Conference Presentations

Chung K. K. H. (2024, 10). Promoting Second-language English Reading among Junior Primary School Students: Research and Practices. Keynote Presentation at the 15th Annual International Symposium of Foreign Language Learning (AISOFOLL), Jakarta, Indonesia.

Chung K. K. H. (2024, 9). Right to Education, Aims of Education. Conference on Children’s Rights to Education, Leisure and Play, HKU, Hong Kong.

Chung K. K. H. (2024, 6). Building a supporting pathway for students with English language difficulties: what can we do? The Uniting Ideas in Teaching Excellence (UNITE) Conference 2024, Singapore.

Chung K. K. H. (2024, 6). International Forum Panel. The Uniting Ideas in Teaching Excellence (UNITE) Conference 2024, Singapore.

Chung K. K. H. (2023, 11). Improving Quality and Equity: Assessment in Early Childhood Education and Child Development. SEED (Study of Early Education and Development), Biennial Conference, Beijing Normal University (BNU), China.

Chung K. K. H. (2023, 11). 多元融合教育與保護兒童策略. 仁濟醫院院屬幼稚園/幼兒中心 2023-24 年度教育研討會（主講）, Hong Kong, China.

Chung K. K. H. (2023, 7). C-for-Chinese@JC: Culturally responsive education: Why it matters for the early years, OEMP, Hong Kong

Chung K. K. H. (2023, 6). How to identify and support Hong Kong students with dyslexia. The 14th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Chung K. K. H. (2023, 3). How to identify and support Hong Kong students with dyslexia. Sympoisum on Reading and Dyslexia, 2023 Annual Symposium of the Brain and Mind Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Chung K. K. H. (2023, 3). Science-informed approach to promoting social-emotional development in children, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Chung, K. K. H. (2022, 7). How may we close the learning gap in kindergarten children? A culturallyresponsive approach to teaching language and literacy skills. The PECERA-HK Celebration of 25th Anniversary of HKSAR Establishment cum 22nd PECERA Annual Conference, Hong Kong, China

Chung, K. K. H. (2022, 5). Closing gaps with quality of ECEC services for culturally and linguistically diverse children in East Asia-Pacific, 2022 Korean Association for Multicultural Education (Kame) International Conference, South Korea

Chung K K H. (2021, 8). The importance of teacher training for students with dyslexia and Identification and Assessment of students with dyslexia: Issues and evidence, Asia Pacific Dyslexia Forum 2020. Asia Pacific Dyslexia Forum 2020, Okayama, Japan

Chung, K. K. H. (2021, 8). Closing the learning gap for ethnic minority children: a case study of early childhood education in Hong Kong. The Korean Association for Multicultural Education, KAME conference (Seoul), South Korea

Chung K. K. H. (2025, 2). How does the home literacy environment impact the language and literacy skills of learners with English learning difficulties?. The 9th Annual Conference of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA), Cebu, Philippines.

Chung K. K. H. (2024, 8). Teaching Self-efficacy of Ethnic Minority Teaching Assistants. The European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Chung K. K. H. (2024, 8). Supporting children and families with diverse needs: What do we know and what can we do? The Pacific Early Childhood Education and Research Conference, Tokyo, Japan.

Chung K. K. H. (2024, 7). Do Chinese students with dyslexia struggle to learn English as a second language? The 45th Annual Conference of the International School Psychology Association (ISPA), Riga, Lativa.

Chung K. K. H. (2024, 7). Supporting Preschool Teacher Well-being: How to Enhance In-service Preschool Teachers’ Psychological Well-being in Early Childhood Education Settings. The 76th World Organisation for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) World Assembly and Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.

Chung K. K. H. (2024, 5). C-for-Chinese@JC: Developing Benchmarks to Promote Ethnic Minority Children to learn Chinese Language and Socialemotional Skills. Korean Association for Multicultural Education (KAME) International Conference 2024, Seoul, South Korea.

Chung K. K. H. (2024, 3). Effects of home literacy environment risk factors on reading readiness in young children at family risk of dyslexia: A 2-year study. The 2024 Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation (DSF) Language, Literacy and Learning Conference, Perth, Australia.

Lam, C. B., & Chung, K. K. H. (2024, 2). Which cognitive-linguistic skills uniquely predict the Chinese abilities of non-Chinese speaking ethnic minority children? A longitudinal study. The 8th Annual Conference for the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA 2024), Jeju, South Korea.

