Dr Wendy Jiang
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Wendy Jiang

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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

Fields of research

Applied linguistics and educational linguistics Chinese languages Curriculum and pedagogy Education LOTE, ESL and TESOL curriculum and pedagogy Language studies Language, Communication and Culture Linguistics Sociolinguistics Translation and interpretation studies

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.

Search Professor Wendy Jiang’s works on UQ eSpace

39 works between 2000 and 2023
All (39) Journal Article (23) Book Chapter (8) Conference Publication (4) Book (1) Other Outputs (3)

21 - 39 of 39 works

2016

Journal Article

A comparative study on learning strategies used by Australian CFL and Chinese EFL learners

Jiang, Wenying and Wu, Quingyu (2016). A comparative study on learning strategies used by Australian CFL and Chinese EFL learners. Chinese as a Second Language Research, 5 (2), 213-239. doi: 10.1515/caslar-2016-0009

A comparative study on learning strategies used by Australian CFL and Chinese EFL learners

2015

Journal Article

On the status of Chinese language maintenance by primary school students of Chinese ethnicity in Brisbane Australia

Jiang, Wenying (2015). On the status of Chinese language maintenance by primary school students of Chinese ethnicity in Brisbane Australia. 世界汉语教学, 29 (4), 541-550. doi: 10.13724/j.cnki.ctiw.2015.04.013

On the status of Chinese language maintenance by primary school students of Chinese ethnicity in Brisbane Australia

2015

Journal Article

On the features of lexical network in Chinese as a second language: a case from Chinese learners in Australia

Li, Guangli and Jiang, Wenying (2015). On the features of lexical network in Chinese as a second language: a case from Chinese learners in Australia. 华文教学与研究, 60 (4), 22-29.

On the features of lexical network in Chinese as a second language: a case from Chinese learners in Australia

2015

Book Chapter

Language medium and self-perceived identity: a case study on Canadian Chinese-English bilinguals

Jiang, Wenying (2015). Language medium and self-perceived identity: a case study on Canadian Chinese-English bilinguals. Translation and cross-cultural communication studies in the Asia Pacific. (pp. 459-465) edited by Leong Ko and Ping Chen. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill - Rodopi. doi: 10.1163/9789004299245_028

Language medium and self-perceived identity: a case study on Canadian Chinese-English bilinguals

2013

Book Chapter

When my eyes are on you, do you touch my eyes? A reclassification of metaphors mapping from physical contact to perception

Sullivan, Karen and Jiang, Wenying (2013). When my eyes are on you, do you touch my eyes? A reclassification of metaphors mapping from physical contact to perception. Compendium of Cognitive Linguistics Research. (pp. 189-200) edited by Thomas Fuyin Li. New York, NY, United States: Nova Publishers.

When my eyes are on you, do you touch my eyes? A reclassification of metaphors mapping from physical contact to perception

2013

Journal Article

Focus on the forms: from recognition practice in Chinese vocabulary learning

Harrington, Michael and Jiang, Wenying (2013). Focus on the forms: from recognition practice in Chinese vocabulary learning. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 36 (2), 132-145. doi: 10.1075/aral.36.2.01har

Focus on the forms: from recognition practice in Chinese vocabulary learning

2013

Book Chapter

Australian university students’ comprehensibility of English translated Chinese political slogans

Jiang, Wenying and Wang, Libin (2013). Australian university students’ comprehensibility of English translated Chinese political slogans. Translation Studies and Cross-cultural Communication (in Chinese). (pp. 36-47) edited by Ko, Leong and Chen, Ping. Taiwan: Bookman Books.

Australian university students’ comprehensibility of English translated Chinese political slogans

2011

Journal Article

When my eyes are on you, do you touch my eyes? A reclassificaiton of metaphors mapping from physical contact to perception

Sullivan, Karen and Jiang, Wenying (2011). When my eyes are on you, do you touch my eyes? A reclassificaiton of metaphors mapping from physical contact to perception. International Journal of Cognitive Linguistics, 2 (2), 185-196.

