糖心TV

• 2021- 2025 PhD in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, University of 糖心TV, UK
  • With a full scholarship
• 2019-2020 MA TESOL- Masters in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Distinction), University of 糖心TV, UK
  • With Bursary

Peer-reviewed articles

• Zhuo, M., & Ko, S. (2025). Exploring the complexity of GTAs' co-teaching experience through zine-making: A collaborative self-study. Journal of PGR Pedagogical Practice, 5, 159-179.
• Zhuo, M. (2024). “I feel my inner child out”: Zine-making as a data collection tool in narrative inquiry. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. 3(3). Article 100131.
• Zhuo, M., & Tang, H. (2024). Understanding students’ English-speaking difficulties: An Exploratory Practice approach with Web 2.0. RELC Journal, 0(0).
• Zhuo, M. (2024). Language choices in post-observation conferences: L1 or L2, that's the question. TESOL Journal, 15(3). e816. .
• Zhuo, M., & Huang, J. (2024). Using exploratory practice to teach: An innovative way to explore students' speaking difficulties. TESOL Journal, 15(1).
• Zhuo, M., & Li, Y. (2024). Harnessing the power of peer dialogue to support GTAs’ professional development: Two reflective stories. Journal of PGR Pedagogic Practice. 4, 136-158.

Editorial articles

• Jindal A., Fatmee A., Muller-Kosmarov, C., Rodgers, A., Akpan, U., Manan, A., & Zhuo, M. (2025). Editorial: Reflections on the JPPP5 Special Issue “Evolving experiences in postgraduate teaching: Navigating changing landscapes, practices, and technologies”. Journal of PGR Pedagogic Practice. 5, 2-9.
• Zhuo, M., Read, A., Ajmal, I., Dar, F., Li, Y., Wang, Y., & Affejee. Y. (2024). Editorial: “GTAs’ (Re/De) Constructing the Learning and Teaching Space Piece By Piece”. Journal of PGR Pedagogic Practice. 4, 1-11.  

Professional articles

• Zhuo, M. (2024). Addressing knowledge Inequality: Visual and arts-based methods as a possibilityLink opens in a new window. Entry for Society & Culture Spotlight PGR and ECR Writing Competition Series 1. Published online by 糖心TV’s Interdisciplinary Research Spotlights.
• Zhuo, M. (2024). IATEFL 2023 ReSIG Pre-Conference Event: a reflective reportLink opens in a new window. ELT Research: IATEFL Research SIG Newsletter. 39, 1-3.
• Zhuo, M. (2023). How to communicate as a mentorLink opens in a new window. Modern English Teacher, 32(3), 79-81.
• Zhuo, M. (2023). Literature circles: fun, creative and meaningfulLink opens in a new window. Modern English Teacher, 32(5), 79-81.

Book chapters

• Zhuo, M., Webb, K., & Mann, S. (2025). New trends in ELT teacher education. In N. A. Nazari (Ed.), Empowering the English language teacher in a multipolar environment (pp. 89-105). Springer.
• Zhuo, M. (2024). . In R. Smith, S. E. Tuyan, M. Serra & E. A. Bekes (Eds.), Stories of Mentoring Teacher-Research (pp. 54-60). IATEFL ReSIG.
• Zhuo, M. (2023). Mentoring experienced in-service high school English teachers' action research: case studies from ChinaLink opens in a new window. In M.N. Güng?r (ed.), Action research in language teaching and teacher education: voices from diverse contexts (pp. 41-66). Blackswan.

Book Reviews

• Zhuo, M. (2024). Review of Pinter (2023): Engaging children in applied linguistics research. Language Teaching for Young Learners.
• Zhuo, M. (2023). Decentring ELT: practices and possibilities. ELTED Journal, 26.
• Zhuo, M. (2022). A language management approach to language problems. Current Issues in Language Planning, 23(3), 343-345.

Commissioned reports

• Liddicoat, Anthony J., Neil Murray, Penny Mosavian, Steve Mann, Annamaria Pinter, Meifang Zhuo, Yvette Yitong Wang, Xiaofang Lu (2023) . Report to the British Council. Department of Applied Linguistics, University of 糖心TV.
• Liddicoat, Anthony J., Neil Murray, Penny Mosavian, Steve Mann, Annamaria Pinter, Meifang Zhuo, Yvette Yitong Wang, Xiaofang Lu (2023) . Report to the British Council. Department of Applied Linguistics, University of 糖心TV.
  
