Background and research agenda

I hold a PhD degree in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics from the Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick and work as Internationalisation Coordinator in Student Opportunity at the same university. My longitudinal qualitative PhD study, which was funded by the University of Warwick and supervised by Professor Ema Ushioda and Dr Troy McConachy, investigated Chinese learners’ multilingual learning motivation. My thesis argued for a humanistic approach towards language learning motivation and is titled ‘Being and becoming: An ecological exploration of humanistic motivation in multilingual learning among Japanese language majors in China’. My research agenda is related to language learning motivation and multilingualism.

Previous degrees

• Master of Arts in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Fudan University, Shanghai
• Bachelor of Arts in English (major) and Bachelor of Laws in Sociology (Social Work and Psychological Guidance) (minor), East China Normal University, Shanghai

Publications

Journal articles

• Wang, Z., Zhang, C., & Li, S. (2023). Does nationalism motivate or demotivate? Unpacking complex identity-motivation nexus in the context of Chinese learners of Japanese. Language and Intercultural Communication. doi: 10.1080/14708477.2023.2195855Link opens in a new window
• Tian, Z., & Wang, Z. (2023). Creating a third cultural space: What role does intercultural communication play in PGR teaching? Journal of PGR Pedagogic Practice. https://doi.org/10.31273/jppp.vol3.2023.1479Link opens in a new window 
• Zhang, C., & Wang, Z. (2023). Despicable ‘other’ and innocent ‘us’: Emotion politics in the time of the pandemic. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. doi: 10.1057/s41599-023-01925-2Link opens in a new window
• Wang, Z., McConachy, T., & Ushioda, E. (2021). Negotiating identity tensions in multilingual learning in China: A situated perspective on language learning motivation and multilingual identity. Language Learning Journal. doi: 10.1080/09571736.2021.1915366Link opens in a new window
• Wang, Z., & Zheng, Y. (2021). Chinese university students’ multilingual learning motivation under contextual influences: A multi-case study of Japanese majors. International Journal of Multilingualism. doi:10.1080/14790718.2019.1628241Link opens in a new window
• Wang, Z., & Ye, L. (2017). Translation strategies of culture-bound words in The Chinese-English Dictionary (Unabridged) Volume I. Lexicographical Studies, (4), 27-33. (In Chinese)

Book chapter

• Wang, Z. (2023). Humanistic motivation and transformative language engagement. In J. Shaules & T. McConachy (Eds.), Transformation, embodiment, and wellbeing in foreign language pedagogy: Enacting deep learning. London: Bloomsbury. doi: 10.5040/9781350254510.ch-4Link opens in a new window

Book and literature reviews

• Wang, Z. (2023). TONG KING LEE, Choreographies of multilingualism: Writing and language ideology in Singapore. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. Pp. 248. Hb. £25.99. Language in Society, 52(4), 729-730. doi:10.1017/S0047404523000519Link opens in a new window
• Wang, Z. (2019). Atta Gebril (ed.), Applied linguistics in the Middle East and North Africa: Current practices and future directions. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2017. Pp, ix. 390. Hb. €100. Language in Society, 48(1), 163-164. doi:10.1017/S0047404518001288Link opens in a new window
• Wang, Z. (2016). A critical review of third language acquisition research in the 21^st century. Second Language Learning Research, 2(2), 68-81. (In Chinese)

Conference presentations

• The fourth Psychology of Language Learning conference, Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, June 2022. “Dynamics of multilingual learning motivation: A study of Chinese learners of English and Japanese”.
• Applied Linguistics Seminar Series - Language. Culture. Matters., University of Warwick, Coventry, November 2021. “Motivation-as-being in language learning”.
• Applied Linguistics Seminar Series - Language. Culture. Matters., University of Warwick, Coventry, January 2020. “Motivational dynamics in multilingual learning: A study of Chinese learners of English and Japanese”.
• The 21^st Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, June 2018. "Chinese university students’ simultaneous foreign language learning motivation: A multi-case study of Japanese majors".
• Language and Future: International Conference and the 4th Emerging Scholars’ Workshop, Southeast University, Nanjing, August 2017. "L2 self and L3 self in third language acquisition".
• The 11^th International Conference of the Asian Association for Lexicography, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, June 2017. "Translation strategies of culture-bound words in The Chinese-English Dictionary (Unabridged) Volume I".
• TESOL 2017 Master’s Student Forum, Seattle, March 2017. "Language selves in third language acquisition".
• The 10^th Doctoral Academic Forum on Foreign Languages and Literatures, Fudan University, Shanghai, October 2015. "Feminism or patriarchy: ‘new ideology’ and ‘old morals’ in The Female Lawyer".

Teaching

• Intercultural Training Workshop Facilitator, Student Opportunity, University of Warwick, Coventry (February 2018- present)
• MA TESOL Dissertation Supervisor, Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, Coventry (April 2020-November 2023)
• Associate Tutor on course ET9C6 Specialism in Classroom Motivation, Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, Coventry (January-February 2020)
• Group Facilitator on course ES971 Communication and Leadership, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry (December 2019)
• Assistant Tutor on course ET120 Research, Academic and Professional Skills, Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, Coventry (November-December 2019)
• Instructor of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (course code: SP19 CHIN 2003 SCGC), Council on International Educational Exchange, Shanghai (March-June 2019)
• Quantitative Data Analysis Workshop Facilitator, Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, Coventry (May 2018)
• English Public Speaking Trainer, Institute of Global Chinese Language Teacher Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai (May-June 2017)
• English as a Second Foreign Language Tutor, College of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Fudan University, Shanghai (September 2015-January 2016)
• Business English Tutor, France Business School, Shanghai campus (September 2014-June 2015)

Service

WANG Zi

王资

z.wang.52@warwick.ac.uk

Twitter: @ZiWang28