Shue Sum (Rory) Leung

I obtained a B.A. in Linguistics and English Studies from the University of Hong Kong (2014) and later completed teacher training for a PGDE (Postgraduate Diploma in Education, equivalent to the PGCE in the UK) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2018). After teaching secondary school in Hong Kong for several years, I pursued a MPhil in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics here, graduating with distinction. I am currently a second-year PhD candidate working at the EF Research Lab for Applied Language Learning, supervised by Dr Alexopoulou and funded by EF Education First. As a former ESL teacher, I am passionate about leveraging corpus linguistics to generate quantitative insights into L2 learning and inform effective teaching practices.

Research Topic: Disentangling the effects of input linguistic complexity and task cognitive complexity on L2 output alignment and learning outcomes using a read-to-write paradigm

Supervisor: Dr Dora Alexopoulou

Scholarships/Prizes:

EF Studentship

Publications:

Leung, S., & Xu, A. (2016). Perceived vocal attractiveness by gay listeners in Hong Kong. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(4), 3401–3401. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4970916 

Xu, A., Leung, S., & Lee, A. (2016). Universal vs. language-specific aspects in human vocal attractiveness: An investigation towards Japanese native listeners’ perceptual pattern. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0000392