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Dr. Zhichang Xu

Lecturer: English as an International Language

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Biography

Dr. Zhichang Xu is a lecturer in English as an International Language (EIL) at Monash University, Australia. He has a disciplinary background in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Education. He has extensive research and teaching experiences in Beijing, Perth, Hong Kong, and Melbourne.

Dr. Xu's research areas include Chinese English (as an emerging Expanding Circle variety of English), English language teaching (ELT), intercultural education, blended teaching and learning, academic writing, and Chinese studies. His teaching focuses on language proficiency and content-based courses. These include English listening, speaking, reading, and writing to Chinese learners of English, ESP/EAP courses for science and engineering students, Vocabulary Studies, Discourse Analysis, Pedagogical Grammar, Language and Society, Second Language Acquisition and Chinese Learning, ELT Methodology, and Talking Across Cultures. Dr. Xu has supervised Honour's and Master's students for Bachelor of Education in English Language (BEdEL) programme, and Master of Arts in Teaching English as an International Language (MATEIL) programme. He has also co-supervised EdD and PhD students in Hong Kong.

Dr. Xu has received an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) for his doctoral studies (2002-2005), and a Curtin University Completion Scholarship for Postgraduate Research Students (2005). He was an Associate Professor at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1992-2002), and an Assistant Professor and Associate Programme Coordinator for MATEIL and MEd/MATESOL programmes in the English Department of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (2006-2011) before joining Monash University.

Qualifications

Contact details

Menzies Building (Building 11), Clayton Campus, Room W327
Phone: (03) 9905 2273 (International: +61 3 9905 2273)
Email: zhichang.xu@monash.edu

Mailing Address:

Zhichang Xu
English as an International Language
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Building 11, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800
Australia

Awards and honours

Areas of research, teaching and supervision

Selected publications

Kirkpatrick, A. & Xu, Z. (forthcoming in 2011). Chinese Rhetoric and Academic Writing Styles: A History, Parlor Press

Xu, Z., Wang, L., Wong. P. & DeCoursey, M. (2011). Academic Writing in Language and Education Programmes, Pearson Education South Asia, Hong Kong

Xu, Z., Wang L., Wong. P. & DeCoursey, M. (2010). Developing Discipilne-specific Academic Writing Skills of Hong Kong ESL Learners. The International Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 8, No. 9, 211-218

Xu, Z. (2010). Chinese English: Features and Implications, The Open University of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong.

Xu, Z. (2010). Chinese English: A Future Power? (Book chapter). In A. Kirkpatrick (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes, Routledge. 282-298.

Xu, Z. (2010). Book review: Peter Tan and Rani Rubdy, eds. 2008. Language As Commodity: Global Structures, Local Marketplaces. English World-Wide 31:2, 195-199.

Xu, Z., & Wang, L. (2010). Discourse analysis on hybrid learning and teaching and the changing roles of teachers and students in Hong Kong. In F. L. Wang, J. Fong & R. C. Kwan (Eds.), Handbook of research on hybrid learning models: Advanced tools, technologies, and applications (pp. 284-298). Hershey, New York: Information Science Reference.

Xu, Z. (2010). Vocabulary studies: Lexis, morphology and semantics. Singapore: Pearson.

Xu, Z. (2009). Chapter 6: Linguistic, cultural and identity issues in Englishization of Putonghua. In K. Tam (Ed.), Englishization in Asia: Language and cultural issues (pp. 119-139). Hong Kong: Open University of Hong Kong Press.

Xu, Z. (2009). Discourse analysis of blended teaching and learning and its implications for the teachers and students in Hong Kong. Research, Reflections and Innovations in Integrating ICT in Education, Lisbon. , I 28-33.

Xu, Z. (2008). Analysis of syntactic features of Chinese English. Asian Englishes: An International Journal of the Sociolinguistics of English in Asia/Pacific, 11(2), 4-31.

Xu, Z. (2008). When hybrid learning meets blended teaching: Online computer-mediated communication (CMC) discourse and classroom face-to-face (FTF) discourse analysis. Hybrid Learning and Education, Hong Kong. 157-167.

Xu, Z. (2006). Rectifying 'Chinese English'. In A. Hashim, & N. Hassan (Eds.),Varieties of English in Southeast Asia and beyond (pp. 283-291). Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press.

Xu, Z. (2004). From English to Englishes: Changes in college English textbooks for Chinese students. The Proceedings of the 9th English in Southeast Asia Conference: Texts and Contexts of English Language Studies in Southeast Asia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 57-69.

