He Sun
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3844355 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | He Sun |
| NOMBRES | He |
| APELLIDO | Sun |
| FIRMA | SUN H |
| AFILIACIONES | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5729-8002 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2008 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
The Role of Language Aptitude in Child Second Language Learning
Reliability and Associations of English and Mandarin Vocabulary Measures in Infants and Toddlers Growing Up in a Multilingual Society
This paper aims to understand the reliability of English and Mandarin vocabulary measures, and their associations, among infants and toddlers growing up in a multilingual society. Reliability was examined via item-response Rasch models across English and Mandarin word categories. Parents reported on 137 children’s (age = 5 to 27 months) English and Mandarin vocabulary with a newly developed measure, the developmental vocabulary checklist (DVC). H…
Beyond Screen Time Quantity
Children's increasing screen time has sparked attention on its effects on language development, predominantly for first languages. Understanding how screen use relates to second language (L2) development in bilingual children remains limited. This paper synthesizes findings on the quantity and quality of screen use and their roles in children's L2 learning. Moderate screen exposure is positively associated with L2 receptive skills, while excessiv…
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Chinese endocrinologists on congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of Chinese endocrinologists regarding congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), which is essential for enhancing clinical differentiation skills and improving fertility management in non-classic CAH patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between July 27 and August 23, 2023, using a questionnaire distributed to 475 endocrinologists across Chin…
Extra-Curricular Activities and Children’s Bilingual Language Learning in Singapore
Extra-curricular activities (EAs) have become a billion-dollar industry in Asia, and many parents in Singapore enroll their children in enrichment classes to improve English and mother tongue language performance. Despite the heavy investment, it remains unclear how much children could benefit from such exposure. The present study examines this issue with 123 English–Mandarin bilingual children aged four to five. The number of hours children spen…
Associations between smartphone addiction profiles and health outcomes among university students
From active play to sedentary lifestyles
The decline in physical activity (PA) from childhood through adolescence is an escalating global concern with far-reaching implications for health and wellbeing. While prior research has examined general PA trends, critical gaps remain regarding the precise onset of decline, contributing factors, and the most effective intervention strategies. This systematic review synthesizes evidence on: (a) the age or developmental stage at which PA levels si…
Picturebooks Increase the Frequency and Diversity of Emotion Vocabulary in Children’s Language Environments
Research Findings: This study examines the frequency and diversity of emotion vocabulary in children’s picturebooks, as well as its deviation from typical spoken language environments. We analyzed a corpus of 2146 transcripts of individuals reading picturebooks aloud on social media platforms, using an emotion-specific vocabulary list, and two emotion-related word lists: the Valence Aware Dictionary for Sentiment Reasoning (VADER) List, and the N…
The Functional Imperative
The introduction of Christian angelology during the Ming and Qing dynasties was driven by strong practical needs. As intermediaries bridging the sacred and the secular, angels were endowed with crucial functions in core sacraments such as baptism and the Mass, including the purification of sins, protection, and the connection between God and humanity. Their participation in these rituals not only enhanced the sanctity of the ceremonies but also f…
Dulia or Latria
Angels and guishen 鬼神, as entities distinct from humans, hold great importance in Chinese and Judaeo-Christian cultures, respectively. Since they share similar roles in providing moral guidance, Jesuit missionaries attempted to identify angels with the guishen to facilitate the introduction of the Catholic cult of angels to China. However, as the Chinese reverence for guishen differed somewhat from the Catholic cult of angels, this identification…
Effect of core training on skill-related physical fitness performance among soccer players
What research is important today in human development, learning and education? JSED Editors’ reflections and research calls ( ¿Qué investigación es importante hoy día en desarrollo humano, aprendizaje…
‘In your opinion, what are some important research questions, problems or challenges that scholars in your field of specialization should address in the coming years? What types of studies should be conducted to move your field further? Please justify’. This prompt was posed by the incoming Editor of JSED to the new team of Deputy and Associate Editors in the journal’s three thematic areas (human development, learning and education), who were inv…
Maternal heritage language proficiency and child bilingual heritage language learning
‘Should I talk to my child in a language that I am not good at?’ This question reveals the dilemma that many bilingual parents are facing. In the current study, 301 English-Mandarin bilinguals’ mothers in Singapore self-evaluated their Mandarin proficiency and we assessed the 4–5 years old children’s Mandarin receptive vocabulary and grammar. We also investigated children’s bilingual language exposure with a parental questionnaire and children’s …
Comprehensive Evaluation and Analysis of Human Settlements’ Suitability in the Yangtze River Delta Based on Multi-Source Data
The suitability of human settlements is critical for quality of life and regional development. As comprehensive evaluations and research on the suitability of human settlements are lacking, a comprehensive evaluation of human settlements in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) was carried out in 2020 by combining natural and human environmental elements based on multi-source data such as digital elevation models, Landsat remote sensing images, meteorolo…
Investigations on incidence and relevant factors of allergies in 5725 urban pregnant women
The incidence of allergic diseases in urban pregnant women was similar to the former study and kept a medium-high level. The history of allergies of pregnant women and their parents, house decoration time, exposure to plush toys, disinfectants, insecticides, antihistamines, glucocorticoids, antipyretic analgesics, tocolytic agents, probiotics, self-rated depression, and anxiety were relevant factors of allergic diseases during pregnancy
Entering into the weak version of translanguaging
The current study investigates the impact of the teachers’ societal dominant language use within a weak version of translanguaging in early heritage language education. We explored five preschool teachers’ use of English, the dominant majority language, in Tamil heritage language classes in Singapore and examined its impact on 33 children’s immediate language production in class and in their Tamil language storytelling at the end of the academic …
Effects of mental fatigue on technical performance in soccer players
Can Self-Regulatory Strength Training Counter Prior Mental Exertion? A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Agglomeration Externalities, Network Externalities and Urban High-Quality Development
The rapid development of the urban network has led to the fact that cities are no longer single individuals, and the network has changed the urban development environment. The interaction between cities has gradually become an important factor for the high-quality development (HQD) of cities. From the perspective of externalities, it is of great significance to explore the impact of agglomeration externalities and network externalities on the HQD…
Promoting Social Emotional Learning through Shared Book Reading
Research Findings: Early childhood educators play an important role in promoting children’s social emotional learning (SEL). This study proposes a comprehensive coding scheme to explore teachers’ strategies and children’s responses in shared book reading (SBR), which create opportunities to share pictures and storylines to examine social circumstances and emotional situations. Drawing on videotaped observations of nineteen classrooms from a large…
Language Experience and Bilingual Children’s Heritage Language Learning
Both language input and output are important to child language learners’ heritage language development. Nevertheless, existing studies mainly focus on language input, leaving the significance of language output underexplored. The current study assessed 201 kindergarteners’ Mandarin skills (i.e., receptive vocabulary, receptive grammar, and verbal fluency) in Singapore, and investigated the influence of children’s Mandarin experience, and specific…
The Development of a Parental Questionnaire (QQ-MediaSeed) on Bilingual Children’s Quantity and Quality of Digital Media Use at Home
The quantity and quality of children's digital screen media exposure is an emerging area of early childhood studies because of its strong social relevance, and this has been particularly true since the COVID-19 pandemic. The few existing parental questionnaires on children's digital screen media exposure mainly focus on monolingual children's media habits and address either the quantity or quality of children's media exposure. Inspired by the exi…
Mandarin vocabulary growth, teacher qualifications and teacher talk in child heritage language learners
Teacher talk has been found to significantly affect children’s early language development during shared book reading; however, the mechanism of such influence remains unclear. The current study has zoomed in on vocabulary development in Mandarin as a heritage language (HL) in Singapore kindergartens, 1) exploring the linguistic features (i.e. lexical diversity and syntactic complexity) of these teachers; and 2) investigating the mediation effects…
Current Status and Correlation of Physical Activity and Tendency to Problematic Mobile Phone Use in College Students
The physical activity of college students was mainly moderate to low intensity, while the tendency of problematic mobile phone use was high. College students' physical activity level was one of the important constraints of problematic mobile phone use tendency
Antinociceptive effect of ethanolic extract of Bauhinia brachycarpa Benth on neuropathic pain model induced by partial sciatic nerve ligation
Dulia or Latria
Angels and guishen 鬼神, as entities distinct from humans, hold great importance in Chinese and Judaeo-Christian cultures, respectively. Since they share similar roles in providing moral guidance, Jesuit missionaries attempted to identify angels with the guishen to facilitate the introduction of the Catholic cult of angels to China. However, as the Chinese reverence for guishen differed somewhat from the Catholic cult of angels, this identification…
Inhibitory effect of traditional Chinese medicine Zi-Shen Pill on benign prostatic hyperplasia in rats
Future development of global regulations of Chinese herbal products
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: GP-TCM is the first EU-funded Coordination Action consortium dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) research. One of the key deliverables of the Work Package 7 in GP-TCM was to investigate information of the existing requirements for registration of TCM products listed by global regulatory bodies. The paper aims to collate data and draw comparison of these regulations. Case studies are also presented to il…
A multiple case study on the effects of temperamental traits in Chinese preschoolers learning English
Aims: The current study tests Clarke’s (1999) findings on phases and variations of the English development of young second-language learners in a Chinese English as a Foreign Language setting and explores the cause of these variations under the following questions: 1) What verbal and non-verbal behavior can be observed in Chinese preschoolers in an English-learning classroom? 2) What variation can be observed among the children in such a class? 3…
Individual differences in very young Chinese children’s English vocabulary breadth and semantic depth
This study examines the English vocabulary development of 43 very young child English as a foreign language (FL) learners (age 3.2–6.2) in China. They were tested twice for vocabulary breadth (reception and production) and semantic depth (paradigmatic and syntagmatic vocabulary knowledge). The development of the English vocabulary knowledge between these two measurements was predicted using a series of internal factors and external factors. An ex…
Mismatches between teacher beliefs, practices and reasons for English use in preschool Malay language classrooms
Existing studies are inconclusive about if and how children’s stronger language can support target language instruction. This study analyzed 29 Malay language teachers’ switching practices, reasons for switching, and perceptions of their Malay-English bilingual children’s language preferences and needs, in Singaporean preschool classrooms. 5 teachers’ and 68 children’s actual language practices were video-recorded, transcribed and coded for frequ…
Child, family, and school factors in bilingual preschoolers’ vocabulary development in heritage languages
Child characteristics, family factors, and preschool factors are all found to affect the rate of bilingual children's vocabulary development in heritage language (HL). However, what remains unknown is the relative importance of these three sets of factors in HL vocabulary growth. The current study explored the complex issue with 457 Singaporean preschool children who are speaking either Mandarin, Malay, or Tamil as their HL. A series of internal …
Teacher's code-switching and bilingual children's heritage language learning and cognitive switching flexibility
To code-switch or not to code-switch? This is a dilemma for many bilingual language teachers. In this study, the influence of teachers’ CS on bilingual children's language and cognitive development is explored within heritage language (HL) classes in Singapore. Specifically, the relationship between children's language output, vocabulary development, and cognitive flexibility to teachers’ classroom CS behavior, is examined within 20 preschool HL …
Home and school factors in early English language development
The current study explored the home and school factors that are important for Singaporean pre-schoolers’ (N = 1440) early English development from K1 to P1. Language input quantity and quality factors at home (e.g., number of English books,) and at school (e.g., instructional support in class) were used to predict children’s English vocabulary and word reading development using linear mixed-effects models. Children’s internal factors (e.g., non-v…
The Specificity Principle in Young Dual Language Learners’ English Development
This study employs the Specificity Principle to examine the relative impacts of external (input quantity at home and at school, number of books and reading frequency at home, teachers’ degree and experience, language usage, socioeconomic status) and internal factors (children’s working memory, nonverbal intelligence, learning-related social-skills, chronological age, gender) on children’s English-language development in phonological awareness (PA…
Bilingual language experience and children's social-emotional and behavioral skills
The current study examines the relationship between bilingual children's dual language experience (i.e. language input, language output and vocabulary proficiency), and their social-emotional and behavioral skills. Data were analysed from 805 Singaporean bilingual preschoolers (ages 4; 1–5; 8 years), who are learning English and either Mandarin (n = 551), Malay (n = 105), or Tamil, (n = 149). A parent questionnaire and standardized vocabulary tes…
Global estimates of syntactic alignment in adult and child utterances during interaction
The study of how conversational partners align language behavior has been given much attention in psychology, linguistics and sociology. Prominent frameworks for investigating this type of cooperative behavior include dialogic resonance, the interactive alignment model, abstract structural priming, and format tying. Yet, we do not have estimates of the overall amount of discourse alignment in human conversation. Obtaining estimates is challenging…
Effects of mental fatigue on technical performance in soccer players
Can Self-Regulatory Strength Training Counter Prior Mental Exertion? A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Agglomeration Externalities, Network Externalities and Urban High-Quality Development
The rapid development of the urban network has led to the fact that cities are no longer single individuals, and the network has changed the urban development environment. The interaction between cities has gradually become an important factor for the high-quality development (HQD) of cities. From the perspective of externalities, it is of great significance to explore the impact of agglomeration externalities and network externalities on the HQD…
Promoting Social Emotional Learning through Shared Book Reading
Research Findings: Early childhood educators play an important role in promoting children’s social emotional learning (SEL). This study proposes a comprehensive coding scheme to explore teachers’ strategies and children’s responses in shared book reading (SBR), which create opportunities to share pictures and storylines to examine social circumstances and emotional situations. Drawing on videotaped observations of nineteen classrooms from a large…
Language Experience and Bilingual Children’s Heritage Language Learning
Both language input and output are important to child language learners’ heritage language development. Nevertheless, existing studies mainly focus on language input, leaving the significance of language output underexplored. The current study assessed 201 kindergarteners’ Mandarin skills (i.e., receptive vocabulary, receptive grammar, and verbal fluency) in Singapore, and investigated the influence of children’s Mandarin experience, and specific…
The Development of a Parental Questionnaire (QQ-MediaSeed) on Bilingual Children’s Quantity and Quality of Digital Media Use at Home
The quantity and quality of children's digital screen media exposure is an emerging area of early childhood studies because of its strong social relevance, and this has been particularly true since the COVID-19 pandemic. The few existing parental questionnaires on children's digital screen media exposure mainly focus on monolingual children's media habits and address either the quantity or quality of children's media exposure. Inspired by the exi…
Mandarin vocabulary growth, teacher qualifications and teacher talk in child heritage language learners
Teacher talk has been found to significantly affect children’s early language development during shared book reading; however, the mechanism of such influence remains unclear. The current study has zoomed in on vocabulary development in Mandarin as a heritage language (HL) in Singapore kindergartens, 1) exploring the linguistic features (i.e. lexical diversity and syntactic complexity) of these teachers; and 2) investigating the mediation effects…
Current Status and Correlation of Physical Activity and Tendency to Problematic Mobile Phone Use in College Students
The physical activity of college students was mainly moderate to low intensity, while the tendency of problematic mobile phone use was high. College students' physical activity level was one of the important constraints of problematic mobile phone use tendency
Antinociceptive effect of ethanolic extract of Bauhinia brachycarpa Benth on neuropathic pain model induced by partial sciatic nerve ligation
Effect of core training on skill-related physical fitness performance among soccer players
What research is important today in human development, learning and education? JSED Editors’ reflections and research calls ( ¿Qué investigación es importante hoy día en desarrollo humano, aprendizaje…
‘In your opinion, what are some important research questions, problems or challenges that scholars in your field of specialization should address in the coming years? What types of studies should be conducted to move your field further? Please justify’. This prompt was posed by the incoming Editor of JSED to the new team of Deputy and Associate Editors in the journal’s three thematic areas (human development, learning and education), who were inv…
Maternal heritage language proficiency and child bilingual heritage language learning
‘Should I talk to my child in a language that I am not good at?’ This question reveals the dilemma that many bilingual parents are facing. In the current study, 301 English-Mandarin bilinguals’ mothers in Singapore self-evaluated their Mandarin proficiency and we assessed the 4–5 years old children’s Mandarin receptive vocabulary and grammar. We also investigated children’s bilingual language exposure with a parental questionnaire and children’s …
Comprehensive Evaluation and Analysis of Human Settlements’ Suitability in the Yangtze River Delta Based on Multi-Source Data
The suitability of human settlements is critical for quality of life and regional development. As comprehensive evaluations and research on the suitability of human settlements are lacking, a comprehensive evaluation of human settlements in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) was carried out in 2020 by combining natural and human environmental elements based on multi-source data such as digital elevation models, Landsat remote sensing images, meteorolo…
Investigations on incidence and relevant factors of allergies in 5725 urban pregnant women
The incidence of allergic diseases in urban pregnant women was similar to the former study and kept a medium-high level. The history of allergies of pregnant women and their parents, house decoration time, exposure to plush toys, disinfectants, insecticides, antihistamines, glucocorticoids, antipyretic analgesics, tocolytic agents, probiotics, self-rated depression, and anxiety were relevant factors of allergic diseases during pregnancy
Psychology (15 obras) · Linguistics (12 obras) · Vocabulary (10 obras) · Language Development and Disorders (9 obras) · Reading and Literacy Development (9 obras) · Developmental psychology (8 obras) · Mathematics education (8 obras) · Pedagogy (8 obras) · Multilingual Education and Policy (7 obras) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (6 obras)