
معرفی
Xian Zhang is an Associate Professor at the College of Information, University of North Texas. He holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Penn State University (2014), an MA in Education from Columbia University (2003), and a BA from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (China). His research focuses on Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Sociocultural Theory, neurolinguistics, and language assessment. He teaches courses such as Psycholinguistics, Corpus Linguistics, and ESL Writing. His work explores topics like L2 vocabulary acquisition, foreign language anxiety, and the application of corpus linguistics in education.
- Education:
- PhD, Applied Linguistics, Penn State University, 2014
- MA, Education, Columbia University, 2003
- BA, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China
- Research Interests:
- Second Language Acquisition
- Sociocultural Theory
- fMRI and neurolinguistics
- Language assessment and testing
- Corpus linguistics
- Awards:
- No specific awards mentioned
- Grants/Advising:
- Advises graduate students in SLA and language assessment
- Labs/Teams:
- Developed a Chinese spoken corpus analyzing learner vs. native speaker language patterns
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