Honglin Chen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Honglin Chen is involved.
2023 Putting it into context: How exposure to rich and meaningful contexts can activate productive oral vocabulary Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 46:3, pp. 373–394 | Article
Developing L2 learners’ productive mastery of vocabulary is a challenging task. Recent research has called for greater attention to understanding how receptive vocabulary may be transformed for productive use (Schmitt, 2019). Using a design-based research methodology, this study investigated… read more
2022 “Actually, in my culture…” Identity, positioning, and intersubjectivity in cross-cultural interviews Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 45:1, pp. 4–24 | Article
The increasing internationalization of education has brought diversification to university student populations. The demographic changes pose great challenges to interview practice as interviews are increasingly occurring in cross-cultural contexts and often involve participants from diverse… read more
2021 Punching through the barrier: Using gesture to activate productive oral vocabulary Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 7:2, pp. 265–290 | Article
This paper aims to investigate how productive oral vocabulary development can be promoted by focusing on word stress patterns. The Rhythmic Fight Club (RFC) pronunciation technique has been used in numerous ESL/EFL classrooms, but its effect on the L2 vocabulary development of learners has yet… read more
2020 Changes to teachers’ knowledge base: Do they make a difference to students’ writing outcomes? Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 43:1, pp. 4–28 | Article
In China, since 2004, developing students’ overall communicative competence has become the central goal of the current College English Curriculum Requirements. However, this goal has yet to be addressed, particularly in regard to the teaching of writing. This paper examines whether and how… read more
2018 Establishing a framework for learning to teach English pronunciation in an Australian TESOL program Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 41:3, pp. 307–327 | Article
A substantial number of studies have been conducted in various second language teacher education settings. Yet, evidence about the effectiveness of teacher preparation continues to be debated and research findings about the efficacy of preparing language teachers are still somewhat inconclusive.… read more
2017 “I feel like having a nervous breakdown”: Pre-service and in-service teachers’ developing beliefs and knowledge about pronunciation instruction Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 3:1, pp. 109–135 | Article
Evidence on the impact of second language teacher education is inconclusive in the area of pronunciation pedagogy. This study explores how the cognition (knowledge, beliefs, thoughts, attitudes and perceptions) of 10 pre-service and five in-service teachers developed during a postgraduate course… read more
