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Jun 2026
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Language Awareness × Chinese Language Learning: New Perspectives on Early Childhood Language Development
- Event of
- Open SPACE 2026
- Subject
- Chinese
- Date & time
- 06Jun 2026 (Sat)15:45 - 16:45
- Type of Event
- Hybrid (In-person & Online Attendance)
- Venue
- Room 312, 3/F, Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road, Admiralty, HK (access via the shopping arcade escalators through Exit A, Admiralty MTR Station)
- Online Platform
- HKU SPACE YouTube Channel
- Fee
- Free
Dr Lam Cheuk Yi Zoe
Dr Lam Cheuk Yi is currently a College Lecturer at the Centre for Language and Assessment, HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education. She holds teaching qualifications in early childhood education in Hong Kong and Canada, special education in Hong Kong, and is an internationally registered Montessori teacher. She earned her EdD and MEd from The Education University of Hong Kong, graduating with distinction and receiving the Dean’s Honours List, and has been repeatedly awarded the “Commendation for Teacher (Hong Kong)” by the Education Bureau. Dr Lam has taught bachelor’s and master’s programmes at several universities and has served as a teaching practicum supervisor, guest lecturer, and research consultant, with over ten years of teaching and administrative experience in early childhood and special education. She has also authored journal articles, newspaper columns, and books. Her research focuses on language proficiency and language awareness, the home literacy environment, positive psychology and well-being, and supporting the learning needs of children from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Enquiry
- 3762 0837 (zoe.lam@hkuspace.hku.hk)
- Relevant Programmes
Young children often encounter a range of challenges when learning Chinese. Accordingly, early childhood educators and parents may explore more effective ways to support children’s language development. Children’s progress in Chinese language learning is closely associated with multiple dimensions of language awareness, including phonological awareness, morphological awareness, vocabulary knowledge, and syntactic awareness. These competencies facilitate the development of decoding processes that underpin language acquisition and emergent literacy, thereby enabling children to learn Chinese more effectively.
This seminar presents practical instructional strategies and evidence-based approaches to integrating language awareness into classroom practice, and to designing developmentally appropriate learning activities and teaching resources. Through structured input and guided activities, teachers and parents can help children consolidate foundational Chinese learning skills, progressively develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities, and establish a robust basis for subsequent language and literacy development.
Cantonese
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