Meixiu Zhang

List of John Benjamins publications for which Meixiu Zhang plays a role.

Title

L2 Collaborative Writing in Diverse Learning Contexts

Edited by Mimi Li and Meixiu Zhang

[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 59] 2023. vii, 253 pp.
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching | Multilingualism | Writing and literacy
Li, Mimi and Meixiu Zhang 2023 IntroductionL2 Collaborative Writing in Diverse Learning Contexts, Li, Mimi and Meixiu Zhang (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Chapter
In this chapter, we synthesize the methodological approaches, research techniques, analytic frameworks, and research practices in existing collaborative writing (CW) empirical research. We start with an overview of both the predominant and emerging research techniques in existing CW literature,… read more
Crawford, William J. and Meixiu Zhang 2021 How can register analysis inform task-based language teaching?Register in L1 and L2 Language Development, Gray, Bethany and Jesse Egbert (eds.), pp. 180–206 | Article
For over 30 years, corpus research on register variation has expanded our understanding of language use by illustrating how linguistic features co-occur and vary in different situations of use (Biber & Conrad 2019). Over the same period, Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) has provided a… read more
Biber, Douglas, Jesse Egbert and Meixiu Zhang 2018 Lexis and grammar as complementary discourse systems for expressing stance and evaluationThe Construction of Discourse as Verbal Interaction, Gómez González, María de los Ángeles and J. Lachlan Mackenzie (eds.), pp. 201–226 | Chapter
Although ‘stance’ and ‘evaluation’ are closely related theoretical constructs, stance is normally investigated through corpus-based methods focusing on the use of lexico-grammatical features, while evaluative language, being regarded as more context-dependent, has been investigated through the use… read more