Chung, K. K. H., Lin S. Y., Chan, S. P. T., Lam, C. B., & Ho, P. K. B. (2023, 12). Professional development: Building early childhood educators’ capacity to support South Asian ethnic minority children’s learning in Hong Kong. The 12th OMEP Asia-Pacific Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Chung, K. K. H., Lee, S. Y. A., Liu, C., Chan, K., & Lam, C. B. (2023, 8). Preschool Children’s School Readiness in Uncertain Times: Roles of Executive Functioning and Cumulative Family Risks. The 20th Biennial EARLI Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Chung, K. K. H., Chan, K., Yeung, P. S., & Lam, C. B. (2023, 7). The impact of a reading enrichment program on students at risk of English language difficulties. The 29th Annual International Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), Port Douglas, Australia.

Chung, K. K. H., Ho, P. K. B., Lam, C. B., & Chan, S. P. T. (2023, 7). Promoting Non-Chinese Speaking Ethnic Minority Children to Learn Chinese and Develop Social-emotional Skills. The 23rd Pacific of Early Childhood Education Research Association Annual Conference, Bali, Indonesia.

Chung, K. K. H., Ho, P. K. B., Lam, C. B., & Chan, S. P. T. (2023, 5). How to support non-Chinese speaking ethnic minority children’s learning in kindergartens using culturally responsive practices in education. The Korean Association for Multicultural Education (KAME) International Conference, Seoul, South Korea.

Chung, K. K. H., Ho, P. K. B., Lam, C. B., & Chan, S. P. T. (2023, 3). Culturally Responsive Education in Kindergartens: Supporting Non-Chinese Speaking Ethnic Minority Children in Chinese Learning and Social-emotional Learning. The 9th Asian Conference on Education and International Development, Tokyo, Japan.

Lam, C. B., & Chung, K. K. H. (2022, 7). Effects of child and environmental risk factors on reading readiness in young children at family risk of dyslexia. The 17th European Congress of Psychology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Chan, K., & Chung, K. K. H. (2022, 2). What are the cognitive subtypes of dyslexia in Chinese adolescents?. The 6th Annual Conference for the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Hong Kong

Chung, K. K. H., Wang, L-C., & Lam, C. B. (2022, 2). Beyond cognitive-linguistic skills, what are the psychological factors contributing to reading skills in adolescents with dyslexia?. The 6th Annual Conference for the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Hong Kong

Liu, C., & Chung, K. K. H. (2022, 2). The Impact of Home Literacy Environment on Children’s Language and Reading Skills in Learning English as a Second Language. The 6th Annual Conference for the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Hong Kong

Wang, L-C., & Chung, K. K. H. (2022, 2). Relationships of general trait anxiety, trait test anxiety, and reading difficulties of Chinese undergraduates with and without high-functioning and low-functioning SpLD. The 6th Annual Conference for the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Hong Kong

Ng, C. S. M., Chung, K. K. H., & To-Chan, S. P. (2021, 9). Social integration: Building kindergarten teachers' capacity to teach Chinese language to ethnic minority children in Hong Kong . European Educational Research Association , Geneva (online)

Chung, K. K. H. (2019). Teaching Chinese to Ethnic Minority Students in Hong Kong Preschools: The Role of Multicultural Teaching Assistants. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Conference 2019, Brisbane, Australia.

Chung, K. K. H. & Ng, S. M. (2019). C-for-Chinese@JC. Paper presented at the Conference of European Educational Research Association ‘Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future’ in Hamburg, Germany.

Chung, K. K. H. & Lam, C. B (2019). Understanding the adjustment of children with special needs: A family systems perspective. Poster presented at the 16th European Congress of Psychology in Moscow, Russia.

Chung, K. K. H. & Fung, W. K. (2018). How socioeconomic status (SES) affects Chinese word reading and writing among Chinese kindergarten children in Hong Kong. Poster presented at the 17th Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages and the 9th Conference on Language, Discourse, and Cognition (ICPEAL 17 – CLDC 9) in Taipei, Taiwan.

Chung, K. K. H. (2018). Parental Warmth and Hostility and Child Executive Function Problems: A Longitudinal Study of Chinese Families. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities (IARLD) in Ghent, Belgium.

