Dr. Xiao Lan Curdt-christiansen

Biography

Dr. Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Institute of education, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Responsibilities: University Responsibilities: Member of the steering committee for Bilingualism Matters@Reading Institute of Education Responsibilities: • Chair of the Ethics Committee • Deputy director of PhD programme • Pathway leader for ELT MA modules • Member of PGT ELT Task Group • Member of the Internationalisation & Enterprise committee • Member of the research group Language and Literacy in Education Areas of Interest: Expertise and Research Interest: • Language policy and multilingualism (language-in-education policy; family language policy; language curriculum development; heritage language development; Content-Based-Language Instruction) • Language socialisation (language ideology; interactional studies; home literacy practices; cultural practices) • Literacy studies (classroom discourse; textbook research/analysis; metalinguistic awareness and knowledge) PhD and Masters Level supervision offered in these areas: • Language policy and multilingual education • Language socialization in classroom and home contexts • Medium of instruction • Language curriculum development • Classroom discourse, teacher feedback (oral) • Language textbook analysis • Linguistic environment and language input PhD and EdD Level Supervision offered in these areas: • Language policy and bilingual education. • Language socialisation in school and home contexts. • Children's multilingual education and biliteracy development. • Linguistic environment and language input. • Language curriculum development. • Language textbook research. Current PhD Students, with Topics/Titles of their Research: • Selma ASHIKUTI, PhD The enactment of the language-in-education policy in Namibia: The Hegemony of the English Language over Indigenous Languages • Sheikha MAJID, PhD A Translanguaging Perspective: A Study of Malaysian Teachers' Medium of Instruction in the ESL Classroom • Yasir Yahya, PhD The Development and Implementation of a Speaking Module in Oral Presentation among Undergraduate Students in Malaysia • Mohammed Hassan I. Alshaikhi, PhD Exploring the Usefulness of Interactive Whiteboards (IWB) in Teaching Vocabulary • Brent A. JONES, EdD A Transformative Look at Learner Engagement in University EFL Contexts in Japan • Valentina Bamber, EdD Teacher Identity: Dialogic teaching in L2 classroom Current and Recent Research Projects: Principal Investigator (06/2017- 12/2019): ES/NO19105/1 (ESRC, 849,192.00) Family Language Policy: A Multi-level Investigation of Multilingual Practices in Transnational Families Co-PIs: LI Wei (UCL) and ZHU Hua (Birkbeck) Principal Investigator (11/2014- 05/2015): A3496700 (Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (UoR), £765.40). Private Language Management: Home Literacy Environments for Bilingual Development, Co-PI: Francesca LaMorgia Principal Investigator (05/2010-06/2014) 35/09 XLC (Office of Educational Research project, Singapore, S$226,276.20): Biliteracy Development: Metalinguistic knowledge and bilingual academic performance, Co-PI: GuangWei HU Principal Investigator (05/2008-09/2010) N. Dossier: 7.01.08 Merlion Franco-Singapore Grant (French and Singapore Government, S$60.000). A Tale of Two Nations: A comparative study of bilingual children's literacy practices in Singapore and France. Co-PI: Andrea Young (French Strasbourg Uni), GuangWei HU, Christine Helot. Research Collaborator (11/2012-11/2022): Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan (Norway, NOK 34,000,000.00): The main goal of the project is to generate state-of-art scientific knowledge on individual and societal multilingualism across the lifespan. External roles and consultancy External examiner for BA English language and Linguistics Programme, Roehampton University, London. Department for International Development (UK, DFID). (2012-present) External Evaluator of proposals for Rigorous Literature Reviews in Literacy Education Board Director for Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism, Singapore (fund with a capital of S$93,396,000) (02/2012-2015) AAAL strand abstract reviewer (2012-present) Manuscript reviewer (2004-present) Applied Linguistics; Journal of Literacy Research; Language and Education; Modern Language Review; Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development; Language Policy; Asian Pacific Journal of Education; International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education; Journal of Early Childhood Literacy; Canadian Modern Language Review; etc. Research proposal reviewer, NIE/NTU, Singapore (02/2012-present) Research groups / Centres: • Language and Literacy in Education. • Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism.

Research Interest

Language policy and multilingualism (language-in-education policy; family language policy; language curriculum development; heritage language development; Content-Based-Language Instruction) Language socialisation (language ideology; interactional studies; home literacy practices; cultural practices) Literacy studies (classroom discourse; textbook research/analysis; metalinguistic awareness and knowledge)