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Journal articles
, 2008, 'Shifting motivational discourses among mainland Chinese students in an English medium tertiary institution in Hong Kong: A longitudinal inquiry', Studies in Higher Education, 33, pp. 599 - 614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075070802373107
, 2008, 'Supplementing an uncertain investment? Mainland Chinese students practising English together in Hong Kong', Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 18, pp. 9 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/japc.18.1.02gao
, 2008, '‘Forget Chinese–let's think only in english!’ chinese netizens debating the best ways to learn english in China', Changing English Studies in Culture and Education, 15, pp. 435 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13586840802493084
, 2008, 'Teachers' professional vulnerability and cultural tradition: A Chinese paradox', Teaching and Teacher Education, 24, pp. 154 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2006.11.011
, 2008, 'You Had to Work Hard 'Cause You Didn't Know Whether You Were Going to Wear Shoes or Straw Sandals!', JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE IDENTITY AND EDUCATION, 7, pp. 169 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15348450802237798
, 2007, 'Has language learning strategy research come to an end? A response to Tseng et al. (2006)', Applied Linguistics, 28, pp. 615 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/applin/amm034
, 2007, 'A tale of Blue Rain Café: A study on the online narrative construction about a community of English learners on the Chinese mainland', System, 35, pp. 259 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2006.12.004
, 2007, 'Language Learning Experiences and Learning Strategy Research: Voices of a Mainland Chinese Student in Hong Kong', INNOVATION IN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING, 1, pp. 193 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.2167/illt011.0
, 2006, 'Strategies used by Chinese parents to support English language learning: Voices of 'Elite' University students', Relc Journal, 37, pp. 285 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033688206071302
, 2006, 'Managing vocational institutional transformation: A chinese case study', Research in Post Compulsory Education, 11, pp. 49 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13596740500507946
, 2006, 'Understanding changes in Chinese students' uses of learning strategies in China and Britain: A socio-cultural re-interpretation', System, 34, pp. 55 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2005.04.003