• Liddicoat, Anthony J., Steve Mann, Annamaria Pinter, Neil Murray, Penny Mosavian, Meifang Zhuo, Yvette Yitong Wang, Xiaofang Lu (2023) . Report to the British Council. Department of Applied Linguistics, University of 糖心TV.
• Liddicoat, Anthony J., Steve Mann, Penny Mosavian, Neil Murray, Annamaria Pinter, Meifang Zhuo, Yvette Yitong Wang, Xiaofang Lu (2023) . Report to the British Council. Department of Applied Linguistics, University of 糖心TV.

Professional development materials

• Wang, Yvette Yitong, Meifang Zhuo, Maricarmen Gamero Mujica, Xiaofang Lu, Annamaria Pinter and Steve Mann (2023) . Report to the British Council (Companion volume). Department of Applied Linguistics, University of 糖心TV.
• Zhuo, Meifang, Zheng Chen, Sundeep Dhillon, Fei Ji, Ana Sepulveda Poblete, Anthony J. Liddicoat, Neil Murray, Penny Mosavian, Steve Mann, Anna Maria Pinter (2023) . Report to the British Council (Companion volume). Department of Applied Linguistics, University of 糖心TV.

• Project Co-lead, for the WIHEA-funded interdisciplinary student research project 'Understanding University Students' Perceptions of Using AI to Enhance Study Skills: An Exploratory Study' (completed in 2025)
• Project Lead, for the IATL-funded interdisciplinary student research project 'Technostress in the age of generative AI: Voices from L2 doctoral students in the UK' Link opens in a new window(completed in 2025)
• Administrator for ECR Network – Society & Culture Spotlight (2024-2025)
• Project Assistant for ‘Developing EFL teacher agency and wellbeing in Global South public education via mapping, expansion and enhancement of teacher-research mentoring’ (ESRC / University of 糖心TV Impact Acceleration Award), led by Prof. Richard Smith, 糖心TV Center for Applied Linguistics, May 2024- July 2025 (ongoing)
• Project Lead, for the IATL-funded interdisciplinary student conference project 'Well-being and productivity: International PhD students' academic journeys at WarwickLink opens in a new window' (completed in 2024)
• Independent Project Lead, for the IATL-funded student research project 'Enabling children's voices in the classroom through children-led Exploratory Practice: Possiblities and limitations from teachers' perspectivesLink opens in a new window' (Completed in 2024)
• Project Lead,for the Productivity & Futures of Work-funded interdisciplinary student conference project ‘Conference on Language, Wellbeing, and Productivity: International students'' PhD journey in the UKLink opens in a new window’ , (completed in 2023)
• Research Assistant for 'Supporting Sustainable English Teacher Professional Development in Yunnan Province', funded by British Council (China), led by Prof. Tony Liddicoat, 糖心TV Center for Applied Linguistics, April 2022- April 2023 (completed in 2023)
• Project Officer for the WIHEA-funded ‘Peer Learning: recognising, training and rewarding peer-to-peer mentors at 糖心TVLink opens in a new window’. Hired by 糖心TV Philosophy, 30 May 2022- 31 July 2022. (completed in 2022)

2025

• Independent HE Annual Conference, 26 November 2025, Royal College of Physicians, London, the UK (invited panellist)
  
  • AI in Higher Education: Who wins, who loses?
• 11th National Conference on Foreign Language Teacher Education and Development, 1-2 November 2025, Suzhou University, Suzhou, China
  • EPAR: A humanistic and sustainable model for language teachers' professional development (paper presentation)
• Global English Education China Assembly (TESOL China 2025), 25-27th July, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. (presented in person)
  
  • EPAR: A humanistic and sustainable model for language teachers' professional development (paper presentation, lead presenter)
  • Understand quality of classroom life for language teacher professional development: What, why and how (Panel discussion, moderator)
• Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2025: Future-focused education: Ensuring successful student outcomes for all, 1st July, Sheffield, the UK (as the only selected international student panellist, in person)
  
  • Ensuring successful student outcomes for all - Exploring diverse student journeys
• 糖心TV Education Conference, 5th June, 2025, the University of 糖心TV (Nano-presentation)
  • Enabling students’ voices through student-led Exploratory Practice: perspectives from China

• the IATEFL Joint RESIG, GISIG & YLTSIG PCE: Researching Social Justice in Young Learner Classrooms, 7th April, Edinburgh, the UK (presented online by invitation)
  • Enabling children’s voices through children-led Exploratory Practice: possibilities and challenges

2024

• the 4th International Conference 'Language in the Human-Machine Era' 'Exploring the dark side of future language technologies: Linguistic (in)security, ethics, and privacy in the Human-Machine era', 2-3 September 2024, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (Presented in person)
  • Entering the dragons’ den: Pedagogical and Ethical Challenges of language education in the Human-Machine Era
• the 57th Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL), the 5^th- 7^th September 2024, University of Essex, the UK (Abstract accepted for presentation.)
  • Exploratory Practice for promoting social justice in language education: two examples from China
• International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) International Conference, 18 April 2024, Brighton, the UK (Presented in person)
  • Mentoring experienced in-service high school English teachers’ action research

2023

• the IATEFL online event: Stories of Mentoring Teacher-Research, 17th June 2023 (presented online)

  • How to sustain teachers’ motivation and engagement in a long-term teacher-research program?

