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Dr Wendy Jiang
Dr

Wendy Jiang

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Overview

Background

Dr Wenying (Wendy) Jiang taught at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Alberta in Canada and The University of Western Australia in Perth before taking a position at School of Languages and Cultures at The University of Queensland in Australia. She is a specialist in Applied Linguistics, a graduate of Qufu Normal University (BA 1988, MA 1998) in China, University of Luton (MA 2001) in UK and The University of Queensland (PhD 2006) in Australia. She taught English at Taishan Medical University in China for more than ten years before switching to teaching Chinese as a foreign language in English-speaking countries such as the UK, Canada and Australia. She has been publishing regularly in the fields of second language acquisition, language teaching and learning, and computer assisted language learning (CALL) since 1992. Her monograph "Acquisition of Word Order in Chinese as a Foreign Language" was published by Mouton de Gruyter in 2009. Her article "Measurements of development of L2 written production: the case of Chinese L2" appeared in the journal Applied Linguistics in 2013 is a widely cited piece of publication.

Availability

Dr Wendy Jiang is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Second language acquisition in Chinese

    Acquisition of any aspect of the Chinese language such as culturally loaded words, tones, particles, measure words, Modal verbs and specific structures like ba construction and bei construction. Or L2 mental lexicon (vocabulary acquisition ) in Chinese.

  • Technology enhanced language learning (TELL)

    Well designed online tasks used in task-based language teaching, or generally CALL/TELL tasks used in a foreign language classroom. Or any projects on Chinese pedagogy.

  • Intercultural Communication

    Contrastive analysis between Chinese and English or politeness issues in Intercultural communication.

Research impacts

Wendy's monograph Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language published by De Gruyter Mouton in 2009 is held by 1226 libraries worldwide across academic institutions in Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Retrieved from https://www.worldcat.org on 3 May 2019.

One of her papers entitled " The relationship between culture and language" published in ELT Journal received 442 citations. She has also been receiving emails from now and then from all over the world requesting the paper as a reference.

Wendy's paper "Measurements of developments in L2 written production: The case of Chinese L2" published in Applied Linguistics has insipired numbers of researchers in measuring Chinese L2 development, for which she often receives acknolodgements at conferences.

Wendy was invited to conduct a training program for teachers of English and English/Chinese translation in the School of Foreign Languages at Qilu University of Technology in Jinan, Shandong, China from 2 to 29 December 2018. She has been officially appointed as a Guest Professor at this university.

Wendy was invited to speak as a specialist in applied linguistics at “Hongmen Dialogue” Expert Forum held at the School of Chinese as a Second Language, Peking University, Beijing, China, on Saturday1st December 2018.

Works

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39 works between 2000 and 2023

1 - 20 of 39 works

Featured

2019

Journal Article

Word association responses in L1 and L2 to the Chinese word Yueliang (moon): implications for L2 vocabulary instruction

Jiang, Wenying (2019). Word association responses in L1 and L2 to the Chinese word Yueliang (moon): implications for L2 vocabulary instruction. International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 6 (2). doi: 10.30845/ijll.v6n2p2

Word association responses in L1 and L2 to the Chinese word Yueliang (moon): implications for L2 vocabulary instruction

Featured

2017

Journal Article

A storytelling sound file CALL task used in a tertiary CFL classroom

Jiang, Wenying (2017). A storytelling sound file CALL task used in a tertiary CFL classroom. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 27 (2), 542-554. doi: 10.1111/ijal.12161

A storytelling sound file CALL task used in a tertiary CFL classroom

Featured

2013

Journal Article

Measurements of development in L2 written production: The case of L2 Chinese

Jiang, Wenying (2013). Measurements of development in L2 written production: The case of L2 Chinese. Applied Linguistics, 34 (1), 1-24. doi: 10.1093/applin/ams019

Measurements of development in L2 written production: The case of L2 Chinese

Featured

2012

Conference Publication

Use of a web-diary as a CALL task in teaching Chinese as a foreign language

Jiang, Wenying (2012). Use of a web-diary as a CALL task in teaching Chinese as a foreign language. LCNAU Colloquium 2011, Melbourne, Australia, 26-28 September 2011. Australia: Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU).

Use of a web-diary as a CALL task in teaching Chinese as a foreign language

Featured

2009

Book

Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language

Jiang, Wenying 姜文英 (2009). Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton.

Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language

Featured

2005

Journal Article

Rapport-building through call in teaching Chinese as a foreign language: An exploratory study

Jiang, Wenying and Ramsay, Guy (2005). Rapport-building through call in teaching Chinese as a foreign language: An exploratory study. Language Learning and Technology, 9 (2), 47-63.

Rapport-building through call in teaching Chinese as a foreign language: An exploratory study

Featured

2000

Journal Article

The relationship between culture and language

Jiang, Wenying (2000). The relationship between culture and language. ELT Journal, 54 (4) 1, 328-334. doi: 10.1093/elt/54.4.328

The relationship between culture and language

2023

Journal Article

Parents’ planning, children’s agency and heritage language education: Re-storying the language experiences of three Chinese immigrant families in Australia

Shen, Chunxuan and Jiang, Wenying (2023). Parents’ planning, children’s agency and heritage language education: Re-storying the language experiences of three Chinese immigrant families in Australia. Frontiers in Psychology, 13 1083813, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1083813

Parents’ planning, children’s agency and heritage language education: Re-storying the language experiences of three Chinese immigrant families in Australia

2022

Journal Article

Chinese immigrant parents’ attitudes, expectations and practices regarding their children’s Chinese language maintenance

