Chen, Honglin

Top Publications

Year	Title
2020	Developing confident writers: Fostering audience awareness in primary school writing classrooms
2020	Developing writers in primary and secondary school years
2020	Language Education in the School Curriculum: Issues of Access and Equity
2016	Children talking about writing: Investigating metalinguistic understanding Published in Linguistics and Education
2016	Review of selected research in applied linguistics published in Australia (2008-2014) Published in Language Teaching
2016	The role of dialogic pedagogy in teaching grammar Published in Research Papers in Education
2009	Binaries and beyond: a Bersteinian perspective on change in literacy education Published in Research Papers in Education

Research Areas

Research Overview

Honglin Chen’s research to date has focused on advancing understanding of how all students, native English speaking and second language, in school and tertiary contexts, can raise their literacy and language achievements. Her program of research traverses three interconnected areas in language and literacy education: literacy and language development; teacher knowledge and practice; and curriculum development and enactment. This work has been supported by ARC and industry supported grants generating in excess of $1.8M.

Through conceptual and empirical work, Honglin’s research has generated novel insights into how best to enable school-age children to become confident, autonomous, and agentive writers of the future. The theoretical contribution of her work has been extended through a timely edited book entitled: “Developing writers across the primary and secondary years”. The book provides an interdisciplinary approach to addressing a critical literacy need for the teaching of writing across different stages of writing development. This is pertinent work given the increasing concerns about standards of achievement in writing by school age children.

Honglin’s research in language and literacy has had major policy and practical impacts. Her ARC Discovery project titled “Understanding the development, interpretation and implementation of disciplinary knowledge”, with Harris (Uni SA), Derewianka, Kervin, McKenzie and Turbill, shaped and informed the development of the first national Australian Curriculum: English. Her current work focuses specifically on working with teachers as co-researchers to develop pedagogical innovations that can develop transferable and enabling thinking skills integral to successful writing and deepening knowledge through the years of secondary schooling.

Honglin is a Principal Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (2020). Her leadership and scholarship have been recognised by a large number of awards and citations at the university, national and international levels, including the UOW Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (2012), and a national Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) Citation for Outstanding Contribution (2012).

Geographic Focus

Australia Country
United Kingdom Country

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

International Systemic Functional Linguistics Treasurer 2012 -
Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association
International Association of Applied Linguistics
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Immediate Past President 2019
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia President 2017 - 2018

Has Collaborator

Jones, Pauline T. Dr

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Changes to teachers’ knowledge base: do they make a difference to students’ writing outcomes? Published In Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
2019	Chinese EFL Teachers’ Cognition about the Effectiveness of Genre Pedagogy: A Case Study Published In RELC Journal: a journal of language teaching and research in Southeast Asia
2018	Establishing a framework for learning to teach English pronunciation in an Australian TESOL program Published In Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
2017	"I feel like having a nervous breakdown": Pre-service and in-service teachers’ developing beliefs and knowledge about pronunciation instruction Published In Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
2017	Joint development of teacher cognition and identity through learning to teach L2 pronunciation Published In Modern Language Journal: devoted to research and discussion about the learning and teaching of foreign and second languages
2016	Children talking about writing: Investigating metalinguistic understanding Published In Linguistics and Education
2016	Mapping participation in situated language learning Published In Higher Education Research and Development
2016	Review of selected research in applied linguistics published in Australia (2008-2014) Published In Language Teaching
2016	The role of dialogic pedagogy in teaching grammar Published In Research Papers in Education
2012	Applying linguistics in making professional practice re-visible Published In Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
2012	Increasing international and domestic student interaction through group work: A case study from the humanities Published In Higher Education Research and Development
2012	Teachers' knowledge about language: Issues of pedagogy and expertise Published In Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
2012	Understanding metalinguistic development in beginning writers Published In Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
2009	Becoming school literate parents: an ESL perspective Published In Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
2009	Binaries and beyond: a Bersteinian perspective on change in literacy education Published In Research Papers in Education
2008	A critical examination of the nexus between literacy research, policy and practice Published In English in Australia
2008	C. Coffin, Historical discourse: The language of time, cause and evaluation Published In Australian Review of Applied Linguistics

Book

Year	Title
2020	Language Education in the School Curriculum: Issues of Access and Equity Publisher London

