FHM Researchers - Dr ZHANG Yue Ellen

Assistant Professor
Department of English Language Education (ELE)

Research Area(s):

• Language Education
• Identity and Investment
• Teacher Education
• Computer Assited Language Learning

Welcome to EdUHK. I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of English Language Education and the coordinator of the ME.d. (EAP) program. My areas of interest include L2 identity and investment, language teacher education, CALL, and critical/decolonizing pedagogies. Let’s work together if you’re interested in these issues. I also look forward to multidisciplinary collaboration with students who do not specialise in the above areas. I would be happy to hear from you at any time regarding any matter related to your study. 

Selected Publications:

1. Darvin, R., & Zhang, Y. (Forthcoming). Identity and ESP. In B. Paltridge, S. Starfield., & C. Hafner (Eds.), The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes (2nd ed). Boston: Wiley-blackwell.
2. Zhang, Y., & Huang, J. (2024). Learner identity and investment in EFL, EMI, and ESL contexts: A longitudinal case study of one pre-service teacher. Journal of Language, Identity & Education. Online first.
3. Zhang, Y., & Liu, G. (2023). Examining the impacts of learner backgrounds, proficiency level, and the use of digital devices on informal digital learning of English: An explanatory mixed-method study. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2023.2267627
4. Liu, G, Zhang, Y., & Zhang, R. (2023). Examining the relationships among motivation, informal digital learning of English, and foreign language enjoyment An explanatory mixed-method study. ReCALL, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0958344023000204
5. Darvin, R., & Zhang, Y. (2023). Words that don’t translate: Reframing relations of power in the classroom through a critical awareness of language differences. Language Awareness.https://doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2023.2238595 
6. Zhang, Y. (2023). L2 investment and techno-reflective narrative interviews. TESOL Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3211
7. Liu, G, Zhang, Y., & Zhang, R. (2023). Modeling L2 motivation and informal digital learning of English in a Chinese University EFL context: foreign language enjoyment as a mediator. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2023.2173214
8. Zhang, Y., & Liu, G. (2022). Revisiting Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE): a structural equation modeling approach in a university EFL context. Computer Assisted Language Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2022.2134424

Awards:

FHM RPg Programmes

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