2025-08-18T11:02:40+08:00

Affiliation

Faculty of Education
University of Macau

Accepting applications from PhD/EdD students

Email

frankgong@um.edu.mo

 

Tel

(853) 8822 8736

Fax

(853) 8822 2402

Office

Room 2029, Faculty of Education,

University of Macau, E33,

Av. da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China

Yang (Frank) GONG 龔陽

Associate Professor
Programme Coordinator of Bachelor of Education Programme (Chinese)
Faculty of Education, University of Macau

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Full-time faculty appointment

08/2025-Present Associate Professor
  Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China
08/2019-08/2025 Assistant Professor
  Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Administrative appointment

07/2023-Present Programme Coordinator of Bachelor of Education Programme (Chinese)
  Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Other appointment

11/2018-06/2019 Postdoctoral Fellow
  Faculty of Education and Human Development, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

EDUCATION

09/2014-08/2018 Ph.D., Chinese Education
Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Dissertation: Teacher identity, teacher cognition and teacher instructional practices in the teaching of intercultural communicative competence: A mixed methods study on Chinese language teachers
Committee: Law Wing Wah (chair), Liu Songhao, Mairin Hennebry, and Huang Xianhan
09/2005-07/2008 M.A., History of Ancient Chinese (Exegesis, 訓詁學)
Department of Applied Linguistics, Zhengzhou University, China
Thesis: Measure words in pre-Qin ancient Chinese
09/2001/07/2005 B.A., Chinese Language and Literature
School of Chinese Language and Literature, Zhengzhou University, China

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching experience at the K-12 sector

10/2017-04/2018       IB Chinese Teacher

Victoria Shanghai Academy, Hong Kong SAR, China

05/2008-05/2010       Chinese Language Teacher

Kanchanapisek High School, Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand

Teaching experience at the tertiary sector

09/2015-01/2017       Lecturer in Chinese Studies

Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

09/2010-07/2013       English Teacher

Zhengzhou University, China

09/2005-07/2007       Chinese Language Instructor

School of International Education, Zhengzhou University, China

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST AND RESEARCH EXPERTISE

  • Chinese education
  • Teaching and learning Chinese as a second/foreign language
  • Intercultural education
  • Teacher education and development
  • Technology and language education

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST AND RESEARCH EXPERTISE

  • Intercultural communication
  • Chinese education
  • Teaching and learning Chinese as a foreign/second language
  • Teacher education and development
  • Technology and language education

LANGUAGES

Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua & Cantonese); English; Thai

RESEARCH OUTPUT

Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=qGcX2ewAAAAJ&hl=zh-TW

Citations: 1817; h-index: 15; i10-index: 19 (as of 16/10/2024)

Please Note:

* indicates corresponding authorship

† indicates Highly-Cited Paper in the Web of Science

Peer-reviewed journal articles

57. Gong, Y., Wang, Y. Zhang, J., & Chen, G. (accepted). The positive power of cultural intelligence: The role of psychological need satisfaction in the well-being of university students in Macau. European Journal of Education. [SSCI; Q1; Impact factor: 3.6]

56. Luo, T., Gong, Y., Dai, S., Xia, H. A., Jiang, Z., & Gao, L. (2025). Questionnaire development: midwives’ knowledge and attitude on liberal birthing position in 2nd stage. BMC Medical Education, 25(1), 868. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07466-3. [SSCI; Q1; Impact factor: 3.2]

55. Zhang, L., & *Gong, Y. (2025). Teaching Chinese in the Anglophone World: Perspectives from New Zealand. Danping Wang & Martin East (Eds.), Springer, 2023. Sociolinguistic Studies. 19 (1-2), 204-209. https://doi.org/10.3138/SS-2024-0041. [ESCI; Q4; Impact factor: 3.7]

54. Luo, T., Gong, Y., Xia, H. A., Jiang, Z., Chen, H., & Gao, L. (2025). Midwives’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Liberal Birthing Position Management During the Second Stage of Labor: A Cross‐Sectional Study. Journal of Nursing Management, 6139992. https://doi.org/10.1155/jonm/6139992. [SSCI; Q1; Impact factor: 3.7]

53. Zhang, H., *Gong, Y., Zhang, L., & Gao, X. (2025). Teaching and learning Chinese as a heritage language (CHL). Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 101, 95-109. https://doi.org/10.5209/clac.100073. [SSCI & AHCI; Q3; Impact factor: 0.7]

52. Chen, C., & *Gong, Y. (2025). The Role of AI-Assisted Learning in Academic Writing: A Mixed-Methods Study on Chinese as a Second Language Students. Education Sciences, 15(2), 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15020141. [ESCI; Q1; Impact factor: 2.5]

