Publications
Theses
1. Xuan, W. 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. W. (2009) An evaluation of websites for learning Chinese as a second language (MA thesis) Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
3. Xuan, W. W. (2006) A survey of reading obstacles by college EFL learners in China (BA thesis) Huizhou University, Huizhou, China.
Journal articles
1. Zhou, J.Y, Wang, L, and Xuan, W.W. (accepted) Multimodal co-selection of grammatical tenses in Chinese primary school EFL textbooks: the case of be. International Journal of Applied Linguistics.
2. Xuan, W.W. Matthiessen, C.M., & Arús-Hita, J.(2024) Broadening the applicability of Systemic Functional Linguistics in Language Education. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. DeGruyter.doi.org/10.1515/iral-2024-0286
3. Matthiessen, C. M., & Xuan, W. W. (2024). System networks as a resource in L2 writing education. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. DeGruyter.doi.org/10.1515/iral-2024-0064
4. Xuan, W.W. & Chen, S.K. (2024) Writing to evaluate: a synthesis of APPRASIAL studies at different levels of EAP writing. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. John Benjamins.https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.24027.xua
5. Arús-Hita, J., Matthiessen, C.M., & Xuan, W.W. (2024) Learning how to mean in a second language uses of system networks in L2 education. Journal of World Languages. DeGruyter.doi.org/10.1515/jwl-2023-0056
6. Xuan, W.W. (2023) Understanding Chinese High School ESL Learners’ Use of L2 Attitudinal Resources in Letter Writing: A Systemic Functional Perspective. Journal of Asia TEFL.doi.org/10.18823/asiatefl.2023.20.2.8.357
7. Chen, S.K, Xuan, W. W & Yu, W. (2022) Beyond reporting verbs: exploring Chinese EFL learners’ deployment of projection in summary writing. Sage Open.doi.org/10.1177/21582440221093356
8. Zhong, Z. N, Chen, S.K & Xuan, W.W. (2022) A systemic functional semiotic investigation of illustration in Chinese poem books: an ontogenetic perspective. Language and Semiotic Studies.doi.org/10.1515/lass-2021-070403
9.Chen, S.K, Xuan, W. W & Yu, H.L. (2022) Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics in translation studies: A research synthesis. Babel, International Journal of Translation.doi.org/10.1075/babel.00275.che
10. Chen, S.K & Xuan, W.W. (2021) Literary classics with modernity – A social semiotic analysis of a comic adaptation of Journey to the West. Sage Open.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211019730
11. Xuan, W. W & Zhang, D.B. (2021) Understanding textual meaning-making in Chinese high school EFL learners’ writing : A systemic functional perspective. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics.doi.org/10.1075/aral.20045.xua
12. Xuan, W. W & Chen, S.K. (2020) Taking stock of accumulated knowledge in projection studies from systemic functional linguistics: A research synthesis. Functional Linguistics doi.org/10.1186/s40554-019-0070-7
13. Xuan, W. W & Chen, S.K. (2019) A synthesis of research on grammatical metaphor :meta-data and content analysis. WORD, 65(4), 213-233.doi.org/10.1080/00437956.2019.1670911
14. Xuan, W. W. (2019). Understanding logical meaning-making in Chinese high school students’ ESL writing: A Systemic Functional Perspective. Asian EFL Journal.
15. 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. doi.org/10.1186/s40862-018-0046-2
16. Xuan, W. W. (2018) A Synthesis of studies on learning how to mean in adolescent L2 writing. CPCE Working Papers Series.
17. Zhang, H., & Xuan, W. W. (2018) Word knowledge in academic literacy skills among collegiate ESL learners. Applied Linguistics Review. doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2017-0057
18. 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. doi.org/10.1186/s40554-016-0038-9
19. 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. doi.org/10.1007/s40299-017-0343-4
20. Mwinlaaru, I. N., & Xuan, W. W. (2016). A survey of studies in systemic functional language description and typology. Functional Linguistics, 3(1), 1-41.doi.org/10.1186/s40554-016-0030-4
21. Xuan, W. W. (2016) A synthesis of research on genre in educational context: systemic functional perspective. CPCE Working Papers Series.
