I am a lecturer in the Center of Language Education at HKUST. I obtained my BA in Chinese Language and Literature, MA in Teaching Chinese as Second Language and PhD in Chinese Linguistics. To be an effective teacher, I strongly believe that one must focus on student learning, teach according to what the student is good at and inspire student’s creativity and desire to learn.
Professional Interests
Chinese Syntax and Grammar
Second Language Acquisition
Language Teaching Pedagogy
Language & Culture
Curriculum design and course development
Course development:
LANG1113: Effective Chinese Communication
LANG 1124: Chinese for Non-Chinese Language Background Students V
Scholarship
2025
Journal Publication
結合生成式人工智能工具的職場實務中文寫作教學—實踐與反思
杜英子; 鍾隱; 徐秀芬
Source: STiLE - Scholarship of Teaching in Language Education, v. 3, (1), April 2025
DOI: 10.59936/stile.v2i1.160
DOI: 10.59936/stile.v2i1.160
隨著生成式人工智能工具的風潮席捲全球，關於如何革新現有的教育方式和未來教育走向的探討，成為了近年來的熱門話題。香港科技大學鼓勵教學人員使用生成式人工智能工具，語文教育中心在2023年初已經開始了相關的探索。本文僅以筆者負責設計開發的中文核心課程「職場實務中文運用」為例，探討以ChatGPT為代表的GenAI工具在實務中文寫作教學中的運用，並結合學生對在課程中使用ChatGPT效果的反饋進行反思，展望課程以及實務中文教學未來的發展方向。
2021
Conference Paper / Presentation
利用網絡會議平臺ZOOM進行語言教學的實踐探究
徐秀芬; 諾敏
Press: 北京:時事出版社
Location: 北京語言大學
Source: 漢語本科教育研究, 第二輯, p. 226-235
Location: 北京語言大學
Source: 漢語本科教育研究, 第二輯, p. 226-235
2018
Conference Paper / Presentation
“以字識詞”“以詞認字”原則下的漢字教學
徐秀芬
Location: 日本