Emma Rao joined the Center for Language Education, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2012. Her teaching centers on Chinese language communication for both local students and non-Chinese language background students. Her research areas are second language acquisition, language study and cultural identity.
Professional Interests
Curriculum design and common core courses development
CORE1413 Advanced Putonghua for Non-Chinese Language Background Students
Teaching Chinese as second language
Putonghua learning and self-identity
Corpus-based synonym acquisition
Chinese teachers' agency
Scholarship
2022
Conference Presentation
A Study on Chinese Teachers’ Agency from the Perspective of Ecological Approach of Sociocultural Theory, the 29th International Conference on Chinese Language Instruction
Emma RAO
East Asian Studies, Princeton University
2021
Conference Presentation
A Study on Bi-cultural Orientation of Hong Kong Putonghua Learners from Different Educational Backgrounds at the Virtual 6th International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language Research (CASLAR-6)
Emma RAO
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, George Washington University, USA
2019
Conference Presentation
Task-based Teaching and Learning Materials Design and Practice, the 5th International Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
RAO, Emma
Chinese Lauguage Studies, the Education University of Hong Kong.
2018
Conference Presentation
Awareness of Register for Chinese Language Learners at Higher Proficiency Level, the 4th International Forum on Linguistics and Chinese Education
RAO, Emma
Chinese University of Hong Kong Co-organized with Stanford University
2018
Conference Presentation
The Changes of Self-identity of Putonghua Learners in Hong Kong from Different Educational Backgrounds, the 26th Princeton Conference on Chinese Language Instruction
RAO, Emma
East Asian Studies, Princeton University
2012
Working Paper - Peer Reviewed
於《文字試作：好書會寫作坊結集》發表詩歌散文及小說。
RAO, Emma
香港浸會大學圖書館
2001
Working Paper - Peer Reviewed
發表合著評論文《中港新媒體政策法規比較》。
RAO, Emma
香港電台編輯的學術期刊《傳媒透視》