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Associate Professor
Global Cultures & Languages University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Hongying Xu's office hours

Monday
11 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Tuesday
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Wednesday
11 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Thursday
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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Hongying Xu Pronounce my name Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Associate Professor

Global Cultures & Languages

Specialty area(s)

Second Language Acquisition, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Computer-Assisted Language Learning 

Current courses at UWL

CHI 100 Basic Spoken Chinese 

CHI 102 Chinese in a Global Society II

CHI 202 Chinese Language and Culture in Action II

CHI 305 Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature  

 

Education

Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction & Linguistics - The University of Kansas 

M.A. TESOL - Missouri State University 

M.A. Applied Linguistics - Zhejiang Normal University, China 

B. A. English Education - Hangzhou Normal University, China 

Career

Teaching history

CHI 100 Basic Spoken Chinese 

CHI 101 Chinese in a Global Society I (Syllabus) 

CHI 102 Chinese in a Global Society II 

CHI 201 Chinese Language and Culture in Action I 

CHI 202 Chinese Language and Culture in Action II

CHI 301 Advanced Chinese 

CHI 305 Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature 

CHI 315 Business Chinese 

CHI 320 Introduction to Chinese Civilization 

CHI 326 Current Events 

CHI 398 Independent Study 

MLA 306 Introduction to Second Language Acquisition 

Research and publishing

8. Xu, H. (2024), The Instruction and Acquisition of the BA Construction by Students of Chinese as a Foreign Language. Lexington Books. 

7. Xu, H. (2022). In Nemtchinova, E. (Ed.), Enhancing grammar acquisition among beginner-level learners of Chinese using the flipped learning model (pp. 42-57). New York, NY: Routledge.  

6. Xu, H., & Cassidy, V. (2022) Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence via Video-based Synchronous Communication among L2 French Learners. In A. Chauvant-Akroy, & K. A. Corbin (Eds.), Culture & Content in French: Frameworks for Innovative Curricula (pp. 333-360). Lever Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12217076  

5. Xu, H., Li, Y. (2021). Using Online Applications to Improve to Enhance Phonetic Acquisition among Learners of Chinese. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 12(1), 51-81.

4. Xu, H. (2019). The Effectiveness of Different Modalities in Facilitating Grammar Acquisition in the Flipped Classroom. International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 9(4), 37-50.

3. Xu, H., Li, Y., Li, Y. (2019). Using Online Applications to Improve Tone Perception among L2 Learners of Chinese. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 10(1), 26-56. 

2. Xu, H. (2019). In Zhu, D., Wang, M. (Ed.), Implementing Project Based Language Learning in Selected Papers of the 15th International Conference on Chinese Language Pedagogy: Interdisciplinary Development & Research in International Chinese Language Education (pp. 357-368). Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. 

1. Hay, Shelley and Xu, Hongying. “EPortfolios for Assessment Purposes in the Foreign Language Classroom: A Project Outline.” In Materialien Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache. Eds. Sandra Ballweg and Bärbel Kühn Vol. 102 (2019): 131-146.

Kudos

presented

Hongying Xu, Global Cultures & Languages, presented "Revisiting syllabi from students' perspective: a case study of a Chinese course" at Annual Conference of Chinese Language Teachers Association on April 10 online.

Submitted on: April 11, 2022

published

Hongying Xu, Global Cultures & Languages, co-authored the chapter "Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence via Video-based Synchronous Communication among L2 French Learners" in Culture & Content in French: Frameworks for Innovative Curricula published on March 16 by Lever Press .

Submitted on: Mar. 18, 2022

presented

Hongying Xu, Global Cultures & Languages, presented "Liquid Syllabus in Beginning Chinese Language Instruction: Creating a Welcoming and Supportive Atmosphere" at UW System OPID Webinar on Friday, Feb. 25 online. Dr. Xu shared her use of a liquid syllabus at her beginning level Chinese class in Fall 2021 by adopting a templated shared by CATL at UW-Green Bay. She also shared the overwhelmingly positive feedback from her students, indicating their preference of the liquid syllabus to the traditional ones.

Submitted on: Feb. 25, 2022

presented

Hongying Xu, Global Cultures & Languages, presented "Liquid Syllabus in Beginning Chinese Language " at Innovative Teaching & Learning in the UW System on Friday, Feb. 25 in Zoom. This event was sponsored by UW System's Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID). Xu received an innovative mini-grant after the 2021 OPID Spring Conference on Teaching & Learning and shared her experience implementing liquid syllabus in her Fall 2021 courses.

Submitted on: Feb. 21, 2022

interviewed

Hongying Xu, Global Cultures & Languages, was interviewed by Roger Staffaroni of WXOW 19 on Feb. 1. In the interview, she talked about the celebration of this most important festival both in China and among Chinese communities overseas (e.g. in La Crosse). She also explained what the year of tiger, one of the zodiac animals, means to Chinese people.

Submitted on: Feb. 2, 2022

Memberships & affiliations

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