When my eyes are on you, do you touch my eyes? A reclassificaiton of metaphors mapping from physical contact to perception

2011

Other Outputs

Cicadas' singing

Jiani (Liu, Juhua), Ma, Qian and Jiang, Wenying (2011). Cicadas' singing. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Gold Mum Publishing; Confucius Institute in Edmonton.

Cicadas' singing

2011

Conference Publication

以汉语词序教学为例看语言研究与语言教学的接口问题

Jiang, Wenying (2011). 以汉语词序教学为例看语言研究与语言教学的接口问题. 国际汉语教学理念与模式创新”国际学术研讨会, Xiamen, China, 12-14 November 2010. Beijing, China: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

以汉语词序教学为例看语言研究与语言教学的接口问题

2009

Book Chapter

Research methodology

Jiang, Wenying (2009). Research methodology. Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language. (pp. 111-133) edited by Wenying Jiang. Berlin, Germany: Mouton de Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110216196

Research methodology

2008

Journal Article

Review of Zhou Yi and M. Lynne Gerber, Working mandarin for beginners, (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2007)

Jiang, Wenying (2008). Review of Zhou Yi and M. Lynne Gerber, Working mandarin for beginners, (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2007). Modern Language Journal, 92 (4), 650-651. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2008.00793_9.x

Review of Zhou Yi and M. Lynne Gerber, Working mandarin for beginners, (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2007)

2007

Journal Article

Why is /r/ rendered into /l/ in transliterating English personal names into Chinese?

Jiang, Wenying (2007). Why is /r/ rendered into /l/ in transliterating English personal names into Chinese?. Translation Watch Quarterly, 3 (3), 46-53.

Why is /r/ rendered into /l/ in transliterating English personal names into Chinese?

2007

Conference Publication

Chinese students' perception of EFL teaching at a British university

Jiang, Wenying and 张本慎 [Zhang, Benshen] (2007). Chinese students' perception of EFL teaching at a British university. 4th International Conference on ELT in China: New Directions in ELT in China, Beijing, China, 21-25 May 2004. Beijing, China: 外語教学与研究 - Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

Chinese students' perception of EFL teaching at a British university

2006

Other Outputs

Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language : an error taxonomy

Jiang, Wenying Wendy (2006). Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language : an error taxonomy. PhD Thesis, School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/158129

Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language : an error taxonomy

2004

Book Chapter

Teaching Chinese word order principles: A linguistic review

Jiang, W. (2004). Teaching Chinese word order principles: A linguistic review. Crossing Boundaries: Perspectives across Paradigms in Educational Research. (pp. 229-258) edited by J. A Vadeboncoeur and P. Jervis-Tracey. Brisbane: Australian Academic Press Pty Ltd.

Teaching Chinese word order principles: A linguistic review

2003

Journal Article

Explaining cross-cultural pragmatic findings: Moving from politeness maxims to sociopragmatic interactional principles (SIPs)

Spencer-Oatley, H. and Jiang, W. (2003). Explaining cross-cultural pragmatic findings: Moving from politeness maxims to sociopragmatic interactional principles (SIPs). Journal of Pragmatics, 35 (10-11), 1633-1650. doi: 10.1016/S0378-2166(03)00025-0

Explaining cross-cultural pragmatic findings: Moving from politeness maxims to sociopragmatic interactional principles (SIPs)

2003

Book Chapter

Using context-specific interactional principles to compare conversations

Spencer-Oatley, H., Zhang, B. and Jiang, W. (2003). Using context-specific interactional principles to compare conversations. Foreign Languages and Culture Researches and Achievements. (pp. 109-119) edited by X. Qin and J. Liu. Guangzhou: South China University of Technology Press.

Using context-specific interactional principles to compare conversations

2001

Journal Article

Handling 'Culture bumps'

Jiang, Wenying (2001). Handling 'Culture bumps'. ELT Journal, 55 (4) 1, 382-390. doi: 10.1093/elt/55.4.382

Handling 'Culture bumps'

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

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

  • 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

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

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Angela Cook

  • 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

  • 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

Completed supervision

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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