Xu, Z. (2004). From 'recessive' to 'dominant' linguistic and cultural norms: Moving out of the comfort zone. In G. Pass, & D. Woods (Eds.), Alchemies: Community ExChanges (pp. 287-300). Perth, Western Australia: Black Swan Press.

Gao, Y., Li, M., & Xu, Z. (2003). In Gao Y. (Ed.), College English Self-study and Self-assessment Guidebook [book I]. Beijing: Beihang University Press.

Kirkpatrick, A., & Xu, Z. (2002). Chinese pragmatic norms and China English. World Englishes, 21(2), 269-279.

Xu, Z. (2002). Chapter 14: From TEFL to TEIL: Changes in perceptions and practices - teaching English as an international language in Chinese universities. In A. Kirkpatrick (Ed.), English in Asia: Communication, identity, power and education (pp. 225-244). Melbourne: Language Australia Ltd.

Xu, Z. (2001). Problems and strategies of teaching English in large classes in the People's Republic of China. Proceedings of Teaching and Learning Forum, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.

Kirkpatrick, A., & Xu, Z. (2001). The new language law of the People's Republic of China. Australian Language Matters, 9(2), 14-15.

Senior, R., & Xu, Z. (2001). East meets west: Language teachers from different contexts discover similar goals. English Australia Journal, 19(1), 65-74.

Xu, Z. (2000). Large-scale oral English testing at Beijing university of aeronautics and astronautics. Proceedings of the 1999 International Symposium on Language Teaching (Beijing-Kunming), Beijing, Kunming.

Gao, Y., Li, B., Cai, Y., Xia, S., Xu, Z., Hai, Y., et al. (1998). In Gao Y., Li B. (Eds.), College English Self-study Course Book. Beijing: Higher Education Press, China.

Xu, Z. (1995). A methodological analysis of measuring the English vocabulary size. Proceedings of the 1993 International Symposium on Language Teaching Methodology (Beijing-Hohhot), Beijing, Hohhot.

Xu, Z. (1994). The evaluation and measurement of the college students' English oral ability. College Foreign Language Teaching and Research, 1

Paper presentation at conferences

2011: 'Decoding Chinese English (CE): definitions, features, and attitudes', invited speaker for the a seminar talk at the Language Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University

2010: 'Analysis of discourse and pragmatic features in Ha Jin's The Bridegroom', (Invited 'Country Speaker' representing China), The 15 th English in Southeast Asia Conference, The University of Macau, Macau SAR China

2010: 'The changing roles of Hong Kong teachers and students in the real and virtual spaces', The 2nd East Asian International Conference on Teacher Education Research: Teacher Education for the Future - International Perspectives', The Hong Kong Institute of Education

2010: 'Identifying linguistic features of Chinese English', The 16th Conference of the International Association for World Englishes, Vancouver, Canada

2010: 'Developing Discipline-specific Academic Writing Skills of Hong Kong ESL Learners', The 8th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, UCLA, Los Angeles

2010: 'Be Clear: From Confucius to Contemporary Composition' (a joint-presentation by Prof. Andy Kirkpatrick), The Second Biennial Conference of the Chinese Rhetoric Society of the World (CRSW) & International Conference on Rhetorics, The Hong Kong Institute of Education

2010: 'Decoding Chinese English: definitions and features', Conference on English Education Today for Tomorrow: The Road Ahead, Shantou University, Shantou, China

2009: 'Blended Learning and Teaching Discourse Analysis and its Implications for the Teachers and Students in Hong Kong', V International Conference on Multimedia and ICT in Education (m-ICTE2009), Lisbon, Portugal

2009: 'Linguistic, cultural and identity issues in overseas Chinese dialects', The First Conference on the Research of Overseas Chinese Dialectcs', Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

2008: 'Linguistic, cultural and identity issues involved in the glocalization of Modern Standard Chinese', Workshop on 'The Formation of Academic Disciplines in 20th Century China', Beijing Minzu University

2008: 'Chinese English: linguistic features and pedagogical implications', World Englishes 2008 Conference, City University of Hong Kong

2008: 'When Hybrid Learning Meets Blended Teaching: Online Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) Discourse and Classroom Face-to-Face (FTF) Discourse Analysis', The First International Conference on Hybrid Learning, City Unversity of Hong Kong

2008: 'Sense of belonging across the 'three Circles': linguistic and cultural norm accommodation of a Chinese English speaker in Beijing, Perth, and Hong Kong', Workshop on 'English with Asian Accents': English for Intercultural Communication in Asian Contexts, Seoul, Korea

2008: 'The blended ELT environment and the changing roles of teachers and students in Hong Kong', DEEP into ELT: Forming New Roles for Teachers and Learners of EFL, Istanbul, Turkey

2007: 'From 'Mandarin Phonetic alphabet' (Wang Chao, 1900) to the New 'Language Law' (2000) in the People's Republic of China (PRC): The Ongoing Language Standardization Process and Its Implications for Language Teaching in China', Workshop on 'The Formation of Academic Disciplines in 20 th Century China', The Australian National University, Canberra

2007: 'An Analytical Framework for 'Interactive Electronic Discourse' (IED) Analysis', Cutting Edges: Classroom Approaches in the Spotlight, Canterbury, England

2006: ''Comrades and Friends' or 'Ladies and Gentlemen'? A Question of Changing Identities and Cultural Preferences in Chinese Mainland', Seminar on Englishization in Aisa: Language and Cultural Issues, Chinese University of Hong Kong

2006: 'Rectified Chinese English and its implications for Chinese ELT', The 7th International Symposium on Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching (Beijing-Hong Kong), China

2005: 'Chinese approaches language standards and norms', The Chinese Studies Graduate Summer School: Asia Pacific Week, Canberra: Australian National University, Australia

2004: 'Traveling Across Circles: Economy Class Syndrome versus Expanding Circle Syndrome', The 8th Annual Humanities Graduate Research Conference: Palimpsests: TransForming Communites, Perth: Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia

2004: 'From English to Englishes: Changes in College English textbooks for Chinese students', The 9th English in Southeast Asia Conference: Texts and Contexts of English Language Studies in Southeast Asia, Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University, Indonesia

2003: 'From 'recessive' to 'dominant' linguistic and cultural norms: moving out of the comfort zone', The 7th Annual Humanities Graduate Research Conference: Alchemies: Community ExChanges, Perth: Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia

2003: 'Rectifying Chinese English', The 8th English in Southeast Asia Conference: Adapting to New Realities: Prospects, Perspectives and Possibilities, Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya: Malaysia

2001: 'On-line delivery or face-to-face teaching', co-presented with Andy Kirkpatrick, The 10th Annual Teaching Learning Forum, Perth: Curtin University of Technology (Western Australia)

2001: 'Problems and strategies of teaching English in large classes in the People's Republic of China', The 10th Annual Teaching Learning Forum, Perth: Curtin University of Technology (Western Australia)

2001: 'Chinese approaches to standards and varieties', joint-paper, presented by Andy Kirkpatrick, The 6th English in Southeast Asia Conference (Manila)

2000: 'From TEFL to TEIL: changes in perceptions and practices - teaching English as an International language in Chinese universities', The 5th English is Southeast Asia Conference: English in Asia: communication, identity, power and education, Perth: Curtin University of Technology (Western Australia)

1999: 'Large-scale oral English testing at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics', The 1999 International Symposium on Language Teaching (Beijing-Kunming)

1993: 'A methodological analysis of measuring the English vocabulary size', The 1993 International Symposium on Language Teaching Methodology (Beijing-Hohhot)

Research projects

2009-2010: 'Using the local/regional language as the language of internationalization: The case of Cantonese and Putonghua in Hong Kong' (HKD 554,400, Co-investigator, PI: Prof. David Li)

2009-2010: 'A corpus -based online learning system to assist academic writing: focusing on lexis (HKD 308,400; HKIEd-TDG project; Co-investigator, PI: Dr. Angel Ma)

2009: Teaching Development Fund (TDF) project: Course material compilation and module website update for ENG 1245 Vocabulary Studies (HKD10,080, Principal investigator)

2007-2008: English Department Outcomes Based Learning Project (HKD 422,830; HKIEd-TDG project; Co-investigator, PI: Dr. Wang Lixun)

2007-2008: The Development of "The Academic Writing Handbook for Students of Language and Education Programmes (HKD 238,800; HKIEd-TDG project; Principal investigator)

2006-2007: A 'blended' mode of teaching and learning at the HKIEd: analyzing 'interactive electronic discourse' (IED) and 'narrative classroom discourse' (NCD) of two Courses (HKD 141,300; HKIEd-IRG project; Principal investigator)

2005-2006, 'English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN', (Research Assistant, an Australian Research Council funded project, AUD 120,000, PI: Prof. Andy Kirkpatrick)

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