學歷 Education
  • 萊斯特大學語言學教育博士
    EdD in Applied Linguistics, University of Leicester
  • 華盛頓大學文化人類學博士後 
    Postdoctoral Study in Cultural Anthropology, University of Washington
  • 北京大學歷史學博士               
    PhD in Chinese History,  Peking University
當前職務 Current Positions
  • 教授 Professor
  • 系主任 Head of Department
  • 普通話培訓測試中心主任 Director of Putonghua Training and Test Centre
研究興趣/領域 Research Interests/Areas
  • 現代漢語研究 Modern Chinese
  • 應用語言學 Applied Linguistics
  • 漢語歷史語言學 Chinese Historical Linguistics
  • 漢語作為二語教學 Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
  • 中國語文教育 Chinese Education
  • 語文教師教育及培訓 Chinese Teacher Education
  • 北方民族歷史、語言及文化 History, Language and Culture of Ethnic Minorities in Northeast Asia
  • 契丹王朝歷史  History of Khitan-Liao Dynasty
教授科目 Courses Taught
  • 現代漢語 Modern Chinese
  • 語言學概論 General Linguistics
  • 漢語與華人社會文化 Chinese Language, Society and Culture
  • 修辭學 Rhetoric
  • 五四以後中國文學語言變遷 Changes of Chinese Literary Language after the May 4th Movement
  • 漢語語言學專題 Special Topics in Chinese Linguistics
  • 語文教學理論與實踐 Theory and Practice of Chinese Teaching
獲研究資助局資助的研究項目 RGC Funded Research Grant Projects (FDS) as PI
  • 2023-2025:  Settlement towns built on the north-eastern steppe of Inner Mongolia during Khitan-Liao and their impact on Chinese history: A new inquiry on Touxia 契丹-遼王朝建立在內蒙古東北草原上的定居城鎮及其對中國歷史的影響：對「投下」的新探討 (UGC/FDS15/H03/22) 
  • 2015-2017: Analysis of Repair Practice and its Relationship with L2 Chinese Learning in Online Tutorial   網上導修課的會話修補實踐及其與漢語作為二語學習的關係 (UGC/FDS16/H15/14)   
目前指導研究生 Current Supervision
  • 博士生導師 Principal Supervisor for PhD Student
    • 劉小羽 Lau Siuyu
    • 竺渝 ZHU Yu
    • 易資言 YI Ziyan
  • 碩士生導師 Principal Supervisor for MPhil Student
    • 韓冬 HANG Dong
學術著作 Monographs
  1. YANG Ruowei (2021) The Political and Military System of the Khitan Dynasty (revised edition). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press.《契丹王朝政治軍事制度研究》（修訂版），北京：社會科學文獻出版社2021。
  2. ZHANG, B. & YANG Ruowei (2008) Differences in Meaning and Use of Identical Words Across Mandarin and Cantonese. HK: Joint Publishing (HK) Company Ltd.. 《同形異義：粵普詞語對比例釋》，香港：三聯書店，2008。
  3. ZHANG, B. & YANG Ruowei (2001)，Transmutations of Tones and Sandhi in Chinese Phonetic System. HK: Commercial Press. 《普通話連讀音變》，香港：商務印書館，2001。
  4. Yang Ruowei (1993) The Political and Military System of Khitan Dynasty (in traditional Chinese). Taipei: Wenchin Publisher. 《契丹王朝政治軍事制度研究》（繁體中文），台北：文津出版社，1993。
  5. YANG Ruowei (1991) The Political and Military System of the Khitan Dynasty (revised edition). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press. 《契丹王朝政治軍事制度研究》，北京：中國社會科學出版社，1991。
  6. Yang Ruowei (trans.) (1988) The Aestetic Ideas of Ancient Chinese (translated from Japanese into Chinese). Beijing: Joint Publishing Co. Ltd.. 楊若薇 （譯），（日）笠原仲二（著），《古代中國人的美意識》，北京：三聯書店1988。

發表於同行評審學術期刊的論文（主要） Selected articles in peer-reviewed journals and refereed book chapter（*in English / +in Chinese）
  1. Yang, Ruowei (2020) Learning strategies and translanguaging space: Self-repetition with alternation of languages in an L2 Chinese classroom. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research,7(3):99-120. *
  2. Yang Ruowei & Zhang, X (2018) Sorry used by L2 learner: Managing learning opportunity and interpersonal relationship in classroom interaction. International Journal of English Linguistics, 8 (2):48-55. *
  3. Yang Ruowei (2017) Sorry as a marker for self-negation used by learners in language classrooms. Linguistics and Literature Studies, 5(6):391-399.* RGC funded project (UGC/FDS16/H15/14)
  4. Yang, Ruowei & Zhang, X. (2017) The dual function of code-switching in Cantonese-English bilingual children's conversations with parent. Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development, 5(1):65-77. *
  5. Yang, Ruowei (2012). Developmental trends for the occupational groups of examinees in the National Putonghua Proficiency Test (PSC):– The case of the Open University of Hong Kong. Applied Linguistics, Special Issue, 2–11.+
  6. Yang Ruowei (2012) Adoption of Confucian culture: Development of ‘Xiao’ (filial obedience) in Qitan. In Feng Jicai (Ed.) Study of Chinese Traditional Festivals. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Co. +
  7. Yang Ruowei (2009) Other-Repair in Chinese conversation: A case of web-based academic discussion. Intercultural Pragmatics, 6 (3), 315–344.*
  8. Yang Ruowei & Zhang, B. (2009) Identification of identical words with ‘Qi’ in Cantonese and Mandarin. Newsletter of Chinese Language, 85–86, 57–66. +
  9. Yang Ruowei & Zhang B. (2008) From ‘Yingong’ (陰功) to ‘Mei Wu Tong Ci’(美惡同辭)，Chinese Language Review, 89, 59–64. +
  10. Yang Ruowei (2007) The disappearance of the abrupt tone in northern Chinese dialect in the time of Liao dynasty. Center for Research on Ancient Chinese History of Peking University (Ed.) The collection of academic articles for Commemorating the Centennial Birthday of the Late Professor Deng Guangming, Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju, 801–14. +
  11. Zhang B. & Yang Ruowei (2007) Application of ‘consciousness–raising activities’ in communicative teaching L2. Journal of Chinese Language Education (Singapore), 5(1), 63–76. +
  12. Yang Ruowei & Zhang, B. (2006) ‘Jiasheng’(夾生), ‘Jiansheng’(監生) and ‘Huoshengsheng’(活生生)’, Chinese Language Review, 83, 44–48. +
  13. Zhang B. & Yang Ruowei (2005) Kin names in Cantonese and Mandarin: the same form with different sense, Newsletter of Chinese Language, 73, 18–25. +
  14. Zhang, B & Yang Ruowei. (2004) Putonghua Education and Language Policy in Postcolonial Hong Kong. In M. Zhou (Ed.), Language Policy in the People’s Republic of China: Theory and Practice since 1949. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 95–111. *
  15. Yang Ruowei (2000) From a survey of the course of Effective Use of Chinese at OUHK to implicate the Chinese proficiency training course for in–service primary teacher, Asia Pacific Journal of Language in Education, 3(2), 79–95. +
  16. Zhang B. & Yang Ruowei (1999) The pinyin and pronunciation of Putonghua duplicate adjectives. Newsletter of Chinese Language, 3, 31–38. +
  17. Yang Ruowei & Zhang B.(1997) New probe on the pronunciation transmutation of the Chinese character ‘Er’(兒). Journal of Chinese Studies (中國文化研究所學報), N.S.6, 493–512. (香港中文大學) +
  18. Yang Ruowei & Zhang B. (1997) Teaching Putonghua /Er/. Chinese Language Review (Yuwen Jianshe Tongxun), 51, 13–16. +
  19. Yang Ruowei & Zhang B. (1996) A study on variations of Putonghua forth tone. Beijing, Language Study (Yuwen Jianshe), 6, 23–26. +
  20. Yang Ruowei (1993) The steles of the Liao dynasty and their value in history studies. The Gest Library Journal, Princeton University (U.S.A.), 8, 55–72. *
  21. Yang Ruowei (1992) The Institutions of Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties (916–1368) (Volume three), in Dictionary of Chinese Official Systems. Shanghai: Shanghai Classical Document Publishing House. +
  22. Yang Ruowei (1991) Outline of the political system of the Jin dynasty (1127–1234) (partial of Chapter Seven). In Bai Gang (Ed.) History of Chinese Political Systems. Tianjin: Tianjin People's Publishing House. +
  23. Yang Ruowei (1989) On Several Problems of the Educational Examination System in Chinese History. Monthly Journal of History Studies, 2, 21–26. +
  24. Yang Ruowei (1987) An explanation of ‘Four Tribes’ in Liao-Shi. Nationalities Studies, Beijing, 2, 50–56. +
  25. Yang Ruowei (1987) Studies of the political and military system of Liao dynasty. Documents, Beijing, 3, 143–156. +
  26. Yang Ruowei (1986) An Inquiry into the Ordo official system. Studies of Chinese History. Beijing, 4, 97–108. +
  27. Yang Ruowei (1986) A new exploration of the term ‘Jiu’ in Kitan time. Historical Research, Beijing, 1, 100–117. +
  28. Yang Ruowei (1985) An Inquiry into the location of Ordo with a discussion of the so–called ‘Hengzhang’ in Liao-shi. Journal of Peking University, Beijing, 5, 119–128. +
  29. Yang Ruowei (1985) The Bangdu nation's traditional kinship’(from Japanese into Chinese). Beijing, Translations of the Ethnology, 6, 26–32. +
  30. Yang Ruowei (1983) The ‘His’ and its historical development. Tianjin, History Teaching, 7, 39–44. +
  31. Yang Ruowei (1983) On the economic system of Liao dynasty. Humanity and History, 17, 105–122. +
  32. Yang Ruowei (1982) Three faults in Pai Kuan Chih of Liao–shih. Journal of Social Sciences,     81–88. +
  33. Xiang, N. & Yang Ruowei (1980) The Matrimonial system of the Khitan people, Historical Research, 5, 141–160. +
國際學術研討會論文 Conference Presentations and Papers in Proceedings
 

