Doctoral Supervision

A record of supervised PhD and EdD candidates and their research topics.

Current Supervision

Guangni CHEN (PhD)

"Translanguaging and multimodality in third language acquisition"

In Progress

Danxia LING (PhD)

"Multilingual education in the Belt-Road context"

In Progress

Peter Wenbi Wang (EdD)

"Third language acquisition"

In Progress

Trancy Xiaofang Li (EdD)

"Using simple readers to enhance students’ motivation and cultural awareness"

In Progress

Angela Xiaofeng Jiang (EdD)

"Parent-teacher partnership"

In Progress

Annie Qian Xia (EdD)

"ICC development in MTI courses"

In Progress

Tingting Zhang (EdD)

"Washback Effect of English on English Language Teaching"

In Progress

Julie Ying Zhu (EdD)

"Needs analysis of hotel English course of higher vocational colleges"

In Progress

Susie Yonghua Chen (EdD)

"Internationalizing English teaching in cooperative 5-year vocational education"

In Progress

Dennis Bin RAO (EdD)

"Professional development in ICC for College English teachers"

In Progress

Judy Xiaomei ZHU (EdD)

"Sino-German transnational education"

In Progress

Steven Pingjiang ZHAO (EdD)

"Teacher cognition of blended learning"

In Progress

Completed Degrees

Marcia Lemin SHEN (EdD)

Thesis: Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence of Home Students in a Multicultural Class

Completed 09/22

Lily Lili Zhang (EdD)

Thesis: Developing Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence via a Cultural Awareness-oriented Curriculum

Completed 04/22

David Cibo Zhou (EdD)

Thesis: Investigating CLIL effects on learners’ academic performance in a Chinese tertiary education programme

Completed 06/22

May Wanyu Wang (EdD)

Thesis: Impact of recent reforms on English teaching in vocational education in Ningbo

Completed 07/20

Catherine Lin LI (EdD)

Thesis: Motivation Trajectories of Chinese L2 Learners in a Sino-Canadian Study-abroad Program

Completed 04/20

Jacob Finifrock (PhD)

Thesis: Trilingual Education in the Kam-Speaking Region of Guizhou: Policy, Praxis, and Perceptions

Completed 04/18

Murphy Ma (EdD)

Thesis: Low Achievement in English Language Learning: A Case Study of a Chinese Tier-3 University

Completed 03/18

Ping Wang (EdD)

Thesis: An Evaluative Study of the Effectiveness of Content-Based Instruction as an EFL Approach in China’s Tertiary Education

Completed 01/18

Yang Feng (PhD)

Thesis: Early Parent-Child Reading: An Experimental Study for Developing Chinese Children’s Bilingual Competence

Completed 02/17

Candy, Ping Zhang (EdD)

Thesis: Evaluating Trilingual Language Teacher Training Programmes for Minority Dominated Regions in Xinjiang

Completed 01/17

Xenia Xiao Xu (PhD)

Thesis: Exploring the educational ideas and practices of UK transnational education from the perspective of citizenship

Completed 03/14

Linda Yang Hui (PhD)

Thesis: Using films to develop intercultural competence in English language teaching

Completed 05/11

Lihong Wang (PhD)

Thesis: Chinese Postgraduate Students in a British University: Their Learning Experiences and Learning Beliefs

Completed 03/10