Xiaofei Lu

Xiaofei Lu

Professor of Applied Linguistics and Asian Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Applied Linguistics
The Pennsylvania State University
301 Sparks Building
University Park, PA 16802, USA
Phone: (814) 865-4692
Fax: (814) 863-7986
Email: XXL13 at psu dot edu

Curriculum Vitae | Google Scholar | Publons

Education

PhD, Linguistics, The Ohio State University
MA (by research), English Language, National University of Singapore
BA, English, Nankai University

Teaching

APLNG 200: Introduction to Language, Culture, and Social Interaction (Fall 2019; Spring 2020)
APLNG 579: Seminar in Applied Corpus Linguistics (Fall 2019)
List of courses taught and Visiting Scholar Program (closed for 2019-2020)

Research

Corpus linguistics and computer-assisted language learning
Corpus-based and genre-based approaches to EAP writing research and pedagogy
Second language writing and second language acquisition
Publications, software and corpus downloads and funded research

Books

Lu, X., & Chen, B. (Eds.) (2019). Computational and Corpus Approaches to Chinese Language Learning. Singapore: Springer.
Lu, X. (2014). Computational Methods for Corpus Annotation and Analysis. Dordrecht: Springer. [Reviewed in Language, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, and Linguist List]

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Jin, T., Shi, Z., & Lu, X. (forthcoming). “From novice storytellers to persuasive arguers”: Learner use of evidence in oral argumentation. TESOL Quarterly.
Peng, J., Wang, C., & Lu, X. (forthcoming). Effect of the linguistic complexity of the input text on alignment, writing fluency, and writing accuracy in the continuation task. Language Teaching Research.
Lu, X., & Deng, J. (2019). With the rapid development: A contrastive analysis of lexical bundles in dissertation abstracts by Chinese and L1 English doctoral students. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 39, 21-36.
Zhang, J., & Lu, X. (2019). Measuring and supporting second language development using computerized dynamic assessment. Language and Sociocultural Theory, 6(1), 92-115.
Lu, X., Kisselev, O., Yoon, J., & Amory, M. (2018). Investigating effects of criterial consistency, the diversity dimension, and threshold variation in formulaic language research: Extending the methodological considerations of O’Donnell et al. (2013). International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 23(2), 158-182.
Lu, X., Yoon, J., & Kisselev, O. (2018). A phrase-frame list for social science research article introductions. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 36, 76-85.
Guo, K., Jin, T., & Lu, X. (2018). Research and practice in text adaptation: From readability formulas and multidimensional analyses to data-driven adaptation. Foreign Language Testing and Teaching, (3), 35-43. [in Chinese]
Jiang, J., Jiang, L., & Lu, X. (2018). Automated scoring of students' English-to-Chinese translations of three text types. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 25(3), 238-255.
Jin, T., & Lu, X. (2018). A data-driven approach to text adaptation in teaching material preparation: Design, implementation and teacher professional development. TESOL Quarterly, 52(2), 457-467.
Liao, J., & Lu, X. (2018). Exploring the affordances of telepresence robots in foreign language learning. Language Learning and Technology, 22(3), 20-32.
Lu, X. (2017). Automated measurement of syntactic complexity in corpus-based L2 writing research and implications for writing assessment. Language Testing, 34(4), 493-511.
Lu, X., & Wang, B. P.-Y. (2017). Towards a metaphor-annotated corpus of Mandarin Chinese. Language Resources and Evaluation, 51(3), 663-694.
Lu, X., & Xu, Q. (2016). L2 Syntactic Complexity Analzyer and its applications in L2 writing research. Foreign Language Teaching and Research, 48(3), 409-420. [in Chinese]
Lu, X., & Ai, H. (2015). Syntactic complexity in college-level English writing: Differences among writers with diverse L1 backgrounds. Journal of Second Language Writing, 29, 16-27.
Park, K., & Lu, X. (2015). Automatic analysis of thematic structure in written English. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 20(1), 81-101.
Poehner, M. E., Zhang, J., & Lu, X. (2015). Computerized Dynamic Assessment (C-DA): Diagnosing L2 development according to learner responsiveness to mediation. Language Testing, 32(3), 337-357.
Stevens, R. J., Lu, X., Baker, D. P., Ray, M. N., Eckert, S. A., & Gamson, D. A. (2015). Assessing the cognitive demands of elementary school reading curricula: An analysis of reading text and comprehension tasks from 1910 to 2000. American Educational Research Journal, 52(3), 582-617.
Yang, W., Lu, X., & Weigle, S. C. (2015). Different topics, different discourse: Relationships among writing topic, measures of syntactic complexity, and judgments of writing quality. Journal of Second Language Writing, 28, 53-67. [Honorable Mention, 2015 JSLW Best Article Award]
Zhang, X., & Lu, X. (2015). The relationship between vocabulary learning strategies and breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge. The Modern Language Journal, 99(4), 740-753.
Lu, X., Gamson, D. A., & Eckert, S. A. (2014). Lexical difficulty and diversity in American elementary school reading textbooks: Changes over the past century. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 19(1), 94-117.
Fernandez, J., Gates Tapia, A., & Lu, X. (2014). Oral proficiency and pragmatic marker use in L2 spoken Spanish: The case of pues and bueno. Journal of Pragmatics, 74, 150-164.
Hartig, A. J., & Lu, X. (2014). Plain English and legal writing: Comparing expert and novice writers. English for Specific Purposes, 33(1), 87-96.
Zhang, X., & Lu, X. (2014). A longitudinal study of receptive vocabulary breadth knowledge growth and vocabulary fluency development. Applied Linguistics, 35(3), 283-304.
Gamson, D. A., Lu, X., & Eckert, S. A. (2013). Challenging the research base of the common core state standards: A historical reanalysis of text complexity. Educational Researcher, 42(7), 381-391.
Zhang, J., & Lu, X. (2013). Variability in Chinese as a Foreign Language learners' development of the Chinese numeral classifier system. The Modern Language Journal, 97(s1), 46-60.
Lu, X. (2012). The relationship of lexical richness to the quality of ESL learners' oral narratives. The Modern Language Journal, 96(2), 190-208. [Lexical Complexity Analyzer]
Thorne, S. L., Fischer, I., & Lu, X. (2012). The semiotic ecology and linguistic complexity of an online game world. ReCall, 24(3), 279-301.
Lu, X. (2011). A corpus-based evaluation of syntactic complexity measures as indices of college-level ESL writers' language development. TESOL Quarterly, 45(1), 36-62.
Lu, X. (2010). Automatic analysis of syntactic complexity in second language writing. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 15(4), 474-496. [L2 Syntactic Complexity Analyzer]
Lu, X. (2009). Automatic measurement of syntactic complexity in child language acquisition. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 14(1), 3-28. [D-Level Analyzer]
Lu, X. (2008). Improving part-of-speech guessing of Chinese unknown words using hybrid models. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 13(2), 169-193.
Lu, X. (2008). Hybrid models for sense guessing of Chinese unknown words. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 13(1), 99-128.
Lu, X. (2007). A hybrid model for Chinese word segmentation. Journal for Language Technology and Computational Linguistics, 22(1), 71-88.