51. Lai, C., Lyu, B., Jiang, L., & Gong, Y. (2025). Language teachers’ professional identities and classroom technology integration. Language Learning & Technology, 29(1), 1–19. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73603. [SSCI; Q1; Impact factor: 3.5]

50. Li, W., Gong, Y., & Qi, X. (2024). 國際中文教育研究的學術傳播力 (The academic dissemination capacity of international Chinese education research). 中國語言戰略 (Chinese Language Strategies). 11(2), 59-73. [In Chinese; CSSCI]

49. Gong, Y., Chen, M. & An, Z. (2024). Examining the impact of foreign language anxiety and language contact on oral proficiency: A study of Chinese as a second language learners. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL). https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2023-0328. [SSCI; Impact factor: 1.4; 2 citations]

48. Zhai, S., Gong, Y., & Zhang, L. (2024). Challenges and strategies in teaching Mandarin Chinese tones: A study on teachers of Chinese as an additional language (CAL) in Macau. Researching and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, 4(2), 106-124. https://doi.org/10.1558/rtcfl.28844. [Equinox]

47. Zhang, L. & *Gong, Y. (2024). A systematic review of research on early career academics’ identity in neoliberal higher education from 2008 to 2022. Higher Education Research & Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2024.2354288. [SSCI; Impact factor: 3.2; 2 citations]

46. Chen, M., Gong, Y., & An, Z. (2024). The role of linguistic identification and motivation in oral proficiency: A study on learners of Chinese as a second language (CSL). Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2352159. [SSCI & AHCI; Impact factor: 2.7; 1 citation]

45. *Gong, Y., & Gao, X. (2024). Language teachers’ identity tensions and professional practice in intercultural teaching. Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688241241125. [SSCI; Impact factor: 4.2; 6 citations]

44. Huang, J., Zhang, Y., Zhu, A. Y. F., Gong, Y., & Kong, H. M. R. (2024). Distinguishing Subtypes of Self-Efficacy among Secondary School Teachers: A Latent Profile Analysis. Journal of Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224871241234872. [SSCI; Impact factor: 3.9]

43. An, Z., *Gong, Y., & Chen, M. (2024). The influence of language contact and ethnic identification on Chinese as a second language learners’ oral proficiency. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL). https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2023-0221. [SSCI; Impact factor: 1.5; 4 citations]

42. *Gong, Y., & Lai, C. (2024). Editorial: Teaching and learning Chinese as a foreign or second language: The educational psychology perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 15: 1333836. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1333836. [SSCI; Impact factor: 3.8; 1 citation]

41. Gong, Y., Pang, Q., & Li, W. (2023). Engaging students in the online classroom: A case study on teachers of Chinese as a foreign language. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 14(2), 25-43. http://www.tclt.us/journal/2023v14n2/gongpangli.pdf. [SCOPUS & ECSI; Impact factor: 1.3]

40. *Gong, Y., Zheng, Y., & Gao, X. (2023). Portuguese language learning and capital access: A study on university students in Macau. Porta Linguarum, 8, 133–149. https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.viVIII.29243. [SSCI, AHCI; Impact factor: 1.2; 3 citations]

39. *Gong, Y., & Zhang, H. (2023). Special Issue Editorial: Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language (CHL). Researching and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, 4(1), 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1558/rtcfl.26367. [Equinox; 1 citation]

38. Lai, C., Lyu, B., & Gong, Y. (2023). 外語教學活動設計中的教師數位素養框架. 外語界 (Foreign Language World), 3(216), 31-38. [In Chinese; CSSCI]

37. Cai, Z. Liu, C., Ho, K., Gong, Y., & Tan, G. (2023). 粵港澳大灣區武術課程建構研究 (A study on the curriculum design of Wushu for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area). 廣州體育學院學報 (Journal of Guangzhou Sport University), 43(2), 79-86. [In Chinese; CSSCI]

36. Yang, H., & *Gong, Y. (2023). Preservice teachers’ epistemic agency during practicums: Case studies from Macau. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 36(4), 471-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2023.2239848.

[SSCI & AHCI; Impact factor: 3.5; 5 citations]

35. Li, W., & *Gong, Y. (2023). The role of social networks in academic discourse socialization: Insights from degree-seeking multilingual international students in China. Multilingua, 42(5), 707-738. https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2022-0106. [SSCI & AHCI; Impact factor: 1.667; 5 citations]

34. Li, W., *Gong, Y., & Wang, Y. (2022). 國際中文教學的社會文化視角：SSCI 期刊文獻視覺化分析 (The sociocultural perspective in international Chinese teaching: Visualization analysis on SSCI-indexed journal publications). 國際漢語教學研究 (Journal of International Chinese Teaching), 4(36), 67-77. [In Chinese; CSSCI]

