Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) | The journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA

Editor

Shuai Li | Georgia State University | sli12gsu.edu

Associate Editor

Yi Xu | University of Pittsburgh

Review Editor

Zhiying Qian | Florida State University

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漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報 / Chinese as a Second Language — The journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA (CSL), is the academic journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA (CLTA). The journal publishes peer-reviewed original articles in English or Chinese (either simplified or traditional characters) that make a significant contribution to the theory and practice of Chinese as a second language. Articles in all areas of Chinese pedagogy and acquisition are welcome, especially those that are empirically based and offer new perspectives and/or refine or challenge existing practices of teaching Chinese as a second language. Contributions in areas such as Chinese program management, curriculum design and teaching Chinese culture and literature in Chinese language classrooms are also welcome. In addition to research articles, CSL also publishes book reviews, commentaries and short contributions that report on new discovery and development in the field of Chinese as a second language.
漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報 / Chinese as a Second Language — The journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA is the continuation of the Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA (JCLTA).
John Benjamins Publishing Company is the official publisher as of Volume 51 (2016).

CSL publishes its articles Online First.

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ISSN: 2451-828X | E-ISSN: 2451‑8298

https://doi.org/10.1075/csl

11 March 2026

Qiaona Yu. 2025. Defining and Assessing Chinese Syntactic Complexity via TC-Units

Reviewed by Yu Liu

29 January 2026

Han Luo. 2025. Foreign Language Anxiety: Theory, Methodology, and Practice

Reviewed by Zhupeng Li

19 January 2026

Locating Chinese L2 interactional competence and intercultural communicative competence in turn management

Yi Wang | CSL 60:3 (2025) pp. 217–252

11 December 2025

Caitríona Osborne, Danping Wang & Qi Zhang. 2024. Teaching Chinese Characters in the Digital Age: Insights on Current Trends and Future Directions

Reviewed by Wei Cai | CSL 60:3 (2025) pp. 257–260

8 December 2025

中美关系对汉语二语教学的影响：以香港中文大学雅礼中国语文研习所为例

吴伟平 | CSL 60:3 (2025) pp. 205–216

1 December 2025

The Hopkins-Nanjing center: Pioneer in U.S.-China joint ventures in higher education

Cornelius C. Kubler | CSL 60:3 (2025) pp. 193–204

21 October 2025

The acquisition of the Chinese 被 bèi passive construction by L1 Italian learners: Triangulating experimental and introspective data

Laura Locatelli & Alessia Iurato | CSL 60:2 (2025) pp. 135–167

中美合作国际中文教育的一个案例：普北班 (Princeton-in-Beijing) 成立三十年

周质平 | CSL 60:3 (2025) pp. 188–192

13 October 2025

Forging a path for in-situ Chinese learning through eight decades of shifting US-China relations, with a focus on IUP

Vivian Ling | CSL 60:3 (2025) pp. 175–187

8 September 2025

Material development for Chinese heritage language learners: A study of student perceptions

Han Luo | CSL 60:2 (2025) pp. 109–134

29 August 2025

Yan Liu，Jingjing Ji，Grace Wu & Min-Min Liang. 2023. 《傳承中文》 [Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners]

審查陳珮嘉 | CSL 60:2 (2025) pp. 172–174

26 August 2025

陈彤，万敏，何小蔓，李慧敏，陈凯迪，张庭瑄 & 郭文. 2025. 《初级中文小故事》

審查史中琦 | CSL 60:2 (2025) pp. 168–171

22 August 2025

Zheng-sheng Zhang. 2024. Chinese Signs — An Introduction to China’s Linguistic Landscape

審查熊文 | CSL 60:3 (2025) pp. 253–256

2 May 2025

Navigating claims of insufficient knowledge in one-on-one Chinese tutoring: A special case of teacher-student engagement

I-Ni Tsai | CSL 59:3 (2024) pp. 385–411

28 April 2025

数智化时代跨越语文促进语言与文化教学之初探

梁霞 & 王蔚 | CSL 60:1 (2025) p. 6

从理解到欣赏：试论AI时代高年级课堂上的审美阅读和翻译练习

彭涛 | CSL 60:1 (2025) pp. 55–68

The versatility of assessments as an interactional resource in CSL classrooms: A multimodal analysis

Yi Ren | CSL 59:3 (2024) pp. 358–384

25 April 2025

从语言模型到教学工具：ChatGPT在高年级文学与电影课中的应用反思

王静、邹昕 & 黄鸾凤 | CSL 60:1 (2025) pp. 20–39

AI时代的中文二语教学：一次利用游戏进行高年级文化教学的尝试与反思

刘刚 | CSL 60:1 (2025) pp. 40–54

“器之良”与“技之熟”：人工智能在中文教学中的应用

王静 | CSL 60:1 (2025) pp. 1–5

22 April 2025

Managing attention and participation in classroom interaction: The discourse marker/particle lái in Chinese as a Second Language classrooms

Qie Wu | CSL 59:3 (2024) pp. 332–357

18 April 2025

Xia Liang [梁霞]，Yonghua Cui [崔永华]，Zhengsheng Zhang [张正生]，Zhiqiang Li [李智强]，Cecilia Chang [张曼荪]，Jing Wang [王静] & Shuai Li [郦帅]. 2024. New Horizons [《中文全方位》]

審查王命全 & 李子怡 | CSL 60:1 (2025) pp. 69–72

15 April 2025

What’s next after a correct answer: Maximizing engagement by shifting participation frameworks in the Chinese as a second language classroom

Yan Zhou | CSL 59:3 (2024) pp. 251–278

8 April 2025

Assessing the accuracy of Chinese speech-to-text tools for Chinese as foreign language learners

Yisu Feng & Ye Tian | CSL 60:2 (2025) p. 79

A multimodal approach to the collective engagement device ‘yìqǐ V’ in the CSL/CFL classroom

Dayoung Jeong | CSL 59:3 (2024) pp. 308–331

Shuai Li. 2024. Pragmatics of Chinese as a Second Language

Reviewed by Seungwon Hong | CSL 60:1 (2025) pp. 73–77

1 April 2025

Multimodal resources for managing student participation after unsuccessful designedly incomplete utterances in CSL classrooms

Xiaoyun Wang | CSL 59:3 (2024) pp. 279–307

18 March 2025

Teacher-student engagement patterns in CSL classrooms and beyond: Video-based multimodal analyses

Yan Zhou & Hongyin Tao | CSL 59:3 (2024) pp. 239–250

25 February 2025

Fostering language and intercultural learning through a cross-institutional community-engaged project

Ziyi Geng & Luoyi Cai | CSL 59:2 (2024) pp. 202–231

Aligning curriculum design with proficiency levels in a Chinese language program: A pilot study

Yu Liu & Steve Moody | CSL 59:2 (2024) p. 90

Assessing interactive listening in beginning-level L2 Chinese: Developing a data-driven rating scale

Wei Wang & Meng Yeh | CSL 59:2 (2024) pp. 175–201

What makes a good L2 listener? Factors contributing to varied performance in proficiency-based CSL listening comprehension

Yu Wu & Yang Wang | CSL 59:2 (2024) pp. 147–174

A UDL blended curriculum metamodel for proficiency-oriented Chinese instruction

Qiaona Yu, Yuyun Lei & Lu Lu | CSL 59:2 (2024) pp. 119–146

Shu-Ling Wu, Lihong Wang & Carl Polley. 2024. Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition of Chinese: Theories and Applications

Reviewed by Han Luo | CSL 59:2 (2024) pp. 232–237

Seeking changes in a challenging time: New perspectives for proficiency-oriented Chinese teaching and beyond

Yu Liu, Qiaona Yu & Yu Wu | CSL 59:2 (2024) pp. 85–89

13 December 2024

Danping Wang & Martin East. 2023. Teaching Chinese in the Anglophone World: Perspectives from New Zealand

Reviewed by Jinghe Han | CSL 59:1 (2024) pp. 74–79

5 December 2024

朱永平 & 黄居仁. 2023. A Student Grammar of Chinese《学生中文语法》

審查顾利程 | CSL 59:1 (2024) pp. 80–83

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Shuai Li | Georgia State University | sli12gsu.edu

Associate Editor

Yi Xu | University of Pittsburgh

Review Editor

Zhiying Qian | Florida State University

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Wenhao Diao | University of Arizona

Wenze Hu | US Naval Academy

Song Jiang | University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Liwei Jiao | Brown University

Yan Li | University of Kansas

Jiang Liu | University of South Carolina

Jincheng Liu | University of Notre Dame

Han Luo | Lafayette College

Miaochun Wei | George Washington University

Xiaohong Wen | University of Houston

Feng Xiao | Pomona College

Dongping Zheng | University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

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