Brief Information
CASLAR-5 is co-organized by the CASLAR Association, the PoCSL Project, and CACLER, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong.
PoCSL (Supporting the Learning and Teaching of Chinese Language for Non-Chinese Speaking Students in Secondary Schools, 2016-2018) is funded by the Language Fund, Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR), Hong Kong. Involving 30 participating schools to date, the project’s focus lies in the state-of-the-art development of and research on Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) pedagogies via close collaboration with frontline educational practitioners. PoCSL is currently administered by CACLER (Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research), Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, a research center dedicated to Chinese Language Education with a strong specialization in CSL.
Organizers
Supporting the Learning and Teaching of Chinese language for Non-Chinese Speaking Students in Secondary Schools (2016- 2018) (PoCSL), sponsored by Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR), Hong Kong SAR
Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language and Research (CACLER), The University of Hong Kong
Chinese as a Second Language Research (CASLAR) Association, New York, USA
Organizing Committee:
| Professor Shek-kam Tse |
| Dr Joseph Wai-ip Lam |
| Dr Elizabeth Ka-yee Loh |
| Dr Mark Shiu-kee Shum |
| Dr Wing-wah Ki |
| Dr Vincent Man-kin Lau |
| Dr Che-ying Kwan |
Coordinators:
| Professor Shek-kam Tse |
| Dr Joseph Wai-ip Lam |
| Dr Elizabeth Ka-yee Loh |
| Dr Mark Shiu-kee Shum |
| Dr Wing-wah Ki |
Conference Co-Chairs:
Professor Shek-kam Tse, Founder of Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language & Research, HKU
Distinguished Professor Istvan Kecskes, Chairman of CASLAR, Editor-in-Chief of Intercultural Pragmatics and the CASLAR journal, State University of New York, Albany, USA.