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 ProgressDanxia LING (PhD)
"Multilingual education in the Belt-Road context"
In ProgressPeter Wenbi Wang (EdD)
"Third language acquisition"
In ProgressTrancy Xiaofang Li (EdD)
"Using simple readers to enhance students’ motivation and cultural awareness"
In ProgressAngela Xiaofeng Jiang (EdD)
"Parent-teacher partnership"
In ProgressAnnie Qian Xia (EdD)
"ICC development in MTI courses"
In ProgressTingting Zhang (EdD)
"Washback Effect of English on English Language Teaching"
In ProgressJulie Ying Zhu (EdD)
"Needs analysis of hotel English course of higher vocational colleges"
In ProgressSusie Yonghua Chen (EdD)
"Internationalizing English teaching in cooperative 5-year vocational education"
In ProgressDennis Bin RAO (EdD)
"Professional development in ICC for College English teachers"
In ProgressJudy Xiaomei ZHU (EdD)
"Sino-German transnational education"
In ProgressSteven Pingjiang ZHAO (EdD)
"Teacher cognition of blended learning"
In ProgressCompleted Degrees
Marcia Lemin SHEN (EdD)
Thesis: Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence of Home Students in a Multicultural Class
Lily Lili Zhang (EdD)
Thesis: Developing Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence via a Cultural Awareness-oriented Curriculum
David Cibo Zhou (EdD)
Thesis: Investigating CLIL effects on learners’ academic performance in a Chinese tertiary education programme
May Wanyu Wang (EdD)
Thesis: Impact of recent reforms on English teaching in vocational education in Ningbo
Catherine Lin LI (EdD)
Thesis: Motivation Trajectories of Chinese L2 Learners in a Sino-Canadian Study-abroad Program
Jacob Finifrock (PhD)
Thesis: Trilingual Education in the Kam-Speaking Region of Guizhou: Policy, Praxis, and Perceptions
Murphy Ma (EdD)
Thesis: Low Achievement in English Language Learning: A Case Study of a Chinese Tier-3 University
Ping Wang (EdD)
Thesis: An Evaluative Study of the Effectiveness of Content-Based Instruction as an EFL Approach in China’s Tertiary Education
Yang Feng (PhD)
Thesis: Early Parent-Child Reading: An Experimental Study for Developing Chinese Children’s Bilingual Competence
Candy, Ping Zhang (EdD)
Thesis: Evaluating Trilingual Language Teacher Training Programmes for Minority Dominated Regions in Xinjiang
Xenia Xiao Xu (PhD)
Thesis: Exploring the educational ideas and practices of UK transnational education from the perspective of citizenship
Linda Yang Hui (PhD)
Thesis: Using films to develop intercultural competence in English language teaching
Lihong Wang (PhD)
Thesis: Chinese Postgraduate Students in a British University: Their Learning Experiences and Learning Beliefs