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Dr. Tong Nga Yui Dorothy 唐雅睿博士
BSocSc HKU, PGDE HKU, PhD HKU
Registered Teacher (RT), Child Care Supervisor (CCS), Child Care Worker (CCW)
Assistant Professor
School of Education and Languages

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Language Development in Young Children
  • Curriculum Planning
  • Inclusive Education

Academic & Professional Experience

Project Grant

  • Nurturing students to develop Chinese word recognition tools: Masterclasses, mentorship, validation, optimization and exhibition. Quality Enhancement Measures Scheme, HKMU, 06/2025 - 08/2026. Project number: Q1137. (Project Proposer, Funded amount: HKD 805,250)

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

  • Wu, D., Degotardi, S., Li, H., & Tong, N.Y.* (2024). A corpus‑based study of spatial frames of references in early child Mandarin Chinese. Languages, 9(10), 318. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9100318 [ESCI]
  • Tong, N. Y., & Li, H.* (2022). Do girls outperform boys in early syntactic development? Negative evidence from Mandarin-speaking preschoolers. Languages, 7(4), 281. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7040281 [ESCI]

Selected Professional & Community Services

  • Programme Leader of Bachelor of Education with Honours in Early Childhood Education (Leadership and Special Educational Needs) (Full-time) - HKMU (01/07/2023 - present)
  • Representative of the School of E&L, HKMU at the Pacific of Early Childhood Education Research Association – Hong Kong (PECERA-HK) Strategic Partnership Sub-Committee (2022 - present)
  • Review Committee Member - The Asian Conference on Education (2024), IAFOR
  • Subject Specialist - The Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (2015 - 2017)

Modified Date: 18 Dec, 2024
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