第二期 - 2023年7月 研究通讯编辑委员会
Celebrating the Launch of the FHM Humanities Research Hub (FHM)
The Faculty of Humanities (FHM) celebrated the opening of the Humanities Research Hub on 15 June 2023. The hub houses three of FHM’s research centres: Centre for Research on Chinese Language and Education (CRCLE), Centre for Research on Linguistics and Language Studies (CRLLS), and International Research Centre for Cultural Studies (IRCCS).
Distinguished guests at the opening ceremony included Prof Chetwyn Chan, Vice President (Research and Development), Dr Sammy Hui, Acting Vice President (Academic), Prof John Erni, Dean of FHM and Director of IRCCS, Dr Liang Yuan, Associate Director of CRCLE, and Dr Rebecca Chen, Associate Director of CRLLS.
Prof Chetwyn Chan expressed his delight at FHM's research achievements, while Dr Hui highlighted the significant research accomplishments of FHM within a decade and the potential for the new strategic foci on Digital Humanities and Comparative Cultures of Care.
Prof Erni described the Humanities Research Hub as a vibrant space for incubating new research inquiries and fostering partnerships with other research hubs and centers in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area, and empowering FHM’s research community with creative and cutting-edge initiatives.
FHM’s Good Results of GRF/ECS Exercise 2023/24
The Faculty of Humanities (FHM) has demonstrated notable success in the 2023/24 exercise of the General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) administered by the Research Grants Council (RGC). The Faculty’s success rate is 35.5% in this round. A total of HK$7.14 million funding was awarded to 11 projects under FHM. The funding amount is the highest over the years since the establishment of FHM in 2012. Congratulations to the PIs of the 11 awarded projects. These projects cover diversified subject disciplines including Humanities and Arts, Psychology and Linguistics, and Education.
| PI | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Dr Chan Chu Kwong (CHL) | 新出土戰國楚簡「孔子與時人對答」敘事研究 The Narrative Study on the Dialogical Records between Confucius and the Ancients in the Excavated Chu Bamboo Slips |
*Dr Ding Hongdi (CHL) | A Typological Perspective on Bridging Repetition of Tibeto-Burman Languages |
Dr Fung King Tat Daniel (ELE) | A Multivariate Longitudinal Study on the Listening Problems and Listening Strategies of First-year Tertiary EMI Students |
Prof Gu Ming Yue Michelle (ELE) | Youth Digital Literacy Practices, Online Social Networking and Well-being: Antecedents, Patterns and Interplay |
*Dr Huang Fanglei Corey (ELE) | The Multimodal Discourses of Public Mental Health Campaigns in Hong Kong |
Dr Law Yin Ling (CHL) | 朱駿聲說字訓詁與解文訓詁的比較研究 |
Dr Lee Kwing Lok Albert (LML) | Tonal Effects on Articulation: Acoustic Analysis, Ultrasound Data, and Articulatory Synthesis |
Dr Liao Xian (CHL) | Executive Functions in Writing from Cross-Linguistic Sources among College Students |
Dr Ma Qing (LML) | Investigating Student Teachers’ TPACK Development for Corpus Technology and Their Self-efficacies for Independent Language Learning and Teaching: A Mixed Method Study |
*Dr Qiao Shen (ELE) | Not Just Fun, But Learning: Design-based Research on Designing Collaborative Immersion-oriented Gamification in English Language Education |
Dr Yan Jing (CHL) | Impact of Explicit Instruction and Task Repetition on Non-Chinese Speaking Students’ Oral Interaction: A Quasi-Experimental Study |
*Principal investigator of the Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Dr Andy Chin Receives Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards (LML, CRLLS)
Co-authored by Dr Andy Chin, Head and Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies (LML), and Director of Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Studies (CRLLS), and Prof Benjamin Tsou Ka-yin, Emeritus Professor at City University of Hong Kong, the award-winning publication Latin Terms in Hong Kong Legal Language features 105 of the most commonly used Latin words and phrases found in a 22-million-word corpus of Hong Kong’s legal judgments and laws.
The bilingual examples illustrated in the book were meticulously collected from statutory and judicial sources to help readers better understand their meanings and their actual usage in the context of Hong Kong. The provision of usage frequency for each Chinese term also shows how these Latin terms and their interpretation have evolved over time. Mastering and understanding these legal terms and their equivalents in Chinese and English are both challenging and rewarding.
