Dr. Yan Xie

Publications

• 2023. “Ideal L2 self of language learners: Chinese, French, and Spanish”. Chapter 2 in Enhancing Beginner-Level Foreign Language Education for Adult Learners: Language Instruction, Intercultural Competence, Technology, and Assessment (p.11-24). (coauthored with Laura Ziebart)
• 2022. “Perceptions of effective foreign language teaching: A case study of Chinese.”  The Journal of Chinese as a Second Language (CSL)| 漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報. (coauthored with Laura Ziebart)
• 2022. “Transition to Online Foreign Language Class Under COVID-19 Pandemic: Better or worse?”  submitted to the Journal of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSCTFL).  https://tinyurl.com/2022CSCTFLReport  (Coauthored with Laura Ziebart) 
•  2019 (Nov.). “Chinese Learners’ Ideal L2 self and Attitudes Toward Pronunciation.” Annual Conference of American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Washington, DC.
•  2019 (Oct.). “Prepare Learners For Cross-Cultural Communications.” Annual Conference of Foreign Languages Association of Virginia (FLAVA). Williamsburg, VA.
• 2019. “Instructional Interventions and Character Learning Strategies: A Study on Orthographic Study Assignments.” Book chapter in Emerging Trends in Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language in the Twenty-first Century.
• 2018. “Motivation of Ideal Chinese L2 Self and Global Competence: A Case Study on Postsecondary Chinese Language Learners.” Chinese as a Second Language 53(2),163–186.
• 2017. “American Chinese Language Learners’ Ideal Chinese L2 Self.” Chinese as a Second Language Research (CASLAR) 6(2), 301-328.
• 2015. “The Acquisition of Mandarin Basic Vowels by American Students: The Comparison of Disyllabic Words and Sentences.” Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association (JCLTA) 50(1), 43-59.
• 2014. Second Language Self of Chinese Heritage and Nonheritage Learners. Germany: Scholars’ Press.
• 2014. “L2 Self of Beginning-level Heritage and Non-heritage Post-secondary Learners of Chinese.” Foreign Language Annals 47(1), 189-203.
• 2013. “The Acquisition of Mandarin Basic Vowels by American Students: The Comparison of Mono- and Di-syllabic Words and the Effects of Tones.” Journal of Chinese Language Teachers Association (JCLTA) 48(1), 91-108.
• 2011. “Representations of L2 Motivational Self System With Beginning Chinese Language Learners at College Level in the United States: Heritage and Nonheritage Language Learners” (Doctoral Dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3450776).
• 2010. “The Chinese Vowels Acquisition by North American Students: A Comparative Study between Low and High-Level Learners.” Journal of Chinese Language Teachers Association (JCLTA), 45(2), 1-18.

Presentations

• 2022 (Oct.) “Using Interactional Technologies to Improve Students’ Language Skills”. Accepted to present at Fall Conference of Foreign Languages Association of Virginia (FLAVA), Williamsburg, VA. (proposal accepted for presentation)
• 2022 (Apr.). The full paper presented “What is your students’ ideal L2 self and how to help them to achieve their goals?” 2022 Southern Conference of Language Teaching (SCOLT).
• 2022 (Mar.) “Integrate Christian Faith into Teaching”. Seminar at Center for Teaching Excellence, Liberty University.
• 2022 (Jan.). Full paper presented “Transition to online foreign language classes: Better or worse?” All Faculty Winter Conference of Liberty University, Lynchburg.
  This paper was selected as “Best Academic Paper” for the session of full articles.
• 2021 (Oct.7). “Perceptions of effective foreign language teaching: A case study of Chinese”. Annual Fall Conference of Foreign Languages Association of Virginia (FLAVA), virtual. (The undergraduate student Laura Ziebart is the co-presenter.)
• 2021 (Mar.) “Impacts of emergent online classes on foreign language learners.” Annual Spring Conference of Foreign Languages Association of Virginia (FLAVA), virtual.
• 2021(Jan.). “Transition to online foreign language classes: Better or worse?” All Faculty Winter Conference of Liberty University, Lynchburg.
• 2020 (April). “What is your students’ ideal L2 self and how to help them to achieve their goals?” Annual conference of US Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA-US), Washington, D. C. (selected)
• 2019 (Nov.). “Chinese Learners’ Ideal L2 self and Attitudes Toward Pronunciation.” Annual Conference of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Washington, DC.
• 2019 (Oct.) “Prepare Learners For Cross-Cultural Communications.” Annual Fall Conference of Foreign Languages Association of Virginia (FLAVA), Williamsburg, VA.
• 2019 (Apr.) “Implication of Chinese language learners’ ideal Chinese L2 self in teaching Chinese as a foreign Language.” Annual conference of US Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA-US), Seattle, WA.
• Jan. 2019 and Jan. 2018. “Learning Motivation and Global Competence: A Study of Postsecondary Chinese Language Learners.”  All Faculty Winter Conference of Liberty University, Lynchburg.
• April 2018. “Instructional Interventions and Character Learning Strategies: A Study on Orthographic Study Assignments.” Annual Conference of US Chinese Language Teachers Association, Washington, D.C.
• Nov. 2017. “Chinese Character Learning Strategies and Outcome with Different Teaching Environments.” Third International Symposium on the Culture of Chinese Characters and Language, Boston, MA.
• Sept. 2016. “Pedagogical Implication of Chinese Second Language Self.” Annual Conference of Foreign Languages Association of Virginia (FLAVA), Williamsburg.
• Nov. 2015. “Integrating Authentic Multimedia Materials into Intermediate Chinese Courses.” Paper selected to be presented at Annual Conference of American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages, San Diego, CA.
• Oct. 2015. “Enhance Chinese Learners’ Proficiency Level through Applying Learner-centered Curriculum.” Annual Conference of Foreign Languages Association of Virginia (FLAVA), Williamsburg, VA.
• Nov. 2014. “Pedagogical Implication of Chinese Second Language Self.” Annual Conference of American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages, San Antonio, TX.
• Sept. 2014. “Integrating the National Foreign Language Learning Standards at College Level.” Annual Conference of Foreign Languages Association of Virginia (FLAVA), Williamsburg, VA.
• Sept. 2013. “Impacts of the Tones on the Learning of Chinese: Linguistic and Non-Linguistic.” Annual Conference of Foreign Languages Association of Virginia (FLAVA), Williamsburg, VA.
• Oct. 2012. “To Master Tones: A Motivational Issue.” Annual Conference of Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA), Williamsburg, VA.
• Oct. 2011.  “Integrativeness or Ideal L2 Self: Motivating Your Students.” Annual Conference of Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA), Richmond, VA.
• Oct. 2010.  “The Interaction of Learning Strategies and Motivation with Chinese Language Learners at College Level.” Annual Conference of Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA), Richmond, VA.
• Oct. 2010. “Basic Vowels Acquisition of American Chinese Language Learners.” Columbia University Teachers College Annual Roundtable Conference, New York, NY.
• Nov. 2006. “What the Learning of Chinese Language Means in the New Age: Rethinking Integrative and Instrumental Motivations.” The 40th ACTFL Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.
• May 2006. “Rethink Socio-educational Model of Motivation with Chinese Language Learners.” Annual Conference of CLTA-Greater New York, New York NY.
• Nov. 2005. “Learners’ Ethnic Identity Development and Establishment of a Positive Attitude toward Learning Chinese.” The 39th ACTFL Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
• June 2005. “Motivation and Communicative Competence: To Increase Learning Achievement through Communicative Language Teaching.” Conference of Strategies and Pedagogy for Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century, Taipei, Taiwan.
• May 2005.  “Principles to Develop a Community Service Chinese Language Program.” Annual Conference of CLTA-Greater New York, New York, NY.
• Sept. 2004. “Motivation and Ethnic Identity: A Socio-cultural Perspective in the Teaching of Chinese.” Conference of Cultural Diversity and Language Education at Hawaii University, Manoa, HI.
• May 2004. “What Heritage Students’ Success Tells Us: Rethinking the Role of Learning Motivations.” Annual Conference of CLTA-Greater New York, New York.
• April 2004. “Build a Multilingual Community: Children’s Chinese Language Summer Camp.” The 41st Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language, New York.