Gender: Female

Title: Associate Professor, Yunshan Scholar (Category A)

Position: Director of Graduate Studies Office

Department: Department of Linguistics and Information English

Office: Building 1, Room 530

Education

Ph.D. in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

M.A. in Language and Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK

Research Interests

Second Language Acquisition，

Foreign Language Teaching，

Language Testing and Assessment，

Technology-Assisted Foreign Language Teaching

Courses Taught (Graduate and Undergraduate level)

Curriculum Design and Classroom Management

Language Testing

Communicative English for Chinese Learners Integrated Course (Advanced)

Understanding Contemporary China (Reading and Writing Course)

Critical Reading of Contemporary Publications

Contact

Email: whlmz@163.com；m.li@oamail.gdufs.edu.cn

Representative Publications

1. The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language. 2024. Language Assessment Quarterly 21(3):297-301. (First author, SSCI)

2. Development and Validation of a CSE Reading Typical Activity Scale. 2022. Foreign Language World (06): 18-25. (First author, CSSCI)

3. Development of Chinese English Proficiency Self-Assessment Tool: An Analysis Based on China's Standards of English Language Ability. 2022. Social Scientist (09): 149-154. (First author, CSSCI)

4. A meta-analysis of self-assessment and language performance in language testing and assessment. 2021. Language Testing 38(2):189-218. (First author, SSCI JCR Q1)

Research Projects

1. “Development and Validation of a Computer-Adaptive Self-Assessment System Based on the CSE from a Machine Learning Perspective” - Funded by the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fund, Ministry of Education (2022, Principal Investigator)

2. “Developing a Self-Assessment Tool for Tertiary-Level Readers Based on China’s Standards of English Language Ability” - Funded by Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Science Fund (2021, Principal Investigator)

Honors and Awards

1. Outstanding Teacher Award (Advanced Individual), Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (2024)

2. Second Prize in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (2023)

3. Third Prize in Outstanding Research Award, , Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (2021)

4. First Prize in the National Semi-finals and Second Prize in the National Finals of the “Teaching Star” Competition by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) (2024)

5. Grand Prize in Guangdong Province “Teaching Star” Competition by FLTRP (2024)

6. Supervisor of Outstanding Graduation Thesis, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (2024)

7. Supervisor of First Prize Winner in Guangdong Provincial Contest, “Understanding Contemporary China” National English Competence Competition for College Students, “FLTRP Cup”(2023)

8. Supervisor of Third Prize Winner in National English Translation Contest for College Students (2023)

Academic Service

Reviewer for international SSCI (JCR Q1,Q2) journals including Language Testing, Language Assessment Quarterly, etc.