New Publication: Chinese Translation of Buddhist Scriptures and Studies on the Pronouns of Middle Chinese, Co-edited by Prof Zhu Qingzhi (CHL, CRCLE) and Prof Dong Xiufong (Peking University)
This book is a collection of papers based on the GRF project of Prof Zhu Qingzhi, Research Chair Professor and Chiang Chen Chair Professor of Chinese Language at the Department of Chinese Language Studies (CHL), Director of Centre for Research on Chinese Language and Education, and Prof Dong Xiufang (Peking University), entitled On the motivations of some important changes of pronouns in the history of Chinese language: From the perspective of influences of Buddhism and Buddhist translation on Chinese.
Indian Buddhism was introduced to China in the 1st century AD. Along with the translation and dissemination of Buddhist scriptures, Buddhism based on the great ancient Indian culture influenced Chinese society at a very fast speed, making China, which had no religious beliefs before, a Buddhist country. During this process, all aspects of Chinese cultural development including the Chinese language were influenced: A number of Indian language elements mainly derived from Buddhist scriptures entered the Chinese language. Many of the changes in Middle Chinese and Pre-modern Chinese were directly or indirectly related to this phenomenon.
Dr Rebecca Chen Invited to Present GRF Project on Prosodic Acquisition of English Word Stress by Chinese ESL Learners (LML)
On March 17, 2023, Dr Rebecca Chen Hsueh Chu, the Principal Investigator of the General Research Fund (GRF) project, along with Tian Jingxuan, a trained doctoral student and research assistant on the project, were invited by the Research Grants Council (RGC) to deliver a presentation on the project titled Effects of phonological rule-based and acoustic perceptual-based instructions on the prosodic acquisition of English word stress by Chinese ESL learners.
The project aimed to construct assessment tasks to measure Chinese learners’ perceptions and productions of English word stress, develop and evaluate teaching kits for phonological rule-based and acoustic perceptual-based training programmes, and evaluate participants’ views on the effectiveness and feasibility of the two training programmes. The results demonstrated noticeable improvements in production and perception for participants who received both training methods. Participants reported that the rule-based training may be more suitable for adult learners than young learners. On the other hand, participants who underwent acoustic perceptual-based training reported that it was beneficial, useful, and effective for learning English word stress. The teaching kits are freely available to the public. The RGC panel commended this project and offered positive comments on its implementation, and encouraged the research team to engage in knowledge transfer activities related to English word stress.
Prof Dennis Cheng Awarded the Conference Grant Under the NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme 2023/24 Exercise (LCS)
Prof Dennis Cheng, Chair Professor of Cultural History at the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies (LCS) and Dr Li Haitao from Shandong University have been awarded the Joint Research Scheme (JRS) grant by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong. The grant aims to foster collaboration between researchers in Mainland China and Hong Kong, leveraging the distinct strengths of both regions to drive innovation and discovery in various fields of study.
The awarded project Classics and Hermeneutics Across European and Chinese Tradition: Discussions on Method and Theory will explore the connections between European and Chinese hermeneutic traditions. By promoting international academic collaborations and cross-cultural understanding, the JRS grant plays a crucial role in advancing global knowledge and strengthening ties between different research communities.
Uncovering the Links between Informal Digital Learning of English and Willingness to Communicate by Dr Artem Zadorozhnyy and Dr Lee Ju Seong (ELE)
A recent research, published in the Computer-Assisted Language Learning journal, builds on the findings of Dr Artem Zadorozhnyy's PhD study and examines the link between Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) and willingness to communicate in English as a second language (L2 WTC) within the context of a Central Asian country, Kazakhstan. The research particularly focuses on the role of self-efficacy beliefs as a mediator in this relationship. The findings from the study reveal that self-efficacy beliefs act as a full mediator between IDLE constructs and L2 WTC. In other words, students who participate more frequently in informal learning activities develop a stronger belief in their own ability to perform various tasks in English, which, in turn, leads to an increased willingness to communicate. The research contributes to the existing literature by highlighting the importance of cognitive factors, such as self-efficacy beliefs, in understanding the relationship between extracurricular and informal language learning activities and L2 students’ desire to communicate in English. The study provides valuable insights for teachers and teacher educators in Kazakhstan and other similar EFL contexts by offering a context-specific pedagogical IDLE model.
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PhD Student Tian Jingxuan's Paper Awarded AILA Solidarity Award for World Congress (LML)
Tian Jingxuan, a PhD student at the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies (LML), has received the Solidarity Award for her paper presented at the 20th Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (International Association of Applied Linguistics, AILA) world congress held in Lyon, France. AILA, founded in France in 1964, is a federation of national and regional Applied Linguistics associations. The Solidarity Award Fund (SAF) supports scholars facing economic challenges in attending AILA meetings. The paper presented by Tian Jingxuan carries the title An Investigation of Linguistic Features of Fluency by English Speakers with Different Proficiency Levels.