二零一一年的夏天，帶著對雙語兒童語言發展的濃厚興趣，我来到中文大学開始攻读语言学M.Phil学位。一晃三年过去了，語言學及現代語系迎來了建系十週年，而我也在这里度过了三个春秋。
三年的M.Phil學習痛苦并快樂著。由於之前沒有形式語言學的訓練和背景，最初的一年充滿了焦慮和擔憂。对于如何做研究，怎么做有意义的研究，我都没有头绪。而这些不安漸漸被撫平。通过豐富的課程和講座，我認識了生成语法、音系学和語言習得，學會了如何科學地分析語料和數據，從而也進一步地體會到了語言學的博大精深和無與倫比的魅力。對雙語兒童語言發展的渴求促使我參與了兒童雙語研究中心的研究: 收集和轉譯語料，設計實驗，參與討論......這些理論的學習和實踐的經驗，都為我的M.Phil論文打下了基礎。在此期間，有幸得到學系資助，我參加了在香港和新加坡舉辦的國際學術會議，也開闊了自己的視野。
除了自己研究之外，我也非常幸運地做了三年的助教。助教的經歷不僅讓我獲得了課堂教學的經驗，更讓我目睹了學生們在語言學系的成長：從一開始對語言學的無從入手，到最後在臺上對自己的研究滔滔不絕。我相信每個中大語言學系人都會懷念在這裡度過的時光，并帶著學系的精神去探尋他們新的人生。
我衷心地感謝系裡的每一位教授和同學給予我的幫助和鼓勵。是他們的建議和“批評”讓我明白自己知識的不足，激勵并督促我進一步改進和完善自己的研究。感謝我的導师葉彩燕教授，她教會我系統和科學的研究方法，在我迷惘的時候給予我指引，最重要的是她讓我明白做研究的意義、價值和樂趣。最後衷心地祝願學系十週年生日快樂！
In 2011, I came to CUHK to pursue my MPhil degree in Linguistics with an avid interest in bilingual language acquisition. How time flies! The Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and I have already been here for 3 years.
My MPhil study was full of laughter and some tears. Without possessing any training and background in formal linguistics, the first year was accompanied by anxiety and worries. However, things gradually changed. Through various foundation courses and seminars, I gained a solid understanding of generative grammar, phonology and language acquisition, and equipped myself with skills in analyzing linguistic data scientifically. It was an eye-opening experience which helped me appreciate the profundity and beauty of linguistics. By involving myself in the projects in the Childhood Bilingualism Research Center, I further developed my research ability in collecting data, constructing corpora and conducting experiments. This theoretical background and empirical training paved the way for my MPhil thesis project. As I am about to receive my MPhil degree, I look forward to embarking on my PhD study here. Thanks to the funding support from the department, I have presented my work at local and international conferences in Hong Kong and Singapore, which provided the opportunity for international exposure and broadened my horizons.
Apart from working on my research, I am very fortunate to have served as a Teaching Assistant for different courses over the past three years, from which I have gained rich classroom experience, and witnessed the amazing development of students in the department: when they first started, they knew very little about linguistics, but over time, they developed a deep understanding of different areas of linguistics as well as their own research topics. Like every one else, I will cherish the time I spent in this department, and explore my new life as a PhD student in the spirit of the department.