This paper explores agency fluctuations and identity transformations in Chinese English-majors and how they are related to the process of English learning. By tracing a group of students for four years in a Chinese un...
supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China(GRF Project No.HKBU 12403214)
Following years of pre-service teacher education,novice teachers are often enthusiastic about embarking on the journey in the teaching profession.However,they may not always possess the internal capacity and instituti...
This paper reviews key constructs explored in this special issue of Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics, including autonomy, agency and identity in foreign/second language education. We first explore and compare, i...
This paper reports on a mixed method inquiry into the use of vocabulary learning strategies and their development as strategic vocabulary learners in a key middle school on the Chinese mainland. In the inquiry, 475 fi...