33. Chen, M., An, Z., & Gong, Y. (2022). 社會網路和語言認同對漢語二語口語產出的影響 (The influence of social network and language identity on L2 Chinese oral production). 語言文字應用 (Applied Linguistics), 4, 88-102. [In Chinese; CSSCI]

32. *Gong, Y., Thapa, C. B., & Gao, X. (2022). Racialization and English learning: The experiences of Nepali secondary school students in Hong Kong. Current Issues in Language Planning, 24(5), 554-572. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2022.2153398. [SSCI & AHCI; Impact factor: 2.030; 3 citations]

31. Li, W., & Gong, Y. (2022). Agency in the nexus of identity and social network: Understanding the second language socialization experiences of international students in China. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2022.2092484. [SSCI & AHCI; Impact factor: 1.770; 19 citations]

30. Zhang. L., & *Gong, Y. (2022). Language Teacher Agency: Jian Tao and Xuesong Andy Gao, Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 2021. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2022.2110322. [SSCI & AHCI; Impact factor: 1.961]

29. *Gong, Y., Lai, C., Gao, X., Li, G., Huang, Y., & Lin, L. (2022). Teacher cognition in teaching intercultural communicative competence: A qualitative study on preservice Chinese language teachers in Hong Kong SAR, China. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 939516. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.939516. [SSCI; Impact factor: 4.232; 4 citations]

28. *Gong, Y., Lai, C., & Gao, X. (2022). Language teachers’ identity in teaching intercultural communicative competence. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 35(2), 134-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2021.1954938. [SSCI & AHCI; Impact factor: 2.214; 62 citations]

27. Lin, L., Gong, Y., & Xu, N. (2021). Online self-regulated learning profiles: A study of Chinese as a foreign language learners. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 797786. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.797786. [SSCI; Impact factor: 4.232; 17 citations]

26. *Gong, Y., Gao, X., Li, M, & Lai, C. (2021). Cultural adaptation challenges and strategies during study abroad: New Zealand students in China. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 34(4), 417-437. https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2020.1856129. [SSCI & AHCI; Impact factor: 1.439; 146 citations]

25. *Gong, Y., Fan, C. W., & Wang, C. (2021). Teacher agency in adapting to online teaching during COVID-19: A case study on teachers of Chinese as an additional language in Macau. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 12(1), 82-101. http://www.tclt.us/journal/2021v12n1/gongfanwang.pdf. [SCOPUS & ECSI; 13 citations]

24. Gong, Y., Gao, X., Li, C. & Xue, L. (2021). Language practice in the multilingual workplace: A Confucius Institute in Macau. Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 86, 43-54. https://doi.org/10.5209/clac.75494. [SSCI; Impact factor: 0.583; 6 citations]

23. Hsiang, T. P., Graham, S., Wang, Z., & Gong, Y. (2021). How Chinese characters are taught: An analysis of three popular textbooks used in Macao. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 26(2), 355-381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-021-09492-8. [SCOPUS & ECSI; Impact factor: 1.67; 9 citations]

22. Lyu, B., Lai, C., Lin, C-H., & *Gong, Y. (2021). Comparison studies of typing and handwriting in Chinese language learning: A synthetic review. International Journal of Educational Research, 106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101740. [SSCI; Impact factor: 1.976; 52 citations]

†21. *Gong, Y., Guo, Q., Li, M., Lai, C., & Wang, C. (2021). Developing literacy or focusing on interaction: New Zealand students’ strategic efforts related to Chinese language learning during study abroad in China. System, 98, 102462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2021.102462. [SSCI; Impact factor: 3.167; 76 citations]

20. Tsung, L., & *Gong, Y. (2021). A corpus-based study on the pragmatic use of the Ba construction in early childhood Mandarin Chinese. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.607818. [SSCI; Impact factor: 2.990; 12 citations]

19. Hsiang, T. P., Wang, Z., & Gong, Y. (2020). 雙語教育下小學漢字教學的挑戰與因應: 澳門的研究發現與啟示 (Facing the challenges of teaching Chinese characters in bilingual primary schools: A study of Macao and its implications). 臺灣教育評論月刊 (Taiwan Educational Review Monthly), 9(10), 60-70. http://www.ater.org.tw/journal/article/9-10/topic/12.pdf. [In Chinese; 1 citation]

18. Gong, Y., Ma, M., Hsiang, T. P., & Wang, C. (2020). Sustaining international students’ learning of Chinese in China: Shifting motivations among New Zealand students during study abroad. Sustainability, 12(15), 6289-6302. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156289. [SSCI; Impact factor: 2.576; 53 citations]

17. *Gong, Y., Lai, C., & Gao, X. (2020). The teaching and learning of Chinese as a second or foreign language: The current situation and future directions. Frontiers of Education in China. 15(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11516-020-0001-0. [SCOPUS & ECSI; Impact factor: 0.378; 84 citations]

†16. *Gong, Y., Gao, X., & Lyu, B. (2020). Teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language to non-Chinese learners in mainland China (2014-2018). Language Teaching, 53(1), 44-62. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444819000387. [SSCI & AHCI; Impact factor 3.174; 173 citations]

15. Lai, C., Li, Z., & Gong, Y. (2019). Boundary brokering for cross‐cultural professional learning in international school contexts. British Educational Research Journal, 45(6), 1105-1123. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3553. [SSCI; Impact factor: 1.364; 15 citations]

14. Hu, X., *Gong, Y., Lai, C., & K. S., Leung. (2018). The relationship between ICT and student literacy in mathematics, reading, and science across 44 countries: A multilevel analysis. Computers and Education, 125, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.05.021. [SSCI; Impact factor 4.538; 366 citations]

12. *Gong, Y., Hu, X., & Lai, C. (2018). Chinese as a second language teachers’ cognition in teaching intercultural communicative competence. System, 78, 224-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2018.09.009. [SSCI; Impact factor 1.547; 112 citations]

11. *Gong, Y., Lyu, B., & Gao, X. (2018). Research on teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language in and outside mainland China: A bibliometric analysis. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 27(4), 277-289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-018-0385-2. [SSCI; Impact factor 0.576; 151 citations]

10. *Gong, Y. & Lai, C. (2018). Technology integration into the language classroom: Development trajectory of beginning teachers. Frontiers of Education in China, 13(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11516-018-0001-5. [SCOPUS & ECSI; Impact factor 0.221; 32 citations]

9. Gao, X., Tao, J., & Gong, Y. (2018). 課程改革中的教師能動性與教師身份認同——社會文化理論視野 (A sociocultural inquiry on teacher agency and professional identity in curriculum reforms). 外語與外語教學 (Foreign Languages and Their Teaching), 1(1), 19-28. [In Chinese; CSSCI; 127 citations]

8. *Gong, Y. & Qi, X. (2017). 對外漢語課堂中的跨文化教學：泰國國際漢語教師跨文化教學意識研究 (Teaching intercultural communicative competence in the foreign language classroom: A study on Chinese language teachers’ cognition in Thailand). 華語文教學研究 (Journal of Chinese Language Teaching), 14(2), 89-112. [In Chinese; TSSCI; 1 citation]

7. Ma, X., *Gong, Y., Gao, X., & Xiang, Y. (2017). The teaching of Chinese as a second or foreign language: A systematic review of the literature 2005-2015. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 38(9), 815-830. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2016.1268146. [SSCI & AHCI; Impact factor 1.015; 131 citations]

6. *Gong, Y. (2016). What researchers need to know: Factors affecting second/foreign language teachers’ cognition of intercultural teaching. Research Studies in Education, 14, 2-11.

5. Lai, C., Li, Z., & Gong, Y. (2016). Teacher agency and professional learning in cross-cultural teaching contexts: Accounts of Chinese language teachers from international schools in Hong Kong. Teaching and Teacher Education, 54, 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2015.11.007. [SSCI; Impact factor 2.183; 229 citations]

4. *Gong, Y. (2015). Teaching intercultural communicative competence: A mixed-method study of Chinese language teachers’ cognition in Thailand. Research Studies in Education, 13, 79-113.

3. *Gong, Y. (2012). 也說“床前明月光”的“床” (Interpreting the meaning of ‘Chuang’ in Li Po’s poems with a sociocultural perspective). 美與時代 (Journal of Aesthetics), 2, 88-90. doi: 10.16129/j.cnki.mysdx.2012.02.018. [In Chinese; 1 citation]

2. *Gong, Y. (2011). 《詩經》量詞及數量標記法 (A cognitive analysis of quantifiers’ utilization in The Book of Songs). 語文知識 (Journal of Chinese Knowledge), 4, 105-106. doi: 10.13513/j.cnki.41-1041/h.2011.04.040. [In Chinese; 1 citation]

1. *Gong, Y. (2007). 漢語“數量名”結構產生芻議 (The formation of “Numeral + Quantifier + Noun” structure in ancient Chinese). 語文知識 (Journal of Chinese Knowledge), 4, 83-85. [In Chinese; 3 citations]Gong, Y., Pang, Q., & Li, W. (2023). Engaging students in the online classroom: A case study on teachers of Chinese as a foreign language. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 14(2), 25-43. http://www.tclt.us/journal/2023v14n2/gongpangli.pdf. [SCOPUS & ECSI; Impact factor: 1.3]

Peer-reviewed book chapters

4.Li, W., *Gong, Y., & Gao, X. (accepted). International students’ language learning and intercultural communication experiences in China: A perspective on the internationalization of Chinese language education. In V. Tavares, & S. Melo-Pfeifer (Eds.). The Palgrave Handbook of Internationalization of Language Education. Springer Nature.

