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Expertise
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Work
Work
2025
Li, S., & Xiao, F. (2025). Assessing pragmatic routines in L2 Chinese: a focus on rating scale functioning and rater behavior. In J., Jin & S., Ke (Eds.). Chinese Language Education and Second Language Chinese Acquisition (pp. 130-151). Routledge.
2024
Xiao, F., Liu, G., Yu, Y., Wang, H. & Wang-Bramlett, D. (2024). AI-supported language education beyond ChatGPT. Studies in Chinese Learning and Teaching, 9, 1-11.
Xiao, F. (2024). The 80/20 rule in the era of artificial intelligence. International Chinese Learning and Teaching Resources, 1(1), 161-167.
Xiao, F. & Lang, J. (2024). New developments in ÑÇÖÞAV’s Chinese program: implementation of gender-inclusive curriculum practices. Chinese Language Globalization Studies, 14, 80-88.
Liu, Y. & Xiao, F. (2024). . Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 53.
Lang, J., Xiao, F., Zhang, M. (2024). . Languages, 9(12).
2023
Xiao, F., Liu, G., Yu, Y., Wang, H. & Wang-Bramlett, D. (2023). . Studies in Chinese Learning and Teaching, 8, 1-13.
Xiao, F. & Wade, Cecilia. (2023). Differences in Code-Switching between Chinese Heritage and Non-Heritage Learners in Computer-Mediated Communication. Chinese Language Teaching Methodology and Technology, 6(1), 1-29.
Tiller, A, & Xiao, F. (2023). Factors on US students’ study abroad planning after the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies in Chinese Learning and Teaching, 9, 108-129.
Xiao, F. & Nie, K. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on American students’ willingness to study abroad. In D., Zhang & R., Miller (Eds.). Crossing Boundaries in Researching, Understanding, and Improving Language Education (pp. 257-270). Switzerland: Springer.
2013-2022
Li, S., Tang, X., Taguchi, N., & Xiao, F. (2022). Effects of linguistic proficiency on speech act development in L2 Chinese during study abroad. Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education, 7(1), 116-151.
Xiao, F. (2020). Instructional effect on acquisition of Chinese pragmatics. Studies in Chinese Learning and Teaching, 4, 1-28.
Xiao, F., Taguchi, N., & Li, S. (2019). Effects of proficiency subskills on pragmatic development in L2 Chinese study abroad. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 41(2), 469-483.
Li, S., Taguchi, N., & Xiao, F. (2019). Variations in Rating Scale Functioning in Assessing Speech Act Production in L2 Chinese. Language Assessment Quarterly, 16(3), 271-293.
Xiao, F. (2018). Advanced-level pragmatics in instructed SLA. In P. Malovrh & A. Benati (Eds.). Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition (pp. 463-482). New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell.
Xiao, F. (2018). Development of pragmatic competence in L2 Chinese study abroad. In A. Sánchez-Hernández & A. Herraiz-MartÃnez (Eds.), Learning second language pragmatics beyond traditional contexts (pp. 227-254). Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang.
Xiao, F. (2017). Development in the use of Chinese mitigation in interaction. Chinese as a Second Language Research, 6(1), 39-71.
Taguchi, N., Xiao, F. & Li, S. (2016). Effects of intercultural competence and social contact on speech act production in a Chinese study abroad context. The Modern Language Journal, 100(4), 775-796.
Taguchi, N., Xiao, F., & Li, S. (2016). Assessment of study abroad outcomes in Chinese as a second language: gains in cross-cultural adaptability, language contact, and proficiency. Intercultural Education, 27(6), 600-614.
Xiao, F. (2015). Adult second language learners’ pragmatic development in the study-abroad context: A review. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 25, 132-149.
Xiao, F. (2015). Proficiency effect on L2 pragmatic competence. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 5(4), 557-581.
Ke, S. & Xiao, F. (2015). Cross-linguistic transfer of morphological awareness between Chinese and English. Language Awareness, 24(4), 355-380.
Liu, Y. & Xiao, F. (2015). Comprehension of Chinese vague expressions: A comparison between heritage and non-heritage learners. Chinese as a Second Language Research, 4(2), 271-294.
Liu, Y. & Xiao, F. (2015). A review of research on the development of interlanguage pragmatic competence. TCSL Studies, 59, 41-50.
Xiao, F. & Shi, Z. (2014). The development of pragmatic competence in study abroad context: The comparison of Chinese negotiation strategy in a service encounter between American heritage learners and non-heritage learners. Overseas Chinese Teaching, 2, 23-36.
Taguchi, N., Li, S., & Xiao, F. (2013). Production of formulaic expressions in L2 Chinese: A longitudinal investigation in a study-abroad context. Chinese as a Second Language Research, 2(1), 23-58.
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Education
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Awards & Honors
Awards & Honors
Hirsch Research Initiation Grant, 2021-2023
EnviroLab Asia Curricular Innovation Award, Henry Luce Foundation, 2020
Andrew W. Mellon Grant for Digital Humanities, 2016-2019
Hahn Fund for Innovative Teaching with Technology, 2016-2017; 2018-2019; 2020-2021
Language Learning Dissertation Grant, 2015
Modern Languages Department Dissertation Completion Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University, 2014-2015
Barbara F. Freed Award for Research on Language Learning in a Study Abroad Context, 2014-2015