Denggao ZENG

• Have 20 years in education in various leadership roles: IB PYP Workshop Leader & School Visit Team Member, Head of Chinese, SEN Coordinator, School Manager (Teacher representative), Chinese teacher and Classroom teacher
• Local and international teaching experience in a variety of settings: New Zealand government school, Hong Kong direct subsidy school and international school
• Experience in curriculum design and curriculum mapping- Experience in developing and facilitating professional learning programmes for teachers
• Experience in writing Chinese readers for children
• Experience in organising regional educational events
• Experience in teaching and mentoring university students

Dr. Xiao Ping Wang 

Former adviser for Chinese 

English Schools Foundation 

Email: Xpesf@outlook.com 

Prof. Yiuwing Leung 

Programme Director, Msc ITM & MSc AIS

Department of Computer Science 

Hong Kong Baptist University 

Email: ywleung@comp.hkbu.edu.hk

06/2024 Excellent Guide Teacher Award - the 4th Chinese Language Festival 

05/2018 Excellent Guide Teacher Award – the 3rd & 4th Zhou Youguang Cup Chinese Talent Show

05/2016 PSC Putonghua Proficiency Test - Second Class Upper ( State Language Commission)

08/2008 Language Proficiency Assessment (Putonghua) for Teachers - Certificate of Merit ( Hong Kong Education Bureau)

06/2008 Writing Competition for all Primary and Secondary Students in China - second prize of writing guidance award (Ministry of Education, China)

Zeng, D., & Poon, A. Y. K. (2025). CSL/CFL students' learning achievement and perceptions of using Putonghua-only or translanguaging as a medium of instruction. In [Editor’s Name(s)] (Ed.), Diversity and inclusiveness in Chinese as a second language education (1st ed., pp. 20). Routledge.

Zeng, D. (2022). Which one is more effective? – Using putonghua only or translanguaging as a medium of instruction in a CSL/CFL class (Ed.D. dissertation). Hong Kong Baptist University. https://scholars.hkbu.edu.hk/ws/portalfiles/portal/62557174/G22TTHS-036085T.pdf

11/2016 IB PYP Chinese picture books (1st series, 4 units and 23 books)

04/2016 Chinese class and the programme of inquiry – How to make authentic connections (English version) (https://blogs.ibo.org/sharingpyp/2016/03/15/chinese-class-and-the-programme-of-inquiry-how-to-make-authentic-connections/)

• March 2024: Presented Theory and practice: Developing and implementing an effective Chinese teaching model for international schools at Hong Kong Metropolitan University.
• May 2021: Led a workshop on IB PYP Chinese language curriculum planning across the school at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
• January 2021: Led a workshop on International Chinese teaching under the IBPYP framework at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU).
• April 2019: Presented Theory and practice: A brief discussion on the setting of Chinese courses in international schools at Hong Kong Education University (HKEDU).
• July 2019: Led a regional PYP workshop in Hangzhou, China. Topic: Making the PYP happen in the early years: Implementing agency.
• November 2017: Led a regional PYP workshop in Baoding, China. Topic: Making the PYP happen in the classroom.
• November 2016: Led a workshop at the ESF Chinese Full-day INSET on Positive management of SEN and LSC students.
• June 2016: Presented at the HKBU-Kyoto University Joint Workshop on Current challenges in the Hong Kong education sector.
• June 2016: Led a workshop at the 2016 IB PYP & MYP Teaching Conference on How to set up a Chinese programme in a GYP school?
• March 2016: Led a workshop at the ESF Chinese Full-day INSET on Chinese cultural study.
• April 2015: Led a workshop at the Conference on Chinese Teaching and Learning 2015 (Hong Kong) on Theory and practice: How to teach Chinese as a foreign language within the PYP framework.
• November 2014: Led a workshop at the ESF Chinese Full-day INSET (2014) on Chinese language teaching and learning.
• March 2014: Led a workshop at the ESF Chinese Full-day INSET (2013) on Effective ways of teaching Chinese as a second or additional language.
• October 2013: Led a workshop at the ESF Science CPD Day on How to teach Chinese in line with the school’s programme of inquiry.
• July 2011: Led a workshop at the 10th ACAMIS Conference on A practical approach to integrating Chinese into the whole school programme of inquiry.