Contacts

☎ +853-8590 2245
✉ xiaolingjin@cityu.edu.mo
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Professional Profile

2023.09 – present | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Macau

Academic Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, University of Liverpool, U.K.

M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language, University of Liverpool, U.K.

Professional Membership

Member, British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)

Course Taught

Undergraduate Courses

BAL207 Discourse Analysis (BA)

BAL107 Academic English (BA)

BOE317 English Teaching Methodology (BA)

BOE009 Introduction to English Pragmatics (BA)

Graduate Courses

DAL102 Current Perspectives and Critiques in Applied Linguistics (PhD)

Research Interest

Language teaching & technology, Material design.

Functional linguistics, Semantics and pragmatics, Discourse analysis.

Interdisciplinary communication, Intercultural communication.

Publication (recent 5 years)

Jin, Xiaoling & Feng (Kevin) Jiang. 2026. Evaluative language in sociology lecturers’ discourse: An appraisal analysis of disciplinary stance in university classrooms. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. Vol. 82: 101722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2026.101722 (SSCI Q1)

Zhang, Xinyi & Xiaoling Jin. 2026. Language and Subject Anxieties in EMI Classrooms in Macau - A Translanguaging Perspective. AILA Review. (ESCI)

Jin, Xiaoling. 2026. Autonomous tandem learning activity for L2 adult beginners. In Brian Tomlinson & Hitomi Masuhara (eds.). Materials for Helping L2 Learners to Develop Communicative Ability: Theory and Practice. Bloomsbury.

Jin, Xiaoling. 2024. Appraisal analysis of the vague expressions in academic lectures using English as an academic lingua franca in an EMI university. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Vol. 34: 1462–1478. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12579 (SSCI Q1)

Jin, Xiaoling & Zhoulin Ruan. 2023. University Students’ Perceptions about Teachers’ Use of Evaluative Language in Oral Feedback. Linguistics and Education. Vol. 78: 101233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2023.101233 (SSCI Q1)

Jin, Xiaoling. 2022. A case study of adult autonomy in English-immersed conversations. Language Learning Journal. Vol. 50/6: 763-776. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2020.1865434 (ESCI)

Conferences as speaker

2026.10. Transforming Practice, Shaping Theory: The Future of Language and Literacy Education. Macau: University of Macau.

2026.06. Innovations in Language Education: Advancing Pedagogy, Practice and Research. Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong.

2025.07. 50th International Systemic Functional Congress and Institute (ISFC 2025). UK: University of Glasgow.

2024.06. Conference on ‘Materials for Developing Communicative Ability’ by The Materials Development Association (MATSDA). Lisbon: Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.

2024.04. The 15th China Comparative Study of English and Chinese Educational Linguistics Forum. Shanghai: East China Normal University.

Awards

First Class Research Recognition (甲等科研嘉許), City University of Macau, Academic Year 2023/2024