Dr ZHANG, Danyang
Associate Professor, Distinguish Research Fellow, PhD Supervisor, PhD (Cantab)
Research Interests: Technology-enhanced Language Learning, International Communication, Second Language Education
Email: danyangzhang@szu.edu.cn
ORCID: 0000-0003-2514-9488
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Danyang-Zhang-2
Dr Danyang Zhang is a Tenured Associate Professor, Distinguished Research Fellow, and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of International Studies, Shenzhen University, and is recognised as a Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent. She obtained her PhD in Education from the University of Cambridge and two master's degrees from University College London. Her research focuses on technology-assisted language learning, international communication, and second language education.
Dr Zhang is currently a principal investigator on projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China and on several provincial-level projects. She serves as a board member of several academic associations, including ChinaCALL and PacCALL. She is an Editorial Board Member of ReCALL (SSCI Q1) and Associate Editor of Artificial Intelligence in Language Education and Applied Language Sciences, and serves as a reviewer for multiple SSCI journals. She has also served as Academic Advisor to the Cambridge China Education Forum (CCEF) and as Vice Chair of a sub-forum at the Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE).
She has been recognised with a range of honours, including the SZU Youth Pioneer Medal, SZU Emerging Graduate Supervisor, SZU Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher, and SZU Outstanding Internship Advisor. Her teaching and research achievements have earned awards such as the Grand Prize of the 2nd SFLEP Cup National University Foreign Language Teachers' Teaching and Research Paper Competition, the 2026 Outstanding Smart Education Case Award, the Best Educational Technology Paper at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, and the SZU Outstanding Teaching and Research Achievement Award. As a key contributor, she has also received the Second Prize in the 2025 Guangdong Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award, the Grand Prize in the 2024 5th Shenzhen Municipal Teaching Achievement Award (Higher Education Category), and the Grand Prize in the 2023 1st Yantian District (Shenzhen) Teaching Achievement Award (Basic Education Category).
Education Background:
2010.8-2014.6: Bachelor of Arts in Journalism , Northeastern University（China）
2014.10-2015.9: Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics ,University College London
2015.10-2016.9: Master of Arts in Educational Technology , University College London
2016.10-2020.7: Ph.D. in Education , University of Cambridge
Working Experience:
2020.8-2014.6 Assistant Professor at the College of International Studies, Shenzhen University
2023.6-2026.7 Associate Dean at the College of International Studies, Shenzhen University
2024.3-Present Associate Professor at the College of International Studies, Shenzhen University
Ongoing Projects:
1. September 2022-Present: National Social Science Fund Youth Project (Principal Investigator, Ongoing)
2. September 2025-Present: Guangdong Provincial Education Science Planning Project (Higher Education Special Project) (Principal Investigator, Ongoing)
3. July 2025-Present: Guangdong Provincial Department of Education Graduate Education Innovation Program Project (Principal Investigator, Ongoing)
4. June 2025-Present: Shenzhen University Key Project of Teaching Reform Research (Principal Investigator, Ongoing)
5. September 2024-Present: 2024 Annual Higher Education Scientific Research Planning Project of China Association of Higher Education (Principal Investigator, Ongoing)
Completed Projects:
1. September 2021-July 2024: Key Project of Foreign Language Informatization Special Project under the 14th Five-Year Plan of Guangdong Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Planning (Principal Investigator, Completed, Excellent Grade)
2. November 2021-May 2024: 2021 Annual Key Project of the 14th Five-Year Plan of Shenzhen Municipal Education Science (Principal Investigator, Completed)
3. November 2021-November 2022: Shenzhen University "Four Ones" Pilot Project of Curriculum Ideology and Politics (Principal Investigator, Completed)
4. August 2020-August 2023: Youth Teacher Research Initiation Project for the Second Phase of Shenzhen University's High-Level University Construction (Principal Investigator, Completed)
Key Publications:
1. Zhang, D., Li, D., & Guo, K. (2026). From passive consumers to critical creators: enhancing university students’ new media literacy through AI-enhanced digital multimodal composing. Interactive Learning Environments, 1–25. (SSCI Q1)
2. Zhang, D., & Wu, J. G. (2026). Mobile augmented reality (MAR) in technology-enhanced language learning: theoretical underpinnings, affordances, and future directions. In L. McCallum & D. Tafazoli (Eds.), The Palgrave encyclopedia of computer-assisted language learning. Palgrave Macmillan.
