Head of Applied Language Studies and Associate Professor, School of Education and Languages, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Dr Danny Leung is Associate Professor and Head of Applied Language Studies at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. He obtained his PhD in Applied English Linguistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr Leung teaches a wide range of courses in English language studies and applied English linguistics. Dr Leung has been active in the English language teaching circle in Hong Kong. He was the English language consultant of English Made Easy 2017 produced by RTHK and starred in two segments of the programme as guest host. He has been invited by the CSTDI and OLD of the Hong Kong Government, MTR and local secondary schools to deliver English learning seminars and workshops. Dr Leung’s English pronunciation teaching segments on TVB Pearl's Knowledge for All programme have garnered popularity and acclaim. The view rates of these episodes on YouTube have exceeded 300,000.
The trilingual and biliterate language education policy has been guiding the design of Hong Kong language education and has been used to signify the unique advantages of the language environment of Hong Kong and its role to bridge its motherland and the rest of the world. Along with the societal development over the decades, a multitude of factors have changed and brought an impact to language education – The composition of students in Hong Kong changes to include more students from the mainland and ethnic minority (EM); technological advances rapidly and the AI is driving the evolution of education and many walks of life; Medium of Instruction (MOI) has evolved to using Putonghua to teach Chinese, and Chinese is the second language to many EM students.
In this forum, experts from English language and Putonghua education will share their views and discuss the essence of language learning in this everchanging world. The role of AI and EdTech in language learning will also be discussed.