Rong ZHANG

Research title: EFL learners' Literary Encounter with Audible Young Adult Fiction: A Text-world Theory Perspective

Research Summary

My research sits at the intersection of literature and education, trying to engage language learners to read literature effortlessly and happily. Other research interests include:

  • Reader response theory
  • Children's literature and Young Adult (YA) literature 
  • Stylistics and Text World Theory 
  • Reading for Pleasure
  • Multimodal literacy 

Publications

ZHANG, R. (2022) Validating an EFL Summative Test in Business English Major at a Chinese University. English Language Teaching and Linguistics Studies, 5(3), pp. 167-178. (doi:10.22158/ape.v5n3p167) 

 

Supervisors

Conference

Zhang, R. (2023) Exploring the Impact of Social Annotation on Reading Comprehension and Critical Thinking. 19th ChinaCALL Conference, Inner Mongolia Normal University, China, 10-12 August 2023.

Additional Information

Educational background

  • 2017-2021: Beijing Foreign Studies University, China (Bachelor in Management Science)
  • 2021-2022: University of Reading, Institute of Education (Master of Arts)
  • 2023 to present: University of Glasgow, PhD student

Rong Zhang