On May 16, 2025, Professor Zhu Xinhua, PhD supervisor of Chinese and Bilingual Studies (CBS) at the Faculty of Humanities, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; and Associate Professor Xie Qin, PhD Supervisor at the Faculty of Education (FED), University of Macau, visited SFS. They engaged in academic discussions with the Language Assessment and Teacher Development team of SFS.
Professor Zhu has long focused on Chinese curriculum and assessment research, leading over 30 projects. His findings have been widely applied in Chinese education policies and practices, with academic visits to universities in Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK, and beyond.
Associate Professor Xie, a recipient of the General Research Fund (GRF) grant from Hong Kong's University Grants Committee (UGC), specializes in language testing, second-language writing assessment, and AI applications in educational assessment. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Language Education and Assessment and the Associate Editor for two other journals.
Professors Meng Yaru and Ma Xiaomei, along with other SFS faculty members, participated in the exchange.
Professor Meng introduced the culture, development, and research achievements of the Language Testing and Teacher Development team.
After a brief team introduction, Professor Zhu delivered a talk themed "20 Years of Research", providing incisive insights into integrating "curriculum and instruction theory" with "applied linguistics and Chinese language education". Through concrete research cases, he discussed topic selection considerations and strategies from the perspectives of attention, impact, and feasibility.
Drawing on her experience as an editorial board member and Associate Editor of multiple journals, Associate Professor Xie shared insights into journal reviewing, team research topic planning, and grant application strategies.
The experts offered guidance on research topics, grant applications, team building, and publication, providing valuable advice for graduate students and junior faculty.
An interactive Q&A session followed the presentations. The exchange deepened understanding of applied linguistics research and inspired participating faculty and students.