Shen, Chunxuan and Jiang, Wenying (2022). Chinese immigrant parents’ attitudes, expectations and practices regarding their children’s Chinese language maintenance. Heritage Language Journal, 19 (1), 1-26. doi: 10.1163/15507076-12340023

Chinese immigrant parents’ attitudes, expectations and practices regarding their children’s Chinese language maintenance

2022

Other Outputs

Questionnaire results

Xiaoji Wang and Wenying Jiang (2022). Questionnaire results. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9e684da

Questionnaire results

2022

Journal Article

Exploring the affordances of WeChat for Chinese cultural knowledge learning among learners of Chinese in an international exchange program

Wang, Xiaoji and Jiang, Wenying (2022). Exploring the affordances of WeChat for Chinese cultural knowledge learning among learners of Chinese in an international exchange program. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 37 (3), 1-27. doi: 10.1080/09588221.2022.2046612

Exploring the affordances of WeChat for Chinese cultural knowledge learning among learners of Chinese in an international exchange program

2022

Book Chapter

Remote Chinese Language Teaching at the University of Queensland During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflection from Australia

Jiang, Wenying (2022). Remote Chinese Language Teaching at the University of Queensland During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflection from Australia. Teaching the Chinese Language Remotely. (pp. 167-180) edited by Shijuan Liu. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-87055-3_7

Remote Chinese Language Teaching at the University of Queensland During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflection from Australia

2021

Journal Article

Barriers to technology integration into teaching Chinese as a foreign language: a case study of Australian secondary schools

Zeng, Yueying and Jiang, Wenying (2021). Barriers to technology integration into teaching Chinese as a foreign language: a case study of Australian secondary schools. World Journal of Education, 11 (5), 17-30. doi: 10.5430/wje.v11n5p17

Barriers to technology integration into teaching Chinese as a foreign language: a case study of Australian secondary schools

2021

Journal Article

Heritage language maintenance and identity among the second-generation Chinese-Australian children

Shen, Chunxuan and Jiang, Wenying (2021). Heritage language maintenance and identity among the second-generation Chinese-Australian children. Bilingual Research Journal, 44 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/15235882.2021.1890650

Heritage language maintenance and identity among the second-generation Chinese-Australian children

2020

Journal Article

Benchmarking students’ attainment in Australian tertiary Chinese programs using the new HSK tests

Jiang, Wenying (2020). Benchmarking students’ attainment in Australian tertiary Chinese programs using the new HSK tests. Creative Education, 11 (05), 624-638. doi: 10.4236/ce.2020.115047

Benchmarking students’ attainment in Australian tertiary Chinese programs using the new HSK tests

2019

Conference Publication

An empirical study on the graduation standard in BA Chinese proficiency in Australia

Wenying Jiang (2019). An empirical study on the graduation standard in BA Chinese proficiency in Australia. The 13th International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching, Beijing, China, 8 - 9 November 2018. Beijing, China: Commercial Press.

An empirical study on the graduation standard in BA Chinese proficiency in Australia

2019

Journal Article

Requests made by Australian learners of Chinese as a foreign language

Li, Wei and Jiang, Wenying (2019). Requests made by Australian learners of Chinese as a foreign language. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 10 (1), 23-34. doi: 10.17507/jltr.1001.03

Requests made by Australian learners of Chinese as a foreign language

2018

Journal Article

Linking up learners of Chinese with native speakers through WeChat in an Australian tertiary CFL curriculum

Jiang, Wenying and Li, Wei (2018). Linking up learners of Chinese with native speakers through WeChat in an Australian tertiary CFL curriculum. Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 3 (1) 14. doi: 10.1186/s40862-018-0056-0

Linking up learners of Chinese with native speakers through WeChat in an Australian tertiary CFL curriculum

2017

Journal Article

Children's language maintenance and parents' role - a case study of five Chinese immigrant families living in Brisbane

Shen, Chunxuan and Jiang, Wenying (2017). Children's language maintenance and parents' role - a case study of five Chinese immigrant families living in Brisbane. Overseas Chinese Education, 84 (1), 5-19.

Children's language maintenance and parents' role - a case study of five Chinese immigrant families living in Brisbane

2017

Book Chapter

Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language: replication and extension

Jiang, Wenying (2017). Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language: replication and extension. Key issues in Chinese as a second language research. (pp. 162-187) edited by Istvan Kecskes and Chaofen Sun. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315660264-8

Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language: replication and extension

Funding

Past funding

  • 2014
    Measurement of syntactic development in the Chinese written production by first language (L1) primary and high school students
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Wendy Jiang is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Prototype and word association in both L1 and L2 Chinese

    Wendy is interested in reading well drafted research proposals in this direction.

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Study on technology supported active learning strategies in Australian school CFL curriculum

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Angela Cook

  • Master Philosophy

    Factors that affect Chinese as a Heritage language learning in Australian Universities after the Pandemic

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Obaid Hamid

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating polymedia-based Family Language Policies around Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Obaid Hamid

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Teaching Chinese in Saudi Arabia: Investigating the Policy Rationale and its Implementation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Obaid Hamid

  • Master Philosophy

    Critical analysis of primary Chinese language textbooks for ethnic Korean students: Cultural values and national identity

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Isaac Lee

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A Study on Translation and Interpretation of Chinese Business Law and Its Practice from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ping Chen

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

Contact Dr Wendy Jiang directly for media enquiries about:

  • Chinese-Australian identity
  • Teaching Chinese as a foreign language
  • Technology Enhanced Language Learning
  • Training Teachers of Chinese in Queensland

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