PhD students
 | LYU Min Email: lenalyu@life.hkbu.edu.hk Education Background B.A. in English, Tianjin Foreign Studies University Research Interests Lyu Min is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Education and Psychology at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China. She has much experience in teaching English as a second language to a wide range of learners. She is particularly interested in English private tutoring in shadow education. Her research prospectus is “Private English Tutors’ Professional Identity and the Ecology of Its Formation: An Ethnographic Inquiry in China”. Publications Lyu, M., & Lam, R. (2025). Contextualizing private tutor identities in shadow education: A cross-cultural review. ECNU Review of Education, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/20965311251331639 Lyu, M., & Lam, R. (2025). Private English tutors’ agency amid China’s ‘double reduction’ policy: A Bourdieusian perspective. Journal of Education Policy, 40(4), 667–688. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2025.2479151 Lyu, M., & Lam, R. C. K. (2023). BOOK REVIEW: Talking about Second Language Acquisition. Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 11(1), 178-181. https://doi.org/10.30466/ijltr.2023.121278 |
 | WAN Yuwei Email: 22482504@life.hkbu.edu.hk Education Background MEd (Curriculum and Instruction), University of Maryland, College Park Research Interests English Language Teaching and Learning, Teacher Education, Technology in Education Publications Wan, Y., Wu, C., Moorhouse, B. L., Wu, M. (2025). Developing L2 postgraduate students’ strategic and responsible use of GenAI through a purposefully designed workshop in academic writing. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. Wan, Y., & Moorhouse, B. L. (2025). Challenges of AI in language education. In G. Dizon, A. Alm, & Y. Wang (Eds.), Insights into AI and language teaching and learning (pp. 32–52). Castledown Publishers. Moorhouse, B., Wan, Y., Wu, C., & Wu, M. (2025). Generative AI tools and empowerment in L2 academic writing. System, 133,103779. Yeo, M. A., Wan, Y., & Moorhouse, B. L. (2025). A trioethnographic exploration of co-authoring in higher education: Perspectives of a PhD student, supervisor, and editor. Journal of Scholarly Publishing. Yeo, M. A., Moorhouse, B. L., & Wan, Y. (2025). From academic text to talk-show: Deepening engagement and understanding with Google NotebookLM. TESL-EJ, 28(4), 1–14. Wan, Y., & Moorhouse, B. L. (2024). Using Call Annie as a generative artificial intelligence speaking partner for language learners. RELC Journal, 56(2), 489–498. Moorhouse, B. L., Wan, Y., Ho, T. Y., & Lin, A. M. (2024). Generative AI-assisted, evidence-informed use of L1 in L2 classrooms. ELT Journal, 78(4), 453-465. Moorhouse, B. L., Wan, Y.*, Wu, C., Kohnke, L., Ho, T. Y., & Kwong, T. (2024). Developing language teachers’ professional generative AI competence: An intervention study in an initial language teacher education course. System, 125, 103399. Moorhouse, B. L., & Wan, Y. (2023). Students’ Experiences of English-Medium Instruction at the Postgraduate Level: Challenges and Sustainable Support for Success. Sustainability, 15(4), 3243. Moorhouse, B. L., Yeo, M. A., & Wan, Y. (2023). Generative AI tools and assessment: Guidelines of the world’s top-ranking universities. Computers and Education Open, 5, 100151. Moorhouse, B. L., Kohnke, L., & Wan, Y. (2023). A Systematic Review of Technology Reviews in Language Teaching and Learning Journals. RELC Journal, 54(2), 426–444. https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882221150810 Wan, Y. (2021). Why are they so quiet? Exploring reticent and passive East Asian ESL students in U.S. classrooms. Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, 11(6), 942–954. |
 | LIU Yuming Email: 23482966@life.hkbu.edu.hk Education Background Master of Education (TESOL), School of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney Research interest: Second language writing assessment; Digital multimodal composing; Peer feedback Publications Liu, Y., & Lam, R. (2025). L2 students’ gradeless assessment of digital multimodal composing: Unlocking multiliteracies through rubric-referenced multisource feedback. RELC Journal. OnlineFirst. https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882241312426 Wang, Y. X., Zhu, Y. Y., Wang, Y., Ma, K., Liu, Y. M., Yin, M. & Jiang H. J. (2018). College English listening and speaking (Preliminary). Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. |
 | WU Chenze Email: 23481536@life.hkbu.edu.hk Education Background MSc in Language Education, The University of Edinburgh Research Interests Generative AI and Education; Second Language Teaching and Learning Publications Wu, C., & Li, A. W. (2025). Understanding the emotions of second language writing teachers: A Chinese tertiary educational context, Feng Geng, Shulin Yu. Journal of Second Language Writing, 68, 101206. Huang, T., Wu, C.*, & Wu, M. (2025). Developing pre-service language teachers’ GenAI literacy: An interventional study in an English language teacher education course. Discover Artificial Intelligence, 5, 163. (Co-first author and corresponding author) Zhang, W., Li, A. W., & Wu, C.* (2025). University students’ perceptions of using Generative AI in translation practices. Instructional Science, 53, 633-655. (Corresponding author) Huang, T., & Wu, C.* (2025). The chain mediating effect of academic anxiety and performance expectations between academic self-efficacy and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) reliance. Computers and Education Open, 9, 100275. (Corresponding author) Huang, T., Wu, C.*, Zhang, Z., & Yao, C. (2025). The effect of production-oriented approach on Chinese university students’ foreign language writing anxiety and English writing performance: Evidence from a longitudinal study. Sage Open, 15(2), 1-17. (Corresponding author) Choi, K. Y., Wu, C.*, & Moorhouse, B. L. (2025). Exploring the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in English language teaching: Voices from in-service teachers at an early-adopting Hong Kong secondary school. Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 7(3), 102516. (Corresponding author) Wan, Y., Wu, C., Moorhouse, B. L., Wu, M. (2025). Developing L2 postgraduate students’ strategic and responsible use of GenAI through a purposefully designed workshop in academic writing. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. Moorhouse, B. L., Wan, Y., Wu, C., Wu, M. (2025). Generative AI tools and empowerment in L2 academic writing. System, 133, 103779. Moorhouse, B. L., Ho, T. Y., Wu, C., & Wan, Y. (2025). Pre-service language teachers’ task-specific Large Language Model prompting practices. RELC Journal. Moorhouse, B. L., Wan, Y., Wu, C., Kohnke, L., Ho, T. Y., & Kwong, T. (2024). Developing language teachers’ professional Generative AI competence: An intervention study in an initial language teacher education course. System, 125, 103399. Wu, C., Zhang, Y. W., & Li, A. W. (2023). Peer feedback and Chinese medical students’ English academic writing development: A longitudinal intervention study. BMC Medical Education, 23, 578. |
 | NI Yue Email: 24484156@life.hkbu.edu.hk Education Background B.A. in English Language and Literature, Hohai University Research Interests L2 writing assessment, e-portfolio assessment, student assessment literacy, digital literacies Publications Ni, Y., & Lam, R. (2025). Students’ perceptions of multiliteracies development using AI-assisted portfolio assessment. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554480X.2025.2545212 |
 | WU Meixin Email: 24484253@life.hkbu.edu.hk Education Background MA (International Education ), University of Exeter Research Interests AI and Education, Instructional Technology, English Language Teaching and Learning Publications Wan, Y., Wu, C., Moorhouse, B. L., Wu, M. (2025). Developing L2 postgraduate students’ strategic and responsible use of GenAI through a purposefully designed workshop in academic writing. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. Moorhouse, B. L., Wan, Y., Wu, C., Wu, M. (2025). Generative AI tools and empowerment in L2 academic writing. System, 133, 103779. Wu, C., Yu, H., Moorhouse, B. L., Wu, M. (2025). Unveiling students’ experiences and perspectives of Generative AI-assisted translation in a Hong Kong university: Perceived benefits, limitations, and suggestions. Digital Applied Linguistics, 2, 102600. (Correspondent author) Wu, M. X. (2023). A Study on the Transformation of College English Teaching Promoted by Artificial Intelligence Technology. Advances in Higher Education, 22(7), 194-196, DOI:10.18686/ahe.v7i20.9647. Wu, M. X. (2022). Personalized College English Teaching under the Background of Big Data Practice. Modern English, (11), 83-86. |
 | CHEN Xiaotong Email: 244884245@life.hkbu.edu.hk Education Background MEd (Educational Psychology), The University of Sydney Research Interests Emotion Regualtion in Teaching and Learning, Social Media in Education Publications Chen, X., Zhu, S., Chen, Y., & An, K. (2023). Innovative Thinking on College Students’ Mental Health Education in Micro-Era. Journal of Adolescent Health. Chen, X. (2022). Influences and Implications of Affective Neuroscience in Children’s Learning and Education. Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 4 (1), 30-33. |