Xiaoting Xiang

I am an innovative lecturer with 10 years of English teaching experience: expert in integrating thinking skills training in L2 writing teaching; known for my great personable demeanor and strong work ethic; passionate about developing interactive teaching with helpful supporting materials and student-centered classroom activities.

Also, I am a dedicated teacher educator with a Ph.D. in English language education: specializing in studying English for Academic Purpose (EAP) writing teachers' teaching expertise development.

• Integrating thinking skills training into English teaching
• Innovations in L2 writing teaching
• Teaching expertise development
• Digital storytelling in English language teaching

• "English Learning Strategies and Cognitive Training" Course, Lead Instructor and Curriculum Developer

     09/2017, Awarded as a Municipal-level Course with Ideological and Political 

                    Characteristic Demonstration Course

     01/2022, Awarded as a Municipal-level First-class Online Course

     05/2018, Awarded as a University-level First-class Course

     09/2017, Awarded as a Faculty-level Professional Specialty Course

• 01/2022, Chongqing Second Normal College Teacher Teaching Innovation Competition, First Prize, Lead Instructor

• 11/2018, Chongqing Higher Education Teaching Reform and Research Paper Selection, First Prize

• 12/2017, Chongqing Second Normal College Micro-teaching Competition, Second Prize, Lead Instructor

• 11/2017, Ninth Foreign Teacher Society Cup College Foreign Language Teaching Competition (English Major Group) Chongqing Division, Second Prize

Research Projects

2021-2022, EdUHK internal funding project, Enhancing Positive Psychology and Life Values through a Collaborative and Reflective Digital Video Project in a Technological Learning Environment” , research assistant

Main duties: interview design and conducting interviews, data analysis, and paper writing

2019.09-2022.09: Municipal-level project, Chongqing Social Science Planning General Project, "Experimental Research on the Dual Development of Children's English Reading Ability and Cognitive Skills" (2019YBJJ107), Co-PI

Main duties: research design, data collection in the target primary school, data analysis, paper writing and textbook compilation

2017.10-2020.09: Municipal-level project, Chongqing Social Science Planning Project Foreign Language Special Project, "Research on the Theoretical Model of Integrated Thinking Skills Training and Testing in Children's Foreign Language Education" (2017WYZX10), Co-PI

Main duties: literature search and organization, report writing

2017.12-2021.06: University-level project, Chongqing University of Education Major Institutional Commissioned Scientific Research Project, "Development of 'Integrating Thinking to Promote Learning' Characteristic Resources for Children under the Background of Core Literacy" (2017XJZDWTXM03), Co-PI

Main duties: literature search and organization, drafting research plan, data collection and analysis

Academic Publications

Journal Papers

Xiang, X .*, Yuan, R., & Yu, B. (2022). Implementing assessment as learning in the L2 writing classroom: a Chinese case. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 47(5), 727-741. (SSCI, Q1)

Xiang, X ., Chang, P.*, & Yu, B. (2022). Exploring an EAP writing teacher' s adaptive expertise and adaptive teaching practices from a CDST perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 957429. (SSCI, Q1)

Cao, H.*, Zhang, E., Xiang, X. , Li, D., & Lei, V. L. C. (2023). Lexico-semantic Activation of Translation Equivalents During the Attentional Blink. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 52, 101-113. (SSCI, Q2)

Cao, H.*, Zhang, E., & Xiang, X. (2022). An ERP investigation of morpheme transposition in rapid serial visual presentation. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 182, 159-168. (SSCI, Q2)

Yu, B.* & Xiang, X . (2024, Under review). Towards a Task Design Framework for Integrating Assessment as Learning (AaL) into Collaborative Digital Storytelling among Pre-service English Teachers.

Book chapter

Lin, M.* & Xiang, X . (2020). Integrating critical thinking into an EFL writing curriculum. In Li L. (Ed.), Thinking Skills and Creativity in Second Language Education: Case Studies from International Perspectives (pp. 95-130). Routledge.

Books

Zhou L., Lei H., & Xiang X . (2023). English Learning Strategies and Thinking Skills Training. Chongqing University Press.

Zhou L. & Xiang X ., Lei H., Ma P., Zuo T., Li J., Zou J. (2020). Learning Strategies and Cognitive Skills: Dual Integration 1+X+Y Characteristic Course Cluster Quality Teaching Design Cases. Chongqing University Press.

Zhou L. & Xiang X ., Z., Chen H. (2020). Learning Activity Design and Research on Thinking Skills Integration in Primary School English Teaching. Chongqing University Press.

Conferences and Workshops:

Xiang, X . & Yu, B. (13-15/10/2023). Examining the factors influencing EAP writing teachers' adaptive teaching from an ecological perspective: Case studies of tertiary-level teachers in China [Paper presentation]. The 10th China International Conference on English Teaching, Chengdu, Sichuan.

Yu, B. & Xiang X. (6-9/12/2022). Integrating Assessment as Learning (AaL) in a digital storytelling project: Empowering pre-service teachers for their learning [Paper presentation]. International Congress on English Language Education and Applied Linguistics, Hong Kong SAR (Online).

Xiang X. & Yu, B. ( 6-9/12/2022). EAP writing teachers' adaptive teaching practices and the influential factors: Case studies of tertiary-level teachers in China [Paper presentation]. International Congress on English Language Education and Applied Linguistics, Hong Kong SAR (Online).

Xiang, X. (13-14/11/2021). Implementing assessment as learning in the L2 writing classroom: a Chinese case [Paper presentation]. The 9th National Symposium on Foreign Language Teacher Education and Development, Wuhan, Hubei (Online).

Xiang, X. (15-17/11/2019). Implementing Assessment as Learning in EAP writing classrooms [Paper presentation]. The 3rd Annual Meeting of the Asian ESP Society and the 8th International Symposium on English for Specific Purposes, Chongqing.