Chapter

Year	Title
2020	Developing confident writers: Fostering audience awareness in primary school writing classrooms Published In Developing Writers Across the Primary and Secondary Years: Growing into Writing Publisher London
2020	Developing writers in primary and secondary school years Published In Developing Writers Across the Primary and Secondary Years: Growing into Writing Publisher London
2019	The role of dialogic pedagogy in teaching grammar Published In Talking to Learn Publisher London, United Kindgom
2018	Teaching young second language learners in LOTE contexts Published In Teaching young second language learners: Practices in different classroom contexts Publisher London
2009	Conceptualising the field of applied linguistics from a Bernsteinian perspective: challenges and opportunities Published In Making a Difference: Challenges for Applied Linguistics Publisher Newcastle, UK
2009	Learning to become school-literate parents of ESL children Published In Studies in applied linguistics and language learning
2008	Learning in new times: writing through the 'eyes of genre' Published In Learning and The Learner: Exploring Learning for New Times Publisher Wollongong
2005	Enchanting 'the eyes of genres' Published In Towards re-enchantment : education, imagination and the getting of wisdom

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2008	Recontextualisation as a framework for understanding relationships among literacy research, policy and practice Published In AARE International Education Research Conference
2008	Recontextualising pedagogic discourse: A case study of a Kindergarten teacher. Published In Disciplinarity Knowledge and Language Conference.
2007	Investigating relationships between literacy research, policy and practice: a critical review of the related literature Published In AATE & ALEA National Conference
2005	Self-representation of graduate students in academic writing Published In International Systemic Functional Congress
2004	Scaffolding parental involvement and second language literacy development Published In Proceedings of the ISCAR Regional Conference: Applicaton of Activity Theory to Education, Information Systems, and Business
2003	Genre learning and development: A Bakhtinian perspective Published In Refereed Proceedings of the International Education Research: Joint AARE-NZARE Conference
2002	Contrastive analysis and error analysis Published In Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Current Issues
2001	Ways of knowing and the development of Chinese ESL students' critical thinking Published In Collected discussion papers from a Workshop: Mind, body and society: Emerging understandings of knowing and learning
2000	Contextualising citation behaviour: Chinese graduate students' thesis writing Published In Proceedings of the National Australian Academic Skills Conference: Sources of Confusion

Other Publications

Year	Title
2016	Final Research Report: Social constructivist approaches to language learning in multilingual early and elementary years classroom
2016	Social constructivist approaches to language learning in multilingual early and elementary years classroom. A commissioned systematic review for the International Baccalaureate Organisation

Editor Of

Book
- Developing Writers Across the Primary and Secondary Years: Growing into Writing. London. 2020
- Making a Difference: Challenges for Applied Linguistics. Newcastle, UK. 2009

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020	Developing transferable skills: Improving writing outcomes in the secondary school Awarded by: NSW Department of Education and Training Funding Scheme: Education Strategic Research Fund
2011	Maximising the potential of Australia's language resources: exploring and developing languages across sectors, schools and communities Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2010	The National English Curriculum: Understanding the development, interpretation and implementation of disciplinary knowledge Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2007	Investigating the relationship between literacy, research and policy Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
	missing activity

Other Research Activities

Humphrey, S., Chen, H., & Macnaught, L. (2016). Social constructivist approaches to language learning in multilingual early and elementary years classroom. The International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO), $50,000. Chief investigator 2015 - 2016

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

- second language writing development
- second language pedagogy
- role of metalinguistic understanding in writing
- identity and language learning
- educational linguistics
- social class and pedagogic variation
- languages learning and teaching
- curriculum development and implementation

Teaching Activities

Second language pedagogy 2002 -
Research Training

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Bridging the Gap - Science teachers; Linguistic knowledge and students; Literacy needs	Rutherford Vale, Emma
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Languaging Critical Thinking as a Process of Meaning Making in Student Argumentative Writing	Hutasuhut, Mahmud Layan
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	From potential use to actual use: Helping ESL learners activate oral productive vocabulary	Mister Colmenares, Bianca
Doctor of Philosophy	Intersubjective Development in Academic Writing	Dinh, Thanh Liem
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	A case study of 1st year undergraduate Korean English language learners - Analyzing the effects of mobile Internet devices on L2 writing development	Wotring, Anthony
Doctor of Philosophy	Pluralingual discourse for thinking and writing: Investigating EAL/D learners linguistic resources to negotiate disciplinary-specific discourses for writing in secondary History	Turnbull, Margaret
Doctor of Philosophy	Blended Learning Enironments: How interpersonal relations support knowledge construction	Googol, Nasim

