May 2024. L2 learners are neither naive nor shallow. Stay tuned for our manuscript entitled "Adult L2 Learners’ Morphological Sensitivity in a Morphosyllabic Language" accepted by the Mental Lexicon. https://x.com/Echoechoke/status/1786026186780623039
April 8-12, 2024, the inaugural International Workshop on the Research of Reading Chinese as a Global Language (RCGL1) will be hosted by the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (https://www.polyu.edu.hk/gec/symposium2024/index.htm). This workshop is chaired by Dr. KE Sihui Echo.
Nov., 2022, Sihui (Echo) Ke is guest-editing a special issue with Education Sciences entitled "The Science of Second Language Reading: Ecological, Educational, Neurolinguistic, Psychological, and Sociocultural Perspectives". Manuscript submission deadline is Dec. 31, 2023: www.mdpi.com/journal/education/special_issues/2F17SQ319X
Oct., 2022, Sihui (Echo) Ke will give a talk hosted by Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Research Institute for Bilingual Learning and Teaching. Talk title: Developing resilience in second language reading. www.hkmu.edu.hk/el/ribilt/webcasts/
March, 2022, Sihui (Echo) Ke received support from University of Kentucky the United in True Racial Equity (UNITE) Research Priority area for the research project "Two pandemics, two languages: Chinese Dual language Learners’ resilience in response to discrimination" (Co-I: Yang Hou; Collaborator: Yuyan Xia).
May 2021, Sihui (Echo) Ke received support from VPR Research and Creative Activities Funding for the research project titled "Trilingualism and biliteracy acquisition in the early years: The impact of home language input".
Oct. 2020: Dr. Chan Lü (University of Washington) gave a talk on "Chinese Language Education in American Schools:
Contexts, Challenges and Prospects", moderated by Dr. Sihui (Echo) Ke. (The UKCI Virtual Speaker Series link: https://uky.zoom.us/rec/play/l6-IeEzNrhl0iOHcwkZcMFn4DYxtW1pogSl1NZCf7uAXnha2eA3g0L8xtSPzSIGxafGOni9uYfhlJGVI.7K6U8G7OYc12Gxsb?startTime=1603219767000)
Sept. 2020: Dr. Sihui (Echo) Ke's been recognized by the UK Office of Undergraduate Research’s 2020-21 Faculty Research Mentor of the Week. our.uky.edu/news/sihui-echo-ke
June, 2020: Dr. Sihui (Echo) Ke's 2020 article "Review of research on learning and instruction with specific reference to reading Chinese as an additional language (1976–2018)" has been featured in Research Frontiers in CLTA Newsletter: https://clta-us.org/publications/newsletter/
April, 2020: Michael Di Girolamo presented his research project "Language Contact North of Chosŏn: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Sino-Korean Vocabulary Usage in Written Yanbian Korean" at the VIRTUAL 14th Annual Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars on April 30th, 2020
(https://sites.google.com/view/2020showcase/home).
Michael is an undergraduate student assistant at the Bilingual and Biliteracy Research Lab. He is a Chellgren Fellow at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Sihui (Echo) Ke is his mentor for this research project, and was nominated for the 2020 Annual Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.
April, 2019: Sihui (Echo) Ke received a Language Learning Early Career Research Grant to support her research project with the title “Does writing system matter? Validating the simple view of reading in adult second language learners.”
April, 2019: Sihui (Echo) Ke gave a plenary address at the West Virginia TESOL 22nd Annual Spring Conference.
Link: www.tesolwv.org/2019-conference
March, 2019, Sihui (Echo) Ke received the support from VPR Research and Creative Activities Funding for the research project titled "Comparing High School Science Text Comprehension Between English-only and Bilingual Students in the U.S.".
Co-I: Dr. Kristen Perry
July, 2018: Sihui (Echo) Ke received a research award as part of ACTFL’s 2018 Research Priorities Initiative.
Sihui (Echo) Ke (PI) and Stayc Dubravac will collaborate in a research project titled "When Should Characters Be Introduced to a Blended College-level Beginning Chinese Course? A Semi-replication Study".
