Studies on Learning and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

Xiaohong Wen is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of Chinese Studies at the University of Houston. Her research interests include L2 motivation, L2 Chinese acquisition, and interlanguage pragmatics. Recent publications include three academic books and over thirty articles in refereed journals. She has been the principal investigator for several major federal and internal grants.Xin Jiang is Professor at Beijing Language and Culture University. She specializes in the cognitive processing and acquisition of Chinese as a second language, focusing on the psycholinguistic factors influencing L2 Chinese lexical processing and text comprehension. She has published two academic books (Research on L2 Acquisition of Chinese Characters, Words, and Reading; The Psychological Studies of Learning and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language) and over thirty journal articles.

• Contents Research in Second Language Acquisition of Chinese: An introductionXiaohong Wen Heterogeneity of Early Language Experiences and Word-knowledge Development in Chinese as a Heritage Language LearnersHaomin Zhang and Keiko Koda Requests in Chinese by Heritage and Foreign Language LearnersXiaohong Wen Context and Chinese Colloquial Idiom ComprehensionYu Li L1 Influence on Coherence-building Skills in L2 Chinese ReadingLiu Li Processing Relative Clauses in Chinese as a Second LanguageYun Yao An Inter-Tonal Effect in Second Language Chinese Contour TonesHang Zhang L2 Acquisition of ZaiP by Native English SpeakersYang Zhao and Tingna Liu Functional Perspective of Chinese Learners’ Language Use on Social MediaShenggao Wang Student-teacher Goal Alignment: Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Determining Its Effect on Interaction and MotivationZhongqi Shi, Xiaodong Lin, and Ruobing Wei Measurement Quality of an Instructor-developed CFL Summative Assessment Instrument: An Exploratory Pilot StudyShuai Li