the following academic publications and events:
The International Conference on Cantonese and Yue Dialects
Linguistics and Education
The LSHK Award for Outstanding Student Paper in Cantonese Linguistics 香港語言學學會粵語語言學傑出學生論文獎
International Multilingual Research Journal
The Outstanding Thesis Award (PhD Dissertation) (organized by The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong)
The LSHK Award for Outstanding Student Paper on Cantonese Linguistics
《語言學論叢》(北京大學)
Language and Linguistics (《語言暨語言學》)
Journal of Chinese Linguistics
Lingua
The 20th Annual Conference of International Association of Chinese Linguistics
《中國語文通訊》(Newsletter of Chinese Language, now renamed as Current Research on Chinese Linguistics)
Book proposal for Brill
Journal of Computers in Education
Faculty Development Scheme, Research Grants Council
Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
Competitive Research Funding Schemes (GRF/ECS), Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
Text & Talk: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language, Discourse & Communication Studies
Linguistics and Literature Studies
Services at Education University of Hong Kong (formerly known as The Hong Kong Institute of Education):
University/Institute level
Member (in the capacity of Head of Department), Academic Board, since 7/2020
Member, Governance Review Taskforce, 11/2019 - 4/2021
Elected Faculty representative, Academic Board, 2014/15 - 2015/16, 2018/19 - 2019/2020
Member (academic/teaching staff elected by and from the Academic Board), President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Administrative Services, 2019/20
Member, Taskforce on RAE 2020
Member, Working Group on KPIs/PIs, 11/2017 - 6/2018
Member, Working Group of Online Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET), 09/2017 - 6/2018
Member, Board of Graduate Studies, 12/2016 - 6/2020
Member, Committee on Research and Development, 12/2016 - 6/2020
Member, Editorial Board of EdUHK Learning and Teaching Newsletter, 07/2016 - 7/2018
Member, Human Research Ethics Committee, 9/2015 - 6/2020
Reviewer, Internal Research Grant Proposal, 2015, 2016, 2017
Elected staff representative of Faculty of Humanities, Learning & Teaching Quality Committee, 2014/15-2015/16
Reviewer, Proposal on Professional Development in e-Learning Initiatives, 2014
Elected staff representative of Faculty of Humanities, Academic Board, 2014/15-2015/16
Co-chair, EdD student viva presentation, Graduate School, 27 August 2014
Staff representative of the panel of "Humanities, Creative Arts and Culture" , RGC visit, June 2014
Reviewer, Teaching Development Grant proposal (2013)
Member, Focus Group of New Field Experience Framework (2013)
Panel member, PhD dissertation proposal presentation of Ms. Dora Li Dongyu, 27 June 2012
Panel Chair, Language and Linguistics, Summer School and Research Conference 2012, 3 June 2012
Member, Course Grade Review Panel of EdD program, Graduate School, 16 March 2012
Member, Board of Examiners of Doctor of Education candidate, 15 August 2011
Faculty level (Faculty of Humanities)
Member (in the capacity of Department Head), since 7/2020
Faculty Board
Faculty Management Committee
Associate Dean (Research & Postgraduate Studies), Faculty of Humanities, 12/2016 - 6/2020
Ex-officio member in the capacity of Associate Dean (Research & Postgraduate Studies) at various Faculty-level Committees, 12/2016 - 6/2020
Programme Committees of Taught Postgraduate Programmes
Faculty Board
Faculty Management Committee
Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee
Faculty Academic Development Committee
Chair, Faculty Research & Development Committee, Faculty of Humanities, 12/2016 - 6/2020
Chair, Board of Examiners for Taught Postgraduate Programmes, 12/2016 - 6/2020
Co-opted member, Faculty Advisory Committee, 12/2016 - 6/2020
Associate Director, Centre for Research on Linguistics and Language Studies, since 2015
Editor-in-chief, FHM Newsletter, 12/2016 - 6/2020
Programme Leader, MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Faculty of Humanities, 8/2016 to 3/2017
Elected departmental representative, Faculty Management Committee, Faculty of Humanities, 2016/17-2017/18
Member, Faculty Academic Development Committee, Faculty of Humanities (2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2016/17)
Elected departmental representative, Faculty Board of Humanities, 2014-2016, 2016-18
Member, Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee, Faculty of Humanities, 2013/2014, 2015/16, 2016/17
Faculty representative of Faculty Academic Development Committee, Panel visit for Programme Area Accreditation by HKCAAVQ, 4/2014
Member, Board of Examiner, Bachelor of Education (Chinese Language), Faculty of Humanities (2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/15)
Member, Working Group for the development of an MA programme in the area of Linguistics, Faculty Academic Development Committee, Faculty of Humanities
Member, BA (Language Studies) Programme Revalidation Exercise, 8/2013
Co-opted member, Working Group of the Programme Area in Chinese Studies, Special Team for Programme Area Accreditation (Discipline Review) in Humanities, 2013
Program Leader, Master of Arts in Educational Linguistics & Communication Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, 2013/2014
Member, Board of Examiner, Master of Science in Educational Speech-Language Pathology and Learning Disabilities, Faculty of Education and Human Development, 2013/2014
Member, Program Review Team, Bachelor of Education (Chinese Language), Faculty of Humanities, 5/2013 - 8/2013
Member, Program Committee, Master of Arts in Educational Linguistics and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Humanities (2012/2013)
Member, Board of Examiner, Master of Arts in Educational Linguistics and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Humanities (2012/2013, 2013/2014)
Member, Program Committee, Bachelor of Education (Chinese Language), Faculty of Humanities (2012/2013, 2013/2014)
Reviewer, General Research Fund proposals, Faculty of Humanities (2012, 2013, 2014)
Member, Program Development Committee, Master of Arts in Educational Linguistics and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Languages (since 1/2011)
Representative of Master of Arts in Educational Linguistics and Communication Sciences, Working Group on Program Promotion and Student Recruitment, Faculty of Languages
