Research & Development

Theme A: Chinese or English language learning and teaching at different key educational stages

1. Chinese language learning and teaching

   Project	Grantee
   Generative Grammar & Language Teaching: A Case Study of Cantonese Noun Phrase Acquisition by Mainland Tertiary Students in Hong Kong	City University of Hong Kong
   Promoting the Chinese writing abilities among non-Chinese speaking children in Hong Kong – A comparison between Virtual Reality and digital Graffiti	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
   Meaning-making in the multicultural classroom: A study of Chinese History lessons with non-Chinese speaking students in Hong Kong secondary schools	The Education University of Hong Kong
   Systematically Enhance Secondary School Students’ Reading Proficiency in Classical Chinese through Etymon Acquisition	The Education University of Hong Kong
   Empower Families to Enhance Children’s Reading Skills through an Interactive Self-learning Storybook Reading Programme	The Education University of Hong Kong

2. English language learning and teaching

   Project	Grantee
   Participatory design of game-based formative assessment to support cross-curricular reading and early identification of struggling readers	The Education University of Hong Kong
   Innovating with a translanguaging/trans-semiotizing informed LAC model to improve ESL junior secondary students’ academic English literacy	The Education University of Hong Kong
   Integrating Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) in improving EFL learners’ willingness to communicate and speaking	The Education University of Hong Kong
   Family Language Policy among Underprivileged Families in Hong Kong in the Digitalized Era: Antecedents, processes, and effects on English language learning	The Education University of Hong Kong
   Integrating a technology-driven ChatGPT pedagogical approach into teaching academic English for students transitioning from senior secondary school to university: An inter-institutional collaboration	Hong Kong Baptist University
   Meeting the challenges of generative artificial intelligence: Learning analytics powered assessment for student writing in secondary schools	The University of Hong Kong
   Leveraging a Multimodal Classroom Corpus to Enhance Dialogic Teaching and Learning in Hong Kong Secondary School English Language Education	The University of Hong Kong

Theme B: Interface between key educational stages in Chinese or English language learning and teaching

Theme C: Chinese language learning or English language exposure of learners in early years