Pearl is an Emerging Researcher in the English Language Research Group. Her work contributes to research design and data analysis in various research taking place in English Language Research, especially in data collection, data manipulation, and data analysis. Prior to joining the British Council, Pearl worked in data management where she gained experience working with administrative data. In addition to data, Pearl’s research interest is in bi/multilingualism. She is particularly interested in language use in inner speech, and emotions in multiple languages. Her education background is in education and applied linguistics. She had also served as an English as a second/foreign language teacher.  

Areas of interest

  • Bi/multilingualism
  • Quantitative research methods

Publications

Leung, P. P. Y., & Dewaele, J.-M. (2023). Does the Complementary Principle apply to inner speech? A mixed-methods study on multilingual Chinese university students in the UK. International Journal of Multilingualism, 20(3), 1164-1184. doi: 10.1080/14790718.2021.1960534

Dewaele, J.-M., & Leung, P. P. Y. (2002). The effect of proficiency on “non-native” EFL teachers’ feelings and self-reported behaviours. IAFOR Journal of Education, 10(1), 11-32. doi: 10.22492/ije.10.1.01 

 

Education

  • PhD, Applied Linguistics, Birkbeck, University of London, 2022 
  • MA, Applied Linguistics, UCL, 2017 
  • BEd (Hons), English Language Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2014 
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