AIDEN CHEUNG (he/him)
Pre-service English Teacher / Applied Linguistics Researcher / English Language Tutor
Profile picture, Beacon College. July 2024.
Profile
Currently majoring in English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), I am a pre-service secondary school English teacher based in Hong Kong SAR. I have been working in the private supplementary education sector to prepare senior secondary students for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) English Language examination.
As a prospective research postgraduate student, I would like to research on instructed second language acquisition (ISLA). To be more specific, I hope to investigate ways in which teachers can utilise technology, such as generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), to enhance the second language learning of English morphosyntax. My research interests also include variationist sociolinguistics as I am particularly intrigued by the social meanings of Cantonese-English code-switching within the regional context of Hong Kong.
Seeking to grow professionally as a teacher-researcher, I aspire to narrow the gap between research and pedagogy with a view to maximising their mutual benefits.
Latest News
Aiden Cheung @ Kenneth Lau's Teaching Team, Beacon College
9 July 2024
In the 2024/25 academic year, I will be serving as an English Language tutor under Kenneth Lau’s Teaching Team at Beacon College, a tutorial school in Hong Kong that specialises in private supplementary education for local secondary students. A junior secondary (S.1-S.3) summer course jointly taught by me and Kenneth will be offered starting from mid-July.
Screenshot from a promotional video for Beacon College.
PolyU-CALLS 2024 Award Presentation Ceremony
24 May 2024
I attended the award ceremony for the PolyU Undergraduate Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Studies (PolyU-CALLS). I received the Best Non-ENGL Presentation Award for my presentation, which is titled “The impact of ChatGPT on the acquisition of English indirect questions: A mixed-methods study”.
Photo by PolyU-CALLS 2024 Organising Committee.
CUHK Capstone Project Presentation Competition Grand Finals
10 May 2024
I presented my undergraduate capstone project, which is titled “The impact of ChatGPT on the acquisition of English indirect questions: A mixed-methods study”, at the grand finals of the inaugural Capstone Project Presentation Competition (CPPC2024), which was inspired by Three Minute Thesis (3MT®).
Photo by English Language Teaching Unit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
PolyU Undergraduate Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Studies 2024
23 March 2024
I presented my undergraduate capstone project, which is titled “The impact of ChatGPT on the acquisition of English indirect questions: A mixed-methods study”, at the PolyU Undergraduate Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Studies (PolyU-CALLS).
Photo by PolyU-CALLS 2024 Organising Committee.
Outstanding Teaching Award & Dean’s List Presentation Ceremony 2022-2023
23 March 2024
I attended the Outstanding Teaching Award & Dean’s List Presentation Ceremony 2022-2023. I was placed on the Dean's List of the Faculty of Arts in view of my academic performance in the 2022-23 academic year.
Photo by Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Beacon College x Principal Chan Free Tutorial World Free Mock Examination English Language Paper 1 Briefing Session
13 January 2024
As part of a free mock examination co-organised by Beacon College and Principal Chan Free Tutorial World, I delivered a one-hour briefing session on how to tackle Paper 1 (Reading) questions in a more strategic manner.
Remedial Workshop on Common English Grammar Mistakes
7 January 2024
At Beacon College, I led a 90-minute remedial workshop on 10 common English grammar mistakes, which targeted at low-to-intermediate learners. The mistakes under investigation included T-to-C movements in embedded interrogative clauses, incorrect verb forms (e.g., to-infinitive) in the mandative subjunctive, comma splices and dangling participles.