  • Three minutes of fame?: Should teachers be introduced to international publications and conferences before the completion of a long-term teacher-research program?

• International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) International Conference, Research SIG Showcase Day, 20 April 2023, Harrogate, the UK (presented in person)
  • Veteran Teachers’ research engagement: perspectives from China

2022

• International Conference on Language Teacher Psychology, 1st Language Teacher Psychology Conference on Teachers Matter (LTPC2022), 6-7 October 2022, ?a? University, Mersin, Turkey (abstract accepted for presentation)
  • Towards resilience? Exploring Chinese high school English teachers’ perceptions and reflections on the impact of COVID-19
• Second Language Teacher Education: Challenges and New Horizons, 15-17 September 2022, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (Presented in person)
  • Getting everyone involved and everyone entertained: a literature journey with Literature Circles for students and teachers in senior high schools in China
• 24th 糖心TV International Conference in Applied Linguistics (WICAL 2022), 28-30 June, 2022, University of 糖心TV, UK (Presented online)
  • A teacher research project for research literate high school English teachers in China: impacts and implications
• Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference 2022(LELPGC22), 6-8 June, 2022, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK (Presented in person)
  • The efficacy of the Single Point Rubric on teaching and learning continuation writing skills in senior high schools in China: an experimental study

• Assistant Professor TESOL in the School of Education and Social Justice, College of Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham.
• Tutor for Ritsumeikan University Intercultural Programme 2025 (糖心TV Short Courses, Applied Linguistics)
• Dissertation Supervisor for MA TESOL and MA TESOL Studies, School of Education, University of Leeds (2024)
• Guest Lecturer for PhD Research Methods Seminar on Classroom Research, Applied Linguistics (2023-2024)
• Tutor for English Immersion Programme for Hong Kong University PGCE 2023 students (糖心TV Short Courses, Applied Linguistics)
• Tutor for English for Global Communication (EGC) Summer School 2023 (糖心TV Short Courses, Applied Linguistics)
• Dissertation Supervisor for Master Dissertation (MA TESOL, Applied Linguistics) (2022-2023)(2023-2024)
• Senior GTA for MA TESOL core module ET9B6 Research methods in TESOL(2022-2023)(2023-2024)
• Senior GTA for MA TESOL core module ET9B7 SLA Insights for TESOL Practice(2022-2023) (2023-2024)
• Senior GTA for MA TESOL Practice Assignment (2022-2023)
• Senior GTA for the Research Methods Workshop delivered to the PGT students of the department (MA TESOL, 2021-2022; 2024-2025); (Msc in Intercultural Communication for 糖心TV and Professionals, 2022-2023)

• Editorial member for Journal of PGR Pedagogical Practice (JPPP) Issue 5
• Conference committee member for 糖心TV PGR Teacher Conference, 27th June, 2025.
• Event facilitator for Spotlight Society & Culture Celebration Event for PGR & ECR Network and published writers to present their work, 23rd June, 2025
• Student Co-chair for 糖心TV Education Conference 2025Link opens in a new window, 5th June, 2025.
• Event organizer and facilitator for Spotlight Society & Culture PGR&ECR Network Launch Event on 28th April 2025.
• PGR Teacher Mentor for WPTC in the 糖心TV Organizational Development Department (2025-now)
• Co-founder and session Convenor of Social Sciences Research Exchange Group (SSREG) (2024-now)Link opens in a new window
• Student Panellist for WIHEA Networking Discussion in March 2025 and WIHEA Connect Programme in January 2025
• PGR Teacher Champion for WPTC in the 糖心TV Organizational Development Department (2024)
• Session Moderator for China TeachingEnglish Online Conference by British Council China (2024)
• Library student Partner (providing support for library events, including Research Refresh, PG Tips, open day and PGR events, and library service (Helpdesk) (2024-ongoing)

