She has a PhD in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Arizona, in the United States. Her dissertation is entitled “Game-Enhanced Simulation as an Approach to Experiential Learning in Business English.” Based on her belief that present-day students are natural muti-taskers and they innately use Internet technologies, her areas of academic interests include technology-mediated learning, game-enhanced learning, simulation, digital literacies, genres, and task-based learning.