Congratulations!

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, field of Applied Linguistics

2024-2025 academic year

The number of papers published by teachers in SSCI Q1 area

reached a record high!

Breaking through 36 papers!

During the 2024-2025 academic year,

With the joint efforts of our acadmic staff

our faculty successfully published more than 40 SSCI papers in the field of Applied Linguistics

36 of which were in Q1 journals.

The following is the journals and publications information

Haomin Zhang

Journals:

-Teaching and Teacher Education;

-International Journal of Multilingualism;

-British Journal of Educational Technology;

-Humanities and Social Sciences Communications;

-The Internet and Higher Education;

-Reading and Writing;

-Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Publications:

Evolving knowledge structures in technology integration: Tracking changes embedded in teaching artifacts. Teaching and Teacher Education, 162, 105072.

Cross-linguistic input experience in third language Spanish reading acquisition: an exploration of Chinese learners of Spanish. International Journal of Multilingualism, 1-21.

Cognitive Echo: Enhancing think‐aloud protocols with LLM‐based simulated students. British Journal of Educational Technology.

Reciprocal effects of vocabulary breadth, vocabulary depth, and reading comprehension: a cross-lagged panel analysis in Chinese-speaking EFL learners. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 1-10.

Teaching via LLM-enhanced simulations: Authenticity and barriers to suspension of disbelief. The Internet and Higher Education, 65, 100990.

Visual search and reading comprehension in Chinese children: examining mediation through word reading fluency and listening comprehension. Reading and Writing, 1-32.

Exploring the differences in syntactic complexity between lay summaries and abstracts: A case study of The New England Journal of Medicine. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 72, 101444.

Wei Xu

Journals:

-Humanities and Social Sciences Communications volume;

-Higher Education;

-Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development;

-System;

-Gender, Work & Organization

Publications:

Scientometric analyses of digital inequity in education: problems and solutions. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 11, 1052.

https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03480-w

Can the Macau university students speak? A critical voice research of their subjectivities in local higher education. Higher Education.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-024-01392-x

Factors influencing cross-cultural adaptation and life satisfaction in multilingual contexts: The mediating role of cultural intelligence. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1–19.

 https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2025.2450019

How Do English Proficiency and Learning Motivation Shape EFL Students' Emotions Toward Written Corrective Feedback? System, 103681.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2025.103681

Black Women and Public Health: Strategies to Name, Locate, and Change Systems of Power by Stephanie Y. Evans, Sarita K. Davis and Leslie R. Hinkson (eds.), US: State University of New York Press, 2022. 326 pp. $36.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978-1438487328. Gender, Work & Organization.

https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.70000

Li Zhou

Journals:

-BMC Psychology;

-Humanit Soc Sci Commun;

-Journal of Educational Psychology;

-Applied Linguistics Review

Publications:

The relative importance of peace of mind, grit, and classroom environment in predicting willingness to communicate among learners in multi-ethnic regions: a latent dominance analysis. BMC Psychology 13, 401 (2025).

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02676-2

Ambidextrous leadership and innovation: a process perspective and an experimental approach. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 12, 612 (2025).

https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04922-9

The longitudinal relationship between repeating patterning and second language English reading in Chinese preschool children: A random-intercept cross-lagged panel model. Journal of Educational Psychology, 117(3), 380–392.

https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000929

Understanding cultural specificity of positive emotions in SLA: the antecedents of foreign language enjoyment and peace of mind in the Chinese context. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 14(3), 791-813.

Jiarui Hou

Journals:

-Educational Research Review；

-Computer Assisted Language learning；

-Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Publications:

What is next in mobile-assisted reading? Insights from a decade of eye tracking research into cognitive processes. Educational Research Review, 45, 1–25.

Attentional differences in L2 learners’ word learning strategies between mobile-assisted and in-print reading: An eye tracking study. Computer Assisted Language learning, 1–36

State-of-the-art of eye tracking in mobile-assisted learning studies: A review of twenty years of empirical studies. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 41(1), 1–34.

Weijun Liang

Journals:

-Thinking Skills and Creativity Planning;

-Computer Assisted Language Learning

Publications:

Exploring the use of ChatGPT to foster EFL learners’ critical thinking skills from a post-humanist perspective. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 54, 101645.

Willingness to communicate with ChatGPT? Insights from tracking EFL learners’ perceived acceptance and chat output. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1–27.

Wendong Li

Journals:

-Current Issues in Language Planning;

-System

Publications:

One policy, two implementations: probing policy specifications in two EMI courses in a Macao university. Current Issues in Language Planning, Online First, 1-20

'Finally, it's all in vain': A Chinese as an additional language teacher's agency in navigating the teaching-research nexus in a neoliberal Chinese university. System, 125, 1-10.

Jiajia Liu

Journals:

-RELC Journal;

-International Journal of Applied Linguistics.

Publications:

Educational Context and Teacher Beliefs Matter: Multimodal Literacy in the Greater Bay Area of China. RELC Journal.

Emotional (Dis/Un) entanglement in Becoming an Academic in the Neoliberal Era: Dialogising Transnational Accounts of Being, Thinking and Feeling. International Journal of Applied Linguistics.

Zhuang Qiu

Journals:

-Journal of Pragmatics;

-Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Publications:

From Perception to Communication: A Theory of Types for Action and Meaning by Robin Cooper. Journal of Pragmatics, 235, 112–114.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/ science/article/pii/S0378216624002121

Grammaticality representation in ChatGPT as compared to linguists and laypeople Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 1-15.

Yanhui Zhang

Journals:

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies

Publications:

Microlearning in Immersive Virtual Reality: A User-Centered Analysis of Learning Interfaces, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 18, pp. 165-178.

Jiayi Li

Journals:

 System

Publications:

Li, J. & Gu, P. Y. (2024). Formative assessment for self-regulated learning: Evidence from a teacher continuing professional development programme. System, 125. 

Beibei Ren

Journals:

International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Publications:

Understanding EFL teacher identity and identity tensions in a Chinese university context. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1-17.

Xiao Hu

Journals:

 System

Publications:

Conceptualising the actual L2 self into the L2 motivational self system. System, 130, 103620.

Yuxi Wu

Journals:

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Publications:

The impact of multifaceted factors on auditory mapping between acoustic cues and Spanish intonation categories in a cross-linguistic context. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1-12.

Yunbo Mei

Journals:

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Publications:

Voicing expertise: Exploring strategic use of vowel variants in the English pronunciation of Chinese language instructors. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 28(5), 52-78.

Xiaoyuan Li

Journals:

Studies in Higher Education

Publications:

A Bourdieusian exploration of international students' WeChatting experiences in China: A habitus of digital learning. Studies in Higher Education.

https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2025.2480144