  1. (2024) Settlement Towns Built on the Northeastern Steppe of Inner Mongolia in Kitan-Liao (907-1125): A Brief Fieldwork Report, a keynote speech on  the online Kitan Network Annual Symposium, organized by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Waseda University, 2 February 2024.

  2. (2024) Transculturing and Hybridizing in the Khitan-Liao Dynasty (907-1125) – A New Inquiry on the ‘Touxia’ System , oral presented at the BACS Conference 2024: Joint East Asian Studies Conference 26-28 June 2024, Preston, UK.

  3. (2024) Personal Chinese Names Ending in "Nu" (slave) Among the Khitan and Han during Khitan-Liao (907-1125): A Historical Sociolinguistic Study, oral presented at the 13th Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference, 5-7 June 2024, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

  4. (2022) Children’s Role in Family Language Policy: Unresponsiveness and NonVerbal Actions to Parents’ Words, online presented (as coauthor) at the 10th European Conference on Language Learning, UCL, SOAS, University of London (Onsite and Online), UK, 1417 July 2022. *
  5. (2020) The Functions of Learners’ SelfRepetition Through Translanguaging in L2 Chinese Classroom Discursive Practice, was accepted for oral presentation at the International Symposium on Education and Psychology (ISEP 2020), 13 March, Sydney, Australia (The conference was cancelled due to Covid19).*
  6. (2018) Young immigrants language practice on mother tongue maintaining in the home, was accepted for oral presentation at International Conference on Education &Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022 November, Ontario, Canada.*
  7. (2018) Unbalanced acquisition of negation: Evidence from CantoneseEnglish children, presented at 2018 International Academic Multidisciplines Research Conference, 78 February, London.*
  8. (2017) Motivation and attitude towards National Putonghua Proficiency Test: A survey on testtakers at OUHK, presented at the 2nd International Conference of Language Education, 89 December, Hong Kong. +
  9. (2017) Sorry used by L2 learner: Managing learning opportunity and interpersonal relationship in classroom interaction, presented at the 18th International Conference on Linguistics & Language Research (ICLLR), 8–9 June, University of Washington Rome Centre, Italy. *
  10. (2017) Sorry as selfnegation used by L2 learner in classroom talk, presented at 15th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 57 July, Imperial College London, London. * 
  11. (2016) Dual dimensional purposes of learner codeswitched selfrepetition in L2 classroom talk, Proceedings for the 12th BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG, 30 June – 1 July 2016, Lancaster University, UK. *
  12. (2016) Dual function of codeswitching in CantoneseEnglish bilingual children’s conversation with adults, proceedings for the Young Language Learners Symposium 2016, University of Oxford, 68 July, Oxford. *
  13. (2015) Codeswitching as a Strategy for Repair Initiation in eTutorial for L2 Learning, presented at the 8th Annual International Conference on Languages & Linguistics, 69 July, Athens, Greece. *
  14. (2015) Conversational repair and its relationship with L2 acquisition: Analysis of online tutorials for adults learning Chinese, presented at Canada International Conference on Education, 2225 June, Toronto, Canada. *
  15. (2014) Adult learnerled IRF/IRE in etutorial for L2 Chinese learning, presented at the 2nd European Conference on Language Learning, 9 13 July, Brighton, UK. *
  16. (2013). Development of Putonghua Testing in Postcolonial Hong Kong, presented at the 3rd International Conference of Applied Linguistics "Languages and People: Space, Time and Identity", 34 October, Vilnius, Lithuania. *
  17. (2013) Wang Guowei’s contribution on study of history of minorities in North China, presented at Forum on Zhang Taiyan and Wang Guowei, 2728, October, Hangzhou, China. +
  18. (2012) Putonghua Public Examinations in Hong Kong: A Brief Review, presented at the International Conference of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, 2830 December, Taipei. +
  19. (2012) Teachers’ views on Putonghua Education in Hong Kong, presented at the 13th    International Conference on Language and Social Psychology, 20–23 June, Leeuwarden, Netherlands. *
  20. (2012) Adoption of Confucian culture: development of ‘Xiao’ (filial obedience) in Qitan nation , presented at Forum of Mianshan, 56 April, Shanxi, China. +
  21. (2011) L2 Self Motivation and eLearning Behavior: A Case Study of Two English Adult Learners of Chinese, presented at IJAS 2nd International Conference for Academic Disciplines, 29 May – 1 June, Boston, USA. *
  22. (2010) The Role of OtherRepair in Academic Conversation, presented at the 18th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning, 1619 July, Kobe, Japan. *
  23. (2009) Comparative study on common used words in Hong Kong and Mainland China, presented at the Meeting for Urban Language Survey, 2731 July, Kunming, China. +
  24. (2008) Analysis of Conversational Organization in Chinese Conversation, presented at the 18th International Congress of Linguistics, 2126 July, Soul, Korea. *
  25. (2007) Development of the Abrupt Tone in the Northern Chinese Dialect, presented at The 15th IACL & The 19th NACCL Joint Conference, 25 – 27 May, Columbia University, New York. *
  26. (2006) The lowest rung word of Manchu in Modern Chinese –‘Jihuang’, presented at the Conference for Commemorating the Centenary of Professor Lo Hsianglin's 100 Birth, 45 Nov., Hong Kong. +
  27. (2006) Application of ‘consciousness–raising activities’ in communicative teaching L2, the International Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, 2831 Oct., Suzhou, China. +
  28. (2006) Repair patterns Repair Patterns in Webbased Conversation: A Case of Chinese Academic Discussion, 51st Annual Conference of International Linguistic Association, 30 March –1 April, Toronto, Canada. *
  29. (2005) Repair Structures in Webbased Conversation, in the Proceedings of the 19th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, 341348, 13 December, Taipei. *
  30. (2004) Conversation Organization in Webbased Discussion, presented at the 37th International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, 16– 21 August, Moscow. *
  31. (2004) The Language Issue: How Online Discussion Works in Distance Learning Courses for Teachers at the OUHK, presented at the 21st ICDE World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education, 1821 Feb., Hong Kong. *
  32. (2003) Turntaking on a webbased discussion board: A case study on distance learning courses for teachers, presented at The Conference for postgraduates researching education in UK and international contexts, 2324 Jul., Leicester, UK. *
  33. (2003) Chinese stylistic variables in Webbased communication, presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, 2528 June, Madrid, Spain. *
  34. (2002) Putonghua Education and Language Policy in Postcolonial Hong Kong (coauthor), presented at the Annual Meeting of Association for Asian Studies, 47 April, Washington, D.C., USA.. *
  35. (2001) The Niche of Putonghua Teacher Education in Hong Kong (coauthor), presented at the Second International Conference on Language Teacher Education, 1719 May, University of Minnesota, USA.. *
  36. (2000) A survey of Hong Kong primary teachers on Chinese education, presented at the 7th Annual Conference in Educational Research, 17 Nov., Hong Kong. +
  37. (2000) The time of the disappearance of the abrupt tone in northern Chinese dialect, presented at 36th meeting of International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, 27 Aug2 Sept, Montreal, Canada. *
  38. (1999) The Development of Chinese language courses for open and distance education — the Effective use of Chinese courses by the OUHK, in the Conference Proceedings for 13th AAOU Conference, October, Beijing. +
  39. (1999) Main features of the Effective use of Chinese language courses at the OUHK, presented at the International Language in Education Conference 1999, 17 19 December, Hong Kong. +
已實施的其他研究計劃  Other Completed Funded Research Projects

