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Assistant Professor

School of General Education and Languages

Contact details

Email: emilli@thei.edu.hk

Phone: +852 3890 8147

  • Practical Chinese Writing
  • Specialised Translation
  • Cantonese
  • Putonghua
EdD, University of Bristol, UK
MA in TCFL, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
MA in Applied Translation Studies, University of Leeds, UK
2023 – now Assistant Professor cum Chinese Team Leader, School of General Education and Languages, THEi
2013 – 2023 Teaching Fellow I, School of General Education and Languages, THEi
2005 – 2013 Lecturer/Chinese Course Leader, Caritas Institute of Higher Education
2019 THEi Teaching Award
  • Translation Studies
  • Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
  • Curriculum Design & Development
2021 – Now HK PI, Focus Interpretation and Prosodic Evidence of Nuclear Stress in Hong Kong Cantonese (UGC/FDS25/H01/20)
2021 – 2023 HK PI, Mapping the Development of Recording Studios in Postwar Hong Kong (UGC/FDS25/H06/20)
2014 – 2015 HK Co-Investigator. Title: A Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Social Impact of Sport Scale, funded by THEi ($99650 HKD).
Books
  • Li. E. (2017). Incorrect Use of Chinese Characters by Hong Kong Students. Hong Kong: New Talents Press.
  • Li. E. (2015). Fun with Cantonese. Hong Kong: New Talents Press.
Conference Papers
  • Li, E. (2023). Voices from the field: what role does music technology training play in the curriculum design of music undergraduate degree programmes in Hong Kong?” Paper presented at the 2023 ISBASS Conference. 28-30 June 2023, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Li, E. (2019). Minority is not minor: Understanding education barriers of ethnic minority undergraduate students in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the ISBASS 2019 Conference. 8-10 January 2019, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Li, E. (2018). Translation examinations: Friends or foes. Paper presented at the 4th ICLLS Conference. 15-16 June 2018, Hong Kong.
  • Li, E. (2017). CDA on an Education Brochure for Ethnic Minority Students and Parents in Hong Kong. Paper presented at in the ISLLLE Conference on 14-16 April 2017, Osaka, Japan.
  • Li, E. (2016). A Socio-cultural Study of Adult Learners’ Attitude towards Chinese Bad Language. Paper presented at the 11th ASAHK Conference. The Asian Studies Association of Hong Kong, China. 2-3 April, 2016, Kobe, Japan.