Representative of Master of Arts in Educational Linguistics and Communication Sciences, Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee, Faculty of Languages (restructured as Faculty of Humanities from 7/2012) (2011-2012)
Departmental level
Head, Department of Linguistics & Modern Language Studies, since 7/2020
Chair, Departmental Management and Research Committee, Department of Linguistics & Modern Language Studies, since 7/2020
Chair, Departmental Academic Development Committee (2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20)
Member, Departmental Management and Research Committee, Department of Linguistics & Modern Language Studies (2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20)
Chair, Departmental Assessment Panel (2015/16)
Chair, Departmental Learning and Teaching Committee (2015/16)
Member, Programme Committee, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (2015/16)
Co-opted member, Programme Committee, Master of Science in Educational Speech-Language Pathology and Learning Disabilities (2015/16, 2016/17)
Member, Departmental Academic Development Committee (5/2015 - 8/2016)
Elected member, Departmental Review Committees of (a) Department of Linguistics & Modern Language Studies and (b) Department of Chinese Language (2013/14)
Member, Departmental Learning and Teaching Committee, Department of Linguistics & Modern Language Studies (2012/13, 2013/14)
Project holder, Specific Student Empowerment Work Scheme (SEWS), Student Affairs Office (2012/13)
Member, Departmental Committee on Strategic Development in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics & Modern Language Studies (2012/2013)
Other professional activities/services:
Member-at-large, The 18th Executive Committee, The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (香港語言學學會) (2020 and 2021)
External Examiner for Language, Culture and Society, School of General Education and Languages, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi) (2019 – 2023)
Internal Examiner of PhD candidate, Ms Zhi Yuying, The Education University of Hong Kong (viva in 9/2019)
External Examiner of PhD candidate, Mr Liu Hongchao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (7/22018)
Managing Editor, Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics 《中國語言學集刊》, Brill (since 7/2018)
President, The 17th Executive Committee, The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (香港語言學學會) (2018-2019)
Officer of Web Site Management, The Li Fang-Kuei Society for Chinese Linguistics (紀念李方桂先生中國語言學研究學會) (2017-2020)
Member, editorial board, Newsletter of Chinese Language (now renamed as Current Research in Chinese Linguistics) 中國語文通訊 (since 12/2015)
Member, The 16th Executive Committee, The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (香港語言學學會) (2016-2017)
Review, Routledge textbook proposal on corpus linguistics, 6/2015
External Examiner (English courses), Lingnan Institute of Further Education, Lingnan University (9/2014 - 6/2020)
Member, Organizing Committee, Forum on “Y. R. Chao and Linguistics” (A satellite event of IACL-20, Hong Kong), 8/2012
Member, The 14th Executive Committee, The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (香港語言學學會) (2012-2013)
Member, Jyutping Working Group 粵拼小組, The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (香港語言學學會) (2012-2013)
Panel judge, 中國語文菁英計畫, Chinese Language Education Research Association (中國語文教育研究會) (2/2012)
Member, Organizing Committee, The Twelfth Workshop on Cantonese (第十二屆粵語討論會), organized by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (2/2012)
Convener, Program Committee, International Conference on Chinese Language Learning and Teaching in the Digital Age, organized by Research Centre on Linguistics and Language Information Sciences, The Hong Kong Institute of Education (11/2011)
Member, Organizing Committee, Roundtable Conference on Linguistic Corpus and Corpus Linguistics, organized by Research Centre on Linguistics and Language Information Sciences, The Hong Kong Institute of Education (5/2011)
Convener, The Eleventh Workshop on Cantonese, organized by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong, co-sponsored and hosted by Research Centre on Linguistics and Language Information Sciences, The Hong Kong Institute of Education (3/2011)
Member, Organizing Committee, The 13th International Conference on Cantonese and Yue Dialects, organized by Research Centre on Language Information Sciences, City University of Hong Kong (12/2008)
Convenor, Exhibition on Pre-historic Rock Carvings in Hong Kong and the Region 《香港與鄰近地區史前石刻展覽》. Venue: CityU Gallery, City University of Hong Kong. Exhibition period: 18/12/2008 – 28/2/1009.
Conference Organization
Member, Review Committee, International Conference on Gender, Language and Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2020.12.2-4.
Convenor, School of Cantonese Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2019.5.27-31.
Member, Steering Committee, The International Conference on English Language Education in the Chinese Context, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2018.
Convenor, Organizing Committee, The 22nd International Conference on Yue Dialects, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2017.
Member, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Corpus Linguistics and Technology Advancement, Hong Kong, 2015.
Member, Sub-committee of Technology-Enhanced Language Learning, Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education 2015 (2015年全球華人電腦教育應用大會), Taipei, 2015.
Member, Organizing Committee, Forum on “Y. R. Chao and Linguistics” (A satellite event of IACL-20, Hong Kong), August 2012
Member, Organizing Committee, The Twelfth Workshop on Cantonese (第十二屆粵語討論會), organized by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (2012, 2)
Convener, Program Committee, International Conference on Chinese Language Learning and Teaching in the Digital Age, organized by Research Centre on Linguistics and Language Information Sciences, The Hong Kong Institute of Education (2011, 11)
Member, Organizing Committee, Roundtable Conference on Linguistic Corpus and Corpus Linguistics, organized by Research Centre on Linguistics and Language Information Sciences, The Hong Kong Institute of Education (2011, 5)
Convener, The Eleventh Workshop on Cantonese, organized by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong, co-sponsored and hosted by Research Centre on Linguistics and Language Information Sciences, The Hong Kong Institute of Education (2011, 3).