Chung, K. K. H., Lam, C. B., Li, X., Lam, C. Y., Lai, P. Y., McBride, C., Cheung, S. W.(2018). Addressing the reading achievement gap among low-income families: an early reading intervention program. Poster presented at The 25th Annual Meeting of Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR) in Brighton, UK.

Chung, K. K. H. (2018). The effects of socioeconomic status on cognitive and language development, and early academic achievement in kindergarten children. Paper presented at the 2018 ACEL Disability Summit, Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) in Sydney, Australia.

Chung, K. K. H. (2017). Word reading and spelling in Chinese and English among Chinese adolescents with and without dyslexia. Poster presented at The 24th Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Annual Meeting, Halifax, Canada.

Chung, K. K. H. & Lam, C.B. (2017). Mothers’ autonomy granting predicts preschoolers’ emotional and behavioral control: A longitudinal study of Chinese families. Poster presented at International Convention of Psychological Science, Vienna, Austria.

Lam, C.B., & Chung, K. K. H. (2017). Maternal warmth and verbal hostility and child self-regulation: A longitudinal analysis. Poster presented at International Convention of Psychological Science, Vienna, Austria.

Chung, K. K. H., Lam C.B. & Cheung K.C. (2016). Visual-motor skills and executive functioning are uniquely linked to Chinese reading and writing in preschool Children. Paper presented at the 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development in Helsinki in July 2016.

Chung, K. K. H. & Lam, C.B. (2016). Parental marital conflict and child coercion/aggression in Chinese families: Which parental emotion regulatory strategy is protective? Paper presented at the International Congress of Psychology 2016 (ICP2016) in Yokohama, Japan, in July 2016.

Chung, K. K. H., Lo, C.M., S.-H. Ho, Chan, David W., Tsang, S.M. & Lee S.H. (2016) A preliminary study of Chinese children with late emerging reading difficulties. Paper presented at the 2016 Asia Join Symposium on Reading and Spelling in Seoul, Korea, in Feb 2016.

Chung, K. K. H. (2015). How do Chinese poor decoders differ from poor oral comprehenders? Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Conference Society for the Scientific Study of Reading in Hawaii, U.S.A., in July.

Chung, K. K. H. (2015). The Impact of An Early Literacy Intervention for Preschool Children at Risk of Literacy Difficulties. Oral presentation at the 2015 East Asia Joint Symposium on Reading and Spelling (EASRS) in Taipei, Taiwan, in March.

Chung, K. K. H. (2014). Radical processing in Chinese character recognition among adolescent readers with dyslexia. Paper presented at the 15th International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages (ICPEAL 2014) in Seoul, Korea, in October.

Chung, K. K. H. (2014). Behavioral Self-regulation and Relations to Reading among Chinese Children with Reading Difficulties. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Education Research (ICER) 2014: Challenging Education for Future Change in Thailand in September.

Chung, K. K. H. (2014). Cognitive processing characteristics of Chinese kindergarten children at risk for mathematics learning difficulty. Paper presented at the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology: From Crisis to Sustainable Well-being 2014, Paris in July.

Chung, K. K. H. (2014). Facets of executive functioning and cognitive-linguistic skills that contribute to reading among Chinese primary school children. Invited paper presented at the 2014 East Asia Joint Symposium in Reading and Spelling (EARAS), Tokyo, Japan, in February.

Chung, K. K. H. (2013). Understanding developmental dyslexia: A perspective on assessment and intervention. Invited paper presented at the 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities, Sarawak, Malaysia, in June.

Chung, K. K. H., Ho, C.S.H., Chan & Lo, J.C.M. (2013). Contributions of Morpho-Syntax and Discourse Skills to Reading in Hong Kong Chinese-Speaking Adolescents with Dyslexia. Paper presented at The 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language, and Hearing (APCSLH), Taichung, Taiwan, in November.

Chung, K. K. H. & Lo, J.C.M. (2013). Second language learning difficulties in developmental dyslexia : What are the cognitive-linguistic skills that influence English reading among Chinese dyslexic adolescent readers? Poster presented at the 20th Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Chinese University, HK, in July.

Chung, K. K. H., Liu, H.Y., McBride-Chang, C., Wong. A., Hui, C.W. & Law, B.Y. (2012). Cognitive- linguistic contributions to academic achievement from Chinese children from low-and middle- socioeconomic backgrounds. Poster presentation at ICPEAL, Nagoya, Japan, in October.

Chung, K. K. H. (2012). Cognitive Correlates of Mathematics Achievement in Chinese Low-achieving Children. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Educational Research (ICER 2012), Khon Kaen University, Thailand, in September.

Chung, K. K. H., Ho, C.S.H., Chan, D W., Tsang, S.M., & Lee, S.H. (2012). Effect of syntactic and morphological processing skills on reading in Chinese dyslexic adolescents. Paper presented at The 19th Annual Conference, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR 2012), Montreal, Canada in July.

Tong, X. H., McBride-Chang, C. & Chung. K.K.H. (2011). Morphological structure processing in Chinese children with dyslexia. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Florida, USA, July.

Chung, K. K. H. (2011). Developmental dyslexia in Chinese: from research to intervention. Keynote presentation at the International Conference on Addressing Student Learning Diversity, Hong Kong, China, December.

Chung, K. K. H. (2011). Assessing Chinese-speaking students with dyslexia: Issues and evidence. Keynote presentation at the International Conference on Dyslexia Hong Kong, China, November.

Chung, K. K. H. (2011). Developmental dyslexia: from theory to intervention. Keynote presentation at the International Conference on Educational Research (ICER 2011) Learning Community for Sustainable Development, Khon Kaen, Thailand, in September.

Chung, K. K. H., McBride-Chang (2011). A longitudinal study of the connection between executive functioning, metalinguistic skills and early Chinese reading. Paper presented at the 12th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Istanbul, Turkey, in July.

Chung, K. K. H., Ho, C.S.H., Chan, D W., Tsang, S.M., & Lee, S.H. (2011). The relative roles of syntactic awareness and morphological awareness in Hong Kong Chinese-speaking adolescents with dyslexia. Paper presented at the 35th Annual IARLD Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, January.

Chung, K. K. H., McBride-Chang, C., Liu, P. D., & Tong, X., (2010). The time course of Chinese character and word processing in Chinese-speaking dyslexia: an event-related potentials study. Paper presented at the Decade of the Mind VI, Singapore, October.

Chung, K. K. H. (2010). Understanding reading and writing difficulties in Chinese language: from research to intervention. Paper presented at the International Conference on Educational Research (ICER2010), Khon Kaen University, Thailand, September.

Chung, K. K. H., Ho, C.S.H., Chan, D W., Tsang, S.M., & Lee, S.H. (2010). Effects of kindergarten intervention for the prevention of Chinese children with reading difficulties. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Berlin, Germany, July.

Chung, K. K. H., McBride-Chang, C., & Wong. A. &. Hui, C, W. (2010). What are the predictors of beginning reading success in Chinese and English for Hong Kong Chinese children? Paper presented at the International Conference on Teaching and Learning of English for Children in Early Years in the Asia- Pacific Region, Hong Kong, May.

Chung, K. K. H. (2010). Bridge towards effective reading and writing. Paper presented at the Bridging The Gap in Specific Learning Disabilities Conference on Specific Learning Disabilities, Hong Kong, Pathway-Hang Seng Signature Series, January.

Chung, K. K. H. (2009). Chinese preschoolers' cognitive control and its relation to language development: A 2-year longitudinal study in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages (ICPEAL), Beijing, China, October.

Chung, K. K. H., Ho, C.S.H., Chan, D W., Tsang, S.M., & Lee, S.H. (2009). Cognitive profiles of Chinese adolescents with childhood diagnoses of dyslexia. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Boston, USA, June.

Chung K. K. H. (2009). Understanding Chinese students with dyslexia: from basic research to intervention, Paper presented at the 3rd Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference Singapore, June.

Chung K. K. H. (2008). What effects do the integrated format and use of Chinese notes have on learning to read English comprehension as second language? Paper presented at the XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, July.

Chung, K. K. H., McBride-Chang, Wong, S. L.W., Cheung, H., Penney, T. B., & Ho, C.S. H. (2007). Do visual and auditory temporal processing deficits account for Chinese dyslexic children? Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Prague, Czech Republic, July.

Cheung, H., Chung, K. K. H., Wong, S. L.W., McBride-Chang, C., Penney, T. B., Ho, C.S. H. (2007). Organization of speech in Chinese-reading dyslexic children: Aspiration and lexical tone. Paper presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Prague, Czech Republic, July.