The Centre for Research on Chinese Language and Education Accepts Standing Committee on Language Education and Research’s Commission to Undertake Research Project
- 2021
- Research
- Centre for Research on Chinese Language and Education
Team members of the "Study on Transition of Chinese Language Learning and Teaching of Non-Chinese Speaking Children from Kindergarten Education to Primary Education" project
The Centre for Research on Chinese Language and Education (CRCLE) was funded by the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) in February 2021 to conduct a commissioned project entitled “Study on Transition of Chinese Language Learning and Teaching of Non-Chinese Speaking Children from Kindergarten Education to Primary Education”. This research project is the first tender project of CRCLE awarded to a team of interdisciplinary members, showing the competitiveness and strength of CRCLE in cross-disciplinary research. The Principal Investigator of the research project is Dr Liang Yuan, the Associate Director of CRCLE, and the team members include Prof Leung Pui Wan, Drs Liao Xian and Zhang Ling from the Department of Chinese Language Studies; Drs Lam Ho Cheong and To-Chan Sing Pui from the Department of Early Childhood Education; and Dr Yang Lan from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
The research project will be carried out in two phases in one year. By using methods such as questionnaire surveys and Chinese reading tests, this research aims to investigate the effects of Chinese teaching and learning among non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students of kindergartens and primary schools. Class observation and interview will also be adopted to obtain insight into differences in the learning effects. The outcomes of the project will help kindergartens and primary schools to understand each other’s measures concerning NCS children’s development of Chinese language ability and provide suggestions for NCS students’ smooth transition and adaptation in Chinese learning in Primary One. The research will also establish a theoretical foundation for schools and the SCOLAR to further promote related work.
