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Research Projects

Virginia Yip

    RGC-funded Projects:

• ​A predictive personalization approach to enhance foreign language learning and teaching  
  Young Collaborative Research Grant (YCRG) 2023/24, Project reference no.: C4001-23Y 2024-2027 
  PI: Feng Gangyi (CUHK) Co-Is: Z. Mai, G. Ouyang, Y. Song, X. Tong, X. Kang, X. Zhou, V. Yip
  
  
• ​Early childhood development in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study
  Collaborative Research Grant (CRF) Project reference no. : C7098-23GF
  PI: Wen Ming (HKU) Co-PIs: J. Bacon-Shone, C. Lau, J. Li, Y. Tong, L. Tian, X. Wu,  X. Zhou, D. Xu, V. Yip
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• Input and experience in early trilingual development
  

         GRF project no: 14615820
         PI: Ziyin Mai (CUHK) Co-I: Peggy Mok (CUHK), Wu Zhuang (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies), Virginia Yip (CUHK)

• ​​The impact of bilingual exposure on the language development of Cantonese-speaking children with Autism Spectrum Disorder 2019-2021                            Project No. UGC/FDS16/H13/19 

         PI: Haoyan Ge (Open University of Hong Kong), Co-I: Virginia Yip (CUHK) and Fang Liu (The University of Reading)

• Childhood bilingualism and heritage language development 2016-2017 GRF Project no. 14632016 
  

         PI: Virginia Yip (CUHK), Co-I: Stephen Matthews (HKU)

• Input conditions and bilingual development in Hong Kong children 2014-2015
  

          PI: Virginia Yip (CUHK), Co-I: Stephen Matthews (HKU)

• From Lexicon to Syntax in Childhood Bilingualism 2008-2011
  

          PI: Virginia Yip (CUHK), Co-I: Stephen Matthews (HKU) and Li Ping (Pennsylvania State University)

• Rethinking Cantonese grammar: typology, processing and acquisition 2007-2010, RGC Ref. No. HKU748207H
  

          PI: Stephen Matthews (HKU) Co-I: Virginia Yip (CUHK)

• Childhood Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition in Hong Kong Children: 2005-2006, RGC Ref. No. CUHK4692/05H
  

          PI: Virginia Yip(CUHK) Co-I: Stephen Matthews(HKU), Yasuhiro Shirai(Cornell University)

• Parsing Principles and Constituent Order in Cantonese : 2004-2006, RGC Ref. No. 7258/04H
  

          PI: Stephen Matthews(HKU) Co-I: Elaine Francis (Purdue), Conrad Perry(HKU) and V. Yip (CUHK)

• Cognitive and Brain Processing of the Chinese Language, RGC Central Allocation: 2003-2006
  

          PI: Li-Hai Tan (HKU) Co-I: C. Perry (HKU), J. Spinks (HKU), G. Shen (UT San Antonio), V. Yip (CUHK) & P. Fox (UT San Antonio)

• Multimedia Perspectives On Bilingual Development, 2002-05
  

          PI:V. Yip Co-I: S. Matthews 

• Universals and Specifics in Reading Development: Speed of Processing, Phonological Awareness, Morphological Awareness, and Home Literacy Environment, 2001-03
  

          PI: Catherine McBride (CUHK) Co-Investigators: Hua Shu (Beijing Normal University), Richard K.Wagner (Florida State University) and V.Yip 

• A Cantonese-English Bilingual Child Language Corpus, 1997-2000
  

          PI: V.Yip, Co-I: S.Matthews (HKU) 

• The Min Dialect of Chaozhou and Comparative Chinese Grammar, 1996-98
  

          PI: S. Matthews (HKU), Co-I: V. Yip 

• The Development of Bilingual Competence in Hong Kong Children
  

          PI: S.Matthews(HKU), Co-I: V. Yip & Huang Yue-Yuan (HKBU) 

• The Development of Grammatical Competence in the Formal ESL Learning Environment 1992-94
  

          PI: V.Yip, Co-I: G.Tang 

• Studies in the Comparative Grammar of English and Cantonese,1992-96
  

          PI: S. Matthews(HKU), Co-I: V.Yip 

     Other Projects:

• Community-based Holistic Service Supporting At-risk Families with age 0-2 Children: The ROBI Approach”  
  Funded by Hong Kong Jockey Club Charity Trust 2023-2027
  
  

• Developing teleassessment for trilingual children in Hong Kong: Augmented Reality enhanced intervention 
  Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (KPF) 2021/22   Project code: KPF22REP06
  PI: Virginia Yip, Co-I: Zhou Jiangling, Anna Ma
  

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• Micro-modules for promoting language acquisition across contexts 
  Courseware Development Grant Scheme 2019-22
  PI: Anna Ma, Co-I: Virginia Yip 
  
  

• ​Multimodal Child Language Acquisition
  

         International Network Program funded by the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education, Denmark
         PI: Costanza Navarreta (University of Copenhagen) Co-I: Patrizia Paggio, Alice Tse (University of Copenhagen)

         International partners: Stephen Matthews (HKU), Virginia Yip (CUHK)

• Robot-based intervention to reduce challenging behaviors in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders 2016-2019 

          Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (KPF) 

          PI: Catherine So, Co-I: Rosanna Chan, Virginia Yip

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• Childhood bilingualism and heritage language development 2014-2015 (CUHK Direct Grant)
  

​          PI: V. Yip  Co-I: Ziyin Mai

• Computer-Aided Second Language Learning Through Speech-Based Human-Computer Interactions 2009-2011 (CUHK Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering in the area of Multimedia Technologies 2009)
  

          PI: Helen Meng (CUHK, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management)

          Co-I: Pauline Lee (CUHK, Independent Learning Centre), Virginia Yip (CUHK, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages)

• Language Differentiation in Bilingual Acquisition 2003-2004 (CUHK Direct Grant).
  

• Syntactic Categories in Early Bilingual Development 2002-2003 (CUHK Direct Grant).
  

• Education Towards Biliteracy and Trilingualism: An Internet Support Project funded by Quality Education Fund
  

          PI: Kwan Tze-wan (Department of Philosophy, CUHK)

          Co-I:Virginia Yip (Department of MLC, CUHK),Chiang Ying Ho (Department of Chinese Language and Literature)

• Cyber Discourse: A Linguistic Study on Chat Room Language 2000-2001(CUHK Direct Grant)
  

• Minority Languages in Yunnan 2000-2001(CUHK Direct Grant)