About

Cheer is a second-year Master's student at the Department of East Asian Studies, under the supervision of Professor Xiaoting Li. Her research interests include language learning and language use among heritage and multilingual families. She is currently working on her thesis on the use of directives among adult-child interactions in Chinese immigrant families. She speaks Cantonese and Mandarin fluently.

Research Interests

Language learning and language use among heritage and multilingual families

Current Project

The use of directives among adult-child interactions in Chinese immigrant families

Upcoming Conference Presentations

2021

2021, Oct. Directives in Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada. Paper Abstract accepted for the 5th International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association, University of British Columbia.

2021, Jun. Directives in Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada. Paper Abstract accepted for the 17th International Pragmatics Conference (IprA 2021), Winterthur

2021, Apr. Directives in Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada. Paper Abstract accepted for the 4th International Conference on Interactional Linguistics and Chinese Language Studies, Beijing.