Professor MA, Qing Angel
Professor Ma Qing

MA, Qing Angel

馬清教授

Professor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies

Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies), Faculty of Humanities

The Education University of Hong Kong

Overview

Professor Angel Ma Qing has studied in China and Belgium, and worked in Macao SAR, before joining The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) in 2008. She has served as programme leader of MATESOL and Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies) at the Faculty of Humanities, EdUHK. Professor Ma established and has conducted research into CBLP, a new approach to language teaching. This CBLP has achieved a global reach: more than 8,000 language teachers use it to teach over 30,000 students in more than 800 schools and universities in over 80 countries and regions. Her CBLP research unveils key theoretical concepts, creates and assesses the effectiveness of a CBLP training framework, and measures its impact on language teachers and students. As a result, her CBLP research has led to successful adoption of CBLP as a language policy by 16 institutions in Hong Kong, mainland China and internationally.

Research Interests

  • Second language vocabulary acquisition
  • Corpus linguistics, corpus-based language pedagogy (CBLP), corpus-based literary studies
  • Computer-assisted language learning (CALL)
  • Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL)
  • Applications of artificial intelligence in language education

Contact Info

maqing@eduhk.hk
(852) 2948 8593

📚 Academic Qualification

Ph.D. Applied Linguistics, University of Louvain, Belgium, 2007

MEd. Educational Research, Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 2001

B.A. English Language & Literature, Wuhan University, China, 1996

🏆 Awards

The Network Citation Award

August 28, 2025 • The Education University of Hong Kong

"Best Paper Article" at the 4th International Conference on Creative and Innovative Technology in Education

July 1-2, 2025 • University of Technology Malaysia, Malaysia

President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Research

May 20, 2025 • The Education University of Hong Kong

2025 TESOL Award for Excellence in Research

March 19, 2025 • USA

"Best Paper Award" at the International Conference on TeLLT & CoLLT 2024

July 05, 2024 • Hong Kong

Award for Excellent FE Supervision

June 2024 • EdUHK, Hong Kong

Dean's International Research Collaboration Award

October 16, 2023 • FHM, EdUHK, Hong Kong

"The Best Paper Presentation Award" at the 2nd APSCE International Conference on Future Language Learning 2023

May 31, 2023 • Beijing, China

Finalist of University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award

September 28, 2021 • Hong Kong

President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching

May 27, 2021 • The Education University of Hong Kong

2020 Esperanto "Access to Language Education" Award

June 2, 2020 • USA

Faculty Teaching Award 2019-2020

May 2020 • The Education University of Hong Kong

Silver Medal of the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva

April 12, 2019 • Switzerland

📝 Journal Editorship

  • • Associate Editor of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
  • • Associate Editor of Language Learning & Technology (LL&T)
  • • Associate Editor of the International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT)
  • • Associate Editor of Journal of China Computer Assisted Language Learning (ChinaCALL)
  • • Associate Editor of Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL)

📄 Research Outputs

Journal Articles (50 publications)

Exploring the Impact of AI-Assisted Speaking Practice on EFL Learners' Speaking Proficiency and Motivation: A Mixed-Method Study.

Shen, J., Qian, B., Ma, Q., & Deris, F. D. (2025)

International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 14(4), 43-52

Supporting Low-Proficiency L2 Learners' Vocabulary Learning With Custom GPT-Scaffolded Corpus-Based Language Pedagogy: A Case Study.

LIU, J. & MA, Q., Aug 2025

Computer Assisted Language Learning (E-pub ahead of print)

Exploring Transcultural Translanguaging Strategies in English Literature of a Bilingual Chinese Author: A Corpus-Based Study.

MA, Q., SU, X., ERNI, J. N. & XU, Z., 2025

Asian Englishes, 27(2), 404-424 (ESCI, A)

Theory-Supported Corpus Pedagogy for ESL Pre-Service Teachers: Using Parallel EAP Corpora for Language Learning.

Yan, J., & Ma., Q**. (2025)

Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning (E-pub ahead of print)

Examining Corpus-Based Language Pedagogy (CBLP) Practices in Data Driven Learning (DDL) for Low-Proficiency L2 English Learners.

LIU, J. & MA, Q., Apr 2025

Educational Technology & Society, 28(2), 53-76 (SSCI, A)

Exploring Undergraduate Students' Learning Experience and Engagement in Synchronous Online Teaching Supported by Corpus-Based Language Pedagogy.

CHEUNG, L. M. E., MA, Q. & SUN, D., Jan 2025

Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 20, 18

Exploring EFL students' pronunciation learning supported by corpus-based language pedagogy.

MA, Q., MEI, F. & QIAN, B., Nov 2024

Computer Assisted Language Learning (E-pub ahead of print)

Exploring EFL vocabulary learning through the story continuation writing task: A mixed-methods study.

Tu, M. Ma, Q**., & Jiang, L. (2024)

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics

Developing advanced citation skills: A mixed-methods approach to corpus technology training for novice researchers.

YAN, J. L. & MA, Q., Nov 2024

Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 72, 101451

Exploring ChatGPT literacy in language education: A global perspective and comprehensive approach.

MA, Q., CROSTHWAITE, P., SUN, D. & ZOU, D., 2024

Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 7, 100278

Effect of localized task-based language teaching on Chinese secondary school English learners' oral production in examination-oriented contexts.

Lu, J., Ma, Q**., & Li, S. (2024)

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 35(1), 168-192

Self-regulated and collaborative personalised vocabulary learning approach in MALL.

MA, Q. & CHIU, M. M., Jun 2024

Language Learning and Technology, 28(1), 1-28 (SSCI, A*)

Online technologies for language learning and teaching: Innovations, practices and perceptions from students and teachers.

MA, Q. & WANG, L., 2024

Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning, 4(1), 1-5

Learning by design: Enhancing online collaboration in developing pre-service TESOL teachers' TPACK for teaching with corpus technology.

MA, Q., LEE, H. T. H., GAO, X. A. & CHAI, C.-S., Oct 2024

British Journal of Educational Technology, 55, 2639-2667

Teacher paths for developing corpus-based language pedagogy: A case study

MA, Q., YUAN, R. E., CHEUNG, L. M. E. & YANG, J., 2024

Computer Assisted Language Learning. 37, 3, p. 461-492

A systematic review of research on immersive technology-enhanced writing education: The current state and a research agenda.

CHEN, Y., LI, M., HUANG, C., CUKUROVA, M. & MA, Q., 2023

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 17, 919-938

Teachers' perceived corpus literacy and their intention to integrate corpora into classroom teaching: A survey study

MA, Q., CHIU, M. M., LIN, S. & MENDOZA, N. B., Jan 2023.

In: ReCALL. 35, 1, p. 19-39

Developing an AI-based learning system for L2 learners' authentic and ubiquitous learning in English language.

JIA, F., SUN, D., MA, Q. & LOOI, C. K., Dec 2022

Sustainability, 14(23), 15527

Online language education courses: A Chinese case from an ecological perspective.

MEI, F. F., LU, Y. & MA, Q., Dec 2022

Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning, 2(2), 228-256

Inquiry into online learning communities: Potential for fostering collaborative writing.

WU, W., MA, Q. & SANTOS, I. M., Aug 2022

Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning, 2(1), 20-44

How to empirically and theoretically incorporate digital technologies into language learning and teaching.

MA, Q. & YAN, J. L., May 2022

Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 25(3), 392-393

Review of corpus tools for vocabulary teaching and learning.

MA, Q. & MEI, F., 2021

Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning, 1(1), 177-190

The effectiveness of corpus-based training on collocation use in L2 writing for Chinese senior secondary school students.

FANG, L., MA, Q. & YAN, J. L., 2021

Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning, 1(1), 80-109

Using formative assessment in a blended EFL listening course: Student perceptions of effectiveness and challenges.

TRAN, T. T. T. & MA, Q., Jul 2021

International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 11(3), 17-38

Examining the role of inter-group peer online feedback on wiki writing in an EAP context.

MA, Q., 2020

Computer Assisted Language Learning, 33(3), 197-216

University L2 learners' voices and experience in making use of dictionary apps in Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL).

MA, Q., Oct 2019

International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 9(4), 18-36

A process-focused learning model for L2 vocabulary acquisition: Construction, implementation and validation.

MA, Q., 2015

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 166(1), 127-162

Upholding standards of academic writing of Chinese students in China English.

MA, Q., Sept 2012

Changing English, 19(3), 349-357

Overcoming hurdles to Chinese students' learning of English lexis.

MA, Q. & KELLY, P., Dec 2009

Changing English, 16(4), 405-412

From monitoring users to controlling user actions: A new perspective on the user-centred approach to CALL.

MA, Q., Oct 2007

Computer Assisted Language Learning, 20(4), 297-321

Computer assisted vocabulary learning: Design and evaluation.

MA, Q. & KELLY, P., Feb 2006

Computer Assisted Language Learning, 19(1), 15-45

Refereed Academic Books

Ma, Q, Lee, H., & Crosthwaite, P. (Forthcoming). Advancing English Language Teaching: A Guide to Corpus-Based Language Pedagogy. Springer.

Alm, A, Lai, C., & Ma, Q. (2025). Transitions in CALL. Castledown.

Wang, L., Ma, Q., & Zou, D. (2025). Technology-Enhanced and Corpus-based Language Learning and Teaching: Innovations and Insights. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Ma, Q. (2009). Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition. New York, Berlin, Oxford: Peter Lang.

Refereed Book Chapters (16 chapters)

AI and language assessment.

Crosthwaite, P., & Ma, Q. (2025)

In Y. Wang, A. Alm, & G. Dizon (Eds.), Insights into AI and language teaching and learning (pp. 77-96). Castledown.

Corpus Literacy and Data-Driven Learning.

Ma, Q. (2025)

In L. McCallum & D. Tafazoli, (Eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Lessons Learned from Emergency Remote Teaching.

Wu, W., Ma, Q. (2025)

In: McCallum, L., Tafazoli, D. (Eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

AI-based approaches to assessing speaking skills.

Zou, B., & Ma, Q. (2025)

In L. McCallum & D. Tafazoli, (Eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Corpus-based language pedagogy for pre-service and in-service teachers: Theory, practice and research.

Ma, Q. (2024)

In P. Crosthwaite (Ed.), Corpora for Language Learning: Bridging the Research-Practice Divide (pp. 174-186). Routledge. (B)

Emergency online teaching: Voices of Hong Kong CALL lecturers.

Wu. W., Ma, Q., Shi, H., & Tong, E. (2023)

In D. Tafazoli & M. Picard (Eds.), Handbook of CALL Teacher Education and Professional Development (pp. 193-208).

Online learner communities for fostering autonomous learning beyond the classroom.

Wu, W., & Ma, Q. (2022)

In H. Reinders, C. Lai, & P. Sundqvist. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Teaching Beyond the Classroom (pp. 258-270). England: Routledge.

How do university L2 learners make use of mobile dictionary apps to become autonomous learners?

Ma, Q., & Yan, J. (2022)

In B. Zou, M. Thomas, D. Barr & W. Jia. (Eds.), Emerging Concepts in Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching and Learning (pp. 177-199). IGI-Global.

Chinese EFL online technology and teacher education: A multi-case study from an ecological perspective.

Hu, H., Ma, Q., & Tang, J. (2020)

In H-S. Kang, D-S. Shin & T. Cimasko (Eds.), Online Education for Teachers of English as a Global Language (pp. 187-209). New York: Routledge.

Measuring the vocabulary knowledge of Hong Kong primary school second language learners through word associations: Implications for reading literacy.

Ma, Q. & Lee, H. Y. (2019)

In B. L. Reynolds & F. Teng (Eds.), English Literacy Instruction for Chinese Speakers (pp. 35-56). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

Technologies for teaching and learning L2 vocabulary.

Ma, Q. (2017)

In C. A. Chapelle & S. Sauro (Eds.), The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning (pp. 45-61). Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.

The nativization of English in China.

Ma, Q., & Xu, Z. (2017)

In Z. Xu, D. He, & D. Deterding (Eds.), Researching Chinese English: The State of the Art (pp. 189-201). Dordrecht: Springer.

Community of practice: Building a mobile learning community in a higher education institution to promote effective teaching and learning.

Wang, L., & Ma, Q. (2017)

In S. C. Kong, T. L. Wong, M. Yang, C. F. Chow, & K. H. Tse (Eds.), Emerging Practices in Scholarship of Learning and Teaching in a Digital Era (pp. 19-38). Singapore: Springer.

An evidence-based study of Hong Kong university students' mobile assisted language learning (MALL) experience.

Ma, Q. (2016)

In A. Gimeno, M. Levy, F. Blin, & D. Barr (Eds.), WorldCALL: Sustainability and Computer-Assisted Language Learning (pp. 211-229). New York: Bloomsbury.

Computer assisted vocabulary learning: Framework and tracking user data.

Ma, Q. (2013)

In P. Hubbard, M. Schulze, & B. Smith (Eds.), Learner-Computer Interaction in Language Education (pp. 230-243). San Marcos, Texas: Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO).

In search of ways in which Chinese English teachers can come to change and improve their learners' vocabulary learning strategy use.

Ma, Q. (2011)

In S. Breidbach, D. Elsner, & A. Young (Eds.), Language Awareness in Teacher Education: Cultural-Political and Social-Educational Perspectives (pp. 158-173). Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang.

Guest Editor for Special Issues

💰 Research Grants

External Grants

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2025.9-2027.12. AI-empowered CBLP-supported Writing Pedagogy and Resources for EAP Teachers and Students across Different Disciplines (850,000 $HK, *IICA T5014; PI)

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2024.1-2026.6. Investigating student teachers' TPACK development for corpus technology and their self-efficacies for independent language learning and teaching: a mixed method study (469,560 $HK, *GRF; PI)

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2019–2023. A Study on Teaching and Assessment of Critical Thinking-Oriented English Writing Based on Toulmin Theory (CNY 200,000, *National Social Science of China; Co-I)

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2019.9-2021.9. A Self-Regulated Vocabulary Learning Approach Supported by a Mobile-User-Generated-Content Tool for Pupils in Hong Kong (522,720 $HK, *GRF; Co-I)

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2019.4-2022.3. A Self-Regulated and Personalised Vocabulary Learning Approach Mediated by Mobile Technologies for University Students (745,980 $HK, *GRF; PI)

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2019.1-2020.12. The Relationship between Learners' Out-of-Class Autonomous Technology-Enhanced Language Learning and Their Vocabulary Knowledge (529,935 $HK, *GRF; Co-investigator (Co-I))

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2012.1–2013.12. *Wrong to Right: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to the Analysis of Second Language Errors (574, 080 $HK, *GRF; Co-I)

Internal Grants

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2023.9-2026.8: Asian literature in English: Creativity, translanguaging, and language education (2,608,000.00 $HK, CRAC 04A40; PI)

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2023.1-2025.12: Enhancing Digital Literacy for English Pronunciation Learners in the Era of Technology Empowerment. Scientific Research Porgramme of the Department of Education of Hubei Province (No. B2023408) (CNY 20,000; Co-I)

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2022.4-2025.8: Creating an international community of English teachers with reinforced learning of a corpus-based language pedagogy (1,800,000 $HK, CRA 4A32; PI)

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2019.9-2022.8: The development and evaluation of an innovative corpus-based language teaching approach among school in-service teachers in the Greater Bay Area or beyond (1,200,000 $HK, CRAC; PI)

