Ongoing and Recent Research Projects

Principal Investigator(s)

Project Title

Funded By

Shulin YU

Implementing labor-based contract grading in second language (L2) writing classes: Teacher and student perspectives and experiences

University of Macau, Macau SAR, China (MYRG-GRG2024-00144-FED)

Shulin YU (Co-PI)

表達性寫作對大學生心理療癒的作用研究

國家社會科學基金一般項目The National Social Science Fund of China

Qin XIE

AI-IDLE: Enhancing English Proficiency in Limited-Access Communities (2026-2028)

Research Grants Council, Hong Kong Government

Qin XIE

Diagnostic assessment of academic writing from sources in English: Investigating the mediation effects of self-regulatory control strategy and discourse synthesis via Structural Equation Modeling (ref#18600121)

General Research Fund (GRF), by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Government, Hong Kong

Qin XIE

Developing and validating a prototype summary task for Duolingo (Jan 2021-July 2022, ref#R2266)

Duolingo Research Grant by Duolingo Co., Ltd, US.

Qin XIE

Hong Kong Government Matching Grant (Mar 2021-May 2024, ref#R2A01-MG);

Hong Kong Government

Qin XIE

Working towards an iClinic: Developing a suite of diagnostic assessment instruments for Academic Writing in English (DiaWrite), (2016-2018), ref# 28607115

Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council, Hong Kong Government

Yang GONG

Portuguese language learning and capital access: A longitudinal study on university students in Macau

University of Macau, Macau SAR, China (MYRG-GRG2024-00153-FED)

Yang GONG

Prepare college students for global citizenship and multicultural awareness: An exploratory study in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China

Macao Higher Education Institutions in the Area of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences of Higher Education Fund, Macau SAR, China (HSS-UMAC-2021-14)

Yang GONG

Strategic responses to cultural adaptation challenges during study abroad: The case of Chinese as a foreign/second language learners in China

University of Macau, Macau SAR, China (MYRG2020-00088-FED)

Tien Ping HSIANG

Teaching writing in a VET school: A practice-oriented approach

N.A.

Tien Ping HSIANG

Teaching Chinese argumentative writing in regular middle school classrooms: An approach of integrating reading & writing

MYRG

Mingyao SUN

Research on adaptive teaching practices of Chinese language teachers

University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Min-Chuan SUNG

Action research on understanding preservice and inservice teachers’ metaphors for curriculum in the pedagogical context

University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Min-Chuan SUNG

Revision on the articles and guidelines for curriculum on Requirements of Basic Academic Attainments- the Subject of Macao Primary General Knowledge (澳門小學常識科基本學力要求及課程指引的修訂)

DSEDJ

Min-Chuan SUNG

Study on Requirements of Basic Academic Attainments in Social Studies and Humanities of Senior Secondary Education (澳門高中教育階段社會與人文基本學力要求研制)

DSEDJ

Min-Chuan SUNG

Study on Requirements of Basic Academic Attainments in Social Studies and Humanities of Junior Secondary Education (澳門初中教育階段社會與人文基本學力要求研制)

DSEDJ