April 8-12, 2024, the inaugural International Workshop on the Research of Reading Chinese as a Global Language (RCGL1) will be hosted by the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (https://www.polyu.edu.hk/gec/symposium2024/index.htm). This workshop is chaired by Dr. KE Sihui Echo.
Nov., 2022, Sihui (Echo) Ke is guest-editing a special issue with Education Sciences entitled "The Science of Second Language Reading: Ecological, Educational, Neurolinguistic, Psychological, and Sociocultural Perspectives". Manuscript submission deadline is Dec. 31, 2023: www.mdpi.com/journal/education/special_issues/2F17SQ319X
Oct., 2022, Sihui (Echo) Ke will give a talk hosted by Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Research Institute for Bilingual Learning and Teaching. Talk title: Developing resilience in second language reading. www.hkmu.edu.hk/el/ribilt/webcasts/
March, 2022, Sihui (Echo) Ke received support from University of Kentucky the United in True Racial Equity (UNITE) Research Priority area for the research project "Two pandemics, two languages: Chinese Dual language Learners’ resilience in response to discrimination" (Co-I: Yang Hou; Collaborator: Yuyan Xia).
May 2021, Sihui (Echo) Ke received support from VPR Research and Creative Activities Funding for the research project titled "Trilingualism and biliteracy acquisition in the early years: The impact of home language input".
Oct. 2020: Dr. Chan Lü (University of Washington) gave a talk on "Chinese Language Education in American Schools:
Contexts, Challenges and Prospects", moderated by Dr. Sihui (Echo) Ke. (The UKCI Virtual Speaker Series link: https://uky.zoom.us/rec/play/l6-IeEzNrhl0iOHcwkZcMFn4DYxtW1pogSl1NZCf7uAXnha2eA3g0L8xtSPzSIGxafGOni9uYfhlJGVI.7K6U8G7OYc12Gxsb?startTime=1603219767000)
Sept. 2020: Dr. Sihui (Echo) Ke's been recognized by the UK Office of Undergraduate Research’s 2020-21 Faculty Research Mentor of the Week. our.uky.edu/news/sihui-echo-ke
June, 2020: Dr. Sihui (Echo) Ke's 2020 article "Review of research on learning and instruction with specific reference to reading Chinese as an additional language (1976–2018)" has been featured in Research Frontiers in CLTA Newsletter: https://clta-us.org/publications/newsletter/
April, 2020: Michael Di Girolamo presented his research project "Language Contact North of Chosŏn: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Sino-Korean Vocabulary Usage in Written Yanbian Korean" at the VIRTUAL 14th Annual Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars on April 30th, 2020
(https://sites.google.com/view/2020showcase/home).
Michael is an undergraduate student assistant at the Bilingual and Biliteracy Research Lab. He is a Chellgren Fellow at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Sihui (Echo) Ke is his mentor for this research project, and was nominated for the 2020 Annual Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.
April, 2019: Sihui (Echo) Ke received a Language Learning Early Career Research Grant to support her research project with the title “Does writing system matter? Validating the simple view of reading in adult second language learners.”
April, 2019: Sihui (Echo) Ke gave a plenary address at the West Virginia TESOL 22nd Annual Spring Conference.
Link: www.tesolwv.org/2019-conference
March, 2019, Sihui (Echo) Ke received the support from VPR Research and Creative Activities Funding for the research project titled "Comparing High School Science Text Comprehension Between English-only and Bilingual Students in the U.S.".
Co-I: Dr. Kristen Perry
July, 2018: Sihui (Echo) Ke received a research award as part of ACTFL’s 2018 Research Priorities Initiative.
Sihui (Echo) Ke (PI) and Stayc Dubravac will collaborate in a research project titled "When Should Characters Be Introduced to a Blended College-level Beginning Chinese Course? A Semi-replication Study".
May, 2018: Sihui (Echo) Ke received UK Confucius Institute Faculty China Curriculum Development Grant.
This grant supports her curriculum development for Modifying a Linguistics Course to Prepare Master Students to Teach Chinese as a Foreign Language.
This grant supports her curriculum development for Modifying a Linguistics Course to Prepare Master Students to Teach Chinese as a Foreign Language.
May 10, 2018: Public talk by Prof. Keiko Koda from Carnegie Mellon University
Talk title: An Integrated Approach to Foreign Language Teaching and Assessment
Time and location: 10:00-12:00, Thursday, May 10, @Patterson Office Tower Room 1643
Keiko Koda is Professor of second language acquisition and Japanese and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University. Her major research interests include second language reading, biliteracy development, psycholinguistics, and foreign language pedagogy. She has been involved in a number of projects related to second language reading research and assessment in collaboration with Development Associates, Center for Applied Linguistics, Educational Testing Service, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language, and the US Department of Education among others. Her work has been published in a wide range of journals. She has served as a member of the editorial boards of many highly regarded journals, including Reading Research Quarterly, Reading and Writing, Research in Second Language Learning, TESOL Quarterly and Modern Language Journal. She was also a member of the National Literacy Panel. She has been an invited speaker at universities in Canada, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Singapore, and Taiwan and the UK.
Talk title: An Integrated Approach to Foreign Language Teaching and Assessment
Time and location: 10:00-12:00, Thursday, May 10, @Patterson Office Tower Room 1643
Keiko Koda is Professor of second language acquisition and Japanese and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University. Her major research interests include second language reading, biliteracy development, psycholinguistics, and foreign language pedagogy. She has been involved in a number of projects related to second language reading research and assessment in collaboration with Development Associates, Center for Applied Linguistics, Educational Testing Service, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language, and the US Department of Education among others. Her work has been published in a wide range of journals. She has served as a member of the editorial boards of many highly regarded journals, including Reading Research Quarterly, Reading and Writing, Research in Second Language Learning, TESOL Quarterly and Modern Language Journal. She was also a member of the National Literacy Panel. She has been an invited speaker at universities in Canada, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Singapore, and Taiwan and the UK.
April 27, 2018: Public talk by Prof. Ping Li from the Pennsylvania State University
Talk title: Second Language Learning: A Neurocognitive Approach
Time and location: 3:30-5:30 pm, Friday, April 27, @Patterson Office Tower Room 1643
Ping Li is Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Information Sciences & Technology at the Pennsylvania State University, where he also serves as Co-Director of the Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition, and Associate Director of the Institute for CyberScience. The goal of his research is to understand the neuro-computational basis of language learning, and its relationship with culture, brain, and technology. His recent work uses cyber-enabled methods to connect language learning, spatial learning, and reading comprehension. Li is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Neurolinguistics and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences. He previously served as President of Society for Computers in Psychology and Program Director of Cognitive Neuroscience and Perception, Action and Cognition at the US National Science Foundation.
Talk title: Second Language Learning: A Neurocognitive Approach
Time and location: 3:30-5:30 pm, Friday, April 27, @Patterson Office Tower Room 1643
Ping Li is Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Information Sciences & Technology at the Pennsylvania State University, where he also serves as Co-Director of the Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition, and Associate Director of the Institute for CyberScience. The goal of his research is to understand the neuro-computational basis of language learning, and its relationship with culture, brain, and technology. His recent work uses cyber-enabled methods to connect language learning, spatial learning, and reading comprehension. Li is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Neurolinguistics and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences. He previously served as President of Society for Computers in Psychology and Program Director of Cognitive Neuroscience and Perception, Action and Cognition at the US National Science Foundation.
March 25, 2018: AAAL conference presentation
Sihui (Echo) Ke presented at a colloquium "Morphological basis of word Learning in L2/bilingual learners: mediation, moderation, and cross-linguistic influence" at the 2018 Conference of Association American Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Chicago, IL.
Sihui (Echo) Ke presented at a colloquium "Morphological basis of word Learning in L2/bilingual learners: mediation, moderation, and cross-linguistic influence" at the 2018 Conference of Association American Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Chicago, IL.