LING6028 Topics in Language Acquisition Dr. Kathleen Ng MA Elective course. Sem 2 TBC Venue: TBC Course Description The course introduces current linguistic approaches to language acquisition in bilingual and multilingual contexts. Topics will include the acquisition of Cantonese and English by bilingual children; acquisition of English as second language by Chinese speakers, and vice versa; and the acquisition of a third or additional language by bilinguals. The course is particularly suitable for those with some experience of language teaching. Course Details Assessment: 100% coursework

LING6020 Advanced Topics in Psycholinguistics Dr. Wenjing Ni MA Elective course. Sem 1 Wed 1:30 – 4:20 pm Venue: CPD-LG.34 Course Description This course will examine issues concerning how language is acquired and processed in the mind. Advanced research topics to be covered in this course are as follows: brain and language development, language and thought, mental systems for words, word segmentation in Chinese and English, dyslexia, language disorders.  There will also be practical laboratory classes. Course Details Assessment: 100% coursework

LING7012 Introduction to Data Science for Linguists Prof. Christophe Coupé MA Elective course. Sem 1 TBC Venue: CPD-2.25 Course Description This course offers students a detailed introduction to data science and its application to linguistic issues. It covers both theoretical aspects and methods, and assumes no strong background in mathematics or computer science. Following an introduction to data science, a number of statistical concepts and tools will be introduced and applied to linguistic data. Simple natural language processing (NLP) techniques will also be covered. Topics include: sampling, descriptive and inferential statistics, basic parametric and non-parametric statistical tests, regular expressions, morphosyntactic processing, [...]

LING6031 Multilingualism Dr. Hanbo Liao MA Elective course. Sem 1 TBC Venue: TBC Course Description This course provides a broad overview of issues pertinent to multilingualism, with an emphasis on the linguistic, social and cultural diversity of multilingual societies. Theories and approaches to the study of multilingualism will be illustrated by different multilingual settings around the world, with special focus on Hong Kong and Asian contexts. Topics related to the linguistic consequences of multilingualism include diglossia, code-switching and language change. We also look at educational issues created by multilingualism and how they are resolved. Course Details Syllabus: N/A Assessment: 100% Coursework [...]

LING6022 Reading Acquisition and Developmental Dyslexia Dr. Liu Chun Yin Ralph MA Elective course. Sem 2 Wednesday 9:30 am – 12:20 pm Venue: ONLINE Course Description This course aims to provide a theoretical understanding of reading development and reading disorders in different writing systems, with a specific focus on alphabetic (English) and logographic (Chinese) writing systems. Through attending the course, students will be able to understand how different cognitive processes contribute to the development of skilled word reading and text comprehension and what problems children may encounter during the course of reading development. Effective treatment and instruction approaches will also be [...]

LING6021 Language Types and Universals Dr. Pui Yiu Szeto MA Elective course. Sem 2 TBC TBC Course Description This course introduces linguistic typology as an approach to language structure based inductively on investigation of a wide range of languages.  It does not require prior knowledge of many languages, although some knowledge of a language such as German or Japanese is a useful asset.  The course includes applications of typology in the field of language acquisition. Course Details Assessment: 100% coursework.