Development and Application of English Oral Language Teaching Materials Based on AI
PI
MoE Collaborative Education-Industry Partnership Program for Enhancing Education Quality(230902427273420)
2024
Bin Zou
Research on the Cultivation of College Students’ Autonomous English Learning Ability in Large Language Models
PI
Jiangsu Higher Education in Foreign Language Education on “Foreign Language Teaching Reform under the Background of High-Quality Development” Special Project: Key Project (2024WYJG018)
2025
Congxin Li
AI-assisted writing feedback and skill development
PI
Jiangsu Province Shuangchuang (Innovation and Entrtprerneurship) PhD Fellowship
2023
Detong Xia
Research on the Self-shaping Discourse of China’s Overseas Ecological Image in the Era of Social Media
PI
Jiangsu Province Social Science Applied Research Grant
2024-2026
Esther Pascual
Fictive Enunciations in Modern Communication
PI
Supervisor Guidance Program, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), Nr. 2024DSYL033
2024
Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO
Mapping the Languages of Indigenous Clans in the Eastern Spice Islands
PI
Directorate of Cultural Development and Utilization, Directorate General of Culture, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia (Jakarta, Java, Indonesia), Grant Number: 0513/F5/KB.10.04/2024
2023
Hui Wang
A Multi-Dimensional Study of Courtroom Argumentative Discourse (23BYY185)
Co-I
NSSF
2023
Qianqian Zhou
Advance HE Global Impact Grant
Co-I
Advance HE
2024
Songyan Du
Big Data Insights into Public Sentiment Across Languages: A Comparative Analysis and Research of Black Myth Wukong
PI
MoE Collaborative Education-Industry Partnership Program
2023
Tanjun Liu
Linguistic demands of EMI in Higher Education: A corpus-based analysis of reading and writing in university settings in China, Italy, Thailand and the UK
collaborator
British Council
2024
Wan Hu
Training High-Calibre Translators in the Context of Interdisciplinarity and Specialised Subject Areas
PI
China International Communication Group
2024
Xiaojun Zhang
1. Gerontolinguistics for Intelligent-Interaction Devices;
2. Multimodal Cognitive Computational Mechanism Study on Machine Interpreting
PI
1. Humanities and Social Science Program of Ministry of Education of PRC (MoE): Self-funded Programme;
2. Key Laboratory Open Project (Anhui University)
2026
Yangyang Long
AI-empowered “Translating China” Module Clusters and the Cultivation of Intercultural Communication Competence (ZGWYJYJJ13A006)
PI
National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education
Academic Awards
Name
Awards
Bin Zou
18th Jiangsu Outstanding Achievement Award of Philosophical and Social Sciences: 3rd Prize (2025)
Suzhou Excellent Teacher Award (2023)
Darcy Sperlich
SIPAC – Leading Talent in International Disciplines
Detong Xia
Bronze Award of 2nd Global Digital Intelligence Education Innovation Competition
2025 QS Reimagine Education Award – AI in Education Track (Shortlisted)
Fengzhi Zhao
HSS All-Round Academic Excellence Award
Qianqian Zhou
Outstanding RDF project completion
Tom Duggett
Research Excellence Award, School of Humanities and Social Sciences at XJTLU, 2022/23
Elected Fellow of the English Association (June 2024)
Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (May 2022)
Xiaojun Zhang
Senior Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2023-
AEA Research Excellence Award (School Level), XJTLU (06/2024)
Excellence Award at the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Research on Translation and Interpreting (11/2024)
Leadership and Achievement as a Project Manager in the TRI-EQA Collaborative Translation Project (Department Level), XJTLU (12/2024)
The 16th Suzhou Outstanding Achievement Award of Social Sciences, China (12/2022)
Yangyang Long
Outstanding Individual in Education and Teaching in Suzhou (2025)
Academic Excellence Award in Teaching, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (2024)
Research Grants
2. Multimodal Cognitive Computational Mechanism Study on Machine Interpreting
2. Key Laboratory Open Project (Anhui University)
Academic Awards
2025 QS Reimagine Education Award – AI in Education Track (Shortlisted)