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Dr Zhang Limei

Dean of Academic Affairs /Senior Lecturer

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Tel : (65) 6467 5667 #601

Email : limei.zhang@sccl.sg

Educational Background

PhD
National Institute of Education,
Nanyang Technological University

MA
Nanyang Technology University
Jilin University

BA
Northeast Normal University

WSQ
WSQ Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP), Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore

Courses Conducted

  • Language Testing: Design, Analysis and Classroom Practice
  • Teacher Assessment Literacy
  • Quantitative Research and Data Analysis
  • Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

Research Interests

  • Language assessment and classroom teaching, assessment literacy
  • Teacher assessment literacy,
  • Reading and writing research,
  • Metacognition and second language teaching and learning,
  • Theories and practice of translation

Teaching and Research Experience

  • Senior Lecturer, Singapore Centre for Chinese Language
  • Associate Professor, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics

Others (awards, contribution, etc)

  • MOE Innergy (HQ) Silver Award, Ministry of Education, Singapore
  • TOEFL Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment, ETS, USA

Selected Publications

Scholarly Books

  1. Limei Zhang (2017) Metacognitive and cognitive strategy use and reading comprehension: A structural equation modeling approach. Singapore: Springer.
  2. Zhang, L. (2015) Selected Translation of the Travel Notes from the. Beijing: Commercial Press.

Book Chapters

  1. Zhang, L., Luo, W. (2019) Application of exploratory factor analysis in language assessment: Examination of test takers' strategy use. In (Eds.), Handbook of Language Assessment (243-260). London: Routledge.
  2. Zhang, L. (2018) Investigating the training needs of assessment literacy among Singapore primary Chinese language teachers. In (Eds.), Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore - Efforts and Possibilities (167-177). Singapore: Springer.
  3. Zhang, L., Soh, K.C. (2016) Assessment literacy of Singapore Chinese language teachers in primary and secondary schools. In Soh, K.C. (Eds.), Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore - Retrospect and Challenge (85-103). Singapore: Springer.
  4. Kunnan, A.J., & Zhang, L. (2015) Responsibility in language assessment. In Yang, H. (Ed.), The sociology of language testing (211-231). Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Press.

Journal Articles

  1. Zhang, L., Yu, X., Goh, C. C. M. (2024) Improving performance and metacognitive awareness in listening through metacognitive instruction for Chinese language learners. RELC Journal, 2 (55), 578-585.
  2. Zhang, L. (2023) Empowering Chinese college students in English as a foreign language writing classes: Translanguaging with translation methods. Frontier in Psychology, 2023 (), 01-11.
  3. Zhang, L., Shi, L. (2019) Error analysis of Chinese character writing among Singapore secondary students with different language use at home. Research on Chinese as a Second Language, 2019 (20), 153-161.
  4. Zhang, L., Foo, S.F. (2018) Investigating the training needs of assessment literacy among Singapore primary Chinese language teachers. Journal of Chinese Language Education, 2 (16), 54-65.
  5. Zhang, L., Chin, C.K., Gong, C., Min, Y., & Tay, B.P. (2016) An Investigation into Strategies Used by Singapore Lower Secondary Students in Chinese Composition Writing. Journal of Chinese Language Education, 1 (14), pp. 19-32. (ISSN: 0219-810X)
  6. Zhang, L. (2016) Chinese college test takers' individual differences and reading test performance: A structural equation modelling approach. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 3 (122), 725-741.
  7. Zhang, L. (2014) A structural equation modeling approach to investigating test takers’ strategy use and their EFL reading test performance. Asian EFL Journal, 23 (1), 153-188.
  8. Zhang, L., Goh, C.M.C., & Kunnan, A.J. (2014) Analysis of test takers’ metacognitive and cognitive strategy use and EFL reading test performance: A multi-sample SEM approach. Language Assessment Quarterly, 11 (1), pp. 76-120.
  9. Zhang, L., Aryadoust, V., & Zhang, L.J. (2014) Development and validation of the Test Takers' Metacognitive Awareness Reading Questionnaire.. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 1 (23), 37-51.
  10. Zhang, L., & Zhang, L.J. (2013) Relationships between Chinese college test takers’ strategy use and EFL reading test performance: A structural equation modeling approach. RELC Journal, 44 (1), pp. 35-57.
  11. Goh, C.M.C., & Zhang. L. (2013) Metacognitive theory and research in second language listening and reading: A comparative critical review. Contemporary Foreign Language Studies, 396 (12), pp. 94-110.
  12. Zhang. L. (2012) Metacognitive and cognitive strategy use and EFL reading test performance: A study of Chinese college students. SAAL Quarterly, 2012 (98), pp. 14-17.

