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New Book Biliteracy and Trilingualism: Language Education Policy Research in Hong Kong

The first Chinese monograph on the language policy “Biliteracy and Trilingualism” and its planning in Hong Kong, titled “Biliteracy and Trilingualism: Language Education Policy Research in Hong Kong”, by Dr. Leung Wai-mun and Prof. David C.S. Li of the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies (CBS), with a foreword by Prof. William Wang, has just been released by the City University of Hong Kong Press, one of the major academic publishers in Hong Kong. Please click here for more information. Citation: Leung, W. M., & Li, D.C.S. (2020). Biliteracy and Trilingualism: Language Education Policy Research in Hong Kong. City University of Hong Kong Press. -------------------------------------- Table of Contents (in Chinese) 序言(王士元) 導言 作者簡介 香港「兩文三語」政策的制定與實踐 「兩文三語」政策下英語和普通話的學習 「三語」政策下粵語的使用現況、定位與發展 「兩文三語」政策下非華語學生的中文學習 香港「兩文三語」政策下的語文規劃 總結   附錄 參考文獻 後記

27 Jul, 2020

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Faculty of Humanities Entry Scholarship for Outstanding HKDSE Students

In order to recruit high caliber students into our BA (Hons) in Linguistics and Translation (JS3818) and BA (Hons) in English Studies for the Professions (JS3832), the Faculty of Humanities is launching an entry scholarship for HKDSE students in the 2020/21 academic year. The Faculty of Humanities Entry Scholarship for Outstanding HKDSE Students will be provided to the admittees who have achieved excellent HKDSE results in 2020. The maximum scholarship amount that each awardee can receive is $35,000. Please click here for the details of the scholarship.

23 Jul, 2020

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CBS student wins the HSBC Hong Kong Scholarship

Mr WAN Chi Lam, Year 2 student of BA (Hons) in Language and Speech Sciences (BALSS), was awarded the prestigious HSBC Hong Kong Scholarship (HK$50,000) in recognition of his outstanding academic performance and active contribution in community services in Hong Kong. Congratulations!

2 Jun, 2020

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PolyU Online JUPAS Consultation Day 2020

Want to know more about our new programme BA (Hons) in Linguistics and Translation (BALT) (JUPAS code: JS3818)? Let’s join our online programme talk in the PolyU Online JUPAS Consultation Day on 30 May! Our deputy programme leader will be there to introduce BALT and answer your questions. Date and time: 30 May 2020 (Sat) 3:00 – 3:40pm Registration: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/pfs/index.php/835675?lang=en (Deadline: 26 May) Details of BALT: https://polyu.hk/HppFm More about PolyU Online JUPAS Consultation Day: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/conday/ Note: The talk will be conducted in Cantonese.

22 May, 2020

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CBS student wins the Hong Kong Jockey Club Undergraduate Scholarship

Miss KWAN Hoi Nam Helen, Year 2 student of BA (Hons) in Chinese and Bilingual Studies (BACBS), was awarded the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Scholarships – Undergraduate Scholarship. Funded by the HKJC Charities Trust, this prestigious scholarship offers a maximum of 5 awards to PolyU undergraduate students each year and it covers tuition fees, academic expenses and living costs for the entire normal duration of study of each awardee. What makes Helen stand out in the competitive scholarship award process? Let’s see Helen’s sharing about her scholarship application! The experience applying for The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Undergraduate Scholarship was a self-discovering journey. Every stage throughout the application has inspired me to think a step forward, regarding how much further I can strive in both academic and community service areas. It was challenging yet intriguing to fathom through these essentials. Looking back to the process, my emphasis on ownership and consistency has led me to receive the recognition from HKJC. Enhancing ownership by creating personal stories, through mapping the reality and facts with personal experiences, has always fascinated me as a student majoring in the Humanities. The relevance and connection built by forming our stories, between myself and our society are crucial for everyone, as we are the prime unit of the community. Instead of listing out well-known facts, the diversity of our stories makes each of them insightful and worthy of being heard. Rather than creating our stories with exceptional experiences, bits and pieces in life are elements that make our stories unique and able to resonate with others. These elements are also key to developing consistency, as we present ourselves on any occasions. The application process affirmed to me how important it is to be consistent, and to mean what we say at all times. Not only that it makes my presentations more persuasive, but also it bolstered my confidence throughout the selection procedure. Putting words into actions, consistency allows me to own my words and experiences by what I have learned and their impact from an insider's perspective. Through participating in community services and extra learning opportunities, I realized the necessity of consistent dedications towards our goals as it helps me actualize the image of a vivid individual holistically. As big as the words 'ownership' and 'consistency' may sound, these characters are achievable for everyone and relevant to us in daily life. I would love to take the opportunity to pass on the blessings to all those who have the ambition to ponder a step further and aim a little higher. Opportunities are ahead for us to own it with confidence and joy, by believing in the process leading to our goals!

15 May, 2020

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Measures Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

To protect students, staff and the users of CBS’ facilities from the novel coronavirus infection, we have carried out a thorough disinfection in our Speech Therapy Unit and laboratories. The disinfectant used complies with US Environmental Protection Agency’s guidelines in its ability to inactivate the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and provides anti-bacteria protection effective up to 90 days. Let’s join hands in combating COVID-19 in concert!  

24 Apr, 2020

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CBS Capstone Research published in international journal

Based on the capstone thesis of our BACBS student WONG Sam Yin (Sammi) and expanded by Dr Sicong Dong (Postdoctoral Fellow, CBS), a paper on variations of haplology in Hong Kong, Mainland, and Taiwan Mandarin was just published in the international journal Lexicography: Journal of ASIALEX. It explains how frequency, tone sandhi and syllabicity affect haplology in Hong Kong Cantonese, Mainland Mandarin and Taiwan Mandarin. https://bit.ly/3a68777 A related paper on this topic that Sammi Wong was involved in researching was also published in Chinese Linguistics漢語學報, a leading linguistics journal in China. https://bit.ly/3dixILQ   Dong, Sicong, and Sam Yin Wong. (2020). Haplology and lexical entries: a study based on cross-linguistic data from Sinitic languages. Lexicography: Journal of ASIALEX 7(1): 1-19. Dong, Sicong, & Chu-Ren Huang. 2020. A Comparative Study on Haplology of Putonghua and Taiwan Mandarin and Its Standardisation [In Chinese]. Chinese Linguistics. 2020.1.#69.14-24.

17 Apr, 2020

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PolyU's Mandarin Phonological Neighbourhood Data released globally

Developed by Dr Karl Neergaard, Dr Hongzhi Xu and our Prof Chu-Ren Huang, “Database of Word Level Statistics – Mandarin” has been globally released by the Linguistic Data Consortium at the University of Pennsylvania. The database provides lexical data of words and nonwords of Mandarin Chinese and is now accessible by all the scholars in the world for designing and implementing their future studies, particularly in the field of language processing. https://bit.ly/2V4m7cX

18 Feb, 2020

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PolyU-trained student wins Bronze Medal in the Online Olympiad in Linguistics 2020

Bui Ka (Amber) Chan from Hong Kong Linguistics Olympiad (HKLO) team [1] won bronze medal in the second Online Olympiad in Linguistics 2020 which was held in January this year. Online Olympiad in Linguistics 2020 started on Friday, January 24 (7:00 am UTC) and lasted till Monday, January 27 (10:00 pm UTC). This event brought together more than 500 high school students from 32 countries/regions. It is the first time for 6 Hong Kong delegates to attend this competition. These students were jointly trained by Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies (CBS) and Department of English (ENGL). For more information, please visit the Online Olympiad in Linguistics website: https://onling.org ______________ [1] Hong Kong team has 6 delegates

12 Feb, 2020

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FH paper selected as Editors’ Choice by Lingua, a top journal in linguistics

The paper authored by Dr Qingqing Zhao (PhD '18, PolyU) of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Prof Chu-ren Huang of CBS and Prof Kathleen Ahrens of ENGL has been selected as one of Lingua's Editors’ Choices in 2020. Selected by Lingua's Editors as noteworthy and likely to be of high interest to the community, the paper will be available free of charge until the end of March 2020. Zhao, Huang and Ahrens (2019) 剛剛被選為2020年Lingua 主編特選之一;也就是發表於Lingua的論文中主編認為學術貢獻與影響潛力最高的論文。這篇論文在2020年三月底前視同開源,可以開放無償下載。歡迎與有興趣的同行分享。 Qingqing Zhao, Chu-Ren Huang, Kathleen Ahrens. Online first, 2019. Directionality of linguistic synesthesia in Mandarin: A corpus-based study. Lingua. Vol. 232, #1201744 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2019.102744

30 Jan, 2020

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