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. Chen, S.K, Xuan, W. W & Yu, W. (2022) Beyond reporting verbs: exploring Chinese EFL learners’ deployment of projection in summary writing. Sage Open.

2. 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.

3.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.

4. 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

5. 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

6.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

7. 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

8. Xuan, W. W. (2019). Understanding logical meaning-making in Chinese high school students’ ESL writing: A Systemic Functional Perspective. Asian EFL Journal.

9. 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 Education3(1), 5. doi.org/10.1186/s40862-018-0046-2

10. Xuan, W. W. (2018) A Synthesis of studies on learning how to mean in adolescent L2 writing. CPCE Working Papers Series.

11. 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

12. Xuan, W. W. (2017). An exploratory study of ESL writing by junior secondary students in China: Text type, register and textual features. Functional Linguistics4(1), 3. doi.org/10.1186/s40554-016-0038-9

13. 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 Researcher26(5), 227-238. doi.org/10.1007/s40299-017-0343-4

14. 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

15. Xuan, W. W. (2016) A synthesis of research on genre in educational context: systemic functional perspective. CPCE Working Papers Series.

16. Xuan, W. W. (2016) An exploratory study of Chinese adolescent ESL learners’ L2 writing: functional perspective. CPCE Working Papers Series.

17. 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 (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