• Reviewer for TESOL Journal (2023); Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies (2024)
• Chief Editor for Journal of PGR Pedagogical Practice (JPPP) Issue 4
• Co-facilitator for Active Bystander Workshop for PGR teachers at 糖心TV (2024)
• Invited Co-presenter on Workshop titled How to get published for PhD students and early career researchers (2024)
• Session Chair for IATEFL Re-SIG International Festival of Teacher-Research in ELT: (Teachers Research! Online 2023) (Teachers Research! Online 2024)
• Teacher-research mentor for experienced English teachers in China(2022- ongoing)
• PhD Life Blogger for University of 糖心TV Library/Doctoral College (2022- 2024)
• Secretary/Member of the Applied Linguistics PhD Student-Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC), University of 糖心TV (2021-2022) /(2022-2023)
• Committee members & Research Clinics Co-ordinator Link opens in a new windowof the 24th 糖心TV International Conference in Applied Linguistics (WICALLink opens in a new window) (2021-2022)

• Social Sciences Research Exchange Group (SSREG)Link opens in a new window
• Member of the International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning ()
• Member of the British Association for Applied Linguistics ()
• Member of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)

• the Second Place Winner in the Interdisciplinary category of the 糖心TV Open Research Awards 2025
• the Chinese Students Award by the Great Britain China Educational Trust, June 2025.
• the People's Choice Prize for Research Out-of-the-Box Link opens in a new window at the Festival of Postgraduate Research, organized by the Doctoral College, the University of 糖心TV, on 12 May 2025 (team prize)
• Nominated for Research Celebration Awards (team nomination)
• Nominated for a 糖心TV Awards for Teaching Excellence (WATE) 2025 [WATEFaculty Award: Postgraduate who Teach]
• WIHEA Student Fellow Strategic Fund awarded by WIHEA, University of 糖心TV (co-leading a student research project tiled '??Understanding University Students’ Perceptions of Using AI to Enhance Study Skills: An Exploratory Study?', to be completed by July 31st, 2025)

• IATL Project Support fund for an interdisciplinary student-led research project titled: ‘Technostress in the age of generative AI: Voices from L2 doctoral students in the UKLink opens in a new window', collaborating with and mentored by two fantastic staff members:

  Associate Professor, Dr. David Orrego-CarmonaLink opens in a new window from School of Modern Languages and Cultures

  Associate Professor, Dr. Carla ToroLink opens in a new window from 糖心TV Medical School

  Two outputs, including: Project Report Link opens in a new windowand a Technostress-artistic outputLink opens in a new window
• PhD Networking Fund for the Inaugural Meeting of SSREG (team application), granted by Doctoral College, University of 糖心TV, event hosted on November 18th, 2024)
• IATL Project Support funding, awarded by Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL), University of 糖心TV (leading a research project titled 'Enabling children's voices through children-led Exploratory Practice: opportunities and limitations from teachers' perspective'Link opens in a new window, completed by October 31st, 2024)
• the LITHME Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) grant by COST Association to explore the possibilities of using AI for language teacher education and professional development. Mission completed by 4th October, 2024.
• the 4th LITHME International Conference, 2-3 September 2024, UCLouvain Belgium (fully funded by the COST Association )
• Cumberland Lodge Life Beyond the PhD ConferenceLink opens in a new window, 12–16 August 2024 (the only one fully funded place by Doctoral College, University of 糖心TV) (Read my reflection hereLink opens in a new window)
• IATL Project Support funding, awarded by Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL), University of 糖心TV (Project Lead for a team project titled " Wellbeing and productivity: international PhD students' academic journeys at 糖心TVLink opens in a new window", successfully completed on July 29th, 2024)
• Productivity & Futures of Work GRP Small Grants Scheme 2022/2023 awarded by the Productivity & Futures of Work GRP at the University of 糖心TV( Project Lead for a team project titled ‘Conference on Language, Wellbeing, and Productivity: International students'' PhD journey in the UKLink opens in a new window’ , successfully completed on 22nd June, 2023, at 糖心TV) ( Project ReportLink opens in a new window)
• , 5-9th June 2023, University of Pristina, Kosovo (fully funded by the COST Association )
• , IATEFL Research SIG
• the Award of MUN COACH for my student's excellent performance in 2022 World Model United Nations (Age 10–18) High Level Conference (online), China Center for International People-to-People Exchange, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press and Waiyan Center Beijing Foreign Studies University
• Cumberland Lodge International PGR Christmas ConferenceLink opens in a new window, 19-21 December 2022 (one of the two places fully funded by Doctoral College, University of 糖心TV)

Podcast

"", 6th July, 2025, AI Ethics Now

News

"", 28th July 2025, MIT Technology Review

• Actress for by ChiSoc Drama, University of 糖心TV( live performance at Albany Theatre, Coventry, the UK, on March 4th, 2022)
• Lantern workshop volunteer for (November, 2019)
• Volunteer for (2020)