Contacts
☎ +853-85902226
✉ xiaohu@cityu.edu.mo
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CURRENT POSITION
Assistant professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Macau
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
PhD in Education, The University of Hong Kong
Master of Arts (TESOL) with distinction, The University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Arts in English, Sichuan Normal University
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2023 The University of Hong Kong, Post-doctoral fellow
2021-2023: The University of Hong Kong, Academic advisor
2018 The Education University of Hong Kong, Senior Research Assistant
2017-18 The University of Hong Kong, Senior Research Assistant
2016-17 The University of Hong Kong, Research Assistant 1
RESEARCH AREAS
Language learning motivation, individual differences, students’ L2 selves, and instructional approaches
COURSE TAUGHT
BOE 201 English Reading III
BOE 205 English Writing III
BOE 206 Academic Writing I
MAL 113E Second Language Learning and Acquisition
PUBLICATIONS / RESEARCH DISSEMINATION
Hu, X.*, Hennebry-Leung M., (2024). (accepted). Exploring the process of L2 demotivation: cases from junior high school EFL learners in China. English Teaching & Learning. (ESCI & SJR, Q1)
Hennebry-Leung, M., & Xiao, H. A. (2023). Examining the role of the learner and the teacher in language learning motivation. Language Teaching Research, 27(1), 30-56. (SSCI, Q1)
Hu, X.*, Hennebry, M. L., & Cheung, C. L. (2019). Language learning motivation of students from a special educational school in Hong Kong. The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 6(1), 68-81. (SJR, Q3)
Hennebry‐Leung, M., Gayton, A., Hu, X. A., & Chen, X. (2019). Transitioning From Master’s Studies to the Classroom: From Theory to Practice. TESOL Quarterly. (SSCI, Q1)
Hennebry, M., Hu, X., Cheung, K., (2018). Motivating your students. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (The teaching manual has been delivered to around 500 Hong Kong secondary schools.)
CONFERENCE
2021 Research Postgraduate Conference, the University of Hong Kong, China
Research report: The interplays between L2 selves and instructed L2 learning (Best presentation award)
2019 New College Research Seminar, the University of Hong Kong, China
Research report: Videoconferencing as an approach to promote educational equity
2018 International Symposium on Teaching, Education, and Learning, Japan
Paper presentation: Teacher motivation in distance education
2017 ALANZ/ALAA/ALTAANZ Applied Linguistics Conference, New Zealand
Paper presentation: Promoting language learning motivation of students with special educational needs
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The University of Hong Kong (Academic advisor)
The University of Tasmania, LinguaLab (Member)