My broad research interests cover second language acquisition and pedagogy. My specific interests include interdisciplinary research on personalized computer-assisted second language skills training, quantitative and qualitative learner corpora analysis, and bilingual literacy development in heritage language learners.

• Second language acquisition
• Corpus linguistics and discourse analysis
• Bilingual literacy development
• Robust technology enhanced second language learning
• Quantitative methods in linguistics research

I received my B.A. in English Language and Culture from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, M.Sc. in Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from Carnegie Mellon University. I was Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong before joining The University of Nottingham Ningbo China. My research is in applied linguistics, with specializations in computer-assisted language learning, Chinese-English bilingual literacy development, and corpus linguistics and quantitative linguistics. The topics I have been working with typically reflect the interplay of linguistics and cognitive theories and the complexity of language learning phenomena.

• ES2307 Fundamentals in Research Methods
• ES4196 Research Methods

Besides, I had taught Second Language Acquisition, Computer-Assisted Language Learning,Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Field Practicum, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.