22. Xuan, W. W. (2016) An exploratory study of Chinese adolescent ESL learners’ L2 writing: functional perspective. CPCE Working Papers Series.
23. 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. Siu, L.Y., Tong, K.M, & Xuan, W.W. (2024) Multimodal Orchestration for Social Science-specific Meaning- making Flow in Higher Education. In V Beltrán-Palanques, E Bernad-Mechó (Eds) Current trends in EMI and Multimodality in Higher Education. Routledge.
2. Xuan, W.(accepted) Understanding College Students’ Translanguaging Practice in Collaborative Writing from a CLIL Course: voices from Hong Kong. In Pun, J, Curle, S.& Pramod,S.K. (eds.)Assessment, testing and evaluation in English-medium instruction (EMI). Multilingual Matters.
3. Xuan, W. W. and Liu, Y (2020) 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.
Book
1. Xuan, W. W. (2022) Writing as Meaning-Making: A Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach to EFL Writing. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-0320-5#toc
Research Grants
Principal Investigator (2024-2025)
Project Title: Identifying Linguistic Challenges in Hong Kong Secondary School Students’ L2 English Writing: A Systemic Functional Perspective
Sponsor: HKMU R&D Fund (HK$195,309.2)
Principal Investigator (2024-2025)
Project Title: Unpacking Linguistic Challenges: A Comparative Study of High and Low Achievers in Hong Kong Secondary School L2 Writing
Sponsor: HKMU PFDS Fund (HK$150,000)
Principal Investigator (2025-2027)
Project Title: Empowering HKMU Student-Teachers in the Global Education Era: A Cross-Cultural Education Programme at University of Helsinki
Sponsor: HKMU QEM Fund (HK$ 993,210)
Principal Investigator (2025-2028)
Project Title: Annual International Workshops under the theme “Shaping the Future of Education: A Multicultural and Multilingual Approach to Quality Teacher Education”
Sponsor: HKMU QEM Fund (HK$ 387,500)
Principal Investigator (2016-2018)
Project Title: An Exploratory Investigation of Difficulties First Year Associate Degree Students Face in Learning Academic English—A Case Study.
Sponsor: College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. HK SAR, China. (Completed)
Co-Principal Investigator (2022-2026)
Project title: A multi-stratal approach to dynamism in conversation based on multilingual corpora of naturally occurring conversations,
Sponsor: National Social Science Fund of China. (On-going)
Co-Principal Investigator (2023-2026)
Project title: The study of construction of disciplinary knowledge and ideology in English textbooks for primary and secondary schools
Sponsor: Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 80,000RMB, project code: 23XJC740011. (On-going)
Co-Principal Investigator (2023-2024)
Project title: The strategies of cultural integration in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
Sponsor: Guangdong Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science, 20,000RMB, project code: GD23XWY09. (On-going)
Co-Principal Investigator (2020-2025)
Project title: Reading beyond borders: the role of linguistic skills in learning to read English in non-Western contexts
Sponsor: NWO Talent Program – Veni Scheme: The Dutch Research Council, the Hague, The Netherlands. (On-going)
Co-Principal Investigator (2021-2022)
Project title: Developing an Efficient Pedagogical Model for Online Chinese as a Second Language Teaching based on Xu Argument.
Sponsor: The National Committee of Language, Ministry of Education. (On-going)
Co-Principal Investigator (2017-2018)
Project title: Alignment Effects of the Continuation Task on L2 Chinese Writing
Sponsor: Innovative School Project in Higher Education of Guangdong (2017 WQNCX043), Department of Education, Guangdong Province, China, PRC. (Completed)
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