Projects & Grants

Invited Talks

1. Zhou, S. & Zhang, Z. (May, 2026). From self- to co-regulated language learning with GenAI: A paradigm shift. Paper presented Hong Kong Second Language Acquisition Forum, Hong Kong.
2. Zhou, S. (April, 2026). Agentic engagement with GenAI: New perspectives in EMI higher education. Invited presentation at CUHK–UCL international symposium, Hong Kong.
3. Zhou, S. (May, 2025). Students’ emotional landscape in English-medium higher education: Evidence from a longitudinal mixed-methods project in China. Invited talk at University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
4. Zhou, S. (May, 2025). Building an academic career with a consulting mindset: Pitfalls and strategies. Invited talk at University of Cambridge, Cambridge.
5. Zhou, S. (May, 2025). Exploring the emotion-motivation nexus in English-medium instruction (EMI) higher education. Invited presentation at Hong Kong Second Language Acquisition Forum, Hong Kong.
6. Zhou, S. (April, 2025). English-medium instruction (EMI) in Chinese higher education: Students’ emotional landscape and self-regulated learning. Invited talk at Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.
7. Zhou, S. (April, 2024). English-medium higher education in China: Students’ academic challenges and ELT support. Invited presentation at English Medium Education Symposium, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
8. Zhou, S. (April, 2024). Understanding students’ lecture listening difficulties and strategies in EMI higher education. Invited guest lecture at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.
9. Zhou, S. (April, 2024). Towards deeper learning in EMI lectures. Invited presentation at CLE-TCA Language Education Conference, Hong Kong.
10. Zhou, S. (March, 2024). Listening in a digital era: Developing and validating a questionnaire for mobile-assisted self-regulated listening strategies. Invited presentation at Hong Kong Second Language Acquisition Research Forum, Hong Kong.
11. Zhou, S. (December, 2023). Listen hard and listen smart: Understanding students’ lecture listening difficulties and strategies in EMI higher education. Invited talk at Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics, Hong Kong.
12. Zhou, S. (December, 2023). Scaffolding comprehension in EMI university lectures: Students’ listening difficulties and strategies. Invited presentation at Oxford-Hong Kong EMI Symposium, Hong Kong.
13. Zhou, S. (June, 2023). Re-learning to listen and re-learning to learn: Students’ self-regulated listening during transition into an EMI transnational university. Keynote at Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University ‘Flying solo: Fostering learner autonomy’ symposium, Suzhou, China.
14. Zhou, S. (May, 2023). Up for discussion: Lecture listening challenges and self-regulated strategies across different proficiency levels in EMI higher education contexts. Invited talk at London TESOL Research Forum (LTRF), University College London, London, UK.
15. Zhou, S. (May, 2023). Cracking the code: Lecture listening challenges and self-regulated strategies across different proficiency levels in EMI higher education. Invited talk at Oxford Applied Linguistics Seminar, Oxford, UK.
16. Zhou, S. (December, 2021). Self-regulation and listening in the context of EMI higher education. Invited talk at Oxford EMI Symposium, Oxford, UK.

Selected Conference Presentations

1. Zhou, S. (2025, March). Exploring the emotion-motivation nexus in English-medium higher education. Paper presented at 59th RELC International Conference, Singapore.
2. Zhou, S. (2024, August). Transitioning into English-medium higher education: A longitudinal study on students’ self-regulated strategy use for lecture listening. Paper presented at AILA World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
3. Zhou, S. (2024, July). EMI and language policy in the Greater Bay Area. Paper presented at Global English Education China Assembly, Zhuhai, China.
4. Zhou, S., Xu, J., & Thomas, N. (2024, March). Listening in a digital era: Developing and validating a questionnaire for mobile-assisted self-regulated listening strategies. Paper presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference (AAAL), Houston, USA.
5. Zhou, S. (2023, July). Learning behind the scenes: A longitudinal qualitative study of students’ self-regulated listening during transition to an English-medium transnational university in China. Paper presented at AILA World Congress, Lyon, France.
6. Zhou, S. (2023, July). Bilingualism in EMI university programs: Classroom practices and language support. Paper presented at Global English Education China Assembly, Macao SAR, China.
7. Zhou, S. (2020, March). Learning to swim: Year one students’ self-regulated listening in an English-medium transnational university in China. Paper presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference (AAAL virtual conference), USA.
8. Zhou, S., Galloway, N., & Rennie, R. (2018, November). Chinese primary school English teachers’ attitudes towards digital game-based learning. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference of Innovation in Language Learning, Florence, Italy.
9. Zhou, S., Rennie, R., & Galloway, N. (2017, July). Teachers’ perspectives on digital game-mediated language education. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain.