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Dr Zhang Limei

Dean of Academic Affairs /Senior Lecturer

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Tel : (65) 6467 5667 #308

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Email : limei.zhang@sccl.sg

Educational Background

PhD
National Institute of Education,
Nanyang Technological University

MA
Jilin University

BA
Northeast Normal University

Courses Conducted

  • Language Testing: Design, Analysis and Classroom Practice
  • Quantitative Research and Data Analysis
  • Formative assessment and summative assessment
  • Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

Research Interests

  • Language assessment and classroom teaching, assessment literacy
  • Second language acquisition
  • Research methods, bilingualism and biliteracy, 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 (2019), Ministry of Education, Singapore
  • TOEFL Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment (2013), ETS, USA

Selected Publications

Scholarly Books

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

Book Chapters

  • Zhang, L.M., & Soh, K.C. (In press) Chinese Language Teachers’ Knowledge of and Training Needs for Assessment Literacy. In Soh, K.C. (Ed.), Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore – Retrospect and Challenge. Springer.
  • Kunnan, A.J., & Zhang, L.M. (2015) Responsibility in language assessment. In Yang, H. (Ed.), The sociology of language testing (211-231). Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Press.

Journal Articles

  • Zhang, L.M., 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)
  • Zhang, L.M. (2014) A structural equation modeling approach to investigating test takers’ strategy use and their EFL reading test performance. Asian EFL Journal, 2014 (75).
  • Zhang, L.M., 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. Asian EFL Journal, 11 (1), pp. 76-120.
  • Zhang, L.M., Aryadoust, V., & Zhang, L.J. (2014) Development and validation of the Test Takers' Metacognitive Awareness Reading Questionnaire. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 23 (1), pp. 37-51.
  • Zhang, L.M., & 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.
  • Goh, C.M.C., & Zhang. L.M. (2013) Metacognitive theory and research in second language listening and reading: A comparative critical review. Contemporary Foreign Language Studies, 396 (12), pp. 94-110.
  • Zhang. L.M. (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

  • 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.
  • Zhang, L.M., 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.
  • Zhang, L.M., 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.
  • Zhang, L.M., 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.
  • Zhang, L.M. (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

  • Zhang, L.M. (2015, November). Formative Assessment and Classroom Teaching. Keynote Address, Singapore Special Assistance Plan School, Singapore.

Invited Speeches

  • Limei Zhang (2017, November). Assessment of Literacy of Singapore Primary Chinese Language Teachers. Assessing World Language Conference, Macau.