Theses

  1. Xuan, W. (2015) A longitudinal study of Chinese high school students learning English based on systemic functional text analysis (Doctoral dissertation) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Hong Kong SAR, China.
  2. Xuan, W. (2009) An evaluation of websites for learning Chinese as a second language (MA thesis) Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
  3. Xuan, W. (2006) A survey of reading obstacles by college EFL learners in China (BA thesis) Huizhou University, Huizhou, China.

Journal articles

  1. Xuan, W. W & Chen, S.K (2020) Taking stock of accumulated knowledge in projection studies from systemic functional linguistics: A research synthesis. Functional Linguistics
  2. Xuan, W. W & Chen, S.K (2019) A synthesis of research on grammatical metaphor :meta-data and content analysis. WORD, 65(4), 213-233.
  3. Xuan, W. W. (2019). Understanding logical meaning-making in Chinese high school students’ ESL writing: A Systemic Functional Perspective. Asian EFL Journal.
  4. Xuan, W. W. (2018). Understanding experiential meaning-making in Chinese adolescent L2 writing: a systemic functional perspective. Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 3(1), 5.
  5. Xuan, W. W. (2018) A Synthesis of studies on learning how to mean in adolescent L2 writing. CPCE Working Papers Series
  6. Zhang, H., & Xuan, W. W. (2018) Word knowledge in academic literacy skills among collegiate ESL learners. Applied Linguistics Review.
  7. Xuan, W. W. (2017). An exploratory study of ESL writing by junior secondary students in China: Text type, register and textual features. Functional Linguistics, 4(1), 3.
  8. Xuan, W. W., & Huang, X. E. (2017). Understanding interpersonal meaning-making in Chinese high school students’ ESL writing: A systemic functional perspective. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 26(5), 227-238.
  9. Mwinlaaru, I. N., & Xuan, W. W. (2016). A survey of studies in systemic functional language description and typology. Functional Linguistics, 3(1), 1-41.
  10. Xuan, W. W. (2016) A synthesis of research on genre in educational context: systemic functional perspective. CPCE Working Papers Series
  11. Xuan, W. W. (2016) An exploratory study of Chinese adolescent ESL learners’ L2 writing: functional perspective. CPCE Working Papers Series
  12. Guo, L & Xuan, W. W. (2013) A study of the acquisition of Chinese tones in CSL. Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Teaching and Research on Chinese as A Foreign Language Edition)

Book chapters

  1. Xuan, W. W. and Liu, Y (2019) Mastering the discourse of summary writing: A longitudinal study in the use of projection at the advanced level of Chinese as a second language. In Xiao (Eds) Second Language Chinese Development: A Longitudinal Perspective. Lexington books.