Name: Zixuan Li
Gender: Female
Title: Lecturer
E-mail: zixuanli@seu.edu.cn
Address: Department of English, 7th Floor, New Liberal Arts Building, Jiulonghu Campus, Southeast University
Zixuan Li is a Lecturer and Master’s Supervisor at the School of Foreign Languages, Southeast University. She received her PhD in Education (Research in Second Language Education) from the University of Cambridge in 2024. Her research interests include language learning psychology, multilingual learning motivation, positive psychology, and AI-assisted language learning.
In recent years, she has published research articles in several SSCI Q1 journals. She currently serves as a peer reviewer for journals and international conferences, including System, Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, and Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. She previously served as Associate Editor of The Cambridge Educational Research e-Journal (CERJ) and was responsible for coordinating a sub-forum of the Cambridge China Education Forum. In 2025, she was selected for the Jiangsu Province “Double Innovation Doctoral Talent Program.”
Education
Oct 2020 – Jul 2024 PhD in Education (Research in Second Language Education), University of Cambridge, UK
Oct 2019 – Sep 2020 MPhil in Research in Second Language Education, University of Cambridge, UK
Sep 2015 – Jul 2019 BA in English, Southeast University, China
Work Experience
Dec 2022 – Apr 2023 Research Assistant, Cynosure Evaluation Limited, Cambridge, UK
Sep 2022 – Jun 2023 Undergraduate Supervisor, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Major Publications
Zhang, Y., & Li, Z. (2026). Assessing GenAI-assisted digital multimodal composing: Reconceptualizing a genre-based framework through self-assessment and peer assessment. Assessing Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2026.101017
Li, Z. (2025). Modelling the relationship between the L2 learning experience and future L2 self guides: an investigation into Chinese learners’ LOTE motivation. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2025.2545394
Li, Z. (2025). Navigating Motivational Fluctuations in Learning Languages Other Than English: The Role of Learning Experience in Shaping L2 Self‐Guides. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12757
Li, Z. (2023). The development and validation of a scale for measuring L2 learning experience: the underappreciated element of the L2 Motivational Self System. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2023.2241854
Li, Z., & Liu, Y. (2023). Theorising language learning experience in LOTE motivation with PERMA: A positive psychology perspective. System, 112, 102975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2022.102975
Li, Z. (2022). Review of Researching language learning motivation: A concise guide by Ali H. Al-Hoorie and Fruzsina Szabó. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 12(3), 515-520. https://doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.2022.12.3.9
