SI Chung Mou 施仲謀

Before joining HKIEd, Professor Si was the Head of School of Chinese at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). Prior to this appointment, he has been appointed as Associate Dean of Faculty of Arts at HKU from 2006 to 2011, and has served as Director of Chinese Language Centre at HKU since 1993. His major research interests include Chinese linguistics, Chinese culture, teaching Chinese as a second language, and language education. He is author of a dozen of academic books published in Hong Kong, Japan, Mainland and Taiwan, including Language and Culture, A Comparative Study of the Phonology in Yue Dialect and Modern Standard Chinese. He has contributed a lot in the promotion of recitation and Chinese classics by conducting many research projects on Chinese culture education in Hong Kong schools. Professor Si had been served as Chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Chinese Language in Education, and Founding President of the Hong Kong Association for China Graduates. He is now Executive Committee Member of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching, Academic Committee Member of the China Education Association for Language Teaching, and Honorary Committee Member of the Association for Chinese Language Modernization, P.R.C.

Chinese Linguistics

Language Education

Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

Chinese Culture

International Baccalaureate (IB) and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

Recitation and Language Education

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Academic Committee Member, China Education Association for Language Teaching in Chinese, P.R.C., 2008-

Executive Committee Member, International Society for Chinese Language Teaching, 2005-

Executive Advisor, Hong Kong Association for China Graduates, 1996-

Honorary Committee Member, Association for Chinese Language Modernization, P.R.C., 1992-

Chairman, Hong Kong Association for Chinese Language in Education, 1994-1996

President, Hong Kong Association for China Graduates, 1994-1996

HONOURS AND SERVICES

Specialist, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic & Vocational Qualifications, 2002-

Chairman, Putonghua Subject Committee, Teachers’ Language Proficiency Assessment, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, 2000-

Member, Advisory Board for Chinese Language Education and Assessment Centre, Lingnan University, 2008-

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS OF ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Chief Editor, Journal of Oriental Studeis, The University of Hong Kong, 2011-

Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Chinese Studies, Overseas Education College, Xiamen University, PRC, 2012-

Member of the Editorial Board, 海外華文教育(Overseas Chinese Education), Xiamen University, PRC, 2011-

Executive Member of the Editorial Board, 國際漢語學報(Journal of International Chinese Studies), The Southern Base of Confucius Institute Headquarters, Xiamen University, PRC, 2010-

Executive Member of the Editorial Board, 語文建設通訊(Chinese Language Review), The Chinese Language Society of Hong Kong, 1992-