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Sihan Zhou is an Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. He currently serves as the Deputy Program Coordinator for the BA (English Studies) - BEd (English Language Education) Double Degree Program at CUHK. Sihan is a Swire Scholar with a DPhil in Education from the University of Oxford and has previously taught in the MSc program in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching. He is a member of the EMI Oxford Research Group, actively researching at the intersection of educational psychology and language instruction. His expertise lies in quantitative and mixed-methods research, focusing on language learners' affect, motivation, and strategic behavior in English-medium instruction (EMI) and technology-enhanced language learning environments. He has published extensively in respected journals such as System, Language Teaching, and the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, among others. Currently, he leads a three-year project funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council exploring EMI and students' lecture comprehension strategies. Additionally, he has contributed to large projects financed by the Swire Charitable Trust and the British Council, focusing on EMI and digital language learning.