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Dr Xuan Wang
Senior Fellow (Advanced HE)
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Xuan Wang
Reader in Chinese Culture and Sociolinguistics
Overview
I am Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies in MLANG and Dean of BNU-Cardiff Joint College.
Currently I serve as the Chair and Trustee of the British Chinese Language Teaching Society. I am also a Council Member of and the Representative of the UK to the European Association of Chinese Teaching.
Publication
2025
- Wang, X. 2025. Critical Pedagogies for Modern Languages Education: Criticality, Decolonization, and Social Justice Derek Hird (Anthology editor) Bloomsbury. Applied Linguistics, article number: amaf001. (10.1093/applin/amaf001)
2024
- Wang, X. and Hird, D. 2024. Editorial. New Perspectives on Languages 1(1), pp. 1-14. (10.56395/npl.v1i1.50)
- Wang, X. and Li, D. eds. 2024. Applied Chinese Language Studies XIII Teaching Chinese as a foreign language in the new normal: cross-disciplinary theory and practice. United Kingdom: Sinolingua London Limited.
2023
- Wang, X., Xu, S. and Shi, L. eds. 2023. Creativity in Chinese language teaching and learning research and practice in challenging times Applied Chinese Language Studies XII. Great Britain: Sinolingua London Ltd.
- Wang, X. and Chung, E. 2023. Internet celebrities, foreign speakers, and Chinese learning: The case of MYBY on YouTube. East Asian Journal of Popular Culture 9(2), pp. 209-226. (10.1386/eapc_00108_1)
- Wang, X. 2023. Chronotope, technology affordances, and task design: using WeChat to facilitate Chinese learning in the classroom. Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning 3(1), pp. 11-34. (10.1515/jccall-2022-0023)
2021
- Chung, E. and Wang, X. 2021. Joseonjok YouTubers: translating vernacular Chineseness in South Korea. In: Gao, S. and Wang, X. eds. Unpacking Discourses on Chineseness: The Cultural Politics of Language and Identity in Globalizing China. Multilingual Matters, pp. 57-79.
- Gao, S. and Wang, X. eds. 2021. Unpacking discourses on Chineseness: the cultural politics of language and identity in globalizing China. Multilingual Matters.
2020
- Wang, X. and Wu, X. 2020. WeChat-mediated simulation and the learning of business chinese. Modern Languages Open 1(42), pp. 1-13. (10.3828/mlo.v0i0.300)
- Chung, E. and Wang, X. 2020. Exploring Chinese poetry using Adobe Spark Video. Modern Languages Open 1, article number: 40. (10.3828/mlo.v0i0.290)
- Wang, X. and Varis, P. 2020. Superdiversità su internet un caso dalla Cina. [Online]. Milan: Kabul Magazine. Available at: https://www.kabulmagazine.com/superdiversita-internet-caso-dalla-cina/
- Wang, X. 2020. Chronotopes and heritage authenticity: The case of the Tujia in China. In: Kroon, S. and Swanenberg, J. eds. Chronotopic Identity Work: Sociolinguistic Analyses of Cultural and Linguistic Phenomena in Time and Space. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 105-127.
2018
- Wang, X. 2018. Consuming English in rural China: lookalike language and the semiotics of aspiration. In: Kroon, S. and Swanenberg, J. eds. Language and Culture on the Margins: Global/Local Interactions. Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism New York and Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 202-229., (10.4324/9781351244350-12)
- Wang, X. 2018. Fangyan and the linguistic landscapes of authenticity: Normativity and innovativity of writing in globalizing China. In: Weth, C. and Juffermans, K. eds. Tyranny of Writing: Ideologies of the Written Word. Advances in Sociolinguistics London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 165-183.
2017
- Wang, X. and Kroon, S. 2017. The chronotopes of authenticity: designing the Tujia heritage in China. AILA Review 30(1), pp. 72-95. (10.1075/aila.00004.wan)
2016
- Wang, X., Juffermans, K. and Du, C. 2016. Harmony as language policy in China: an Internet perspective. Language Policy 15(3), pp. 299-321. (10.1007/s10993-015-9374-y)
- Varis, P. and Wang, X. 2016. Superdiversity on the Internet: A case from China. In: Arnaut, K. et al. eds. Language and Superdiversity. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 218-236.
2015
- Yang, P., Tang, L. and Wang, X. 2015. Diaosi as infrapolitics: scatological tropes, identity-making and cultural intimacy on China's Internet. Media, Culture & Society 37(2), pp. 197-214. (10.1177/0163443714557980)
- Wang, X. 2015. Inauthentic authenticity: semiotic design and globalization in the margins of China. Semiotica 2015(203), pp. 227-248. (10.1515/sem-2014-0068)
2014
- Wang, X., Spotti, M., Juffermans, K., Cornips, L., Kroon, S. and Blommaert, J. 2014. Globalization in the margins: toward a re-evalution of language and mobility. Applied Linguistics Review 5(1), pp. 23-44. (10.1515/applirev-2014-0002)
2013
- Wang, X. 2013. “I am not a qualified dialect rapper”: constructing hip-hop authenticity in China. Sociolinguistic Studies 6(2) (10.1558/sols.v6i2.333)
2012
- Dong, J., Du, C., Juffermans, K., Li, J., Varis, P. and Wang, X. 2012. Chinese in a superdiverse world. Presented at: Anéla 2012 Applied Linguistics Conference, Lunteren, Netherlands, 9-11 May 2011 Presented at de Jong, N. et al. eds.Papers of the Anela 2012 Applied Linguistics Conference. Eburon pp. 349-366.
2011
- Wang, X. and Varis, P. 2011. Superdiversity on the Internet: A case from China. Diversities 13(2), pp. 70-83.
- Varis, P., Wang, X. and Du, C. 2011. Identity repertoires on the Internet: opportunities and constraints. Applied Linguistics Review 2, pp. 265-284.
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- Wang, X. . Superdiversità su Internet: un caso dalla Cina. [Online]. KABUL magazine. Available at: https://www.kabulmagazine.com/superdiversita-internet-caso-dalla-cina/
Adrannau llyfrau
- Chung, E. and Wang, X. 2021. Joseonjok YouTubers: translating vernacular Chineseness in South Korea. In: Gao, S. and Wang, X. eds. Unpacking Discourses on Chineseness: The Cultural Politics of Language and Identity in Globalizing China. Multilingual Matters, pp. 57-79.
- Wang, X. 2020. Chronotopes and heritage authenticity: The case of the Tujia in China. In: Kroon, S. and Swanenberg, J. eds. Chronotopic Identity Work: Sociolinguistic Analyses of Cultural and Linguistic Phenomena in Time and Space. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 105-127.
- Wang, X. 2018. Consuming English in rural China: lookalike language and the semiotics of aspiration. In: Kroon, S. and Swanenberg, J. eds. Language and Culture on the Margins: Global/Local Interactions. Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism New York and Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 202-229., (10.4324/9781351244350-12)
- Wang, X. 2018. Fangyan and the linguistic landscapes of authenticity: Normativity and innovativity of writing in globalizing China. In: Weth, C. and Juffermans, K. eds. Tyranny of Writing: Ideologies of the Written Word. Advances in Sociolinguistics London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 165-183.
- Varis, P. and Wang, X. 2016. Superdiversity on the Internet: A case from China. In: Arnaut, K. et al. eds. Language and Superdiversity. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 218-236.
Cynadleddau
- Dong, J., Du, C., Juffermans, K., Li, J., Varis, P. and Wang, X. 2012. Chinese in a superdiverse world. Presented at: Anéla 2012 Applied Linguistics Conference, Lunteren, Netherlands, 9-11 May 2011 Presented at de Jong, N. et al. eds.Papers of the Anela 2012 Applied Linguistics Conference. Eburon pp. 349-366.
Erthyglau
- Wang, X. 2025. Critical Pedagogies for Modern Languages Education: Criticality, Decolonization, and Social Justice Derek Hird (Anthology editor) Bloomsbury. Applied Linguistics, article number: amaf001. (10.1093/applin/amaf001)
- Wang, X. and Hird, D. 2024. Editorial. New Perspectives on Languages 1(1), pp. 1-14. (10.56395/npl.v1i1.50)
- Wang, X. and Chung, E. 2023. Internet celebrities, foreign speakers, and Chinese learning: The case of MYBY on YouTube. East Asian Journal of Popular Culture 9(2), pp. 209-226. (10.1386/eapc_00108_1)
- Wang, X. 2023. Chronotope, technology affordances, and task design: using WeChat to facilitate Chinese learning in the classroom. Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning 3(1), pp. 11-34. (10.1515/jccall-2022-0023)
- Wang, X. and Wu, X. 2020. WeChat-mediated simulation and the learning of business chinese. Modern Languages Open 1(42), pp. 1-13. (10.3828/mlo.v0i0.300)
- Chung, E. and Wang, X. 2020. Exploring Chinese poetry using Adobe Spark Video. Modern Languages Open 1, article number: 40. (10.3828/mlo.v0i0.290)
- Wang, X. and Kroon, S. 2017. The chronotopes of authenticity: designing the Tujia heritage in China. AILA Review 30(1), pp. 72-95. (10.1075/aila.00004.wan)
- Wang, X., Juffermans, K. and Du, C. 2016. Harmony as language policy in China: an Internet perspective. Language Policy 15(3), pp. 299-321. (10.1007/s10993-015-9374-y)
- Yang, P., Tang, L. and Wang, X. 2015. Diaosi as infrapolitics: scatological tropes, identity-making and cultural intimacy on China's Internet. Media, Culture & Society 37(2), pp. 197-214. (10.1177/0163443714557980)
- Wang, X. 2015. Inauthentic authenticity: semiotic design and globalization in the margins of China. Semiotica 2015(203), pp. 227-248. (10.1515/sem-2014-0068)
- Wang, X., Spotti, M., Juffermans, K., Cornips, L., Kroon, S. and Blommaert, J. 2014. Globalization in the margins: toward a re-evalution of language and mobility. Applied Linguistics Review 5(1), pp. 23-44. (10.1515/applirev-2014-0002)
- Wang, X. 2013. “I am not a qualified dialect rapper”: constructing hip-hop authenticity in China. Sociolinguistic Studies 6(2) (10.1558/sols.v6i2.333)
- Wang, X. and Varis, P. 2011. Superdiversity on the Internet: A case from China. Diversities 13(2), pp. 70-83.
- Varis, P., Wang, X. and Du, C. 2011. Identity repertoires on the Internet: opportunities and constraints. Applied Linguistics Review 2, pp. 265-284.
Gwefannau
- Wang, X. and Varis, P. 2020. Superdiversità su internet un caso dalla Cina. [Online]. Milan: Kabul Magazine. Available at: https://www.kabulmagazine.com/superdiversita-internet-caso-dalla-cina/
- Wang, X. . Superdiversità su Internet: un caso dalla Cina. [Online]. KABUL magazine. Available at: https://www.kabulmagazine.com/superdiversita-internet-caso-dalla-cina/
Llyfrau
- Wang, X. and Li, D. eds. 2024. Applied Chinese Language Studies XIII Teaching Chinese as a foreign language in the new normal: cross-disciplinary theory and practice. United Kingdom: Sinolingua London Limited.
- Wang, X., Xu, S. and Shi, L. eds. 2023. Creativity in Chinese language teaching and learning research and practice in challenging times Applied Chinese Language Studies XII. Great Britain: Sinolingua London Ltd.
- Gao, S. and Wang, X. eds. 2021. Unpacking discourses on Chineseness: the cultural politics of language and identity in globalizing China. Multilingual Matters.
- Wang, X. and Kroon, S. 2017. The chronotopes of authenticity: designing the Tujia heritage in China. AILA Review 30(1), pp. 72-95. (10.1075/aila.00004.wan)
Research
My research interests are interdisciplinary, broadly informed by critical sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, linguistic anthroplogy, cultural studies, media studies and Chinese studies. I am particularly interested in the sociolinguistics of globalization, and my work since 2014 has focused on the understanding of language use, identity making, digital communication and social changes in globalizing China. I also conduct research in language learning and education with a focus on Mandarin Chinese. I welcome doctoral applications in these areas.
Teaching
I have served as the Programme Director of Chinese and teach on a range of modules on BA Modern Chinese and BA Modern Languages. I have also contributed to the teaching and supervision on MA Translation Studies and MA Global Cultures.
Biography
I hold a BA in English (Hubei, China), an MA in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (UCL, UK) with distinction, and a PhD in Sociolinguistics (Tilburg, The Netherlands). In addition, I have a PGCE in language (UCL, UK) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching Chinese as A Foreign Language (SOAS, UK). Prior to joining Cardiff, I held teaching and research positions in University of London (UK), KU Leuven (Belgium), Tilburg University and Maastricht University (The Netherlands).
Honours and awards
2024: Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
2023-2024: Cardiff Enriching Student Life Awards (multiple nominations)
2022-2023: Cardiff Enriching Student Life Awards (nomination)
2019-2021: Cardiff Futures
2018-2019: Cardiff Outstanding Contribution Award
2017-2018: Cardiff Most Inspiring Teacher Award (nomination)
Professional memberships
- British Chinese Language Teaching Society (Former Chair)
- British Association of Chinese Studies
- International Pragmatics Association
- European Association of Chinese Teaching
- International Society for Chinese Language Teaching
Supervisions
I am interested in hearing about postgraduate applications for research in the areas of critical sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, particularly topics that engage with the Sinophone and transnational Chinese, and address any aspects of language, discourse, culture, identity or teaching and learning in relation to social changes, digital communication and inequalities.
Supervision:
2018-2021: Abigail Gasgoyne (ESRC Collaborative DTP Scholarship) Evaluating Welsh Cultural Policy With Reference To Sino-Welsh Exchanges.
2022-2026: Shanshan Xie (CSC Scholarship) Chronotopes, Signs and Changes: An Ethnographic Linguistic Landscape Study of Peri-Urban China.
Current supervision
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Studies of Asian society
- Chinese popular culture
- Applied linguistics and educational linguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- Digital Cultures
