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Research & Development
On-going Projects
Research & Development Projects 2021-22

Research & Development Projects 2021-22

Theme A: Chinese (including Putonghua) or English language pedagogy to cater for diversified needs of learners

Project
Grantee
Developing a social robot for Cantonese and Mandarin speech prosody training in children with autism spectrum disorder
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong students' acceptance of using flipped classroom in Chinese language subject and influencing factors
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Development and evaluation of a computerised morphology training package on English literacy in Hong Kong primary school students with reading comprehension difficulties
The Education University of Hong Kong
Adapting task-based pedagogy for students with special educational needs: Training, practising and validation
Hong Kong Baptist University

Theme B: Learning of Chinese language of non-Chinese speaking learners

Project
Grantee
Facilitating non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students’ Chinese literacy development: An evidence-based approach
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
A study of subject specific academic language: Supporting non-Chinese speaking students to learn Chinese History in Chinese
The Education University of Hong Kong
A text difficulty analysis tool for developing extra-curricular reading materials
City University of Hong Kong
The language attitude of Hong Kong ethnic minority primary school students towards Putonghua and its implications for designing a tailor-made Putonghua pedagogy for such students
UOW College Hong Kong

Theme C: Assessment of Chinese (including Putonghua) or English language to cater for learner diversity, including NCS learners

Project
Grantee
The development of feedback literacy for writing teachers in the secondary English classroom
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Assessment as learning through portfolio assessment in the second language writing classroom
The Education University of Hong Kong
Development and evaluation of a computerised morphology training package on English literacy in Hong Kong primary school students with reading comprehension difficulties
The Education University of Hong Kong
Development of a school-based assessment of Core Academic English Language Skill Instrument (CALS-I) for measuring Hong Kong secondary students’ reading comprehension ability from different language backgrounds
City University of Hong Kong
Adapting task-based pedagogy for students with special educational needs: Training, practising and validation
Hong Kong Baptist University
Investigating e-portfolio assessment literacy among adolescent learners: Portfolio compilation, emotional experiences, and conceptions of assessment
Hong Kong Baptist University
Cantonese abilities of Chinese mainland university students in Hong Kong: Testing their grammatical and communicative competence
College of Professional and Continuing Education Limited

Theme D: Chinese (including Putonghua) and/or English language use and proficiency of working adults

Project
Grantee
Enhancing academic career success: Developing information processing skills across multiple texts in Chinese language education discipline for undergraduate students
The University of Hong Kong
Promoting conceptual development of English prepositions among university graduates through human- and computer-assisted instruction
Hong Kong Shue Yan University Limited