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Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Virginie Pignot-Shahov

Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Vocabulary learning and teaching
  • Engagement in language learning

Email: v.pignot-shahov@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Dr Will Baker

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • English as a lingua franca and Global Englishes
  • Intercultural and Transcultural communication
  • English as a medium of instruction and education

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: w.baker@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Dr Ying Wang

Lecturer B

Research interests

  • Global Englishes
  • English as a lingua franca
  • language ideologies and identities

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: ying.wang@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Dr Ying Zheng PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Psychometrics and test validation; Human scoring vs. machine scoring; Statistics in applied linguistics; Comparative Judgement in language testing
  • Mandarin exams in the UK school system, including A-Level and GCSE exams; Mandarin Chinese teachers’ professional development
  • Learner motivation and language teaching pedagogy; ESL/EFL learner characteristics and test performance

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: ying.zheng@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF