Research interests
Assessment for learning
Formative and holistic assessment, engagement, and peer feedback—including in early-years settings—co-constructed rubrics, and humanising perspectives in language testing.
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Assessment as learning in the EMI classroom: Scrutinising the socio-constructivist dynamics and affective shifts of rubric co-construction.
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From washback to impact by design: A review of washback research in language assessment: Fundamentals and contexts.
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From social referencing to cognitive scaffolding: A mixed-methods study of peer feedback dynamics in Chinese kindergartens.
Language education and multilingual contexts
English and Chinese language teaching and learning; language dynamics in Macau higher education, including student perceptions of Mandarin use and L1/Ln use in multilingual universities.
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Mandarin as the first language in multilanguage classrooms in Macau’s higher education: The use and impact.
Motivation, SEL, and learner experience
Job crafting and occupational characteristics in education-related roles; social–emotional learning; motivation in digital and social platforms (e.g. Xiaohongshu).
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Peace of mind, self-evaluation, and self-acceptance in Chinese pilots’ aviation English motivation: An English for specific purposes perspective.
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Welfare-adjacent universities: Governing student precarity through platformized responsibilization and conditional care.
Generative AI in education
Affordances and attitudes around GenAI in language assessment, educator and learner coping strategies, GenAI literacy, and ethical and affective dimensions of GenAI-assisted research.
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Multidimensional GenAI literacy in EFL academic writing: A longitudinal study on human and AI assessment in Macau higher education.
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The algorithmic mirror: Linking multidimensional AI literacy to evaluative judgment and writing quality in AI-assisted L2 argumentative writing.
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The Impact of AI Chatbot on EFL learners' speaking performance via flow experience.
Pedagogy and tools
Flipped learning, conversational agents and speaking with young learners, vocabulary and individual differences, and exploratory AI-assisted workflows for research.
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Breaking the fourth wall in Chinese EFL: Stakeholder perceptions of situated learning “in the wild” with young learners.
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Interplay between personality traits, vocabulary learning strategy and achievement in English language courses in EMI.