Junlong Li is a DPhil candidate in Education at St Antony’s College. His research interests focus on the English-medium instruction policy, translanguaging, and language learning motivation in the Chinese context.
Junlong obtained his BA (Hons) in English Education at Shenzhen University and MPhil in Education (Research in Second Language Education) at the University of Cambridge with Distinction. Junlong is CELTA-qualified. Prior to his DPhil study, he served as a secondary school English teacher and an IELTS teacher in China.
Junlong has published and reviewed articles in several top-tier applied linguistics journals. He has also presented papers and posters at many international conferences. Junlong is keen on contributing new insights to language education in China.
DPhil topic
Junlong Li’s doctoral research delves into the development of Chinese students’ English learning motivation, learning experiences, and use of the Chinese language during the transition to an English-medium university in China. His DPhil project will provide pedagogical implications for improving motivational strategies, multilingual pedagogies, classroom language planning, and language support in English-medium higher education in China.
