Member, Quality Education Fund Steering Committee;
Member, Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR);
Honorary Advisor, GAPSK Language Promotion Council
Mr Pang has been dedicated to offer counsels to the nation, society and industry. For years, he has been advocating Chinese language and Putonghua education, and proactively driving the popularity of Chinese language and Putonghua in secondary schools, primary schools and pre-schools in a bid to enhance students’ proficiency of the language. His ambition is to encourage the learning motivation of students and young people and to promote the inheritance of Chinese culture, fostering proper values. Additionally, Mr Pang has collaborated with numerous non-governmental organisations and organised a multitude of activities in promoting Chinese culture, including seminars, exchanges, training workshops, etc., enhancing the promotion of Chinese language in the community and cultural exchanges. Mr Pang utilises his own professional knowledge and insights to drive the innovation and sustainability of education, and continues to share his valuable opinions concerning the implementation of education policy and transformation.
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.