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Daguo Li

Deputy Director NCLL, Lecturer in Education

PhD thesis

Motivation, Learner Strategies and Social Networks in Second Language Acquisition in Chinese Research Students, University of Reading 2001

Research interests

Second/Foreign language teaching and learning; international education

Research awards

Adaptation, integration and academic success by Chinese students: Does evidence-based targeted support make a difference?, University of Reading Research Endowment Trust Fund

Publications

Li, D. (2008) Enhancing the international experience of Chinese students in the UK: student support within a partnership scheme. In: Proceedings of the 11th APSSA International Conference, vol.2, 174–185.

Li, D. (2007) Coping with linguistic challenges in UK Higher Education: The use of strategies by Chinese research students. Language Learning Journal, 35: 205–219.

Li, D. (2006) Motivation in second language acquisition in Chinese research students in the UK. Evaluation and Research in Education, 19: 38–58.

Li, D. (2001) Motivation, Learner Strategies, and Social Networks in Second Language Acquisition in Chinese Research Students. Unpublished PhD thesis, The University of Reading.

Edwards, V., An, R. and Li, D. (2007) Uneven playing field or falling standards: Chinese students' competence in English. In Race Ethnicity & Education, 10: 387–400.

Conference presentations

Enhancing the international experience of Chinese students in the UK: student support within a partnership scheme; paper presented at the 11th APSSA International Conference, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, October 2008

Motivation in second language acquisition in Chinese research students; paper presented at the international conference on The New Communicators: Graduates with Languages – Teaching Modern Languages in Universities in the 21st Century, Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (CILT), Nottingham, 2000

Motivation in second language acquisition in Chinese research students; paper presented at the Research Forum on Motivation in Learning, Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (CILT), London, 1999