學院研究基金

School Funded

首席研究員

Principal Investigator

The challenge of developing Chinese language course for teachers

2000

學院研究基金

School Funded

首席研究員

Principal Investigator

Analysis of errors in teachers’ Chinese writing and speaking

2001

大學研究基金

OUHK PACRD

合作研究員

Co- Investigator

Interactive multimedia approach: a new way for online course development

2001-03

大學研究基金

OUHK PACRD

首席研究員

Principal Investigator

Discourse analysis of web-based discussion on teacher education courses at OUHK

2003-05

大學研究基金

OUHK PACRD

首席研究員

Principal Investigator

Repair work in web-based discussion: A case study of distance learning courses for teacher at OUHK

2005

香港政府教育局研究計劃EMB (HKSAR)

Commissioned Project

校內團隊負責人

Internal

Team Leader

Research on revision of Language Proficiency Assessment for Teacher (Putonghua)

2006-07

大學研究基金

OUHK PACRD

首席研究員

Principal Investigator

Adult learners’ views of learning Chinese as a second language through e-learning

2010-11

大學研究基金

OUHK PACRD

首席研究員

Principal Investigator

Putonghua teachers’ views on the role of Putonghua curriculum and use of Putonghua to teach Chinese

2012

舒小佩研究及出版基金（應用研究）Katie Shu Sui Pui Charitable Trust—Research and Publication Fund (Applied Research) (KS2015/1.1)

首席研究員

Principal Investigator

Analysis of Code-Switching as Repair in Cantonese-English Bilingual Children's Conversation: A Preliminary Study

2016-17