Dr ZHANG, Yue Ellen

Assistant Professor

+852 2948 7710
B4-1/F-21
yuezhang@eduhk.hk

Sah, P., & Zhang, Y. (2025). Race and ideology in text-to-image GenAI: Teacher candidates’ critical analysis and reflection. Paper presented at AAAL 2025. Denver.
Zhang, Y. (2025). Negotiating gender ideologies and investing in teacher identities: The motivation and investment of EFL pre-service teachers. Invited Talk at the Hong Kong Second Language Acquisition Research Forum (HK-SLARF). Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Zhang, Y. (2025). Developing GAI Literacies: A Case Study of Two Pre-service Teachers’ Investment in Learning-to-teach Practices involving GAI. Paper presented at the Joint Symposium on Emerging Technologies and Future Talents. The Education University of Hong Kong.
Zhang, Y., & Gonzales, W. (2025). Investing in critical digital literacies: A case study of university students in Hong Kong. Paper presented at R. Darvin & B. Norton. Investment in language learning and teaching: The negotiation of identity, capital, and ideology, AAAL 2025. Denver.
Zhang, Y., Ng, C. W., & Weng, X. J. (2024, December 11). AI competency and AI-facilitated literacy development: voices from teachers and students. Paper presented at Learning & Teaching Expo 2024. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong.
Zhang, Y., & Gonzales, W. (2024, August 11-16). Critical pedagogy meets world Englishes: The role of a decolonized curriculum in learner investment over time. Paper presented at Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée/International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA). Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics, Malaysia.
Zhang, Y. (2024, July 25-28). Navigating a Metaverse Conference: Experiences and L2 Investment of Novice Scholars. Paper presented at Global English Education China Assembly. Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.
Zhang, Y., & Gonzales, W. (2024, July 5-7). A Corpus-based and Project-based Pedagogy: World Englishes, Decolonization, and Learner Investment. Paper presented at the International Conference on Technology-enhanced Language Learning and Teaching & International Conference on Corpus-based Language Learning and Teaching (TeLLT&CoLLT2024). The Education University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, China.
Yang. B. Y., & Zhang, Y. (2024, June 22-24). Understanding Chinese undergraduates’ self-regulated listening learning in blended English courses. Paper presented at the 14th International Conference on Education, Research and Innovation. Tokyo, Japan
Zhang, Y. (2024, May 8). L2 learning in the classroom and informal digital contexts: Self, identities, and technologies. Invited talk by Shanghai International Studies University.
Zhang, Y. (2024, May 3). Embarking on the academic career: A novice researcher's story. Hong Kong Postgraduate Roundtable in Applied Linguistics (HK-PRAL). Invited talk by The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Yang. B. Y., & Zhang, Y. (2024, March 11-13). Understanding Chinese EFL undergraduates' self-regulated listening learning in blended courses. Paper presented at The 58th RELC International Conference. SEAMEO RELC, Singapore.
Zhang, Y. (2024, March 11). Empowering Language Learners and Decolonizing English Classrooms: The Role of Mother Tongue and Local Culture. Invited talk by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Zhang, Y. (2024, January 29). 正式数字英语学习与外语投资：中国香港及内地课程比较(Formal Digital English Learning and L2 Investment: Comparing Two Courses in Hong Kong and Mainland China). Invited talk by Renmin University. Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance (BHUA) Fund.
Zhang, Y. (2023, December 15). 英语教师学术写作：体裁，行动研究与实际应用(English Teacher Academic Writing: Genre, Action Research, and Practices). Invited talk by 深圳市罗湖区教育科学研究院(Shenzhen Institute of Education Sciences).
Zhang, Y., & Gonzales, W. (2023, December 6-10). A critical World Englishes pedagogy: Investing in learner and Hong Kong English user identities. Paper presented at the 8th Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics (HAAL) Annual Conference. The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, China.
Zhang, Y., & Fan, R. (2023, August 11-16). A structural equation model of using ChatGPT in EFL learning: Understanding, affection, and ethics. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning. The Education University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, China.
Zhang, Y. (2023, June). Negotiating L2 selves in EFL motivational dialogues: The story of an English major in China. Paper presented at the 25th Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics, The University of Warwick. Warwick, the United Kingdom.
