Category Archives: Subtheme 1※Integrating Neural, Cognitive and Pedagogical Approaches to Learning Research and Educational Intervention
PhD position at University of Zurich
The Department of Comparative Linguistics and the Department of Psychology of the University of Zurich invite applications for a full-time PhD student position. The successful applicant will participate in the project “Ergativity in comprehension and production: language typology and processing”, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Description of the project The research project investigates the processing of ergative structures…
39th ASSBI Annual Brain Impairment Conference2016
Translating Knowledge into Practice: Evidence, Lessons and Challenges Monday 26th – Wednesday 28th September 2016 URL: http://www.assbi.com.au/conference_2016.html
◎Meeting of Minds Series
Cross-linguistic constraints on speech perception and production
Speakers: Dr. Puisan Wong and Dr. Shelley Tong, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, FoE, HKU Date: 25 February 2016 (Thursday) Time: 12:30-2:00 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building [Sandwiches will be served with coffee] Chair: Professor Brendan Weekes Respondent: Professor William Marslen-Wilson, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge Register Talk 1: What do Child-directed Lexical Tones Tell Us about…
◎Winter Institute
Leading the marriage of education and neuroscience-challenges and opportunities for 21st Century Educators
Speaker: Dr. Akaysha Tang, Program Director at the Office of International Science & Engineering, National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States; Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of New Mexico, USA Date: 22 January 2016 (Friday) Time: 11:00 am -12:30 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building Chair: Professor Brendan Weekes Register Abstract Today’s educators and students face unparalleled…
◎Winter Institute
Thermal IR Imaging and fNIRS Integration (Winter Institute 2016)
Date: Thursday, 14January 2016 Time: 10:30-12:30 Venue: Room 101 & 104, Runme Shaw Building Speakers: Prof. Laura-Ann Petitto HKU Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities; Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA; Co-PI & Science Director, NSF Science of Learning Center, Visual Language and Visual Learning, VL2 Prof. Arcangelo Merla Director of the Infrared Imaging…
◎Research Seminar
◎Winter Institute
Assessment of Human Emotion and Arousal in Social Interaction through Thermal Infrared Imaging: New Insights for the Neurosciences and Human-machine Interaction (Winter Institute 2016)
Date: 13 January 2016 (Wednesday) Time: 12:45-14:00 Venue: Room 101 & 104 Runme Shaw Building Speaker: Professor Arcangelo Merla, Director of the Infrared Imaging and Near Infrared Imaging Labs Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technology (ITAB), University of Chieti, Italy Register Abstract The evaluation of the psychophysiological state of the interlocutor is an important element of interpersonal relationships and communication. Thermal infrared…
Science of Learning Symposium: The Developing Brain
Date: 11 December 2015 (Friday) Time: 2:00-7:00 pm Venue: Room 201 K. K. Leung Building Chair: Prof. Brendan Weekes Register The Education and Neuroscience seminar series will showcase the research findings of international and local experts working in the domain of Science of Learning across all Faculties in the University. Information of the talks and the speakers: Can Brain…
◎Public lecture
◎SoL-SRT Symposium (Part of)
Science of Learning Discoveries about the Role of ‘Visual Sign Phonology’ and Reading: Revolutionary Implications for Young Visual Learners
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11 July 2015 (Sat)
2:30pm – 4:00pm
Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Adam Stone and Geo Kartheiser, Advanced doctoral students in the PhD in Educational Neuroscience program, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, and 2015 NSF Student Scholars in the NSF Science of Learning Center, VL2, and Recipients of a NSF travel fellowship from the United States National Science Foundation (Dr.…
◎Research Seminar
Inside 21st Century Creativity
25 June 2015, Thursday
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
RMS 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU
Professor Kevin Niall DUNBAR, Visiting Research Professor of The University of Hong Kong; Director of the Laboratory for Complex Thinking, Creativity, & Educational Neuroscience; Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology; College of Education, University of Maryland College Park, USA
Professor Carol K.…
◎Public lecture
From Backyard to Black Tie Science: A lifelong journey of Discovery
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18 June 2015, Thursday
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm (Tea reception: 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm)
The Open Area (MW405), 4/F, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Professor Kevin Niall DUNBAR, Visiting Research Professor of The University of Hong Kong; Director of the Laboratory for Complex Thinking, Creativity, & Educational Neuroscience; Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology; College…
Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Neuroimaging Technology and Advances for Studies of the Science of Learning
17 June 2015 (Wed) & 18 June 2015 (Thu)
9:00am – 1:00pm & 2:00pm – 5:00pm
MW550, 5/F, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Professor Laura-Ann Petitto, HKU Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities; Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA; Co-PI & Science Director, NSF Science of Learning Center, Visual Language and Visual Learning, VL2
Adam…
◎SoL-SRT Symposium
Spring Symposium 27-28 February: Young Researchers in the Science of Learning
Keynote Speakers: Professor Jubin Abutalebi, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy Professor Dekai Wu, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, HKUST Professor Andrew Tolmie, Professor of…
fNIRS Brain Imaging
3 February 2015, Tuesday
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Room 703, 7/F, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Dr. Joerg Schnackenberg, Hitachi Medical Corporation
Please register at https://sol.edu.hku.hk/fnirs-registration/ Limited quota. Description: Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive, non-ionizing, optical method to measure cerebral cortex hemoglobin concentration responses to brain function in humans. Research on fNIRS brain imaging is rapidly growing worldwide;…
◎Research Seminar
Science of Learning: Building for the Future
22 January 2015, Thursday
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Theater T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Dr. LIM, Soo-Siang, Lead Program Director and Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Science of Learning Centers (SLC) Program at the US National Science Foundation
Q&A session: 6:30 pm – 6:45 pm. This invited talk is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Abstract…
◎Research Seminar
Invited Talks on The US National Science Foundation: Advancing interdisciplinary research through international collaboration
22 January 2015, Thursday
5:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Theater T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Dr. LIM, Soo-Siang, Lead Program Director and Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Science of Learning Centers (SLC) Program at the US National Science Foundation
Dr. Nancy SUNG, Office Head, The US National Science Foundation Beijing Office
This set of two invited talks…
◎Public lecture
PUBLIC LECTURE —
Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities
Inaugural Lecture —
Science of Learning Public Lecture Series
Science of Learning — Why it matters to schools and families?
Prof. Laura-Ann PETITTO, Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, The University of Hong Kong; Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA
Professor Stephen Andrews, Dean of Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Dr. K K Chan, Deputy Secretary for Education, Education Bureau, HKSAR
This public lecture is supported by Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished…
◎Research Seminar
The US National Science Foundation: Advancing Transformative Science and Engineering Research through International Engagement
22 January 2015, Thursday
5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
Theater T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Dr. Nancy SUNG, Office Head, The US National Science Foundation Beijing Office
Q&A session: 6:30 pm – 6:45 pm. This invited talk is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Abstract The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is the primary funder of fundamental research in science…
◎Research Seminar
Analogy, Causality, and Discovery in Science: The engines of human thought
13 January 2015, Tuesday
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
has been changed to RMS 101, Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU, Formerly at RMS 206
Professor Kevin Niall DUNBAR, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, US
This seminar is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Skip to Q&A session Abstract Open a newspaper or webpage, read a textbook, visit…
◎Research Seminar
Understanding the self through self bias
12 January 2015, Monday
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Theater T4, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Prof. Glyn HUMPHREYS, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, UK Distinguished Visiting Scholar, The University of Hong Kong
This lecture is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Skip to Q&A session Abstract Attempts to understand the self have a long history in psychology and…
◎Research Seminar
Invited Lecture —
Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities
Humanities and the Science of Learning: Revealing the essence of human thought
12 January 2015, Monday
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Theater T4, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Prof. Laura-Ann PETITTO, Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, The University of Hong Kong; Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA
This lecture is supported by Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities. It is also one of…
◎Research Seminar
Invited Lectures on Science of Learning and the Humanities
12 January 2015, Monday
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Theater T4, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Prof. Laura-Ann PETITTO, Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, The University of Hong Kong; Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA
Prof. Glyn HUMPHREYS, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, UK; Distinguished Visiting Scholar, The University of Hong…
◎Research Seminar
Educating the Scientific Brain and Mind: Insights from The Science of Learning & Educational Neuroscience
9 January 2015, Friday
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
RMS 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU
Professor Kevin Niall DUNBAR, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, US
This seminar is one of Winter Institute 2015 activities. Skip to Q&A session Abstract From the day we are born, science surrounds us. Children, adults, and the aged, are constantly…
◎Research Seminar
Seminar —
Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities
My Journey as a Science of Learning Scientist, the co-Founder of Educational Neuroscience, and a Former Dean of Education
8th January 2015
2:15pm – 3:30 pm
MW408A-409A-410A, 4/F., Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Prof. Laura-Ann PETITTO, Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, The University of Hong Kong, Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA
This seminar is supported by Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities. About the speaker Professor/Dr. Laura-Ann Petitto Co-Principal Investigator,…
◎Meeting of Minds Series
fNIRS – a neuroimaging tool for extending the interdisciplinary boundaries of learning research
Date: 30th Oct (Thursday), 2014 Time: 12:45 to 14:00 Venue: Room 205, Runme Shaw Building, HKU Speaker: Dr Frank Zhu Abstract: Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive, non-ionizing, optical method to measure cerebral cortex hemoglobin concentration responses to brain function in humans. fNIRS research is rapidly growing worldwide; the number of publications has doubled every 3.5 years over the…
◎Research Seminar
Learning occupations through practice: Constituting a curriculum, pedagogy and epistemology of practice
17 October 2014 (Friday)
12:30 – 14:00
Room 202, Runme Shaw Building, HKU
Professor Stephen Billett, the School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia
(Chair: Professor Carol K.K. Chan) Abstract This presentation advances an account of how learning for and through occupational practice progresses and might be enhanced. It does so by drawing on historical, anthropological, the…
◎Research Seminar
Bilingualism as a life experience: Consequences on the mind and brain
Date: 24 June 2014 (Tuesday) Time: 18:00 – 19:30 Venue: Room 750, Meng Wah Complex, HKU Speaker: Dr Gigi Luk, Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA (Chair: Professor Brendan Weekes) Seminar: Bilingualism as a life experience: Consequences on the mind and brain Abstract Human brain reorganizes itself according to one’s life experience. Brain plasticity is a term that describes…
◎SoL-SRT Symposium
Interdisciplinary research on motor learning
30th May (Friday), 2014
12:30 to 14:00pm
Runme Shaw Building 205, The University of Hong Kong
Dr Suzanne Perry
Dr Frank Zhu
Dr Susan Bridges
Introduction How people (e.g., elite performers, surgeons, dentists, children, elderly and patient groups) learn motor skills and how this learning can be enhanced and improved is receiving increasing attention from researchers and practitioners in areas…
◎SoL-SRT Symposium (Part of)
Different approaches to language and education research
Date: 14th May, 2014 Time: 12:30 to 14:00 Venue: Runme Shaw Building 205 Speakers: Dr. Wai Ting Siok, Dr Shelley Xuili Tong, Professor Kai Ming Cheng (Discussant) Program Topic 1: Brain Imaging Research on Chinese Dyslexia Topic 2: Prosody Matters: The Cross-Linguistic Relationship between Chinese Tone Sensitivity and English Word Reading in Chinese-English Bilingual Children Professor Kai Ming Cheng, Chair…
◎SoL-SRT Symposium
Sex differences in spatial and social abilities
Date: 9th May, 2014 Time: 12:30 to 14:00 Venue: Meng Wah Complex 401 & 402, The University of Hong Kong Speakers: Dr. Wang Ivy Wong, Miss Rebecca Y. Hei Li Introduction: Gender and sex continue to be a non-negligible consideration in people’s lives in the modern world. Decades of research has pointed to the complexity of sex development, with many…
◎SoL-SRT Symposium
Literacy development
Dr. Wu-Ying Hsieh
Ms Aditi Dubey-Jhaveri
18th March, 2014
12:30 to 14:00
Room204, Rumme Shaw Building, HKU
Literacy, generally defined as the ability to read and write, constitutes a set of skills that are essential for academic and life success. To support literacy learning is one of the primary objectives of school education. In recent decades of globalization, the development…
◎Research Seminar
Accountable Talk: How Structured Academic Discussion Builds the Mind
February 26, 2014 (Wednesday)
4:30 pm -5:45 pm
Room 102, K.K. Leung Building, HKU
Professor Lauren Resnick, University of Pittsburgh
Language: English Abstract Recent evidence from several countries suggests that long-term, “far” transfer from one academic discipline to another is possible under certain conditions of teaching and learning. For example: a) English students who discussed middle school science problems under…
◎Meeting of Minds Series
The first brown bag seminar on “Integrating neural, cognitive and pedagogical approaches to learning research and educational intervention”
Date: 21 Jan 2014 Time: 12:30 pm to 2:00 p.m. Venue: Room 204, Rumme Shaw Building, The University of Hong Kong Photos Response code is 404
Learning about Network Science Research
January 14, 2014
14:00 – 17:00
Room 820, Meng Wah Building, The University of Hong Kong
Professor Liaquat Hossain, University of Hong Kong
This workshop is part of Winter Institute 2014. Description This is an introductory workshop on social network analysis for investigating complex social systems. I will highlight the data collection procedure, its benefits and limitations and standard measures…
◎Keynote
Self-biases in perception and memory
January 13, 2014
15:00-16:30
Room CPD-3.28, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Professor Glyn Humphreys, Oxford University
This workshop is part of Winter Institute 2014. Description There is much evidence indicating that humans are inherently self-biased, showing enhanced information processing for information relating to ourselves rather than other people. These bias effects can pervade even basic perceptual processes and are…
Linking diagnostics and rehabilitation in cognitive neuropsychology
January 13, 2014
9:30-12:30
Room 820, Meng Wah Building, The University of Hong Kong
Professor Glyn Humphreys, Oxford University
This workshop is part of Winter Institute 2014. Description In this workshop I will review work we have undertaken in the Oxford Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory linked to improving the diagnostic assessment of individuals with brain injury and then linking these diagnostics…
◎Research Seminar
Early childhood development and cognitive development in developing countries: A rigorous literature review
Rao, N., Sun, J., Wong, J.M.S., Weekes, B.S., Ip, P., Shaeffer, S., Young, M.E., Bray, M., Chen, E., & Lee, D. (2013). Early childhood development and cognitive development in developing countries: A rigorous literature review (pp. 101). DFID, UK Government. This review assembles extant evidence that will help determine how, why, and under what conditions Early Childhood Development (ECD) interventions…
◎Research Seminar
Situational analysis of young children in a changing world
Engle, P.L., Rao, N., & Petrovic, O. (2013). Situational analysis of young children in a changing world. In P.R. Britto, P.L. Engle, & C. Super (Eds.). Handbook of early child development research and its impact on global policy. New York: Oxford University Press. Young children do not develop their full potential development due to risk factors such as poverty…
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The Hong Kong early child development scale: A validation study
Rao, N., Sun, J., Ng, S.N.N., Ma, K., Becher, Y., Lee, D., Lau, C., Zhang, L., Chow, C.B., & Ip, P. (2013). The Hong Kong early child development scale: A validation study. Child Indicators Research, 6, 115-135. This paper reports on the development and validation of the Hong Kong Early Child Development Scale (HKECDS), a holistic measure of child development…
◎Research Seminar
The Development and Validation of the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS): A Six Country Study
Rao, N., Sun, J., Ng., M., Lee, D. & Becher, Y. (2013). The Development and Validation of the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS): A Six Country Study. The East Asia- Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS) have been developed by the Early Childhood Development, Education and Policy Group, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. The…
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Early achievement in rural China: The role of preschool experience
Rao, N., Sun, J., Zhou, J., & Zhang, L. (2012). Early achievement in rural China: The role of preschool experience. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27, 66-76 Abstract: Two studies examined the relationship between preschool experiences and the early academic achievement of rural Chinese children. In both Study 1 (n = 165) and Study 2 (n = 205), the school preparedness, and the literacy and…
◎Meeting of Minds Series
◎Research Seminar
Recovery of naming and discourse production: a bilingual anomic case study
Dai, EYL., Kong, APH. Weekes, B. Recovery of naming and discourse production: a bilingual anomic case study. In Aphasiology, 2012, v. 26 n. 6, p. 737-756 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2011.645013 Abstract: Differential language recovery in bilingual speakers with aphasia is of interest for theoretical reasons. One issue concerns the interaction between languages (L1-L2), word class (noun versus verb), and language task (naming versus…
◎Meeting of Minds Series
Is the left IPS necessary for verbal short-term memory? A TMS study
Kligebiel, k.
