PhD Student
Education
BA in English, Wuhan University
WHU-Leeds undergrad exchange program, University of Leeds
MS in Education (TESOL), University of Pennsylvania
PhD student in Applied Linguistics, University of Hong Kong
Before becoming a PhD student at CAES, Siqi worked in the field of language education as an English lecturer in university in Mainland China and as a Chinese Mandarin teacher in US K-12 schools. She also worked in the advanced studies program for visiting scholars at George Washington University on a project about the experience of Chinese students learning English academic writing. She now serves as a writing consultant at the university writing center. Her current research is about the academic literacies of multilingual students at EMI higher education.
Special Interest Groups:
Language Education,Postgraduate Writing
In-House Committees:
Engagement, Research and Impact Committee
Professional Affiliations:
Reviewer for TESOL International Convention
Reviewer for Comparative and International Education Society
Reviewer for American Educational Research Association
Selected Publications / Presentations:
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, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2025.2470392
Song, S. (forthcoming in 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.
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. https://www.ojed.org/jis/article/view/5664
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 (CIES) 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 (AAAL) Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
Song, S. (March 2024). The Writing Journey of Plurilingual Postgraduates at an EMI University in Hong Kong. Presentation at HKU Research Postgraduate Symposium. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Grants / Awards / Other Achievements:
Hong Kong PhD fellowship
HKU presidential scholarship
Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, The University of Hong Kong
Certificate in Teaching English Writing, British Council Teaching English
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education student scholarship