Bo Liu

Liu, Bo and Jie Zhang 2023 《中文听说读写》的语法教学: 一项基于《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》“语法大纲”的分析 From Theory to Practice: Adopting the Chinese proficiency grading standards for international Chinese language education in North America, Zhang, Jie and Ye Tian (eds.), pp. 169–181 | Article

本文基于《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》来考察北美本土最具代表性的初中级中文教材《中文听说读写》语法点的覆盖情况、等级分布、种类分布和介绍方式，对《中文听说读写》的语法介绍提出建议，为国际中文教学教材与《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》接轨提供参考和借鉴。

Liu, Bo, Bruno Di Biase and Satomi Kawaguchi 2023 Chapter 3. The development of lexical mapping in Chinese L2: The mapping of multiple arguments, passive and causative structures Processability and Language Acquisition in the Asia-Pacific Region, Kawaguchi, Satomi, Bruno Di Biase and Yumiko Yamaguchi (eds.), pp. 63–90 | Chapter

This study tests the applicability of the Lexical Mapping Hypothesis (LMH) to the L2 acquisition of Chinese syntax within a Processability Theory framework. The LMH makes testable predictions for L2 acquisition based on the mapping between argument-structure and functional-structure. Empirical… read more

Zhang, Yanyin and Bo Liu 2016 The ‘tense’ issue: Variable past tense marking by advanced end-state Chinese speakers of L2 English Developing, Modelling and Assessing Second Languages, Keßler, Jörg-U., Anke Lenzing and Mathias Liebner (eds.), pp. 101–120 | Article

Chinese learners of L2 English tend to show variable past tense -ed marking even at an advanced proficiency level. The source of this problem has been explored and debated extensively but no conclusion has been reached (see Beck 1997; Lardiere 1998a/b; Hawkins & Liszka 2003). In this study we… read more

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