My research is situated within applied linguistics, with a particular focus on the psychological and emotional dimensions of additional language learning, including motivation, emotions, mindset, and learners' experiences.

Beyond language learning psychology, my research interests extend to sensory linguistics, particularly how sensory experiences are represented, interpreted, and evaluated through language. An emerging strand of my research focuses on olfactory language and online perfume reviews, exploring the linguistic resources people use to communicate and evaluate experiences of smell. Drawing on perspectives from corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and discourse analysis, this work examines sensory language in naturally occurring digital communication, particularly electronic word of mouth (eWOM).

Methodologically, I work with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches, including computational text analysis, corpus-based methods, and visual research methodologies such as photovoice.

The psychological dimensions of language learning are explored in two books I have authored: Stereotypes and Language Learning Motivation: A Study of L2 Learners of Asian Languages (Routledge, 2020) and Emotions and Affect in Language Learning: A Photovoice Study of Learning in Lockdown (Routledge, 2025). My work has appeared in international journals, including Applied Linguistics, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, System, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, and Computers in Human Behavior.

I welcome interdisciplinary collaborations in language learning psychology, sensory linguistics, corpus and discourse studies, and innovative research methodologies.