Xiwen Lu
Senior Lecturer in Chinese
German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature
Brandeis University
United States of America
Biography
Xiwen Lu’s professional background is teaching Chinese as a second language, and she also explores in depth in the field of computer-based and Internet-based Chinese teaching method, and teaching Chinese at secondary level. In her academics career, she has taught different levels of Chinese in world leading programs such as Harvard Summer Program and Alliance. At her current faculty appointment here at Brandeis she teaches Intermediate level Chinese, Practical Chinese Phonetics, Lexics, Syntax, and Pragmatics, and Chinese Pedagogy. She serves as the undergraduate advising head, graduate student advisor, and FLOC meeting member. She also serves as the reviewer for Chinese Teaching in the World, which is the authoritative journal in the Chinese teaching field.
Research Interest
Chinese language and Heritage
Publications
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Lu Xiwen, Gao Liqun.Effects of Corrective Feedback on Acquisition in the Interaction of Chinese as a Foreign Language. World Chinese Teaching 2015; 29 (1): 95-110.
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Lu X, Xiong X, Heffernan NT. Experimenting Choices of Video and Text Feedback in Authentic Foreign Language Assignments at Scale. InProceedings of the Fourth (2017) ACM Conference on Learning@ Scale 2017 Apr 12 (pp. 335-338). ACM.
