Demonstrator
BA in English, Wuhan University
WHU-Leeds exchange program, University of Leeds
MS in Education (TESOL), University of Pennsylvania
PhD in Applied Linguistics, University of Hong Kong
Siqi is an educational linguist. Her PhD research explores the writing journeys of multilingual students in EMI higher education and the shaping of multifaceted academic literacies. Her research interests center around a simple but significant issue: how do multilingual individuals and communities negotiate meaning and identity across different contexts and spaces. Grounded in translingual perspectives, multilingualism studies, and academic literacies research, her work contributes to a more imaginative future of language and literacy education.
Her research is slow, but her heart is full! She is inspired by classrooms and students. At CAES, she teaches academic English writing and communication courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students. She also had served at the writing centre to help students succeed in various kinds of writing. In addition, she had spent many years teaching and studying in universities in Mainland, US and UK before joining CAES.
Beyond applied linguistics, she is a proud feminist advocating for female agency.
Professional Affiliations:
Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
Assistant editor, Instructed Second Language Acquisition
Reviewer, Routledge book project on education studies
Reviewer, TESOL International Association
Reviewer, Comparative and International Education Society
Reviewer, American Educational Research Association
Alumni admission interviewer and ambassador, University of Pennsylvania
Selected Publications / Presentations:
Publications
Song, S. & Lau, K. (2026). “It can’t be translated into a conventional English phrase”: Crafting academic identities through translingual writing”. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.70326 [SSCI]
Song, S. & Lau, K. (2025). Writing Economics: Languaging and translingual resources of a multilingual postgraduate writer in EMI higher education. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 47(4), 2378–2397. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2025.2470392 [SSCI]
Song, S. (2025). Becoming an English teacher with a multilingual repertoire: Funds of knowledge of a trilingual novice English teacher. In L. B. Liu, N. Mohamed, C-C. Lin, C. V. Bauler, K. Kapur (eds.), Funds of Knowledge in Teacher Education: Sustaining Local Diversity Amidst Global Standards. IGI Publishing. DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-8094-9.ch011 [SCOPUS]
Song, S. (2026). [Review of the book Adaptable English Language Teaching: Advances and Frameworks for Responding to New Circumstances, edited by A. N. Nazari & A. M. Riazi]. The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10(1), 1323. https://caes.hku.hk/ajal/index.php/ajal/article/view/1323 [SCOPUS]
Song, S. (2023). [Review of the book Chinese Students and the Experience of International Doctoral Study in STEM, by Y. Yang & J. MacCallum]. Journal of International Students, 13(2), 212–215. DOI: https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/5664 [SSCI]
Presentations
Song, S. (June 2026). The Love and Pain of Being a Human Writer. Presentation at Innovations in Language Education Conference. Hong Kong, China.
Song, S. (October 2025). Writing in a digitally mediated academic landscape: The writing experience of multilingual students in EMI higher education. Presentation at Symposium on Second Language Writing. Taipei, Taiwan.
Song, S. (July 2025). Being multilingual writers in the digitally mediated world. Presentation at the Hong Kong Association of Applied Linguistics. Hong Kong, China.
Song, S. (July 2025). Navigating disciplinary writing in a digital era: stories of multilingual students at EMI higher education. Presentation at Asia TEFL conference. Hong Kong, China.
Song, S. (March 2025). Navigating academic identities with a multilingual repertoire: the story of a graduate student at EMI. Presentation at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference. Denver, CO, US.
Song, S. (March 2025). Being multilingual writers in the digitally-mediated world. Presentation at TESOL International Convention. Long Beach, CA, US.
Song, S. (March 2025). The writing journey of multilingual postgraduate students at EMI. Presentation at TESOL International Convention Doctoral Students Forum. Long Beach, CA, US.
Song, S. (October 2024). Funds of knowledge of a trilingual novice English teacher. Presentation at NYU-Shanghai Fall 2024 TESOL Symposium. New York University Shanghai Campus, Shanghai, China.
Song, S. (March 2024). The writing journey of plurilingual postgraduates at an EMI University in Hong Kong. Presentation at University of Hong Kong Research Postgraduate Symposium. Hong Kong, China.
Song, S. (March 2024). Crossing differences in the disciplinary writing of plurilingual postgraduates at an EMI university. Presentation at the International and Comparative Education Society Conference. Miami, Florida, US.
Song, S. (March 2024). Developing academic literacies in English-medium university: The disciplinary writing journey of plurilingual postgraduates across disciplines. Presentation at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
Grants / Awards / Other Achievements:
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship, 2022-2026
HKU Presidential Scholarship, 2022-2026
TESOL Award for International Participation, TESOL International Association, 2025
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education graduate student scholarship , 2013-2015
Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, The University of Hong Kong
Certificate in AI Literacy, Digital Education Council and the University of Hong Kong
Certificate in Teaching English Writing, British Council Teaching English
Certificate in Mental Health First Aid, Hong Kong Mental Health Association