Zhang, Y., & Liu, G. (2023, May). Predicting informal digital learning of English: Multiple regression analyses of learner backgrounds, proficiency level, and the use of digital devices. Paper presented at the International Conference on Future Language Learning (ICFULL). Beijing Normal University. Beijing, China.
Liu, G., Zhang, Y., & Ma, C. (2023, May). Can imagination contribute to informal digital learning of English? A mixed-method investigation. Paper presented at International Conference on Future Language Learning (ICFULL). Beijing Normal University. Beijing, China.
Zhang, Y. (2023, April). A Linguistic Ethnographical Approach to Critical Teacher Education: Motivation, Investment, EFL Pre-service teachers. Paper presented at 2023 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.
Zhang, Y. (2022, December). A Linguistic Ethnographical Approach to Critical Teacher Education: Motivation, Investment, EFL Pre-service teachers. Paper presented at 第六届中国语用学专题论坛 [The 6th Chinese Pragmatics Symposium]. Beihang University. Beijing, China.
Zhang, Y. (2022, December). Decolonizing EMI Contexts and Researching L2 Learner Investment: Techno-Reflective Narrative Interviews. Paper presented at International Congress on English Language Education and Applied Linguistics, The Education University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, China.
Zhang, Y. (2022, November). Critical EFL Teacher Preparation: Investment, Identity, Chinese Pre-service teachers. Paper presented at SALA-36 and the 43rd LSN Conference. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Zhang, Y. (2022, November). Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) Investment: A Linguistic Ethnography of Chinese EFL Pre-service Teachers. Paper presented at International Conference on CALL. Xian Dianzi University. Xian, China.
Zhang, Y. (2022, October). Critical Genre-based Language Pedagogy—Critical Multilingual Awareness and Foreign Language as L2 Investment. Paper presented at 第七届中国教育语言学高端论坛 [The 7th China Summit on Educational Linguistics]. Peking University. Beijing, China.
Zhang, Y. (2022, July). An Ethnographical Approach to Critical Teacher Preparation: Investment, Identity, Chinese EFL Pre-service teachers. Paper presented at 第七届语言研究青年学者海上论坛暨首届教育语言学国际论坛 [The 7th Shanghai Forum for Emerging Researchers in Applied Linguistics and The First Summit on Educational Linguistics], Fudan University. Shanghai, China.
Zhang, Y. (2022, June). Understanding Language Learning Motivation and Investment: A case study of EFL Pre-service Teachers in China. Paper presented at the 24th Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics, The University of Warwick. Warwick, the United Kingdom.
Zhang, Y. (2021, December). A Critical Genre-based Approach to ESP Lecture Design on English Language Teachers’ Classroom Discourse at Tertiary Level. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of Asia ESP & the 8th Chinese National Symposium on ESP. Chongqing University. Chongqing, China.
Zhang, Y., & Huang, J. (2021, December). From EFL, through EMI, to ESL A Longitudinal Case Study of a Pre-service ESL Teacher’s Investment. Paper presented at the 9th International Symposium on Second Language Acquisition Research in China. Shanghai International Studies University. Shanghai, China.
Zhang, Y. (2020, September). From Secondary School to University: Interactions between Medium of Instruction and Language Learning Motivation. Paper presented at the 2nd International Virtual TESOL Conference. online.
Zhang, Y. (2019, November). A Critical Genre-based Approach to ESP Lecture Design on English Language Teachers’ Classroom Discourse at Tertiary Level. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of Asia ESP & the 8th Chinese National Symposium on ESP, Southeast University. Nanjing, China.
Zhang, Y. (2019, July). From EMI to ESL: A Case Study of English Language Reflexive Identities in the Narratives of Two Mainland Chinese Postgraduate Students. Paper presented at 2019 Global English Education China Assembly. Hangzhou, China.
Zhang, Y. (2019, June). From CMI to EMI: The English Learning Motivational Trajectories of First-year Mainland Chinese Engineering Majors. Paper presented at Inaugural Conference on Language Teaching and Learning: Cognition and Identity. The Education University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, China.
Zhang, Y. (2018, November). Curriculum Design for Education Concentration from the Perspective of Needs Analysis: Practice and Students’ Perceptions. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Conference of Asia ESP & the 7th Chinese National Symposium on ESP, Southeast University. Nanjing, China.