CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

1.      Xin Zhang and Yong Lang. (December 2016). Chinese as a Third Language for English-Spanish Bilinguals. Second International Symposium on Chinese Intercultural Communication. Shanghai, China.

2.      Lin Wang, Yong Lang, and Zhongmin Luo. (December 2014). Technology and Motor Ability Development. International Conference on Educational Technologies 2014. Taipei, Taiwan.

3.      Minhee Eom and Yong Lang. (November 2014). College Students’ Perceptions of Standardized EFL Tests in China and Korea. ACTFL 2014: Reaching Global Competence. San Antonio, Texas.

4.      Yong Lang, Lin Wang, Lianxia Shen, and Yinying Wang. (January 2013). An Integrated Approach to the Teaching and Learning of zh in Chinese. 2013 Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

5.      Yong Lang, Deborah Cole, and Minhee Eom. (April 2012). A Sociolinguistic Analysis of T-Shirt Language Used in the Rio Grande Valley. IOSSBR (International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioural Research) Spring 2012 International Conference. Atlantic City, New Jersey.

6.      Nan Meng, Hanning Chen, and Yong Lang. (June 2010). Multimedia based pedagogical material development and its application in classroom instructions. The 6th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century.  Columbus, Ohio.

7.      Petra Jakulin Baruca and Yong Lang. (September 2009). Pro drop in Slovene. The 38th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest.  Provo, Utah.

8.      Glenn Martinez, Yong Lang, and Zhiying Lu. (November 2007). Building bridges: Chinese language program planning, design, and implementation at a Hispanic serving institution. ACTFL 2007: Bridging Cultures through Languages.  San Antonio, Texas.

9.      Galal Walker, Matthew Christensen, Yong Lang and Minru Li. (November 2007). Performed culture in the beginning Chinese classroom. ACTFL 2007: Bridging Cultures through Languages. San Antonio, Texas.

10.  Yong Lang. (March 2007). Writing as performance: A pragmatic approach. The 17th International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning. Honolulu, Hawaii.

11.  Glenn Martinez and Yong Lang. (June 2006). Standards at the crossroads: Local knowledge and national standards in ESL and FL teaching on the Texas Mexico border. AAAL 2006. Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

12.  Saran Rini and Yong Lang. (March 30-April 2 2005). Hispanic students’ self-assessment of their own writings. TESOL 2005: Teaching Learning, Learning Teaching.  San Antonio, Texas.

13.  Yong Lang. (September 2004). Prosodic and semantic constraints on the formation of antonymous compounds in Chinese. The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest.  New Orleans, Louisiana.

14.  Zhixiang Chen and Yong Lang. (June 2004). Measuring topic bias in web search. The 2004 International Conference on Internet Computing.  Las Vegas, Nevada.

15.  Yong Lang. (October 2003). Is the acquired before or after a(n)? The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest. Edinburg, Texas.

16.  Yong Lang. (September 2003). Writing as performance in the target culture. The Symposium on Performance-Based Approach. Columbus, Ohio.  

17.  Yong Lang. (July 2003). Cultural shock and conflict: Experiences of first year tenure-track native Chinese professors in American universities. The 9th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Communication: Intercultural Understanding and Communication.  Fullerton, California.

18.  Yong Lang. (September 2002). Program evaluation: Realities and challenges. The 1st International Congress on “Teaching English at the University Level: Challenges and Perspectives”.  Cancun, Mexico.

19.  Galal Walker and Yong Lang. (September 2002). Daily grading: A new way to assess students’ performance. The 1st International Congress on “Teaching English at the University Level:  Challenges and Perspectives”. Cancun, Mexico.

20.  Yong Lang. (May 2002). Current trends in foreign language education in the United States. The 7th Symposium on Applied Linguistics: “Trends and Challenges in Foreign Language Education”.  Puebla, Mexico.

21.  Yong Lang. (July 1998). Reading/writing connections: The Chinese model. Conference on L2 Reading/Writing Connections.  Columbus, Ohio.

22.  Yong Lang. (July 1998). Functions of dialogue journal: The case of a beginning Chinese ESL learner. Conference on L2 Reading/Writing Connections. Columbus, Ohio. 

23.  Yong Lang and Taihang Zhang. (1992). A proposed syllabus for English majors in polytechnic universities. The Symposium on College English Teaching. Jiangling, China.

24.  Aidan Thorne, Christine Thorne, and Yong Lang. (1991). ATT program in Huazhong University of Science and Technology. The 3rd Sino-British Project/Program Conference.  Nanjing, China.

25.  Christine Thorne, Aidan Thorne, and Yong Lang. (1991). Recruitment, an important issue for the survival of ATT projects in China. The 3rd Sino-British Project/Program Conference. Nanjing, China.

26.  Yong Lang and Chunhang Qian. (December 1985). A study on metaphoralization of the English language. Special Research Reporting Conference to Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Shanghai Foreign Languages Institute.  Shanghai, China.