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Academic Qualification
- PhD, University College London, Institute of Education; MSc, University of Edinburgh; MA, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, BEd, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
Professional Qualification
- 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
Research interests
- Chinese Language Pedagogy
- Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
- Teacher Education
- Second Language Acquisition
- Motivation Theories
- Research Methods
Teaching Interests
Currently, I am teaching the following undergraduate and postgraduate courses:
- Chinese Language Pedagogy
- Theory and Practice of Classroom Language
- Academic Writing and Use of Research Resources
- Second Language Acquisition
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Enhancing Reading Motivation among Primary School Students in Hong Kong 提升香港小學生閱讀動機的研究計劃
LAM, S. M. S. (PI), TSE, K. H. (PI), YE, J. M. (CoI), CHAU, M. L. (CoI) & WONG, Y. E. (CoI)
01/04/26 → 31/08/28
Project: Research project
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Enhancing Reading Motivation among Primary School Students in Hong Kong 提升香港小學生閱讀動機的研究計劃
LAM, S. M. S. (PI), YE, J. M. (CoI), CHAU, M. L. (CoI), WONG, Y. E. (CoI) & TSE, K. H. (PI)
01/04/26 → 31/03/28
Project: Research project
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"Voice from the Nature" - The 2025/26 Hong Kong Nature Writing Contest
CHAU, M. L. (PI), LO, C. Y. L. (CoI), LAM, S. M. S. (CoI) & ERNI, J. N. (CoI)
01/09/25 → 31/08/26
Project: Research project
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Exploring Relationships between Writing Processes and Products of L1 Chinese Learners: A Longitudinal Study
LAM, S. M. S. (PI), CHAN, C. K. A. (CoI), CHEUNG, H. (CoI) & REVESZ,, A. (CoI)
01/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
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Systematically Enhance Secondary School Students’ Reading Proficiency in Classical Chinese through Etymon Acquisition
LAW, Y. L. (PI) & LAM, S. M. S. (CoI)
01/09/24 → 31/08/26
Project: Research project
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Challenging teachers' pedagogical approaches: Professional learning for Mandarin teachers in England and Scotland
LAM, S. M. S. & HUANG, A., 2026, Teacher development in teaching Chinese as a second language. YAN, J. & HUANG, H. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, p. 39-56Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters
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Eye-tracking emotional responses and moral decisions in bilingual contexts
MAVROU, I., RÉVÉSZ, A., KYRIAKOU, A. & LAM, S. M. S., 2026, In: Cognition. 275, 106600.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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自然寫作在中學語文教育中的實踐與成效：以鳳園生態學習為例
鄒文律, 林善敏 & 許楓綿, Jun 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Papers
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An innovative attempt to implement Digital Humanities Education: The development of a virtual playhouse
LEUNG, P. W. P., HE, Y. S., LAM, S. M. S., LAU, C. M., QIAO, S. M., JIN, M., LI, Z., CHEUNG, C. H. K. & JIN, D., May 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Papers
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Exploring student perspectives on AI in higher education: A multidisciplinary analysis
LAM, S. M. S., CHUNG, W. Y. K., CHENG, W. T. M. & CHENG, K. S., 2025, Handbook of artificial intelligence in higher education: Elgar handbooks in education. POPENICI, S., RUDOLPH, J., ISMAIL, F. & TAN, S. (eds.). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, p. 535-549Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters