李主聖博士

Message for Prosective Advisees 

• Since joining EdUHK in December 2018, I have worked with postdocoral researchers, doctoral students (RPg/EdD), master's students, research assistants, and international mentees. Together, we've co-authored 11 journal articles (10 A*, 1 A) and 2 book chapters, guided by the 'Pathway to Impact' supervision model. I invite postdoctoral researchers and RPg/EdD candidates to join my team to create solutions that make a difference in the lives of people and communities. 

• Ready to work together?

  • RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (PDFS) : Submit your CV and a draft research proposal using this template. 

  • Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS), Research Postgraduate (RPg), or Doctor of Education (EdD): Share your CV and proposal draft via this template.

  • Visiting Researchers: Provide your CV, institutional support letter, ethical approval docs, and application draft using this template.

[Internal]

PDFS mentorship 

[Supervisor]

• Artem Zadorozhnyy (Archie) 
  • Ongoing: Oct. 2022–Present
  • Topic: Revisiting pedagogies for developing L2 digital literacies: Participatory action research among undergraduate students of Hong Kong

HKPFS supervision

[Associate supervisor]

• Artem Zadorozhnyy (Archie) 
  • Completed: Sept. 2018–May 2021
  • Topic: Informal digital learning of English in Kazakhstan: The case of pedagogical higher education institutions
  • Supervisor: Baohua Yu

RPg supervision 

[Supervisor]

• Wan Yee Lai (Winsy)
  • Ongoing: Sept. 2023–Present
  • Topic: AI in the Classroom: Enhancing Indonesian Students' Speaking Proficiency through Informal Digital Learning

[Associate supervisor]

• Lihang Guan
  • Ongoing: Sept. 2022–Present
  • Topic: An examination between perception, capability, and motivation variables and quality IDLE activities with theoretical and empirical evidences
  • Supervisor: Michelle Mingyue Gu

EdD supervision 

[Supervisor]

• Xian Liu (Chrystal) 
  • Ongoing: Sept. 2024–Present
  • Topic: Effect of IDLE on English speaking proficiency: The role of positive psychology constructs and willingness to communicate
• Xinwei Pan (Queenie) 
  • Ongoing: Sept. 2024–Present
  • Topic: Linking students’ psychological needs to L2 Chinese use: Role of informal digital learning of Chinese and emotions
• Jiana Liu (Nana) 
  • Completed: Sept. 2022–Mar. 2025
  • Topic: The Impact of positive psychology on intercultural competence of Chinese EFL students: Informal digital learning of English as a mediator 
• Lu Qiao (Gloria) 
  • Completed: Sept. 2021–Mar. 2025
  • Topic: Informal Digital Learning of English among young EFL learners in Mainland China: Ecological systems theory perspectives
• Linlin Liu 
  • Completed: September 2020 – August 2024
  • Topic: Why do EFL learners’ willingness to communicate, enjoyment, and anxiety in an online class fluctuate dynamically? Adopting an idiodynamic method
  • Award: Recipient, Postgraduate Students Publication Awards Scheme 2024

[Associate Supervisor]

• Shanshan Guo 
  • Ongoing: Sept. 2022–Present
  • Topic: Principal Synergizing Teacher Support and Generative Artificial Intelligence in Extramural English to Enhance the Speaking Skills of Chinese Undergraduate Students
  • Supervisor: Ruth Wong
• Hetian Yu 
  • Ongoing: Sept. 2022–Present
  • Topic: EFL students’ emotion regulation in response to feedback
  • Supervisor: Lan Yang

[Internal Examiner]

• Zhang Chang
  • Expected completion: April 2025
  • Topic: An exploration of meaning-making strategies in university students' digital multimodal composing 
  • Supervisor: Lixun Wang

MA supervision 

• Yiling Lai 
  • Completed: May 2023
  • Topic: How does English teachers’ L2 teaching emotional well-being affect students’ L2 enjoyment, anxiety, and willingness to communicate? 
• Ying Lu 
  • Completed: May 2020
  • Topic: Relationship between ideal L2 self and willingness to communicate of Chinese EFL secondary students in face-to-face and digital settings 

[External]

PhD co-supervision

• Joshua Lee, University of Macau 
  • Ongoing: Oct. 2024–Present
  • Topic: Extramural language learning
  • Supervisor: Barry Reynolds

PhD dissertation reviewer 

• Nedaa Alshehri, Western Sydney University, Australia
  • Completed: Nov. 2023
  • Topic: Using digital storytelling to promote authorial agency in learning English as a foreign language: A case study of female EFL college learners in Saudi Arabia 
  • Supervisors: Lynde Tan and Criss Jones Díaz
• Deyed Ali Soyoof Jahromi, Monash University, Australia 
  • Completed: April 2023
  • Topic: Using digital technologies for English language learning at home
  • Supervisors: Janet Scull and Katrina Tour

PhD dissertation proposal reviewer 

• Phan Phuong Thao Nguyen, Edith Cowan University, Australia
  • Completed: Oct. 2024
  • Topic: Informal Digital Learning of English: a case study of Vietnamese English as a second language pre-service teachers from a cultural historical activity theory perspective
  • Supervisor: Nicola F. Johnson