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.
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
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. In: John Hajek, Colin Nettelbeck and Anya Woods, The Next Step: Introducing the Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities: Selected Proceedings of the Inaugural LCNAU Colloquium. LCNAU Colloquium 2011, Melbourne, Australia, (263-274). 26-28 September 2011.
Book: Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language
Jiang, Wenying 姜文英 Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language. Edited by Peter Jordens Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton, 2009.
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.
(2014) UQ Early Career Researcher
Chinese Modal Verbs Study in TCSL
Doctor Philosophy
A Study of Chinese L2 Learners' Lexical Network Knowledge through Word Association Techniques
(2017) Doctor Philosophy
(2017) Doctor Philosophy
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
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. In: John Hajek, Colin Nettelbeck and Anya Woods, The Next Step: Introducing the Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities: Selected Proceedings of the Inaugural LCNAU Colloquium. LCNAU Colloquium 2011, Melbourne, Australia, (263-274). 26-28 September 2011.
Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language
Jiang, Wenying 姜文英 Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language. Edited by Peter Jordens Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton, 2009.
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.
Jiani (Liu, Juhua), Ma, Qian and Jiang, Wenying Cicadas' singing. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Gold Mum Publishing; Confucius Institute in Edmonton, 2011.
Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language
Jiang, Wenying 姜文英 Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language. Edited by Peter Jordens Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton, 2009.
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. In Istvan Kecskes and Chaofen Sun (Ed.), Key issues in Chinese as a second language research (pp. 162-187) New York, United States: Routledge.
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. In Leong Ko and Ping Chen (Ed.), Translation and cross-cultural communication studies in the Asia Pacific (pp. 459-465) Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill - Rodopi. doi:10.1163/9789004299245_028
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. In Ko, Leong and Chen, Ping (Ed.), Translation Studies and Cross-cultural Communication (in Chinese) (pp. 36-47) Taiwan: Bookman Books.
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. In Thomas Fuyin Li (Ed.), Compendium of Cognitive Linguistics Research (pp. 189-200) New York, NY, United States: Nova Publishers.
Jiang, Wenying (2009). Research methodology. In Wenying Jiang (Ed.), Acquisition of word order in Chinese as a foreign language (pp. 111-133) Berlin, Germany: Mouton de Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783110216196
Teaching Chinese word order principles: A linguistic review
Jiang, W. (2004). Teaching Chinese word order principles: A linguistic review. In J. A Vadeboncoeur and P. Jervis-Tracey (Ed.), Crossing Boundaries: Perspectives across Paradigms in Educational Research (pp. 229-258) Brisbane: Australian Academic Press Pty Ltd.
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. In X. Qin and J. Liu (Ed.), Foreign Languages and Culture Researches and Achievements 1st ed. (pp. 109-119) Guangzhou: South China University of Technology Press.
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.
A storytelling sound file CALL task used in a tertiary CFL classroom
Jiang, Wenying (2016) A storytelling sound file CALL task used in a tertiary CFL classroom. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, . doi:10.1111/ijal.12161
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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. In: John Hajek, Colin Nettelbeck and Anya Woods, The Next Step: Introducing the Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities: Selected Proceedings of the Inaugural LCNAU Colloquium. LCNAU Colloquium 2011, Melbourne, Australia, (263-274). 26-28 September 2011.
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. In: Proceedings: The International Symposium on Innovation Ideas and Models of Teaching Chinese as an International Language. 国际汉语教学理念与模式创新”国际学术研讨会, Xiamen, China, (187-196). 12-14 November 2010.
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. In: 胡文仲 [Wenzhong Hu] and 文秋芳 [Qiufang Wen], ELT in China (4): Selected papers from the 4th International Conference on ELT in China. 中国英语教学(四): 第四届中国英语教学国际研讨会文集. 4th International Conference on ELT in China: New Directions in ELT in China, Beijing, China, (). 21-25 May 2004.
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.
(2014) UQ Early Career Researcher
Chinese Modal Verbs Study in TCSL
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
The Pattern of Omission in English - Chinese Audiovisual Translation
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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A study of Howard Goldblatt's English translation of Mo Yan's novels
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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A Study of Chinese L2 Learners' Lexical Network Knowledge through Word Association Techniques
(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Knowledge of Shàng (to Go Up) Constructions in Chinese as a Second Language
(2015) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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