In Honour of Brian MacWhinney: A Personal Account

Ping Li, Zhe Gao, Helen Zhao

doi:10.32038/ltrq.2024.44.13

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In Honour of Brian MacWhinney: A Personal Account

Ping Li

Zhe Gao

Helen Zhao

Language Teaching Research Quarterly, Volume 44, Pages 199-205, https://doi.org/10.32038/ltrq.2024.44.13

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While this volume and the writings have made it amply clear what significant contributions Professor Brian MacWhinney has made to the field at large, in this afterword, we begin with a senior member of our author team (Ping Li, PL) followed by a mid-career member (Helen Zhao, HZ) and an early career member (Zhe Gao, ZG), to provide our personal accounts of Brian not only as a leading scholar but also as a role model who touches and changes people’s lives.

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Ping Li

Ping Li is Sin Wai Kin Professor in Humanities and Technology, Chair Professor of Neurolinguistics and Bilingual Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Li’s research is focused on investigating the neurocognitive and computational bases of language acquisition, bilingualism, and reading comprehension in both children and adults. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Brain and Language and Senior Editor of Cognitive Science. Li is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Zhe Gao

Zhe Gao is a post-doctoral fellow with the Brain, Language and Computation Laboratory at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She gained her PhD degree in Second Language Acquisition at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research is focused on how learners process and produce a second language (L2), what challenges they face, and what strategies they develop during the learning. Rooted in this work, she also aims to develop novel pedagogical methods and tools such as virtual reality (VR) games and online language tutors for L2 learners, and in return, to enrich theories on L2 learning.

Helen Zhao

Helen Zhao is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the School of Languages and Linguistics. She completed her PhD in Second Language Acquisition at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests include usage-based approaches to second language acquisition, cognitive linguistics and its applications in second language learning, mental simulation in language processing, pedagogical grammar, and experimentalized Computer-Assisted Language Learning. She has published in leading international journals including Language Learning, Modern Language Journal, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language and Cognition, Language and Education, Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. She is an elected board member of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association.

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