All Stories

  1. Self-regulated strategic writing for academic studies in an English-medium-instruction context

    Article • Language and Education, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  2. Ethics-related practices in Internet-based applied linguistics research

    Article • Applied Linguistics Review, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  3. ‘Noisy guests shall not unseat the host’

    Article • English Today, July 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  4. The ideological framing of ‘dialect’: an analysis of mainland China's state media coverage of ‘dialect crisis’ (2002–2012)

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  5. Shifting Constructions of Role Models for English Learners in China

    Article • Changing English, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  6. Pre-service English teachers’ perceptions of newly arrived children from Mainland China

    Article • Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  7. “Floating elites”: interpreting mainland Chinese undergraduates’ graduation plans in Hong Kong

    Article • Asia Pacific Education Review, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  8. Language Teacher Education in a Multilingual Context

    Article • January 2014

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  9. Empirical studies on foreign language learning and teaching in China (2008–2011): A review of selected research

    Article • Language Teaching, December 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  10. Reflexive and reflective thinking: a crucial link between agency and autonomy

    Article • Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  11. Introduction

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  12. A Comparative Study on Commitment to Teaching

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  13. An Ethico-political Analysis of Teacher Identity Construction

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  14. Journeys Towards Teaching: Pre-service English Language Teachers’ Understandings and Experiences of Teaching and Teacher Education in Hong Kong

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  15. Cross-Border Pre-service Teachers in Hong Kong: Identity and Integration

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  16. Learning, Teaching, and Constructing Identities Abroad: ESL Pre-service Teacher Experiences During a Short-Term International Experience Programme

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  17. Identity Construction in a Foreign Land: Native-Speaking English Teachers and the Contestation of Teacher Identities in Hong Kong Schools

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  18. Conclusion: Crossing Boundaries and Becoming English Language Teachers in Multilingual Contexts

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  19. The Construction and Reconstruction of Teacher Identities: The Case of Second Career English Language Teachers in Hong Kong

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  20. Political Conspiracy or Decoy Marketing?: Experienced Chinese Teachers’ Perceptions of Using Putonghua as a Medium of Instruction in Hong Kong

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  21. Language Teachers and the Falling Language Standards in Hong Kong: An Internet-Based Inquiry

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  22. It Is Not a Bad Idea for Me to Be a Language Teacher!

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  23. Mapping the terrain of learner autonomy: learning environments, learning communities and identities

    Article • Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  24. English Vocabulary Learning Strategy Use in a Chinese Key Middle School

    Article • Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics, January 2013, De Gruyter

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  25. The Study of English in China as a patriotic enterprise

    Article • World Englishes, August 2012, Wiley

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  26. ‘Cantonese is not a dialect’: Chinese netizens’ defence of Cantonese as a regional lingua franca

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, August 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  27. Parental strategies in supporting Chinese children’s learning of English vocabulary

    Article • Research Papers in Education, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  28. The Religion of Learning English inEnglish: A Language Educator’s Reading

    Article • Changing English, December 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  29. The ‘falling’ language standards and teachers’ professional vulnerability in Hong Kong

    Article • Research Papers in Education, December 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  30. Vocabulary learning and teaching beliefs of pre-service and in-service teachers in Hong Kong and mainland China

    Article • Language Awareness, November 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  31. Research engagement and educational decentralisation: problematising primary school English teachers’ research experiences in China

    Article • Educational Studies, May 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  32. Language learner autonomy: policy, curriculum, classroom

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  33. Autonomous language learning against all odds

    Article • System, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  34. To be or not to be: shifting motivations in Chinese secondary school English teachers’ career narratives

    Article • Teacher Development, August 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  35. Chinese Teachers’ Views on the Increasing Use of Putonghua as a Medium of Instruction in Hong Kong Schools

    Article • Australian Journal of Teacher Education, January 2010, Edith Cowan University

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  36. ‘Learning Study’ for Primary School English Teachers: A Case Story from Hong Kong

    Article • Changing English, December 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  37. Understanding mainland Chinese students' motivations for choosing teacher education programmes in Hong Kong

    Article • Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy, April 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  38. Qualitative Research in Language Teaching and Learning Journals, 1997-2006

    Article • Modern Language Journal, February 2009, Wiley

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  39. English Language Education in China: A Review of Selected Research

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, December 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  40. ‘Forget Chinese – let's think only in English!’ Chinese Netizens Debating the Best Ways to Learn English in China

    Article • Changing English, December 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  41. Shifting motivational discourses among mainland Chinese students in an English medium tertiary institution in Hong Kong: a longitudinal inquiry

    Article • Studies in Higher Education, October 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  42. English Language Education in China: A Review of Selected Research

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, September 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  43. You Had to Work Hard 'Cause You Didn't Know Whether You Were Going to Wear Shoes or Straw Sandals!

    Article • Journal of Language Identity & Education, August 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  44. Supplementing an uncertain investment?

    Article • Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, May 2008, John Benjamins

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  45. Teachers’ professional vulnerability and cultural tradition: A Chinese paradox

    Article • Teaching and Teacher Education, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  46. Language Learning Experiences and Learning Strategy Research: Voices of a Mainland Chinese Student in Hong Kong

    Article • Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, November 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  47. A tale of Blue Rain Café: A study on the online narrative construction about a community of English learners on the Chinese mainland

    Article • System, June 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  48. Understanding changes in Chinese students’ uses of learning strategies in China and Britain: A socio-cultural re-interpretation

    Article • System, March 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  49. Motivated by Visions

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xuesong Gao

  50. From the Chinese Mainland to Hong Kong

    Article • The University of Hong Kong Libraries

    Dr Xuesong Gao