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Language Education, La Trobe University 1998 - 2002

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

Honglin has a broad range of expertise, spanning second language learning and development, second language pedagogy, curriculum development, educational linguistics, advanced literacy development, and language and literacy education in the preparations of teachers to work with culturally and linguistically diverse students. Honglin's teaching career has been driven by a strong commitment to developing pedagogic practice that encourages active and deep engagement in learning by all students. She has led many curricular innovations aimed at developing an engaging and participative pedagogy that can enhance all students¿ participation and success in learning. Her scholarship and impact in teaching and learning has been recognised through the Vice-Chancellor¿s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (2012) and the Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) National Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2012).

Keywords

curriculum development, second language pedagogy, writing development, metalinguistic understanding, identity and language learning, doctoral education

Full Name

Honglin Chen

Mailing Address

School of Education, University of Wollongong

Wollongong

New South Wales

2552

Australia

Geographic Location

Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Located In Facility

67.324

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7308-7122 (confirmed)

Top Publications

Year	Title
2020	Developing confident writers: Fostering audience awareness in primary school writing classrooms
2020	Developing writers in primary and secondary school years
2020	Language Education in the School Curriculum: Issues of Access and Equity
2016	Children talking about writing: Investigating metalinguistic understanding Published in Linguistics and Education
2016	Review of selected research in applied linguistics published in Australia (2008-2014) Published in Language Teaching
2016	The role of dialogic pedagogy in teaching grammar Published in Research Papers in Education
2009	Binaries and beyond: a Bersteinian perspective on change in literacy education Published in Research Papers in Education

Research Areas

Research Overview

Honglin Chen’s research to date has focused on advancing understanding of how all students, native English speaking and second language, in school and tertiary contexts, can raise their literacy and language achievements. Her program of research traverses three interconnected areas in language and literacy education: literacy and language development; teacher knowledge and practice; and curriculum development and enactment. This work has been supported by ARC and industry supported grants generating in excess of $1.8M.

Through conceptual and empirical work, Honglin’s research has generated novel insights into how best to enable school-age children to become confident, autonomous, and agentive writers of the future. The theoretical contribution of her work has been extended through a timely edited book entitled: “Developing writers across the primary and secondary years”. The book provides an interdisciplinary approach to addressing a critical literacy need for the teaching of writing across different stages of writing development. This is pertinent work given the increasing concerns about standards of achievement in writing by school age children.

Honglin’s research in language and literacy has had major policy and practical impacts. Her ARC Discovery project titled “Understanding the development, interpretation and implementation of disciplinary knowledge”, with Harris (Uni SA), Derewianka, Kervin, McKenzie and Turbill, shaped and informed the development of the first national Australian Curriculum: English. Her current work focuses specifically on working with teachers as co-researchers to develop pedagogical innovations that can develop transferable and enabling thinking skills integral to successful writing and deepening knowledge through the years of secondary schooling.

Honglin is a Principal Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (2020). Her leadership and scholarship have been recognised by a large number of awards and citations at the university, national and international levels, including the UOW Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (2012), and a national Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) Citation for Outstanding Contribution (2012).

Geographic Focus

Australia Country
United Kingdom Country

Member Of

International Systemic Functional Linguistics Treasurer 2012 -
Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association
International Association of Applied Linguistics
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Immediate Past President 2019
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia President 2017 - 2018

