Staff Profile - School of Education and Languages - Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Dr. Sin Chun Man Ivan 冼俊文博士

BEd (LangEd) (First Hons) HKU, MPhil HKU, PhD (Figure of Speech in Modern Chinese) HKU
Registered Teacher

Assistant Professor
School of Education and Languages

Biography

Dr. Ivan C.M. Sin is Programme Leader of Certificate in Education (Primary/Secondary), Certificate in Primary Mathematics Education: Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy, and Certificate in the Teaching of Putonghua in Primary Schools in the School of Education and Languages.

He obtained his BEd (First class honors) in Language Education, MPhil and PhD in Modern Chinese from the University of Hong Kong (PhD thesis titled “A Dynamic Study of Figure of Speech in Modern Chinese"). He is also a registered teacher in Hong Kong.

Dr. Ivan C.M. Sin is an Assistant Professor of School of Education and Languages, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. Before joining HKMU, He had been teaching in secondary schools, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Community College, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong. He had also been a research assistant in Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong. Over the years, he has keen interest in editing and literary creation. He had been an editor-in-chief of an environmental magazine and his articles were published in newspapers and magazines such as Ming Pao, Wen Wei Po and 80s renaissance.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

Modern Chinese rhetoric
Genre analysis
Chinese language education
Teaching Chinese as a second language

Academic & Professional Experience

Funded Research Projects

2022 - 2023, Principal Investigator, A study on the language features of speeches in Chinese and English, Katie Shu Sui Pui Charitable Trust - Research Training Fellowship, HK$100,000.

2022 - 2023, Principal Investigator, A study on the genre features of children’s novels, School Research Fund, HK$29,932.5.

Selected Conference Presentations

Sin, C. M. (2022). 從外來詞的角度看國際中文教育在地化的挑戰及應對方法. Paper presented at the 9th International School Chinese Language Education Conference and Workshop (ISCLE-9), Shanghai. (Online workshop).

Sin, C. M. (2022). 從中央課程設計及建議篇章看主流中學中非華語學生學習中文的困難及相關教學建議. Paper presented at the The 7th International Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Hong Kong. (Online workshop).

Sin, C. M. (2021). 國際學校二年級中文一語班學生的漢語句式運用概況及相關的教學建議. Paper presented at the 8th International School Chinese Language Education Conference and Workshop, Taipei (Online workshop).

Sin, C. M. (2019). 白話文版中國古代神話的時、地、人用詞硏究，及其作為二語教材的編寫建議. Paper presented at the 2019 International Schools' Chinese Education Conference and Workshop, Melbourne.

Sin, C. M. (2019). 疊字、倒裝、反復辭格中元話語的生成及理解心理機制. Paper presented at the Metadiscourse across Languages and contexts, Chang Chun.

Sin, C. M. (2019). 公司網站中“公司簡介”的語言特徵及其相關的寫作教學策略. Paper presented at the New Era on Chinese International Education Academic Conference, Qingdao.

Sin, C. M., Wong, K. H., Cheung, P. K., Wong, Y. L. (2017). 「閱讀促進學習」教學法 (Reading to learn pedagogy) 對提高香港初中學生文言閱讀能力的成效初探. Paper presented at the 7^th International Conference on Han Characters Education and Research, Kaohsiung.

Sin, C. M., Wong, P. H., Au, C. C. (2016). IGCSE中文科常用字及學習階段初探. Paper presented at the 3^rd International School Chinese Language Education Conference and Workshop, Hong Kong.

Sin, C, M,, Wong, P. H., Ip, H. S., Au, C. C. (2015). 象形文字分類研究. Paper presented at the 6^th International Conference on Han Characters Education and Research, Hanzhou.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

冼俊文（2022）。〈小學生優秀作文的詞彙銜接情況及相關教學建議〉。《國際中文教育學報》，2022(11)，83 - 98。
冼俊文（2014）。〈香港中學生科學科語言表達能力及相關教學策略〉。《香港數理教育學會會刊》，2014(30)，123 - 128。
巢偉儀、冼俊文、林偉業、陳敬萍、馬嘉敏（2014）。〈電子教學對香港小學生書寫能力的影響〉。《漢字漢文教育》，2014(33)，139 - 167。

Selected Professional & Community Services

Working Group, Development of a Guiding Framework for Primary and Secondary Techer Education Programmes (EDB) (2022 - )
Consultant, Chu Kwok Keung (Member of the Legislative Council: Functional Constituency – Education) (Apr 2022 - Feb 2023)
Editorial advisor, editorial board of the Hong Kong Education Workers Union (2021 - )

Modified Date: 15 Mar, 2023
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