Li Xinrui

Research Students

PhD student (FT)

Master of Science in Organizational Management, City University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Bachelor of Management in Business Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Research Interests

Acculturation and Adaptation in Hong Kong SAR: The Story of Mainland Chinese Academic Professionals in Higher Education Institutions

“My personal homepage, my professional image: A GenAI-based analysis of academics’ homepages in Hong Kong”, The 8th International Conference of the Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association (LSPPC), 11-13 Dec 2025, City University of Hong Kong
“Learning While Labouring: Understanding Motivations and Barriers to English Learning Among Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong,” International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) 2025, 21-23 Nov 2025, Auckland University of Technology
“Global Scholars are Welcome! A Multimodal Content Analysis of Chinese Universities’ Recruitment Posts Targeted as Overseas Scholars,” Talking Across the World Symposium (TAW), 16-17 May 2025, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
“Time-wasting or work facilitator? An investigation of small talk in academic workplace,” The 14th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP), 17 – 19 Dec 2024, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
“Small talk in academic workplace: time-wasting or work facilitator?” PolyU Research Postgraduate Student Conference, 29 – 30 Aug 2024, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Second Runner-up, Faculty of Humanities Three Minutes Thesis 2025, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Best Presentation Award, 2nd PolyU Research Postgraduate Student Conference (2024)

Teaching Assistant

ENGL1A25 Effective, Task-Oriented Professional Communication (25/26, Sem 1) (BA-level)
ENGL585 Syllabus Planning and Materials Design (24/25, Sem 3) (MA-level)
ENGL519 Discourse Analysis (24/25 Sem 2) (MA-level)
ENGL1A26 To Fare Well in the Workplace with English (23/24, Sem 2) (BA-level)

Invited Speaker

“The art of small talk: doubt it, understand it, and master it”. For CBS4943 Language and Society (BA-level). Nov 2024
“The art of small talk: doubt it, understand it, and master it”. For CBS503 Language in Society (MA-level). Nov 2024

Session Chair, International Summit on the Use of AI in Learning and Teaching Languages and Other Subjects (AIinLT) (July, 2025)
Panel chair, Talking Across the World Symposium (TAW) (May, 2025)
Session chair, The 14th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP) (Dec, 2025)
Event Support Team, PolyU International Research Summer School (IRSS) 2024 (Jul, 2024)
Event Helper, Migrant Domestic Worker Lives Matter Symposium, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (May, 2024)
Volunteer, Social Inclusion Charity Run with Pets, City University of Hong Kong (Mar 2024)
Trainer, PolyU Invitational English Speech Contest (Sep 2023)

PhD Student Representative, Department of English and Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Sep 2024 - Aug 2025)
Member of Research Centre for Professional Communication in English (RCPCE)
Member of Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS)