Dr CHOI, William T.M.
Dr CHOI, William T.M.
蔡浚文
Assistant ProfessorAcademic Unit of Human Communication, Development, and Information Sciences
Qualification
BSc (Speech & Hearing Sci.), PhD (HKU)
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Phone
(852) 3917 1587
Location
Room 765, Meng Wah Complex
Areas
Suprasegmental speech perception
Music perception
Research Expertise
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Language Processing and Dyslexia
Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Prospective PhD/ EdD/ MPhil Applications
I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Links
Personal Homepage
HKU Scholars Hub Link
Areas of Expertise
Research interests:
- Cantonese tone andEnglish stress perception
- Connectivity between music and language
- Bilingual reading development and difficulties
Teaching areas:
SHSC 1035 Clinical Linguistics II: Phonetics
SHSC 3003 School-Age and Adolescent Language & Literacy Disorders
Awards
Croucher Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research, awarded by Croucher Foundation, 2018
Fulbright Lee-Hysan Research Scholar Award, awarded by US Department of State and Lee Hysan Foundation, 2017
Publications
Choi, W. (2021). Towards a native OPERA hypothesis: Musicianship and English stress perception. Language and Speech.Advanceonline publication. doi:10.1177/49458
Choi, W. (2021). Musicianship influences language effect on musical pitch perception. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 712753. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.712753
Choi, W. (2021). Cantonese advantage on English stress perception: Constraints and neural underpinnings. Neuropsychologia, 158, 107888.doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107888
Choi, W. (2020). Review of research in deaf education: Contexts, challenges, and considerations. Deafness & Education International. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/**.2020.**
Choi, W. (2020). The selectivity of musical advantage: Musicians exhibit perceptual advantage for some but not all Cantonese tones. Music Perception, 37(5), 423-434. doi:10.1525/mp.2020.37.5.423
Choi, W., Tong, X, & Samuel, A. G. (2019). Better than native: Tone language experience enhances second language English lexical stress discrimination in Cantonese-English bilinguals. Cognition, 189, 188-192. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2019.04.004
Deng, Q., Choi, W., & Tong, X. (2019). Bidirectional cross-linguistic association of phonological skills and reading comprehension: Evidence from Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual readers. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 52(4), 299-311. doi:10.1177/00222**
Choi, W., Tong, X., & Deacon, S. H. (2019). From Cantonese lexical tone awareness to second language English vocabulary: Cross-language mediation by segmental phonological awareness. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(6), 1875-1889. doi:10.1044/2019_JSLHR-L-17-0323
Tong, X.†, Choi, W.†[co-first author], & Man, Y. Y. (2018). Tone language experience modulates the effect of long-term musical training on musical pitch perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(2),690-697. doi:10.1121/1.**
Choi, W., Tong, X., Law, K. K. S., & Cain, K. (2018). Within- and cross-language contributions of morphological awareness to word reading development in Chinese-English bilingual children. Reading and Writing, 31(8), 1787-1820. doi:10.1007/s11145-017-9770-0
Choi, W., Tong, X., & Singh, L. (2017). From lexical tone to lexical stress: A cross-language mediation model for Cantonese children learning English as a second language. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 492. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00492
Choi, W., Tong, X., Gu, F., Tong, X., & Wong, L. (2017). On the early neural perceptual integrality of tones and vowels. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 41, 11-23. doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2016.09.003
Choi, W., Tong, X., & Deacon, H. (2017). Double dissociations in reading comprehension difficulties among Chinese-English bilinguals and their association with tone awareness. Journal of Research in Reading, 40(2), 184-198. doi:10.1111/1467-9817.12077
Choi, W., Tong, X., & Cain, K. (2016). Lexical prosody beyond first-language boundary: Chinese lexical tone sensitivity predicts English reading comprehension. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 148, 70-86. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2016.04.002
Professional Community Services
Associate Editor: Frontiers in Psychology,Frontiers in Communication, 2021-present.
Associate Review Editor: Deafness & Education International, 2019-present.
External Reviewer:Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (語文教育及研究常務委員會), HKSAR Government, 2020.
Ad-hoc reviewer:Cognition; Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research; Reading & Writing; Bilingualism: Language and Cognition; Language Learning; Language and Speech; Deafness & Education International; Learning and Individual Differences; Applied Psycholinguistics; Journal of Research in Reading; Frontiers in Psychology; Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
Others
Member of Register of Speech Therapists accredited by Department of Health (衞生署認可言語治療師名冊會員), Hong Kong Institute of Speech Therapists, 2019-present.
Full Member, Hong Kong Association of Speech Therapists, 2014-present.