3. Zhang, L., *Gong, Y., & Lyu, B. (2024). E-writing in Chinese as a second language learning: A systematic review. In C. Chu, M. Coss, & P. N. Zhang (Eds.). Transforming Hanzi Pedagogy in the Digital Age: Theory, Research, and Practice. Taylor & Francis. [1 citation]

2. *Gong, Y. (2023). Research on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. In C. Shei, & W. Wei (Eds.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Chinese Studies. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367565152-RECHS15-1.

1. *Gong, Y., Gao, X., & Lai, C. (2022). Novice teachers’ technology integration and professional identity reframing in the Chinese as an additional language classroom. In K. Sadeghi., & F. Ghaderi (Eds.), Theory and Practice in Second Language Teacher Identity (pp. 195-210). Switzerland: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13161-5_14. [1 citation]

RESEARCH GRANTS

2025-2026

Portuguese language learning and capital access: A longitudinal study on university students in Macau [Grant number: MYRG-GRG2024-00153-FED]

MOP 111,600.00

University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

GONG Yang Frank (PI)

2022-2023

Prepare college students for global citizenship and multicultural awareness: An exploratory study in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China [Grant number: HSS-UMAC-2021-14]

MOP 295,100.00

Macao Higher Education Institutions in the Area of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences of Higher Education Fund, Macau SAR, China

GONG Yang Frank (PI)

2022-2023

Strategic responses to cultural adaptation challenges during study abroad: The case of Chinese as a foreign/second language learners in China [Grant number: MYRG2020-00088-FED]

MOP 80,500.00

University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

GONG Yang Frank (PI)

2022-2023

What kind of citizen? Whose identity? An interdisciplinary content analysis of textbooks of five subjects in Macau primary schools [Grant number: MYRG2020-00143-FED]

MOP 440,000.00

University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

GONG Yang Frank (Co-PI)

2020-2023

Non-Chinese learners’ identity and their Chinese language learning [Grant number: SRG2020-00001-FED]

MOP 150,000.00

University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

GONG Yang Frank (PI)

2019-2022

Prepare college students for global citizenship and multicultural awareness: An exploratory study in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China [Grant number: 10/DSESHSS-UM/2019]

MOP 19,300.00

Macao Higher Education Institutions in the Area of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences of Higher Education Bureau, Macau SAR, China

GONG Yang Frank (PI)

2019-2021

The effectiveness of pragmatic teaching for international students in China [Grant number: 19YJC740057]

RMB 100,000.00

Ministry of Education of China, China

GONG Yang Frank (Co-PI)

2018-2020

The teacher knowledge and professional identity of EAP teachers in Chinese higher education [Grant number: 18CYY025]

RMB 100,000.00

National Social Sciences Foundation of China, China

GONG Yang Frank (Co-PI)

2018-2020

Understanding the relationship of language teachers’ identity with their technology integration for instruction

HKD 150,000.00

Seed Fund for Basic Research, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

GONG Yang Frank (Co-PI)

2015-2016

Exploring the relationship of CSL/CFL teachers’ identity with their teaching of intercultural communicative competence

Faculty Research Fund, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

GONG Yang Frank (PI)

2014-2015

Chinese language teachers’ cognition in teaching intercultural communicative competence

Faculty Research Fund, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

GONG Yang Frank (PI)

TEACHING AND TEACHING PRACTICE SUPERVISION

08/2019-Present, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Undergraduate courses taught

