Presentations

Invited Talks:

  • Nov, 2013 Pragmatic Socialization in a Second Language: Theory, Methods and Findings; Invited Speech at: Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, China
  • Sep, 2013 Inter-Cultural Communication and Foreign Language Teaching; Invited Speech at: National University of Defense Technology. Changsha, China
  • Aug, 2013 Teaching Chinese as a Mother Tongue-Theoretical Considerations and Practical Implications; Invited Keynote Speech at The 5th Chinese Bridge Conference on Chinese Teaching & Learning, organized by CLTAC (Chinese Language Teachers Association of Canada). Montreal, Canada
  • Mar. 2013 Chinese Language Education in Canada; Invited speech at the Spring Forum: “Speaking with the World”, organized by MUSE Academy and St. Johns College, UBC
  • Apr, 2012 The K-16 Pipeline in Mandarin Education in British Columbia –Issues in Curriculum Development; Presented to: Symposium on Teaching Canadian Children Chinese: Programs, Principles, and Practices, Organized by CRCLLE, UBC and Vancouver School Board, Vancouver, Canada
  • Aug, 2011 Multilingualism and language policy in Canada and China; Invited Panel at The World Congress of Applied Linguistics, 2011 (AILA); Beijing, china
  • Jan, 2011 Learning Chinese as an Additional, Transnational Language: Negotiating Identity, Community, and Legitimacy; Invited panel presentation at International Mobility Language Literacy conference ; Cape Town, South Africa
  • Dec, 2011 Ethnographic Case Studies: Language Socialization across Contexts and Cultures. Invited Speech at University of Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Nov, 2010 Tongue-tied: B.C.’s investment in Mandarin Language Education; UBC Arts Wednesday Public Lecture Series; UBC Downtown Campus, Vancouver, Canada
  • Jul, 2010 Teaching and Learning of Chinese Grammar in Authentic Discourse Contexts; Presented To:  International Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference; Vancouver, Canada
  • Jun, 2010 Research on Chinese Heritage Language Learners in Canada ; Invited Key Note Speech at International Conference for Overseas Chinese Heritage and Language Education (CHLE2010) Taipei, Taiwan
  • Feb, 2010 Chinese as a Heritage Language in Canada: Research Directions; Invited panel presentation at National Heritage Language Resource Center, USA; The First International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages; UCLA, USA
  • Jan, 2010 Developing Teaching Materials for Chinese Language Learners in North America; Invited presentation: The First International Symposium on Chinese Language Teaching Material Development; Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
  • Jan, 2010 Heritage Language Education in Canada; Invited speech at: School of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language; Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
  • Oct, 2010, Beyond Grammar and Vocabulary: Contextualizing Chinese Language Teaching for the Development of Competence: Invited Symposium: Teaching and Learning Chinese in Context: Three Perspectives.  East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
  • Oct, 2009, Chinese as a Heritage Language in the Canadian Mosaic Invited speech at The Institute of Chinese and International Studies, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
  • Oct, 2009, Pragmatic Socialization in Another Language: Theory, Methods and Findings
    Invited speech at School of Foreign Languages, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
  • Jun, 2008, Heritage Language Education in Canada. Invited speech atSchool of Foreign Languages, Inner Mongolia University of Technology. Hohhot, China
  • Nov, 2007, Learning Chinese as a Heritage language at UBC: the issue of identity. Invited speech at Institute of Asian Research. UBC, Canada
  • Nov. 2007, Issues in Chinese Language Curriculum, Technology, and Material Development. Invited speech at International Research Symposium on Chinese Language Education and Teacher Development, organized by The Office of Chinese Language International Council, Shanghai, China
  • Nov. 2007, Pragmatic Socialization in a Second Language, Invited speech at Hunan Univeisty, Hunan, China
  • Jun, 2007. Teaching Chinese as a Heritage Language in the Canadian Context, Invited speech at National Conference on International Languages and Education: Access, Equity and Inclusivity, Chinese Lingual-Cultural Centre of Canada. Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • May, 2006. Pragmatic Socialization. Invited speech at College of Humanity and Social Science, National University of Defense Technology; Hunan, China
  • Jul, 2005. Sociolinguistics and Language Socialization. Invited speech at Xiangtan University, Hunan, China
  • Jul, 2005. Problems in Current Chinese Proficiency Test- HSK. Invited speech at The First World Chinese Conference; Beijing, China
  • Jul, 2005. Teaching Chinese as a Heritage Language in Canada. Invited speech at College of Humanity and Social Science, National University of Defense Technology; China
  • Jun, 2004. Requesting in a Second Language: Interlanguage Pragmatics and Language Socialization. Invited speech at National University of Defense Technology, Hunan, China
  • Mar, 2004. The Acquisition, Use and Teachability of Perfective Aspect in Mandarin as a Second Language. Invited speech at University of Alberta, Canada
  • Mar, 2004. Teaching Chinese as a Heritage Language at Post-Secondary Level. Invited speech at University of Alberta , Canada
  • Mar, 2004. Requesting in a Second language: Interlanguage Pragmatics and Language Socialization. Invited speech at University of Alberta, Canada
  • Jun, 2003. Heritage Language Learning and Teaching�Xthe Case of Chinese. Invited speech at LLED Graduate seminar, UBC, Canada
  • Mar, 2001. An Ethographic Study of Interlanguage Pragmatics. Invited Key Note speech atInternational Association of Linguistics, New York University, USA

Conference Presentation/Organization:

  • Aug, 2014. The construction of Chinese identities and ideologies in textbooks for Chinese heritage-language learners; 17th World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA) , Brisbane, Australia
  • Jun, 2014. Language(s) in education across time and space: Trajectories of learning and socialization. The 20th Sociolinguistics Symposium, Finland, June 2014.
  • Jul, 2013. Sociocultural and Discursive Approaches to Chinese Language Learning. Research Symposium organized by Centre for Research in Chinese Language and Literacy Education, UBC, Vancouver Canada
  • Mar, 2013. Multilingual Socialization in Communities and Schools in Southwest China: Possibilities, Tensions, and Vulnerabilities;  The Annual Conference of American Association of Applied Linguistics. Dallas, USA.
  • Jun, 2012. Pragmatic Socialization in a Second Language: Theory, Methods, and Findings;  The Annual Bloomsbury Round Table on Communication, Cognition and Culture; University of London, England
  • Apr. 2012. The K-16 Pipeline in Mandarin Education in British Columbia –Issues in Curriculum Development. ymposium on Teaching Canadian Children Chinese: Programs, Principles, and Practices. Organized by CRCLLE, co-sponsored by Asian Studies and Vancouver School Board. UBC.
  • May, 2011. Raising and Challenging Myths of Intercultural Communication in Writing.   CILS 7TH Annual Research Symposium; Center for Intercultrual Language Studies, UBC. Canada
  • Jan, 2011. Learning Chinese as an Additional, Transnational Language: Negotiating Identity, Community and Legitimacy
    Presented To: International Mobility Language Literacy Conference. Cape Town, South Africa
  • Oct, 2010 Beyond Grammar and Vocabulary: Contextualizing Chinese Language Teaching for the Development of Discourse Competence. Symposium: Teaching and Learning Chinese in Context: Three Perspectives; East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
  • April, 2010 , Issues in Developing advanced Chinese language materials. The 6th Canada-China TCSL Conference, Vancouver, Canada
  • Nov, 2009, Discourse/Pragmatics and Advanced Mandarin Textbook Development. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), San Diego, United States
  • Apr, 2009, Developing advanced Chinese language materials: Challenges and possibilities. The 15th International Symposium on Chinese Language Teaching. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
  • Aug. 2008, Chinese heritage learners’ language and literacy socialization. The World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), 2008, Essan, Germany
  • Apr. 2008, Negotiating language, literacy and identity: Chinese heritage learners’ language and literacy socialization. First International Symposium on Chinese Applied Linguistics, University of Iowa, USA
  • Mar, 2008, Pragmatic Socialization in a Second Language. The 17th Sociolinguistics Symposium, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • May, 2007, Pragmatic Socialization in a Second Language: Theory, Methods, and Findings. 5th International Conference on ELT in China & the 1st Congress of Chinese Applied Linguistics, Beijing, China
  • May, 2007, A Global Approach to Sinograms’ for L3 Learners of Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Third Annual Symposium on Emerging Pedagogies for Language Teaching and Learning, CILS, UBC, Canada
  • Apr, 2007, Chinese as Heritage Language in the Canadian Mosaic. Annual conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Costa Mesa, California
  • Apr, 2007, Heritage Language Learning and Identity Formation. 4th China-Canada Teaching Chinese as a Second Language Symposium, Vancouver, Canada
  • Nov, 2006, A Web-based Resource for Chinese Character Teaching/Learning in ��CJK?Courses at UBC. Arts Faculty 5-Minute Fame Presentation, UBC, Canada
  • Aug, 2006, Heritage Language Learning and Identity:The Case of Chinese. Canadian Chinese Language Teaching and Research Conference , Montreal, Canada
  • Jun, 2006. Heritage Languages, Identity, and Education, Colloquium co-organized for: The joint Conference of Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL) and American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Montreal, Canada .
  • Jun, 2006. Chinese as a Heritage Language and Learner Identity. The joint Conference of Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL) and American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Montreal, Canada .
  • Apr, 2006. Developing Appropriate Teaching Materials for Heritage Language Learners. The Third Canadian Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Vancouver, Canadian TCSL Association, Canada.
  • Nov, 2005. Research on Chinese Heritage-language Learning: Ecological, Discoursal, and Social-psychological Perspectives. Colloquium co-organizer: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL); ACTFL 2005 Convention, Baltimore, United States
  • Nov, 2005. Socio-Psychological Factors in Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language at the Post-secondary Level. ACTFL 2005 Convention; Baltimore, United States
  • Jul, 2005. Issues in Heritage Language Maintenance, Learning, and Education: Cross-linguistic Perspectives. Colloquium co-organizer: Joint Conference of World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA) and American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Madison, United States
  • Jul, 2005. Attitudes, Motivations and Identities in Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language ; Joint Conference of World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA) and American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Madison, United States
  • May, 2004. Heritage Language Education: Theory, Research and Practice. Colloquium co-organized for: the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) annual conference, Portland, United States
  • May, 2004. Language, Diversity, and Education. Center for Intercultural Language Studies (CILS) at UBC; International Symposium on Untraditional Language Education. Vancouver, Canada
  • May, 2004. Setting a Research Agenda on Teaching Chinese as a Heritage Language in Canada. Annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Portland, United States
  • Mar, 2004. Becoming Bi-literate at Post-Secondary Level. The 49th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association (ILA), New York, United States
  • Apr, 2002. Requesting in a Second Language: Language Socialization and Identity. The 47th Annual Conference of International Linguistic Association (ILA). Toronto, Canada
  • Oct, 2000. Students’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Teaching Methods and Activities. Columbia University’s International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching; New York, United States
  • Mar, 2000. Sociolinguistically Contextualized Approaches to Interlanguage Pragmatics Research. ; Annual Convention of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Vancouver, Canada
  • Aug, 1999. New Directions in Interlanguage Pragmatics Research: Combining Ethnography and Discourse Analysis in Research on Requesting Behaviors. The 12th Conference of World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Tokyo, Japan
  • Mar, 1999. Language Socialization for Chinese Immigrant Women Entering the U.S. Workforce. Annual Convention of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). New York, United States
  • Mar, 1999. Description and Explanation in L2 Acquisition of Tense-Aspect Morphology: Complementary Perspectives. Annual conference of The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Stamford, United States
  • Nov, 1998. Discourse Grammar: A New Approach to Teaching the Aspect Marker LE in Mandarin. Annual Convention of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Chicago, United States
  • Mar, 1998. The Development of Aspectual Distinctions in Mandarin as a Second Language. Annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Seattle, United States
  • Mar, 1997. An Ethnographic Study of Requesting Behaviors. Annual Convention of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Orlando, United States
  • Mar, 1997. Women’s Expressions of Needs and Wants in an Immigrant Community. Annual conference of The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Orlando, United States
  • Jul, 1995. A Study of Grammaticalization in Chinese Students’ Written English. Annual conference of International Systemic Functional Congress, Beijing, China (with P. Duff)
  • Jul, 1995. An Analysis of Tense /Aspect Distinctions in the Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese by English Speakers. Annual conference of International Systemic Functional Congress, Beijing, China (with P. Duff)
  • Jun, 1994. The Changing Role of English in China: Political, Social and Cultural Imperatives. International Association of Applied Linguistics. Dublin , Ireland