Research Student Profiles

Mr NG, Chi Wui

Social Contexts and Policies of Education

Programme of Study: PhD

Field of Study: Higher Education

Research Topic: Influence of Social Class on Educational Aims of Humanities and Social Sciences PhD Students in Hong Kong

Email Address: ngchiwui@connect.hku.hk

Office: Room 401, Runme Shaw Building

About Me:
I am a versatile Hong Kong Chinese doctoral candidate in the Academic Unit of Social Contexts and Policies of Education at the University of Hong Kong. Prior to my pursuit of doctoral studies, I completed a co-terminal double degree programme in English Studies and English Language Education along with a Linguistics minor during my undergraduate studies and obtained a research Master’s degree in Applied English Linguistics while serving as a full-time Graduate Master in aided secondary schools in Hong Kong. My research interests in the field of educational studies are higher education, doctoral education, educational aims, and social reproduction. In the realm of applied linguistics, I am particularly interested in English grammar, second language development, second language instruction, pedagogical grammar, grammar of Hong Kong English, and corpus linguistics. I have contributed to myriads of local, regional, and international journals.

Primary Supervisor: Professor HORTA, Hugo

Co-supervisor(s): Professor TAN, Cheng Yong and Professor JUNG, Jisun

Research Outputs:
Ng, C. W. (2025). Relative clauses in written Hong Kong English and British English: A corpus-based comparison. Language Exploration, 1(1), 3081-.

Ng, C. W. (2025). A revisit of three hypotheses about second language development of English relative clauses: A corpus-based study of written Hong Kong English. Pedagogical Linguistics, 6(1), 78-108.

Ng, D. T. K., Lai, W. Y. W., Jong, M. S. Y., & Ng, C. W. (2024). Using cospaces in augmented reality digital story creation: A thematic analysis. Computers & Education: X Reality, 5, 100090-.

Ng, C. W. (2024). Relative clauses in written Hong Kong English: A corpus-based study of untimed student essays. Asian Englishes, 26(2), 372-390.

Ng, C. W. (2023). Teaching the English tense system through systemic theoretical instruction and cognitive grammar: Investigating students’ perceptions. Dilbilim Dergisi - Journal of Linguistics, 40, 61-88.

Ng, D. T. K., Su, M. J., & Ng, R. C. W. (2023). Fostering non-aviation undergraduates’ aviation literacy in an online aviation laboratory: Effects on students’ perceptions, motivation, industry optimism. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 35(2), 341-368.

Ng, D. T. K., Ng, R. C. W., & Chu, S. K. W. (2023). Engaging students in virtual tours to learn language and digital literacy. Journal of Computers in Education, 10(3), 575-602.

Ng, D. T. K., Leung, J. K. L., Su, J., Ng, R. C. W., & Chu, S. K. W. (2023). Teachers’ AI digital competencies and twenty-first century skills in the post-pandemic world. Educational Technology Research and Development, 71(1), 137-161.

Ng, C. W. (2022). Systemic theoretical instruction and cognitive grammar: Acquisition of the English tense system. In Chan, M., & Benati, A. G.(Eds.), Challenges Encountered by Chinese ESL Learners. (pp59-86). Singapore: Springer.

Tang, E., Cheng, L., & Ng, R. (2022). Online writing community: What can we learn from failure?. RELC Journal, 53(1), 101-117.

Ng, C. W. (2021). Cantonese-English code-switching in Cantopop television drama theme songs. World Englishes, 40(3), 354-370.

Ng, C. W. (2021). Critical genre analysis of principal's remarks. Linguistica Silesiana, 42, 281-305.

Ng, C. W. (2021). English for prospective English teachers in Hong Kong: Classroom language in English lessons. International Journal of TESOL Studies, 3(2), 152-167.

Ng, C. W. (2020). Instruction on the English tense system through systemic theoretical instruction and cognitive grammar: Impacts on students' grammatical production. New Waves - Education Research & Development, 23(1), 1-25.

Ng, C. W. (2020). Subject-operator disagreement in English existential constructions: A corpus-based analysis of American English and Hong Kong English. Applied Linguistics Research Journal, 4(3), 1-12.

Ng, C. W. (2019). Task-based language teaching in Hong Kong English education. Advances in the Linguistic Sciences, 1(1), 1-16.

Ng, C. W. (2019). Innovative measures of young learners’ English language proficiency: A review of English Language Proficiency Assessments for Young Learners. The Journal of AsiaTEFL, 16(2), 759-762.

Ng, C. W. (2019). Acquisition of English cue strengths by Cantonese learners of English. The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 6(1), 42-53.

Ng, C. W. (2018). Education for mobility – Factual or fictional?. Hong Kong Teachers’ Centre Journal, 17, 99-123.

Ng, C. W. (2018). Critical multimodal discourse analyses of news discourse on Facebook and YouTube. The Journal of AsiaTEFL, 15(4), 1174-1185.

Ng, C. W. (2018). Gender difference in preferences for second language vocabulary learning strategies: A pilot study. Bulletin of Advanced English Studies, 1(2), 160-171.

Ng, C. W. (2018). Code-mixing of Cantonese-English bilingual children with different language dominance patterns. The Journal of English as an International Language, 13(2), 49-80.

Ng, C. W. (2018). Assessment for/as Learning in Hong Kong English language classrooms: A review. International Journal of Research in English Education, 3(3), 1-12.

Ng, C. W., & Zhao, H. (2017). Concept-based instruction on English past perfect. Journal of Second and Multiple Language Acquisition, 5(3), 84-98.

Ng, C. W. (2016). Impacts of the monolingual and bilingual dictionaries on the lexical errors committed by EFL learners in Hong Kong: a semantic analysis. Lexicography, 2(2), 141-173.

Ng, C. W. (2014). Hong Kong senior secondary English language curriculum: An analysis with respect to multicultural education. International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 16(2), 141-159.

Awards and Prizes:
HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship, awarded by the University of Hong Kong, 2022-2025
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship, awarded by Research Grants Council, 2022-2025
Best Presenter Award of the Research Postgraduate Conference, awarded by Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, 2023-2024
Graduate Student Research Presentation Award, awarded by Department of English Language Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2023
The Fifth of Hong Kong Outstanding Prospective Teachers Award - Silver Award, awarded by Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association and Hong Kong Prospective Teachers Association, 2018
Faculty Dean's Honours List, awarded by Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014-2018
College Head's List, awarded by United College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014-2018
Scholarship for Prospective English Teachers, awarded by HKSAR Government, 2013-2017
Au Bak Ling Charity Trust Scholarship, awarded by Au Bak Ling Charity Trust, 2015
The Grand Way Scholarships, awarded by Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Prize, awarded by Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund, 2013