Prof Sam C. S. LEUNG
Acting Dean
Acting Dean
QUALIFICATIONS
1995 | Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A |
1983 | M.A. in East Asian Languages & Literatures (Chinese), University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A |
1981 | M.A. in English as a Second Language, University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A |
1977 | B.A. (Hons) in English Studies and Comparative Literature, the University of Hong Kong |
EMPLOYMENT
2018 - present |
Professor Acting Dean, Faculty of Management and Hospitality, THEi Head, School of General Education and Languages, THEi |
2014- 2018 | Professor and Head, School of General Education and Languages, THEi |
2013-2014 | Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education |
2007-2013 | Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education |
2008-2012 | Head, Department of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education |
1989-2007 | Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Division of Speech & Hearing Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong |
1986-1989 | Assistant Lecturer, Department of English, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
HONORARY APPOINTMENT
2008-2014 | Honorary Associate Professor, Division of Speech & Hearing Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong |
AWARDS
2016 | Sino-British Fellowship Trust (SBFT), UK |
1990 | Sumi Mackey Alumni Fellowship, East-West Center, Honolulu, USA |
1981-1985 | Graduate Assistantship, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA |
1979-1981 | Graduate Study Award, East-West Center, Honolulu, USA |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
RECENT EXTERNAL GRANTS
RECENT INTERNAL GRANT
Leung, C.S. (PI) & Wong, Y.F.L. ‘Use of apology strategies by Cantonese-speaking children’. THEi Seed Grant. (2014-15)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
SELECTED RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Leung, C.-S.S. (June 2018). “Exploring independent learning approach to learning English in a rapid changing world: Issues and challenges” The European Conference on Language Learning 2018, Brighton, UK, 29 June- 1 July, 2018.
Leung, C.-S.S. & Wong, Y.-F. L. (July 2017). “Expression of Refusals in Child Cantonese” 15th International pragmatics Conference, Belfast, U.K., 16-21 July, 2017
Leung, C.-S.S., Ng, T. H. B. & Wong, Y.-F. L. (Dec 2016). “The use of sentence final particles in apologies by Hong Kong preschool children”. The 21st International Conference on Yue Dialects, Macau, 12-13 December, 2016.
Leung, C.-S.S. & Wong, Y.-F. L. (Nov 2016). “Expressing Refusals in Child Cantonese: A Pilot Study”. 3rd International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 4-6 November, 2016.
SELECTED CONSULTANCIES
EXTERNAL EXAMINER OF DOCTORAL THESES
Title of thesis: “Urbanization, Language Use, Language Attitude and Identity: A Study of Language Life in Dongguan” (城市化、語言使用、語言態度和認同:東莞語言生活研究). PhD thesis, University of Macau, 2016
SUPERVISION OF PhD THESES