FHM Researchers - Dr ZADOROZHNYY Artem
FHM Researchers - Dr ZADOROZHNYY Artem
Assistant Professor, Department of English Language Education (ELE)
Research Area(s):
- Language Education
- Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
- Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE)
- Motivation in second language learning
- Autonomy of learning
- Second language willingness to Communicate
Hello, my name is Archie, and I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language Education. My experiences of learning and teaching foreign languages in my home country, Kazakhstan, inspired my research interest in how students learn languages through the digital tools and spaces available to them, often described as Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE). In my work, I draw on perspectives from learner autonomy, technology-supported teaching and learning, and motivational and educational psychology, with the aim of fostering contextually relevant, sustainable, and student-centred practices that empower language learners and support educators.
Over the past few years, I have focused on how students’ basic psychological needs, beliefs, and emotions shape EFL learners’ engagement with IDLE, as well as on the connections between their in-class learning and their learning beyond the classroom. I am also very interested in language educators’ experiences, particularly how they navigate innovations such as AI tools and informal learning practices in their teaching. I enjoy collaborating on projects that mix quantitative and qualitative approaches, and I am keen to support PhD students who want to connect “big ideas” from theory with real classroom or out-of-class practices in different contexts. If you are interested in topics such as informal language learning, CALL and AI in language education, L2 motivation or learner autonomy, I would be very happy to hear from you and discuss possible PhD projects.
Awards:
- 2022-2025 RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme
Awarded by: Hong Kong SAR University Grants Committee
Project name: Revisiting pedagogies for developing L2 digital literacies: Participatory action research among undergraduate students of Hong Kong - 2019 International Outreach Study Program (IOSP) Award 2018/19
Awarded by: HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund - 2018-2021 Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme
Awarded by: Hong Kong SAR University Grants Committee
Selected publications:
- Zadorozhnyy, A., Lai, W.Y.W. & Lee, J.S. (2025). EFL teachers’ ecological barriers to integrating Informal Digital Learning of English .TESOL Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3400
- Zadorozhnyy, A., & Lee, J. S. (2025). Comparing classroom and digital settings: the role of basic psychological needs on EFL students’ IDLE engagement. ReCALL, 37(3), 403–420. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0958344025000059
- Tour, K. & Zadorozhnyy*, A. (2025). Conceptualizing and operationalizing prompt literacy for English language learners. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.70020
- Mendoza, N., Zadorozhnyy, A., & Dizon, J.I.W.T. (2025). A rising tide lifts all boats: The social contagion of achievement in L2 classrooms and the role intrinsic motivation and engagement. British Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12752
- Zadorozhnyy, A., & Lee, J.S. (2024). Linking EFL students’ psychological needs to engagement in Informal Digital Learning of English: A structural equation modeling analysis. Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2024.2387269
- Zadorozhnyy, A. & Lai, W.Y.W. (2024). ChatGPT and L2 written communication: A game-changer or just another tool? Languages, 9(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9010005
- Zadorozhnyy, A., & Lee, J. S. (2023). Informal Digital Learning of English and willingness to communicate in a second language: Self-efficacy beliefs as a mediator. Computer Assisted Language Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2023.2215279