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RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests reside in the intersection between sociocultural dimensions of second language learning, sociolinguistics and intercultural communication, although I trained to be familiar with second language learning and pedagogy. I am particularly interested in the following three areas: (1) the relationship between language learning and teaching and intercultural understanding, with the focus on how foreign language learning can help develop critical cultural awareness and promote intercultural communication; (2) the development of interculturality and intercultural education within the context of multilingualism, cultural diversity and migration; (3) heritage language education in multilingual and multicultural settings. I also have a keen interest in understanding the role of culture in learning and teaching, identity making and negotiation in the context of border crossing and transnational space.
BIOGRAPHY
I am currently a professor of multilingual and intercultural communication at the Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies and Brussels Centre for Language Studies (BCLS) in the Faculty of Languages and Humanities, VUB. I hold a BA in English (Yunnan Normal, China, 1994), an MA in TESOL (La Trobe, Australia, 2000) and a PhD in Linguistics/Applied Linguistics (La Trobe, Australia, 2005). I have had extensive professional and intercultural experiences that spanned China, Australia and Belgium. Before joining the VUB in 2011, I worked at different universities in Flanders teaching in academic English for researchers and collaborating with colleagues on academic English language assessment. At the VUB I have taught on a range of modules on English sociolinguistics, English as a lingua franca in the global context, multilingual practices (English and Chinese), Chinese culture analysis, Chinese linguistics, academic English and writing, and communication for university teaching in BA, MA programmes as well as the support programme for academic staff.
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Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
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BRGEOZ400: Een coöperatief e-platform voor het onderwijs van minderheidstalen in Brussel
1/06/21 → 31/05/22
Project: Fundamenteel
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Constructing interculturality through intercultural dialogues and autoethnography: building relations, nurturing preparedness and rejecting boundaries
Xu, J., Peeters, A. & Gernay, M., 3 sep. 2022, In: Language and Intercultural Communication. 22, 5, blz. 567-582 16 blz., 2022.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Language Maintenance and Shift in Highly Multilingual Ecologies: A Case Study of the Chinese Communities in Brussels
Li, X., Vosters, R. & Xu, J., mrt. 2022, In: Journal of Chinese Overseas. 18, 1, blz. 31-61 31 blz., 18.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Discursive negotiation of the self in situated talks – first-generation Chinese immigrants in Australia and their sociocultural group membership
Huang, H., Wang, C. & Xu, J., aug. 2021, In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 45, 5, blz. 1291-1304 14 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Thousands in gold in a family count far less than a skill one possesses: socializing cultural competence in Chinese heritage language learning
Xu, J. & Huang, H., 2019, In: Multicultural Education Review. 11, 4, blz. 296-313 18 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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‘Forget about returning to our roots; we are global citizens’: Chinese immigrants’ re-construction of culture and identity in Australia
Xu, J., Huang, H. & Wang, C., 2019.Onderzoeksoutput: Unpublished abstract
Activiteiten
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Language and Intercultural Communication (Tijdschrift)
Jianwei Xu (Peer reviewer)
jun. 2024 → …Activiteit: Publication peer-review
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New Perspectives on Languages (Tijdschrift)
Jianwei Xu (Editor)
2024 → …Activiteit: Publication peer-review
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Rethinking language, culture and identity in international Chinese education
Jianwei Xu (Speaker)
4 jul. 2024 → 6 jul. 2024Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education (BAAHE) 2024 Conference
Janine Hauthal (Member of programme committee), Eva Ulrike Pirker (Organiser), Julie Deconinck (Organiser), Bastien De Clercq (Member of programme committee), Yanrong Wang (Member of programme committee), Paula Gruppelaar (Member of programme committee), Josephine Ofei (Member of programme committee), Olutola Oshitelu (Member of programme committee), Maria Pace Aquilina (Member of programme committee), Alexis Housen (Member of programme committee), Ceydanur Temurok (Member of programme committee), Elisabeth Bekers (Member of programme committee), Ludovic De Cuypere (Member of programme committee), Cedric Van Dijck (Member of programme committee), Birgit Van Puymbroeck (Member of programme committee) & Jianwei Xu (Member of programme committee)
13 dec. 2024Activiteit: Participation in conference
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Engaging and embracing different cultural voices through autoethnographies.
Jianwei Xu (Speaker), Ann Peeters (Speaker) & Maarten Gernay (Speaker)
27 jan. 2022 → 30 jan. 2022Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
Knipsels
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VUB supports multilingualism in Brussels with BeTalky grant
9/04/21
1 item van Media-aandacht
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Brussels initiative aims to preserve the use of non-Belgian languages
9/04/21
1 Mediabijdrage
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