2024/2025

EDUC3010: History of Chinese Thoughts and Education

2023/2024

EDUC3010: History of Chinese Thoughts and Education

2022/2023

EDUC3010: History of Chinese Thoughts and Education

2021/2022

EDUC3010: History of Chinese Thoughts and Education

2020/2021

EDUC1002: History of Chinese Literature and its Teaching

EDUC2017: Teaching Writing and Chinese Culture

EDUC3010: History of Chinese Thoughts and Education

2019/2020

EDUC2017: Teaching Writing and Chinese Culture

EDUC3017: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Its Teaching

Graduate courses taught

2024/2025

EDUC8008: Qualitative Research Design

2023/2024

EDUC8008: Qualitative Research Design

EDUC8102: Research Methods in Education

2022/2023

EDUC8006: Introducing Qualitative Research

EDUC8102: Research Methods in Education

2021/2022

EDUC8006: Introducing Qualitative Research

EDUC8102: Research Methods in Education

2020/2021

EDUC8006: Introducing Qualitative Research

Undergraduate teaching practice supervision

2024/2025

4 students teaching in primary and secondary schools

2023/2024

1 student teaching in a secondary school

2022/2023

13 students teaching in primary and secondary schools

2021/2022

12 students teaching in primary and secondary schools

2020/2021

11 students teaching in primary and secondary schools

2019/2020

11 students teaching in primary and secondary schools

Ph.D. students

  1. Mr. Li Wendong, Completed in 2024 (Thesis title: Standardized or Glocalized Chinese: A linguistic ethnography of interpretation and appropriation of language policies at a Chinese language school in Macau)
  2. Ms. Zhang Luyao, Ongoing
  3. Ms. An Ziyi, Ongoing
  4. Ms. Zhang Huichao, Ongoing
  5. Ms. Pang Qiaowen, Ongoing
  6. Ms. Shen Xuejie, Ongoing
  7. Ms. Peng Linxuan, Ongoing
  8. Ms. Li Yingxuan, Ongoing
  9. Ms. Wang Zhanyue, Ongoing

Ed.D. students

  1. Ms. Xin Li, Completed in 2024 (Thesis title: Module- and project-based building-block learning approach in the higher engineering education: A case study on new engineering education in China)
  2. Mr. Cai Zhaojian, Completed in 2024 (Thesis title: A mixed-methods study on the development of sports interest in extracurricular sports activities in primary schools)
  3. Ms. Li Shujing, Ongoing
  4. Mr. Hoi Kong Hong, Ongoing
  5. Ms. Luo Taizhen, Ongoing
  6. Mr. Jiang Hai, Ongoing
  7. Mr. Zhan Yizhao, Ongoing
  8. Ms. Wang Xuemei, Completed in 2025 (Thesis title: Migrant kindergarten teachers’ identity: A multiple-case study in Macau SAR)
  9. Ms. Li Jieli, Ongoing
  10. Ms. Mary Sun, Ongoing
  11. Mr. Hou Zhenkun, Ongoing
  12. Ms. Ma Ruonan, Ongoing
  13. Ms. Zhang Jingru, Ongoing
  14. Ms. Xue Lian, Ongoing
  15. Ms. Tina Fung, Ongoing
  16. Ms. Peng Xianghan, Ongoing
  17. Ms. Wang Yuntao, Ongoing
  18. Ms. Elaine Seng, Ongoing
  19. Ms. Zhou Yi, Ongoing
  20. Mr. He Hailong, Ongoing

M.A. students

  1. Ms. Liang Qianyi, Completed in 2020
  2. Ms. Liao Tiemiao, Completed in 2022
  3. Ms. Fang Jingyin, Completed in 2022
  4. Ms. He Yanxiang, Completed in 2023
  5. Ms. Zhai Siyu, Completed in 2023
  6. Ms. Lei Siyu, Completed in 2023
  7. Ms. Pang Qiaowen, Completed in 2023
  8. Ms. Un Cho Mei, Completed in 2024
  9. Ms. Zhang Yin, Ongoing
  10. Ms. Wang Xiaoyao, Ongoing
  11. Ms. Yu Mengqi, Ongoing
  12. Ms. Gong Qingwen, Ongoing
  13. Ms. Xu Shimei, Ongoing
  14. Ms. Zhou Yuting, Ongoing

Role in Academic Organizations

Vice President, The Southern Alliance for International Chinese Education, 2022-Present

Advisor, Macau Association for the Promotion of Education Research, 2024-Present

 

Editorial Board Membership

Language, Culture and Curriculum (SSCI), Editorial Board, 2022-Present

Researching and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (University of Toronto Press), Co-Editor, 2022-Present

Frontiers in Psychology (Educational Psychology section; SSCI), Associate Editor, 2021-Present

SAGE Open (SSCI), Consulting Editor, 2021-Present

 

Special Issue Editor

08/2022-08/2023

Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language (CHL)

Researching and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (EQUINOX)

01/2021-08/2022

Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign or Second Language: The Educational Psychology Perspective

Frontiers in Psychology (Educational Psychology section; SSCI)

01/2019-03/2020

The Teaching and Learning of Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language: The Current Situation and Future Directions

Frontiers of Education in China (Scopus & ESCI)

 

Invited Reviewer

Peer-reviewed journal reviewer

Educational Research Review (SSCI)

Language Teaching (SSCI)

The Modern Language Journal (SSCI)

Higher Education (SSCI)

Teaching and Teacher Education (SSCI)

Computers and Education (SSCI)

Teachers and Teaching (SSCI)

Journal of Teacher Education (SSCI)

System (SSCI)

Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching (SSCI)

Journal of Second Language Writing (SSCI)

Language, Culture and Curriculum (SSCI)

Learning and Individual Differences (SSCI)

Language and Education (SSCI)

The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher (SSCI)

Language Awareness (SSCI)

Current Issues in Language Planning (SSCI)

Reading and Writing (SSCI)

Journal of Second Language Writing (SSCI)

International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (SSCI)

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (SSCI)

International Multilingual Research Journal (SSCI)

International Journal of Multilingualism (SSCI)

Journal of Language, Identity and Education (SSCI)

Foreign Language Annals (SSCI)

Early Years (SSCI)

Educational Studies (SSCI)

International Journal of Intercultural Relations (SSCI)

European Journal of Education (SSCI)

Frontiers in Psychology (SSCI)

SAGE Open (SSCI)

Higher Education Quarterly (Scopus & ESCI)

Higher Education Pedagogies (Scopus & ESCI)

TESOL Journal (Scopus & ESCI)

Review of Education (Scopus & ESCI)

Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education (Scopus & ESCI)

Frontiers of Education in China (Scopus & ESCI)

現代外語 (CSSCI)

語言教學與研究 (CSSCI)

Conference reviewer

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA 2020, 2021, 2022)

American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL 2022, 2023)

Book proposal reviewer

Taylor & Francis

Palgrave Macmillan

Springer Nature

WILEY

Internal

2024-2025

Faculty Service Award

Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

2023/2024

Outstanding Academic Staff Award                                                                

Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

2020/2021

Outstanding Academic Staff Award                                                                

Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

2018

Best Presenter Award                                                                                       

Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

2017

Faculty Research Travel Support                                                                                    

Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

09/2015-07/2016

Conference Support for Research Postgraduate Students

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

09/2014-07/2015

Conference Support for Research Postgraduate Students

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

09/2014-08/2018

Fully-Funded Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS)

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

 

External

2022

Top 1% highly cited paper in 2022 (Web of Science): Teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language to non-Chinese learners in mainland China (2014-2018)

2021

Top 1% highly cited paper in 2021 (Web of Science): Developing literacy or focusing on interaction: New Zealand students’ strategic efforts related to Chinese language learning during study abroad in China

2020

Top 1% highly cited paper in 2020 (Web of Science): Teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language to non-Chinese learners in mainland China (2014-2018)

11/2015

Certificate for HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) Administrator

Chinese Testing International, China National Office of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Hanban), China

2023/2024

University Senate Member, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Staff-Student Consultative Committee, University sof Macau, Macau SAR, China

Co-Editor of FED Newsletter, Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Teaching Plan Reviewer (教學設計獎勵計劃評審), Reward Program of Teaching Plan Design, Education and Youth Affairs Bureau of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Part-time Trainer for Centre for Continuing Education – 教師教育專業人才培養, 28/07/2024-30/07/2024

Part-time Trainer for Centre for Continuing Education – 教師教育專業人才培養, 21/07/2024-23/07/2024

澳門濠江中學初中畢業典禮, 嘉賓, 13/07/2024

澳門濠江中學小幼畢業典禮, 嘉賓, 13/07/2024

Selection Committee Chair for Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (Subject-based Teaching Methods I (Chinese) 學科教學法 I (中文)), 12/06/2024

Selection Committee Member for Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (Guided Chinese Reading and Writing中文閱讀與寫作指導), 11/06/2024

Selection Committee Member for Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (School Counselling and Guidance學校諮商與輔導), 05/06/2024

Interview Committee for Admission Examination Candidates 2024/2025, 06/04/2024

FED DAY文藝晚會評審, 09/04/2024

FED STEAM Team Advisor, 01/2024

UM Open Day Activity “樂學中文” Organizer, 14/01/2024

Selection Committee Observer for Recruitment of Full/Associate/Assistant Professor in Chinese Education in FED, 01/2024

Selection Committee Member for Recruitment of Full/Associate/Assistant Professor in Chinese Education in FED, 11/2023

Recruitment Committee Member for the Position of Dean of Faculty of Education, 07/2023-02/2024

Chair of the Selection Committee for the Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (Subject-based Teaching Methods II (Chinese) 學科教學法 II (中文)), 06/11/2023

Judge for MYS 2022 (Macau Young Scientists Conference), 04/11/2023

MYS 2023 Project Reviewer-Humanities and Social Sciences, 07/10/2023-15/10/2023

Panelist at Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement (CTLE) Half-Day Professional Development Workshop, 20/09/2023

Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement (CTLE) Academic Staff Advisor 2023/2024, 31/08/2023

Centre for Continuing Education Programme Lecturer, 教師教學方法與教學模式創新 (雙語教學的設計與實踐), 31/08/2023

2022/2023

University Senate Member, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Staff-Student Consultative Committee, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Co-Editor of FED Newsletter, Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Teaching Plan Reviewer (教學設計獎勵計劃評審), Reward Program of Teaching Plan Design, Education and Youth Affairs Bureau of Macau, Macau SAR, China