3. Pérez-Paredes, P., & Zhang, D. (2026). Mobile dictionaries and apps for vocabulary learning. In F. Farr & L. Murray (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology (2nd ed., pp. 313–330). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003412212-25
4. Zhang, D., Wen, L., & Wu, J. G. (2025). Structured or semi-structured? The use of reflection journals in postgraduates’ generative artificial intelligence literacy development in an L2 academic writing context. European Journal of Education, 60(3), Article e70189. (SSCI Q1)
5. Zhang, D., Hennessy, S., & Pérez-Paredes, P. (2025). An investigation of Chinese EFL learners’ acceptance of mobile dictionaries in English language learning. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 38(3), 317–341. (SSCI Q1)
6. Zhang, D., Wu, J. G., & Fu, Z. (2025). Improving pre-service English teachers’ native cultural knowledge and English language knowledge of native culture in a PBL classroom. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 19(1), 1–15. (SSCI Q1)
7. Cheng, Z., Zhang, D., Peng, S., Xiong, X., & Xiong, Q. (2025). Digital diaries supporting self-regulated learning during in-person and online transitions. The Internet and Higher Education, 65, 100994. (SSCI Q1, Corresponding Author)
8. Wu, J. G., Zhang, D., Lee, S. M., & Xian, J. (2025). Game on! Digital gaming and augmented reality/virtual reality in language learning. International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), 15(1), 1–15. (Corresponding Author)
9. Zhang, D., Wu, J. G., & Fu, Z. (2024). From shy to fly: facilitating EFL learners’ willingness to communicate with an AI chatbot and an intelligent tutoring system. System, 127, 103501. (SSCI Q1)
10. Zhang, D., & Pérez-Paredes, P. (2024). Chinese EFL learners’ use of mobile dictionaries in reading comprehension tasks. System, 121, 103221. (SSCI Q1)
11. Teng, M. F., & Zhang, D. (2024). Task-induced involvement load, vocabulary learning in a foreign language, and their association with metacognition. Language Teaching Research, 28(2), 531–555. (SSCI Q1, Corresponding Author)
12. Teng, M. F., & Zhang, D. (2024). Vocabulary learning in a foreign language: multimedia input, sentence-writing task, and their combination. Applied Linguistics Review, 15(5), 2123–2148. (SSCI Q2, Corresponding Author)
13. Wu, J. G., Zhang, D., & Lee, S. M. (2023). Into the brave new metaverse: envisaging future language teaching and learning. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 17, 44–53. (SCI/SSCI Q1, Corresponding Author)
14. Teng, M. F., & Zhang, D. (2023). The associations between working memory and the effects of multimedia input on L2 vocabulary learning. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 61(3), 1021–1049. (SSCI Q1)
15. Zhang, D., & Wu, Y. (2023). Becoming smart “digital natives”: cultivating Chinese English majors’ new media literacy via Journalism English reading and listening. Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning, 3(2), 263–286.
16. Pérez-Paredes, P., & Zhang, D. (2022). Mobile assisted language learning: scope, praxis and theory. Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria De Didáctica De Las Lenguas Extranjeras, 11–25. (SSCI Q2, Corresponding Author)
17. Zhang, D., & Pérez-Paredes, P. (2021). Chinese postgraduate EFL learners’ self-directed use of mobile English learning resources. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 34(8), 1128–1153. (SSCI Q1)
18. 张丹阳，贾陆依，金娜娜. 多语种人文导读系列教材——英语拓展阅读教程[M]. 广州：华南理工大学出版社，2025.
19. 张丹阳，辜向东. 信息技术辅助下英语师范专业课程思政创新模式探究——以《多媒体与外语教学》中的中国文化内容为例[J]. 外语电化教学，2022(4)：34-41. (CSSCI)
20. 张丹阳，江丰光. 基于设计思维的师范生多媒体教学能力培养研究[J]. 教学研究，2022，45(4)：46-53.
