Federal funding for the Title VI Language Resource Center (LRC) Program has been abruptly discontinued after 35 years of work in world language education. As a result, many LRCs including the NFLRC will be unable to carry out most of their activities planned for the fourth year of the current funding cycle (2025–2026). Learn More

Headshot of Dr. Qing Ma, co-editor of the Language Learning & Technology (LLT) journal (September 2026-present). She is wearing a blue jacket, white shirt, and glasses.

    Qing Ma

    Dr. Qing Ma is Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies and currently serves as Associate Dean (Research & Postgraduate Studies) at Faculty of Humanities, The Education University of Hong Kong. Her main research interests include second language vocabulary acquisition, corpus linguistics, corpus-based literature studies, corpus-based language pedagogy (CBLP), computer assisted language learning (CALL), mobile assisted language learning (MALL), and AI in language education.

    Dr. Qing Ma’s research bridges theory and practice, making significant contribution to the fields of language technology and language teaching. She has received several international awards, including the 2025 TESOL Award for Excellence in Research (the United States, 2025), the Esperanto “Access to Language Education” Award (the United States, 2020), and a Silver Medal at the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (Switzerland, 2019).