ICT Training Program Advisor (資訊科技教育人員培訓課程導師), Education and Youth Affairs Bureau of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Assessment Panel Member of the Chinese Writing Competition on National Security “我心中的文化安全”中文徵文比賽, Macao SAR Government and Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government, Macao SAR, 02/2023

Judge for MYS 2022 Final Competition (Macau Young Scientists Conference), 19/11/2022

Interview Panel Member of PRA (校長推薦入學) 2023/2024, 12/11/ 2022

Selection Committee Member for the Position of Part-time Instructor (Subject-based Teaching Methods II (Chinese) 學科教學法 II (中文)), 05/2022

Selection Committee Member for the Position of Part-time Instructor (Topics in History of Chinese Education中國教育史專題), 05/2022

2021/2022

Staff-Student Consultative Committee, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Co-Editor of FED Newsletter, Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Teaching Plan Reviewer (教學設計獎勵計劃評審), Reward Program of Teaching Plan Design, Education and Youth Affairs Bureau of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Library Committee Representative, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

ICT Training Program Advisor (資訊科技教育人員培訓課程導師), Education and Youth Affairs Bureau of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Selection Committee Member for the Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (Subject-based Teaching Methods I (Chinese)), 05/2022

Selection Committee Member for the Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (Modern Chinese Writing and Its Teaching), 05/2022

Selection Committee Member for the Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Its Teaching), 05/2022

2022 Faculty of Education Postgraduate Research Symposium, Paper Presentation and Poster Presentation Abstract Reviewer, 23/04/2022

Admission Interviewer for Qualified Candidates of Admission Examination for AY 2022/2023, 15/04/2022

Admission Interviewer for Qualified Candidates of Admission Examination for AY 2022/2023, Interviewer, 09/04/2022

Leader of the Short-term Exchange Programme on “Language and Culture” of the Ten Thousand Talents Programme 2021, University of Macau-Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai) (北京師範大學——澳門大學“語言與文化”交流專案領隊導師), 19/12/2021-24/12/2021

Selection Committee Member for the Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (History of Chinese Literature and Its Teaching II), 12/2021

Selection Committee Member for the Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (Classical Chinese Prose and Its Teaching II), 12/2021

Interview Panel Member of PRA (校長推薦入學) 2021/2022, 13/11/2021

Selection Committee Member for the Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (Subject-based Teaching Methods II (Chinese) 學科教學法 II (中文)), 11/2021

Invited Panelist at CTLE Half-Day Professional Development: Collaborative Learning in an EMI Context, 23/02/2022

2020/2021

Staff-Student Consultative Committee, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Co-Editor of FED Newsletter, Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Teaching Plan Reviewer (教學設計獎勵計劃評審), Reward Program of Teaching Plan Design, Education and Youth Affairs Bureau of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Library Committee Representative, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Selection Panel Member for Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (Chinese History Curriculum and Teaching II, World History Curriculum and Teaching, and Teaching of Macau History), 11/2020

Selection Panel Member for Recruitment of Part-time Instructor (Appreciation and Teaching of Chinese Literature and Subject-based Teaching Methods II (CHINESE)), 11/2020

Debate Judge of “澳門大學院長盃辯論比賽”之初賽, 15/11/2020

Interview Panel Member of PRA (校長推薦入學) 2021/2022, 14/11/2020

11/2015

Certificate for HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) Administrator

Chinese Testing International, China National Office of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Hanban), China

建設新時代國際中文教育體系 (中國社會科學網, 04/09/2023)

https://www.cssn.cn/skgz/bwyc/202309/t20230904_5682999.shtml

UM elected vice-president unit of Southern Alliance for International Chinese Education (澳大當選國際中文教育南方聯盟副理事長單位) (08/09/2022)

https://www.gcs.gov.mo/detail/zh-hant/N22IG8ZSbb;jsessionid=F6930DCDE3FF6AE760B2971B38A6E5D5.app02

https://fed.um.edu.mo/zh-hant/um-elected-vice-president-unit-of-southern-alliance-for-international-chinese-education/

Prof. Yang GONG, Assistant Professor of FED was invited to be the editorial board member of reputable international journal Language, Culture and Curriculum (LCC) (澳大龔陽教授獲任國際著名期刊《語言、文化與課程》編委) (11/04/2022)

https://fed.um.edu.mo/yang-gong-editorial-board/

UM scholar’s study documents Chinese researchers’ efforts to improve Chinese language teaching and learning (澳大學者全球漢語教學研究記錄中國研究人員努力) (29/05/2020)

https://www.gov.mo/zh-hans/news/295405/

https://www.um.edu.mo/zh-hant/news-and-press-releases/press-release/detail/50200/#news_title