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2017.9-2018.8: A self-regulated and personalised vocabulary learning approach mediated by mobile technologies for Hong Kong and mainland Chinese university students (80,000 $HK, IRG; PI)

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2017.6-2018.5: Educational Linguistics 2.0 – The use of corpora in language teaching (250,000$HK, KTF; PI)

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2015.9-2016.8: Investigation of university students' self-regulated mobile-assisted vocabulary learning (MAVL) across different language learning contexts (100,000 $HK, IRG; PI)

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2014.12-2015.12: A comparative multi-case study of Hong Kong and mainland Chinese university students' self-regulated mobile-assisted vocabulary learning (MAVL) (100,000 $HK, IRG; PI)

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2012.3–2013.3: Investigating the Features of Chinese Students' Written English from a World Englishes' Perspective (35,000 $HK, DRG; PI)

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2010.7–2011.6: Matching Learning Process with Learning Outcome: Focusing on L2 Vocabulary Acquisition (20,000 $HK, DRG; PI)

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2009.8–2010.10: Comparing Pre-service and In-service Teachers' Vocabulary Instruction Beliefs (20,000 $HK, DRG; PI)

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2009.3–2010.7: Assessing Vocabulary Strategy Use through a Process-Oriented Learning Approach (199,600 $HK, IRG; PI)

🎓 Doctorate Supervision

Completed (26 students)

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2021 - 2025: Principal supervisor of Yan Jiahao's PhD Thesis; title: Improving novice researchers' literature review writing with corpus-based language pedagogy: Focusing on rhetorical functions and move structures, EdUHK (viva date: June 10).

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2017 - 2023: Principal supervisor of Guan Chao's EdD thesis; title: Incorporating DIY Corpus into English Writing in a Higher Vocational Institute in China: Students' Outcomes and Their Perceptions, EdUHK.

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2018 – 2023: Principal supervisor of TRAN Thi Thanh Thao's PhD Thesis; title: Exploration of a Technology-Enhanced Self-Regulation Training Model for Enhancing Students' Academic Writing Skills and Self-Regulated Writing Capacities in the Vietnamese Tertiary Context, EdUHK (Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme).

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2017 – 2022: Principal supervisor of Lu Jinmiao's EdD thesis; title: Localising Task-Based Language Teaching in China's Examination-oriented Context: Exploring the Effectiveness of a Localised Task-Based Language Teaching Form on Oral Performance, EdUHK.

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2013 – 2016: Principal supervisor of Yu Aihui's EdD thesis; title: A Study of "Chineseness" in a Chinese English Literary Work from the Perspectives of Sociolinguistics and Cultural Linguistics, EdUHK.

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2010 – 2013: Principal supervisor of Choi Muilan's EdD thesis; title: Realizing Personalized Learning with L2 Vocabulary Learning and Teaching, EdUHK.

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2011 – 2013: Principal supervisor of Qiu Xiaoyuan's EdD thesis; title: Understanding Mainland Chinese Junior Secondary School Students' Metacognitive Strategies in Reading English and Chinese, EdUHK.

On-going supervision (9 students)

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2025–Present: Principal supervisor of Zhao Yingtong's PhD thesis, EdUHK

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2025–Present: Principal supervisor of Lan Shanxik's EdD thesis, EdUHK

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2025–Present: Principal supervisor of Wei Qi's EdD thesis, EdUHK

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2025–Present: Principal supervisor of Hubert Lee's PhD thesis, EdUHK

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2023–Present: Principal supervisor of Liu Jing's EdD thesis, EdUHK

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2023–Present: Principal supervisor of Sophia Huang's EdD thesis, EdUHK

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2023–Present: Principal supervisor of Fannie Mei's EdD thesis, EdUHK

🌍 External Appointment

Member of TESOL Research Professional Council, TESOL International Association, 2025–present

External Examiner of MA in English Language Teaching and Assessment program, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, 2023–present

Deputy Director of Computer-Assisted Language Learning Association of China, 2022–present