Prof. Him CHEUNG
Professor
Ph.D., Kansas; LTCL

Address:	Rm 353, Sino Building,
	Department of Psychology,
	The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
	Shatin, New Territories,
	Hong Kong
Phone:	(852) 3943-6457
Fax:	(852) 2603-5019
E-mail:	hcheung at psy.cuhk.edu.hk

Research

Infants' and children's language and thinking development; theory of mind; learning to read; psychology of language.

Representative Publications

• Cheung, H., Chung, K. K. H., Wong, S. W. L., McBride-Chang, C., Penney, T. B., & Ho, C. S. H. (2010). Speech perception, metalinguistic awareness, reading, and vocabulary in Chinese-English bilingual children. Journal of Educational Psychology, 102(2), 367-380.
• Cheung, H., Mak, W. Y., Luo, X., & Xiao, W. (2010). Sociolinguistic awareness and false belief in young Cantonese learners of English. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 107, 188-194.
• Cheung, H., Chung, K. K. H., Wong, S. W. L., McBride-Chang, C., Penney, T. B., & Ho, C. S. H. (2009). Perception of tone and aspiration contrasts in Chinese children with dyslexia. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50(6), 726-733.
• Cheung, H., Chen, H.-C., & Yeung, W. (2009). Relationship between mental verb meaning and false belief in Cantonese-speaking children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104(2), 141-155.
• The role of phonological awareness in mediating between reading and listening to speech. Language and Cognitive Processes, 22(1), 130-154.

Teaching

Courses

Current Academic Year

• PSYC1000 General Psychology
• PSYC2300 Basic Learning Processes