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Shu Zhou

Shu Zhou

Lecturer / Director
Office:226C
Email:zhoushu@dufe.edu.cn

Educational Background

2012     M.A. TESOL     Durham University, UK

2011     B.A.  Law         Capital Normal University

Work Experience

2019.11-Present     Lecturer/Director of Centre for Academic English Studies, Surrey International Institute, DUFE

2014.09- 2019.11   Lecturer of Centre for Academic English Studies, Surrey International Institute, DUFE

2012.11-2014.09    Assistant to Associate Dean (Surrey), Surrey International Institute, DUFE

Main Courses

Academic Speaking, Academic Writing

Research Areas

Generative AI-assisted second language teaching & learning, EAP Curriculum Assessment & Pedagogical Innovation

Research Achievements

1.Zhou, S, & Du Preez, G. D. (2025). Bringing Cinderella into spotlight: GenAI-assisted grammar acquisition in academic writing. 

Language Learning & Technology(SSCI一区), 29(1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73639

2.Zhou, S., Zhao, S., & Groves, M. (2022). Towards a digital bilingualism? Students' use of machine translation in international 

higher education. Journal of English for Academic Purposes (SSCI一区), 60, Article 101193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2022.101193


Research Projects

1. Principal Investigator of the project: A Study on the Enhancement of Liaoning Province's International Image from the Perspective of Language Services, funded by the Department of Education of Liaoning Province, 2024, ongoing.

2. Principal Investigator of the project: Basis, Challenges, and Strategies for Integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence into Foreign Language Teaching, funded under the Liaoning Provincial "14th Five-Year Plan" for Educational Science, 2023, completed.

3. Principal Investigator of the project: Leveraging the Strengths of the United Front in Supporting the Work of Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, funded by the United Front Work Research Project of Dalian City. 2023, completed.

4. Principal Investigator of the key research project: Recommendations on Further Optimizing the Recruitment and Utilization of Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars in Liaoning's Higher Education Institutions, funded by the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, 2023, completed.

5. A social conditions and public opinion report titled: Recommendations on Expanding Access to Preschool Education in Dalian, was adopted by the Information Special Report of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, and submitted to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, 2021.

Honors & Awards

1. First Prize, Young Teachers' Teaching Competition, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, 2024

2. First Prize, Curriculum Ideological and Political Case Design & Lesson Presentation Competition, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, 2022

3. First Prize for Micro-course Telling Chinese Stories in English, The 3rd Liaoning Provincial College Students Online Culture Festival & Provincial Outstanding Online Education Works Exhibition of Universities, 2021

4. Second Prize, Young Teachers' Teaching Competition, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, 2020