Academic Qualifications

• PhD (Applied Linguistics in Education), University College London, Institute of Education
• MSc (Education: Language – Theory, Practice and Literacy), University of Edinburgh
• MA (Chinese Language and Literature), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• BEd (Languages), major in Chinese Language, The Hong Kong Institute of Education

Professional Qualifcations

• Full Registration, Secondary Education, Subject: Mandarin, The General Teaching Council for Scotland
• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), Department for Education, England
• Registered Teacher, Hong Kong Education and Manpower Bureau
• Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers (Putonghua), Attained with Merit, Hong Kong Examination and Assessment Authority, Hong Kong
• 國家語言委員會普通話水平測試二級甲等

Academic/Teaching Appointment

• 01/2021 - present Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Language Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong
• 08/2019 - 12/2020 Senior Lecturer, Department of Chinese Language Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong
• 09/2018 - 08/2019 Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (PGTA), University College London, Institute of Education, United Kingdom
• 11/2017 - 06/2019 Doctoral School Research Training Programmes (RTP) Facilitator, University College London, Institute of Education, United Kingdom
• 08/2016 - 03/2019 Vice-warden, Residences Office, University College London, United Kingdom
• 04/2016 - 07/2016 Secondary school teacher - Cantonese and Mandarin, Scotland
• 09/2006 - 08/2015 Secondary school teacher - Chinese Language and Putonghua, Hong Kong

• Chinese Language Pedagogy
• Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
• Teacher Education
• Second Language Acquisition
• Motivation Theories
• Research Methods

Currently, I am teaching the following undergraduate and postgraduate courses:

• Cantonese and Hong Kong Local Culture
• Chinese Language Pedagogy
• Theory and Practice of Classroom Language
• Cantonese Pronunciation and Use of Blackboard
• Academic Writing and Use of Research Resources