Research

Research

Below are peer-reviewed studies published in the scientific literature of language learning and applied linguistics. They represent several decades of research into language learning, the teaching/learning of intonation and its role in speech production and intelligibility as well as self-managed language learning.

Lian, A.-P., & Sangarun, P. (2023). Rhizomatic learning systems and precision language education: A perfect match (Chapter 8). In M. S. Khine (Ed.), New Directions in Rhizomatic Learning From Poststructural Thinking to Nomadic Pedagogy (pp. 119–141). Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group. https://www.routledge.com/New-Directions-in-Rhizomatic-Learning-From-Poststructural-Thinking-to-Nomadic/Khine/p/book/9781032453088

Li, Z., & Lian, A.-P. (2022). Achieving Self-Imitation for English Intonation Learning: the Role of Corrective Feedback. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics, 45(01), 106-125 (Web of Science/Scopus).

Luu, T. M. V., & Lian, A.-P. (2022). Promoting EFL learners’ listening fluency through web-based prosody-focused practice. VNU Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 8(2), 234–252. https://journal.ussh.vnu.edu.vn/index.php/vjossh/article/view/1019

Luu, T. M. V., Lian, A.-P., & Siriyothin, P. (2021). Developing EFL Learners’Listening Comprehension through a Computer-Assisted Self-Regulated Prosody-Based Listening Platform. Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL-EJ), 22(1), 246-263 (SCOPUS). http://callej.org/journal/22-1/Luu-Lian-Siriyothin2021.pdf

Cai, X., Lian, A.-P., Puakpong, N., Shi, Y., Chen, H., Zen, Y., Ou, J., Zheng, W., & Mo, Y. (2021). Optimizing Auditory Input for Foreign Language Learners through a Verbotonal-Based Dichotic Listening Approach. Asian-Pacific  Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education (SCOPUS; Web of Science ESCI; ERIC), 6(14).

Lian, A.-P., Cai, X., Chen, H., Ou, J., & Zheng, W. (2020). Cerebral Lateralization Induced by Dichotic Listening to Filtered and Unfiltered Stimuli: Optimizing Auditory Input for Foreign Language Learners. Journal of Critical Reviews, 7, 4608-4625 (SCOPUS). https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10.31838/jcr.07.19.541

Wen, F., Lian, A.-P., & Sangarun, P. (2020). Determination of corrective optimals for Chinese university learners of English. Govor/Speech, 37(1), 3-28 (SCOPUS). https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/362922

Luu, T. M. V., Lian, A., & Siriyothin, P. (2020). Interpretations of EFL Learners’ Listening Barriers from a Perceptual Perspective. IVCST Conference Proceedings, 569–575.

Lian, A.-P., He, B., Yang, Y., Wen, F., Cai, X., Luu, T. M. V., & Zhang, S. (2020). Toward Teacherless and Teacher-proof Language Learning in Selected Contexts. IVCST Conference Proceedings, (Prize for best presentation in session).

Luu, T. M. V., Lian, A.-P., & Siriyothin, P. (2020). Prosody-Based Techniques for Enhancing EFL Learners’  Listening Skills. In T. T. T. Le, T. T. Q. Bui, M. T. Mai, & T. N. Lam (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th OpenTesol international conference 2020 (pp. 263–276). Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Lian, A.-P., & Sussex, R. D. (2018). Toward a critical epistemology for learning languages and cultures in 21st century Asia. In A. Curtis & R. D. Sussex (Eds.), Intercultural Communication in Asia: Education, Language and Values (Vol. 24, pp. 37–54). Springer International Publishing AG.

Yang, Y., Wannaruk, A., & Lian, A.-P. (2017). Improving the English-speaking skills of Chinese primary EFL learners with a verbotonal approach. Rangsit Journal of Arts and Sciences, 7(2), 141–156.

Lian, A.-P., & Sangarun, P. (2017). Precision Language Education: A Glimpse Into a Possible Future (Feature article). GEMA Online® Journal of Language Studies, 17(4), 1-15 (SCOPUS). https://doi.org/10.17576/gema-2017-1704-01

Yang, Y., & Lian, A.-P. (2016). Factors Affecting Chinese Students’ Academic Listening, Their Coping Strategies and Self-efficacy-a Case Study of Yunnan-Guizhou Ethnic Minority Graduate Students in Thai Universities. Guizhou Ethnic Studies, 37(5), 227-232.

He, B., Sangarun, P., & Lian, A.-P. (2015). Improving the English pronunciation of Chinese EFL university students through the integration of CALL and verbotonalism. In J. Colpaert, A. Aerts, M. Oberhofer, & M. Gutiérez-Colón Plana (Eds.), Seventeenth International CALL Research Conference: Task Design and CALL (pp. 276–285). University of Antwerp. http://wwwa.fundacio.urv.cat/congressos/public/usr_docs/call_2015_conference_proceedings.pdf

He, B., Ai, J., & Lian, A.-P. (2014). Reflections on pronunciation instruction to English Majors — A case study at Xingyi Normal University for Nationalities. Journal of Xingyi Normal University for Nationalities, 2, 77–80.