Research Student Profiles

Miss SONG, Yiling

Language and Literacy Education

Programme of Study: EdD

Field of Study: Classical Chinese reading / Problem-based learning / Self-regulation / Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language

Research Topic: The Effectiveness of Problem-based Learning Instruction on Students’ Classical Chinese Reading in Chinese International Schools

Email Address: u3629638@connect.hku.hk


About Me:
Miss Song graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with a Distinction in Master of Arts in Chinese in 2020. Her field of study is women's literature of the Ming and Qing dynasties. After that, she worked as the Research Assistant and Technical Assistant for Professor Zhang Wanmin, from CityU.


Current Research:
Classical Chinese Reading / Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language


Primary Supervisor: Professor LOH, Elizabeth K Y

Co-supervisor(s): Dr FUNG, Synthia S W


Research Outputs:
SONG, Y. (2018). Study on Sentimentality in CAO Cao’s Poems. East, West, South and North, (ISSN 1000-7296), 104-105.

SONG, Y. (2020). The Culture Cycle of Chinese Characters and the Civilization of the Yi Nationality in Sichuan . Northern Literature, (ISSN 0476-031X), 151-152.

SONG, S. (2021, June). “Stationarity” and “Fluidity”- Suiyuan Female Poets’ Literary Spirit and Yin-Yang Temperament. Presentation at the Fifth Seminar for Postgraduates Enrolling in Master of Arts in Chinese Programs of the Department of Chinese and History of CityU, Hong Kong.


Awards and Prizes:
- Outstanding Student in the First Semester of the Academic Year of 2018 to 2019, awarded by Xihua University, 2019.
- The Second-class Scholarship in the First Semester of the Academic Year of 2018 to 2019, awarded by Xihua University, 2019.
- Outstanding Poet of “Ziyun Cup” Poetry Competition, awarded by Fenghuang Poetry Society, China Poetry Website (鳳凰詩社,中國詩歌網), 2015.