Conference Papers

  1. Zhang, L., Chau, S.K., Chan, K.T., Lee, W.H., Lin, R. (2024, August) Investigating Singapore Chinese language teachers' assessment literacy: Knowledge, attitudes and practices. Paper presented at The 10th International Conference of the Asian Association for Language Assessment, Shanghai.
  2. 黄婉玉, 张丽妹 (2019, July) Literature Review on Application of ICT in Education of Chinese as a Second Language. Paper presented at The 17th International Conference on Teaching and Learning Chinese in Higher Education, Lancaster, UK.
  3. Zhang, L., Chin, C.K., Gong, C., Min, Y., & Tay, B.P. (2016, May) The Use of English in the Composing Process of Chinese Essays among Singapore Lower Secondary Students. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong University of Education.
  4. Zhang, L., Chin, C.K., Gong, C., Min, Y., Tay, B.P., Cui, J.Y., Jyi, F-C., & Luo, Y. (2015, September) Investigating the Relationships between. Paper presented at Fourth International Conference on the Teaching and Learning of Chinese as a Second Language, Singapore: SCCL/NTU.
  5. Zhang, L., Chin, C.K., Gong, C., & Tay, B.P. (2015, June) Understanding the Writing Processes and Difficulties in Chinese Narrative Writing among Lower Secondary Students in Singapore. Paper presented at the Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference, Singapore: NIE/NTU.
  6. Zhang, L. (2014, May) Investigating the relationships between test takers’ cognitive and metacognitive strategy use and ESL reading test performance. Paper presented at the International Association for Educational Assessment, Singapore.

Keynote Addresses

  1. Zhang, L. (2024, April). Providing Language Feedback Using Automated Marking Tools. Keynote Address, Expert Lecture on Technology in Education for CPDD Senior Specialist, Singapore.
  2. Zhang, L. (2019, March). Teaching Narratives Using the Chinese Essay Guiding System. Keynote Address, The 4th Anglican High School Symposium, Singapore.
  3. Zhang, L. (2017, August). An Investigation of Chinese Composition Writing Processes and Difficulties among Lower Secondary Students in Singapore and its Implication for the Development of Chinese Essay Guiding System. Keynote Address, CPDD/MOE, ALC/NIE and SCCL Tripartite Seminar, Singapore.
  4. Zhang, L. (2015, November). Formative Assessment and Classroom Teaching. Keynote Address, Singapore Special Assistance Plan School, Singapore.

Invited Speeches

  1. Zhang, L. (2025, May). The Effect of Metacognitive Instruction on Chinese Listening Comprehension and Metacognitive Awareness among Singapore Secondary Students. The 10th International Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Discipline Formation and Development, Hong Kong.
  2. Zhang, L. (2024, November). Engaging Students in Effective Feedback: Theory and Practice. Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies Lecture & Talk, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
  3. Zhang, L. (2023, May). Research Informed ICT Integration in Chinese Language Teaching and Learning. Spotlight Session at Teachers' Conference and ExCEL Fest 2023, Singapore.
  4. Zhang, L. (2018, November). Assessing Chinese Characters: The Effect of Phonetic and Semantic Radicals on the Identification of Chinese Phonograms. Second Assessing World Languages Conference, Macau.
  5. Limei Zhang (2017, November). Assessment of Literacy of Singapore Primary Chinese Language Teachers. Assessing World Language Conference, Macau.