LML is now recruiting Research Postgraduate students whose research interests align with our focus areas: 1) Digital Humanities in Cantonese, 2) Language Learning and Second Language Acquisition and 3) Language in Society. Our academic staff possesses extensive expertise in these research areas and is well-equipped to offer you valuable guidance and support.
Areas of Research Supervision
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr CHEN Hsueh Chu Rebecca | Experimental Phonetics, Inter-language Phonology, Intelligibility and Accent Studies, Perception and Production, Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Learning |
| Dr LAU Chaak Ming | Multilingual digital humanities, Language documentation and reclamation, Cantonese linguistics |
| Dr LEE Fung King Jackie | Language and gender, English grammar teaching |
| Dr LEE Kwing Lok Albert | Phonetics, Speech prosody (especially production) in Japanese and Chinese languages, Second language acquisition |
| Dr LUK Pei Sui Zoe | First/Second language acquisition on morphosyntax (I am interested in how learners learn, and not language pedagogy), Cognitive approaches to grammar, Japanese |
| Dr MA Qing Angel | Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition, Corpus linguistics, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) |
| Dr WANG Lixun | Corpus linguistics, Computer-Assisted Language Learning, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), Multilingual Education, English-Chinese translation studies |
| Dr XU Xiaoyu | Discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, audience engagement in English and Chinese for specific purposes (currently focusing on accessibility and inclusion in museum texts) |
Facilities in the Department
LML has its own audio recording facility, Tobii TX300 eye tracker, online testing platform (https://crlls.eduhk.hk/dold/), etc.. Our RPg students have access to these research facilities in addition to other resources available in the University.
Language Development
Laboratory
Eye Tracker
Sound Booth
Sound Booth
How to Prepare an Application
The best way to start is by contacting a prospective supervisor by email (see list above). This will allow you to explore your common research interests, and if applicable, help prepare your subsequent application. Alternatively, you can email the Head of Department (andychin@eduhk.hk) for advice on a suitable prospective supervisor. Maximise your chance of success by preparing your application early!
For general entrance and language requirements, please refer to the Graduate School website.
Research Postgraduate Studentship
All full-time research students admitted to the Research Postgraduate Programmes (RPg) are automatically considered for Research Postgraduate Studentship (RPGS). As a form of scholarship, RPGS provides RPg students with financial assistance to study the programme. RPGS is given based on academic merit; and the award is not taxable income. The value of the studentship shall be determined by the University from time to time. RPGS holders may also simultaneously be recipients of government loans and grants, and they may receive other scholarship awards on condition that this does not violate the terms and conditions of the other awards.
Holders of RPGS are required to undertake duties that carry educational benefits for the holders, such as, but not limited to, other research/academic activities, as assigned by the University. The amount of the duties shall not exceed, on average, 10 working hours per week in any full twelve-month period.
For more details, please click here.
PhD Fellowship Scheme
Established by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2009, the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong's universities.
Candidates who are seeking admission as new full time PhD students in The Education University of Hong Kong, irrespective of their country of origin, prior work experience or ethnic background, are eligible to apply.
For more details, please click here.
Research Postgraduate Students
Alumni
LIANG Jianli (PhD, Graduated in 2014/15)
Thesis title: Collocational Features of China English: A Corpus-based Contrastive Study
Supervisor: Prof LI Chor Shing David
LIU Li (PhD, Graduated in 2015/16)
Thesis title: Chinese Quadra-Syllabic Schematic Idioms: Description and Acquisition
Supervisor: Prof CHEUNG Hin Tat
Current Affiliation: Associate Professor, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
LI Yulong (PhD, Graduated in 2016/17)
Thesis title: A Phenomenological Ethnographic Study of Chinese College English Teachers' Transition from Teaching English for General Purposes to Teaching English for Academic Purposes
Supervisor: Dr WANG Lixun
ZHI Yuying (PhD, Graduated in 2018/19)
Thesis title: The Development of Periphrastic Causatives in Chinese Learners of English
Supervisor: Prof CHEUNG Hin Tat
Current Affiliation: Lecturer Assistant, Shanghai University for Science and Technology
HU Xiaojuan (PhD, Graduated in 2019/20)
Thesis title: A Study on the Grammar of Lianhua Gan: From Synchrony to Diachrony
Supervisor: Dr CHIN Chi On Andy
Current Affiliation: Lecturer, South China Normal University
TSOI Ling Yu (MPhil, Graduated in 2019/20)
Thesis title: Domestication and Foreignisation of Hollywood Film Title Translation in Greater China
Supervisor: Dr LIU Fung Ming Christy
Current Affiliation: Programmme Officer, The Hong Kong Academy of Gifted Education
WANG Yumin (PhD, Graduated in 2021/22)
Thesis title: Diagnostic Assessment of Discourse Competence in EFL Learners’ Academic Writing in University Study
Supervisor: Dr XIE Qin
DARZHINOVA Liubov (PhD, Graduated in 2021/22)
Thesis title: L1 and L2 Processing and Comprehension of Russian Locally Ambiguous Participial Relative Clause Sentences
Supervisors: Dr LUK Pei Sui Zoe, Dr ZOU Di (ELE)
Current affiliation: Post-doctoral Fellow, The Education University of Hong Kong
TRAN Thi Thanh Thao (PhD, Graduated in 2023/24)
Thesis title: Exploration of a Technology-enhanced Self-regulation Training Model for Enhancing EFL Students’ Academic Writing Skills and Self-regulated Writing Capacities in the Vietnamese Tertiary Context
Supervisors: Dr MA Qing Angel
Current affiliation: Lecturer, Hue University
KUCHERBAYEVA Dina (PhD, Graduated in 2023/24)
Thesis title: “You could have said all this in Kazakh”: Linguistic Achievements and Challenges for Kazakh after Thirty Years of Independence
Supervisor: Dr CHIN Chi On Andy
Current affiliation: Senior lecturer, KIMEP University
Current Students
CHAN Ching Hang Justine (PhD)
Research areas: Third language (L3) acquisition, pronunciation learning, Chinese as a foreign language (CFL), non-Chinese-speaking (NCS) learners
Supervisor: Dr CHEN Hsueh Chu Rebecca
LIU Ping (PhD)
Research areas: Multimodal discourse analysis, language and identity, English language teaching
Supervisor: Prof LEE Fung King Jackie
NIU Yuyan (PhD)
Research areas: Second/third language acquisition, multilingualism, experimental phonetics, perception/production of L2/L3
Supervisor: Dr LEE Kwing Lok Albert
TIAN Jingxuan (PhD)
Research areas: Phonetics and phonology, second/third language acquisition, computer-assisted pronunciation teaching and learning
Supervisor: Dr CHEN Hsueh Chu Rebecca
YAN Jiahao (PhD)
Research areas: English for academic purposes, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, data-driven learning, computer-assisted language learning
Supervisor: Dr MA Qing Angel