Pengchong Anthony Zhang

Masters, PhD and EdD Level Supervision offered: 

• Technology enhanced foreign/second language learning
• Classroom-based learning and second/foreign language pedagogy
• The development of vocabulary knowledge
• The role of individual learner differences in language learning
• Advanced quantitative methods in second/foreign language research

Current and Recent PhD and EdD Students, with Topics/Titles of their Research:

Current (as first supervisor)

• Qu, Kristina: The relationships among Generative AI techniques acceptance, academic emotions, and learners’ motivational self (Second supervisor: Professor Suzanne Graham)
• Ye, Jiarun: Digital vocabulary learning: The role of self-regulation and learning approaches (Second supervisor: Dr Rowena Kasprowicz)

Current (as second/third supervisor):

• Areen Badri: Teaching Vocabulary through Listening: An experimental study with Saudi Visually Impaired EFL learners (First supervisor: Professor Suzanne Graham)
• Deborah Buttery (SENSS ESRC Student): The use of picturebooks in the languages classroom: Impact on linguistic and non-linguistic outcomes (First supervisor: Professor Suzanne Graham; Second supervisor: Professor Naomi Flynn)
• Jane Nhu Quynh Ha Dang: The effectiveness of applying mathematical thinking to improve EFL reading comprehension in Vietnamese students (First supervisor: Dr Daisy Powell)
  
  Nick Davies: Examining the effects of mathematics workshops on pre-service teachers’ mathematics anxiety (First supervisor: Professor Elizabeth McCrum)
• Gail Hickman: An exploration of the impact of a self-regulatory strategy intervention and a morphology awareness instruction on English vocabulary acquisition and motivation of English second language learners (First supervisor: Professor Suzanne Graham)
• Li, Ruohan: A longitudinal study of the changes in self-concept, emotional well-being, and lived experiences of students who perform well in academic domains in Chinese high schools (First supervisor: Professor Cathy Tissot)
• Lara Wilkinson: Accountability, values and school leadership: bridging accountability obligation and professional values (First supervisor: Dr Karen Jones)
• Yang, Huining: The development of learners’ listening comprehension, self-efficacy, and anxiety within an informal digital learning of English listening (IDLEL) context: Examining the role of frequency, diversity of use, and self-regulation (First supervisor: Professor Suzanne Graham)

Completed

• James Bury: Developing and enhancing communicative competence among foreign language learners in Japan (First supervisor: Professor Suzanne Graham)
• Xiaobo Li: Exploring a Combined Input and Output-Oriented Teaching Approach to Develop Chinese Secondary School Students’ English Grammatical Knowledge: A Classroom-Based Experimental Study (First supervisors: Professor Suzanne Graham, Dr Rowena Kasprowicz)