Dr ZHANG, Shuting    張舒婷 博士
Research Assistant Professor
Graduate School
Contact
ORCiD
0000-0001-6514-6420
Phone
(852) 2948 6743
Email
zshuting@eduhk.hk
Address
10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Website
https://pappl.eduhk.hk/rich/web/person.xhtml?pid=287677&name=ZHANG, Shuting
Scopus ID
58075299100
Research Interests
  • Second language acquisition
  • Learner emotions
  • Online social networking
  • Wellbeing
Personal Profile

Dr. Shuting Zhang is currently a Research Assistant Professor at The Education University of Hong Kong. She received her PhD in English Language Education from The University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include second language (L2) acquisition, affective factors in L2 learning (e.g., emotions, motivation, and self-efficacy), individual differences, digital literacy, online social networking, and well-being. She has expertise in quantitative research, survey design, and advanced statistical analysis.

Research Interests
  • Second language acquisition
  • Learner emotions
  • Online social networking
  • Wellbeing
Research Outputs
Journal Publications
Gu, M.Y.M., Zhang, S., Lee, J.C.K., Chiu, M.M., & Wei, L. (2025). Digital Trans-literacies on Social Media: The Shaping Effect on Youth Self-concept Clarity and Well-being. Multilingua, Online First, online. https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2024-0175
Zhang, S., & Lai, C. (2024). Out-of-class English learning anxiety and its relation to motivation among Chinese university English majors. System, 124, 103384.
Zhang, S., & Lai, C. (2023). Investigation of factors underlying foreign language classroom anxiety in Chinese university English majors. Applied Linguistics Review, 0, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2021-0062
Zhang, S., Gu, M., M., Sun, W., & Jin, T. (2024). Digital literacy competence, digital literacy practices and teacher identity among pre-service teachers. Journal of Education for Teaching, 50(3), 464-478. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2023.2283426

Conference Papers
Zhu, L., Zhang, S., & Gu, M.M. (2025, July). A Structural Model of University Students’ Self-concept Clarity: The Role of Online Network Management, Translanguaging Use, and Identity Exploration. The 9th Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics (HAAL) Conference, Hong Kong. https://haalconference2025.wixsite.com/haal-2025
Zhang, S. Coping strategies for in-class and out-of-class language learning anxiety. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference – Houston, Texas, March 16-19, 2024. 
Zhang, S. The association of the L2 Motivational Self System with L2 classroom anxiety. The 8th Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics (HAAL) Conference, July 15, 2023.
Zhang, S. (2022, 12). The variation in foreign language classroom anxiety across face-to-face and online learning settings among Chinese university English majors. Paper presented at International Congress on English Language Education and Applied Linguistics (ICELEAL2022), Hong Kong SAR, China.
Zhang, S. (2019, July). The effects of foreign language anxiety: Teachers’ and students’ perspectives. The European Conference on Language Learning, Birkbeck, University of London & University College London (UCL), UK.
Zhang, S. (2019, June). Examining the relationship between Chinese EFL majors’ language anxiety and motivation. Inaugural Conference on Language Teaching and Learning: Cognition and Identity, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Projects
The Relationship between Out-of-class L2 Learning Experiences and L2 Learners’ Emotions, Motivation, and Self-efficacy among University Students

Project Start Year: 2025, Principal Investigator(s): ZHANG, Shuting