Division of Languages and Communication (LC)

College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPCE)

The Division of Languages and Communication focuses its scholarly efforts and learning and teaching activities on the academic disciplines of bilingual studies, communication and languages. Currently, the Division provides teaching and learning support for 7 Associate Degree programmes and 3 Articulation Honours Degree programmes. Together these programmes offer students a smooth and well-mapped-out “2+2” pathway to earning an honours degree awarded by PolyU in four years.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Kai Yin Gigi Au-Yeung
- Division of Languages and Communication (LC)
Person: Academic
20192021
Geeta Gobindram Bhavnani
- Division of Languages and Communication (LC)
Person: Academic
20162016
Ka Ling Zoe Chan
- Division of Languages and Communication (LC)
Person: Academic
20222022

8 Not started
34 Active
38 Finished

From Remote Learning to Blended Classrooms in Post-Covid-19 Higher Education: A Critical Evaluation of Teacher and Student Perceptions of Recorded Lessons as Learning Instruments at Hong Kong Universities
Lo, P. K. N. & Wong, M. A.
1/09/22 → 29/02/24
Project: Research
Grammaticalization of ‘give’ in Hui varieties of Chinese: A Typological and Areal Perspective (Ref: LC-2021-244(E)) (HK$31,688)
Lu, W. M. & Szeto, P. Y.
1/07/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
“Larger than Life, Stranger than Fiction”: Language Memoir and Personal Growth in Introductory Literature Courses at Hong Kong’s Community Colleges -- a Narrative Inquiry Approach
Shi, H. & Chan, K. L. Z.
10/06/22 → 9/12/23
Project: Research

Systemicized Rhetorical Structure Theory and Multimodality
Matthiessen, C. M. I. M. & Zhang, K. P., 2024, (In preparation) Routledge.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
A Grammar of Tunxi Hui Chinese (Monograph of London Philological Society)
Lu, W. M., 2023, (In preparation) Wiley-Blackwell.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Collected Works of Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen
Teruya, K., Slade, D. & Zhang, K. P., 2023, (In preparation) Equinox Publishing Ltd.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

Caring Teacher Award, CPCE-SPEED Teaching Awards 2020/21
Tao, Kimberly Wei Yi (Recipient), 10 Jan 2022
Prize
Certificate in House-Tree-Person Projective Drawing Analysis
Lai, Wience W. S. (Recipient), 21 Jun 2022
Prize: Other distinction
Certificate of Cantonese Read-Aloud Test (Grade A)
Lai, Wience W. S. (Recipient), 24 Jan 2022
Prize: Other distinction

HKAECT International Conference 2023
Po Kan Noble Lo (Chair)
15 Jun 2023 → 18 Jun 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Workshop on Sinitic Grammar
Wen Melody Lu (Speaker)
27 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Corporate Training - PolyU SPEED Centre for Professional and Business English
Po Kan Noble Lo (Speaker)
Jan 2023 → …
Activity: Other

受邀參加「光影進校園」啟動禮
Sharon Fangyu Chen
1/09/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Crossover of Canto-opera and Linguistics
Dianna Tse & Kwan Hin Cheung
18/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
A media interview with China Daily Hong Kong: "Hong Kong Cinema: Lights Out?"
Sharon Fangyu Chen
5/05/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media