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Qianqian Zhou is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Linguistics, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Her research interest lies in the nature and impact of individual differences within the broader domain of second language acquisition. She is particularly interested in classroom-based projects that investigate individual difference variables such as willingness to communicate, learner beliefs, motivation, attitude, self-regulated language learning strategies and emotion. Her research projects have focused primarily on ESL/EFL/CFL learners’ willingness to communicate in a classroom setting, looking at its emergence and fluctuation from a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory perspective.
Full-texts of her work are freely downloadable from ResearchGate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qianqian-Zhou-5
She welcomes email enquiries about PhD supervision that relate to her current research interests, listed above.
Research interests
Individual differences in second language acquisition
Psychological and cultural aspects of foreign language teaching and learning
Classroom reticence
Complex dynamic systems theory
Experience
Deputy Programme Director of MA TESOL, Department of Applied Linguistics, XJTLU, 2023 - present
Assistant professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, XJTLU, Aug, 2021 - present
Teaching fellow, Department of Applied Linguistics, XJTLU, Feb - Aug 2021
Postgraduate dissertation supervisor, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, 2018-2020
Teaching assistant, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, 2016-2018
Teaching
LNG412 Individual differences in language learning (Module convener)
LNG407 Second language acquisition (Module convener)
LNG402 Language testing and assessment (Module convener)
LNG410 English for specific purposes
LNG404 Speaking and listening
EDUA11248 Language and the Learner
LNG105 English as a global language (Module convener)
LNG407 Second language acquisition
LNG408 Discourse analysis
Awards and honours
Project member of Gamify the HyFlex Learning with Digital Escape Rooms: A case in China – Exemplar of the 2023 EDUCAUSE Teaching and Learning Horizon Report
The 2022 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Doctor award, Jiangsu Province Talent Programme
The 2023 Teaching Innovation Award of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, XJTLU
Winner of the 2020 PhD research grant; U21 representative of the University of Edinburgh at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association in San Francisco, US.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Language Education, University of Edinburgh
MSc in Language Education (Distinction), University of Edinbugh
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Digital Game-Based Innovative Teaching for Student-Centred Active Learning
Li, N. (PI), Huijser, H. (CoI), Kim, J. (CoI), Lu, J. (CoPI), Limniou, M. (CoI), Wang, Q. (CoPI), Zhang, Q. (CoI), Tay, T. T. (CoPI), Zhang, X. (CoI), Purwanto, E. (Team member), Zhou, Q. (Team member), Albano, S. (Team member), Ji, Q. (Team member), Xiong, L. (Team member), Zhao, Y. (Team member), Fu, J. (Team member) & Ma, T. (Team member)
1/03/23 → 31/03/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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SURF: Exploring factors influencing students’ engagement and WTC in EMI content classes: An ecological perspective
1/07/25 → 1/09/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Profiling University students’ Willingness to Communicate in EAP and EMI classes: A Q methodology perspective
1/07/25 → 1/09/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Profiling factors that characterize EFL learners’ WTC-talk realisation: A Q methodology perspective
15/07/24 → 1/09/24
Project: Internal Research Project
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Investigating the impact of teacher corrective feedback on Willingness to Communicate (WTC): The case of Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) learners
Zhou, Q. (PI) & Shen, X. (Team member)
1/09/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Profiling mediating factors in CSL learners’ willingness to communicate and talk realisation: An observation-enhanced repeated Q methodology study
Zhou, Q. & Peng, J.-E., Sept 2025, In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stimulated recall: A practical guide for emerging researchers
Zhou, Q. & Peng, J.-E., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Research methods for applied linguistics: a practical guide. Fordyce, K., Gayton, A. & Hennebry-Leung, M. (eds.). Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Investigating Willingness to Communicate vis-à-vis Learner Talk in a Low-proficiency EAP Classroom in the UK Study-abroad Context
Zhou, Q., 22 Aug 2024, The 28th International Conference of the Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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Gamifying digital learning across multiple disciplines in Higher Education
Li, N., Wang, Q., Zhou, Q., Lu, J., Tay, J., Chen, X., Chen, L. & Luo, L., 2023, Advance HE.Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Improving learner engagement using H5P and Moodle for active hybrid learning: a multidisciplinary case study in China
Li, N., Purwanto, E., Wang, Q., Zhou, Q., Fu, J., Albano, S., Ma, T. & Zhao, Y., Sept 2023, BERA Annual Conference 2023. BERAResearch output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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Activities
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The 29th Pan-pancific Association of Applied Linguistics International Conference
Qianqian Zhou (Speaker)
20 Aug 2025 → 21 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Symposium on Generative ArtificialIntelligence-Enhanced Foreign LanguageTeaching and Learning
Qianqian Zhou (Member of programme committee) & Qianqian Zhou (Chair)
18 Apr 2025 → 20 Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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Chinese university students’ fluctuating IELTS learning motivation
Zhao, Y. (Supervisor), Zhou, Q. (Co-supervisor) & Gao, S. (Co-supervisor)
Apr 2025 → …Activity: Supervision › PhD Supervision
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14th International Conference on Chinese Sociolinguistics
Qianqian Zhou (Member of programme committee) & Qianqian Zhou (Chair)
20 Sept 2024 → 22 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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The 28th Pan-pancific Association of Applied Linguistics International Conference
Qianqian Zhou (Speaker)
21 Aug 2024 → 22 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar