Conference Proceedings
Following the successful conclusion of PolyU-CALLS 2026 on Saturday, 28 March 2026, selected undergraduate presenters were invited to submit full-length written papers based on their oral presentations. These proceedings showcase exemplary scholarly work produced by current undergraduate students in Applied Linguistics, Communication, and related disciplines across Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland, and international institutions.
The papers published below reflect the vibrant range of research presented at PolyU-CALLS 2026, spanning key thematic areas such as AI and language technologies, digital communication, language education, intercultural studies, and professional discourse.
Teaching the Untaught: Bridging Textbook Gaps in Gaokao Story Continuation Writing Through Corpus-Informed Materials Design
Author(s): ZHANG Herong, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University
Keywords: Story Continuation Writing Task (SCWT), Gaokao English, corpus-informed materials design, CLiC (Corpus Linguistics in Context) Corpus, narrative writing
A Corpus-Based Comparative Study of University Students’ Idiom Acquisition through Deductive and Inductive Approaches
Author(s): XIE Zhuoying, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University
President Lee Jae Myung's Migration Policy and Chinese Migration to South Korea: Problems of Intercultural Communication
Author(s): PETUKHOV Konstantin, Far Eastern Federal University
Keywords: migration, migration policy, South Korea, Chinese migrants, Lee Jae Myung
Platformized Subjectivity: How the “Biological Machine” Metaphor Reshapes Elite Chinese Learners on Xiaohongshu
Author(s): LI Mengxi, Southwest University
Keywords: platformized subjectivity; algorithmic identity; conceptual metaphor theory; neoliberal governmentality; Xiaohongshu; elite learners
Quantified 'Love' in Virtual Companionship: A Study of Overseas Media Coverage of Chinese Otome Games
Author(s): CAI Boshen, LÜ Kunying, Hong Kong Chu Hai College
Keywords: Cross-cultural communication, otome games, framing theory
Constituting Institutional Identity of HKMA through First-Person Pronouns: A Corpus-Based Analysis (2021-2025)
Author(s): TAN Nuoqi, LIN Lushi, PENG Mengyue, Guangdong University of Finance
Keywords: Institutional identity, Critical Discourse Analysis, Systemic Functional Linguistics, First-person pronouns, Hong Kong Monetary Authority