Hutton, S.
Majerus, S.
Mazzi, C.
Kligebiel, k., Hutton, S., Majerus, S., Mazzi, C., Weekes, B. Is the left IPS necessary for verbal short-term memory? A TMS study. In Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2012, v. 61, p. 115-116 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.10.105 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: Studies reveal the importance of verbal short-term memory (STM) to understanding the…
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Acquired dyslexia in a transparent orthography: An analysis of acquired disorders of reading in the Slovak language
Hricová, M.
Weekes, B.
Hricová, M., Weekes, B. Acquired dyslexia in a transparent orthography: An analysis of acquired disorders of reading in the Slovak language. Behavioural Neurology, 2012, v. 25 n. 3, p. 205-213. DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2012-119005 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: The first reports of phonological, surface and deep dyslexia come from orthographies containing quasi-regular mappings between orthography and…
◎Meeting of Minds Series
How are affective word ratings related to lexicosemantic properties? Evidence from the Sussex Affective Word List
Francesca M. M. CITRON
Brendan S. WEEKES
Evelyn C. FERSTL
FRANCESCA M. M. CITRON, BRENDAN S. WEEKES and EVELYN C. FERSTL. How are affective word ratings related to lexicosemantic properties? Evidence from the Sussex Affective Word List. Applied Psycholinguistics, available on CJO2012. DOI:10.1017/S0142716412000409. Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: Emotional content of verbal material affects the speed of visual word…
◎Meeting of Minds Series
Progressive dyslexia: Evidence from Hungarian and English
Druks, J
Aydelott, J
Genethliou, M
Jacobs, H
Druks, J., Aydelott, J., Genethliou, M., Jacobs, H., & Weekes, B. (2012).Progressive dyslexia: Evidence from Hungarian and English. Behavioural Neurology, 25(3), 185-191.DOI: 10.3233/ben-2012-119003 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: We report a patient with non-fluent Primary Progressive Aphasia who was premorbidly literate in two alphabetic scripts, Hungarian (L1) and English (L2). Testing…
◎Research Seminar
Acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia across scripts
Professor Weekes, Brendan Stuart
Weekes, B. S. (2012). Acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia across scripts. Behavioural Neurology, 25(3), 159-163. doi: 10.3233/ben-2012-119000 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: Many studies have investigated the cognitive processes used to read and to spell in English. Much of our knowledge about these processes comes from reports of patients with acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia, first…
◎Meeting of Minds Series
Executive and language control in the multilingual brain
Kong, PH
Kong, A. P.-H., Abutalebi, J., Lam, K. S.-Y., & Weekes, B. Executive and language control in the multilingual brain. Behavioural Neurology. 2013 DOI: 10.3233/ben-120331 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: Neuro imaging studies suggest that the neural network involved in language control may not be specific to bi-/multilingualism but part of a domain general executive control system. We…
◎Meeting of Minds Series
Relationship between riddle appreciation and reading comprehension in Chinese children
Tang, Nga-yee, Ivy
Tang, I.; To, KS. ; Weekes, B. Relationship between riddle appreciation and reading comprehension in Chinese children. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2013 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: Using riddles to train inference-making skills for better reading comprehension is effective for English-speaking children. Given the different writing system of Chinese, the goal of the…
◎Research Seminar
Towards paradigmatic change in TESOL methodologies: Building plurilingual pedagogies from the ground up
Professor Lin, Angel Mei Yi
Lin, A. M. Y. (2013) Towards paradigmatic change in TESOL methodologies: Building plurilingual pedagogies from the ground up. TESOL Quarterly, 47, 3, pp. 521-545 (SSCI Journal) Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: Contemporary TESOL methodologies have been characterized by compartmentalization of languages in the classroom. However, recent years have seen the beginning signs of paradigmatic…
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Classroom code-switching: Three decades of research
Professor Lin, Angel Mei Yi
Lin, A. (2013). Classroom code-switching: Three decades of research. Applied Linguistics Review, 4(1), 195~218. DOI: 10.1515/applirev-2013-0009 Link to HKU Scholars Hub Abstract: In this paper I provide a review of the historical development of different research paradigms and approaches adopted in studies on classroom code switching. I also discuss the difficulties and problems faced by…