Has Collaborator

Jones, Pauline T. Dr

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Changes to teachers’ knowledge base: do they make a difference to students’ writing outcomes? Published In Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
2019	Chinese EFL Teachers’ Cognition about the Effectiveness of Genre Pedagogy: A Case Study Published In RELC Journal: a journal of language teaching and research in Southeast Asia
2018	Establishing a framework for learning to teach English pronunciation in an Australian TESOL program Published In Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
2017	"I feel like having a nervous breakdown": Pre-service and in-service teachers’ developing beliefs and knowledge about pronunciation instruction Published In Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
2017	Joint development of teacher cognition and identity through learning to teach L2 pronunciation Published In Modern Language Journal: devoted to research and discussion about the learning and teaching of foreign and second languages
2016	Children talking about writing: Investigating metalinguistic understanding Published In Linguistics and Education
2016	Mapping participation in situated language learning Published In Higher Education Research and Development
2016	Review of selected research in applied linguistics published in Australia (2008-2014) Published In Language Teaching
2016	The role of dialogic pedagogy in teaching grammar Published In Research Papers in Education
2012	Applying linguistics in making professional practice re-visible Published In Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
2012	Increasing international and domestic student interaction through group work: A case study from the humanities Published In Higher Education Research and Development
2012	Teachers' knowledge about language: Issues of pedagogy and expertise Published In Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
2012	Understanding metalinguistic development in beginning writers Published In Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
2009	Becoming school literate parents: an ESL perspective Published In Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
2009	Binaries and beyond: a Bersteinian perspective on change in literacy education Published In Research Papers in Education
2008	A critical examination of the nexus between literacy research, policy and practice Published In English in Australia
2008	C. Coffin, Historical discourse: The language of time, cause and evaluation Published In Australian Review of Applied Linguistics

Book

Year	Title
2020	Language Education in the School Curriculum: Issues of Access and Equity Publisher London

Chapter

Year	Title
2020	Developing confident writers: Fostering audience awareness in primary school writing classrooms Published In Developing Writers Across the Primary and Secondary Years: Growing into Writing Publisher London
2020	Developing writers in primary and secondary school years Published In Developing Writers Across the Primary and Secondary Years: Growing into Writing Publisher London
2019	The role of dialogic pedagogy in teaching grammar Published In Talking to Learn Publisher London, United Kindgom
2018	Teaching young second language learners in LOTE contexts Published In Teaching young second language learners: Practices in different classroom contexts Publisher London
2009	Conceptualising the field of applied linguistics from a Bernsteinian perspective: challenges and opportunities Published In Making a Difference: Challenges for Applied Linguistics Publisher Newcastle, UK
2009	Learning to become school-literate parents of ESL children Published In Studies in applied linguistics and language learning
2008	Learning in new times: writing through the 'eyes of genre' Published In Learning and The Learner: Exploring Learning for New Times Publisher Wollongong
2005	Enchanting 'the eyes of genres' Published In Towards re-enchantment : education, imagination and the getting of wisdom

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2008	Recontextualisation as a framework for understanding relationships among literacy research, policy and practice Published In AARE International Education Research Conference
2008	Recontextualising pedagogic discourse: A case study of a Kindergarten teacher. Published In Disciplinarity Knowledge and Language Conference.
2007	Investigating relationships between literacy research, policy and practice: a critical review of the related literature Published In AATE & ALEA National Conference
2005	Self-representation of graduate students in academic writing Published In International Systemic Functional Congress
2004	Scaffolding parental involvement and second language literacy development Published In Proceedings of the ISCAR Regional Conference: Applicaton of Activity Theory to Education, Information Systems, and Business
2003	Genre learning and development: A Bakhtinian perspective Published In Refereed Proceedings of the International Education Research: Joint AARE-NZARE Conference
2002	Contrastive analysis and error analysis Published In Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Current Issues
2001	Ways of knowing and the development of Chinese ESL students' critical thinking Published In Collected discussion papers from a Workshop: Mind, body and society: Emerging understandings of knowing and learning
2000	Contextualising citation behaviour: Chinese graduate students' thesis writing Published In Proceedings of the National Australian Academic Skills Conference: Sources of Confusion

Other Publications

Year	Title
2016	Final Research Report: Social constructivist approaches to language learning in multilingual early and elementary years classroom
2016	Social constructivist approaches to language learning in multilingual early and elementary years classroom. A commissioned systematic review for the International Baccalaureate Organisation

Editor Of

Book
- Developing Writers Across the Primary and Secondary Years: Growing into Writing. London. 2020
- Making a Difference: Challenges for Applied Linguistics. Newcastle, UK. 2009

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020	Developing transferable skills: Improving writing outcomes in the secondary school Awarded by: NSW Department of Education and Training Funding Scheme: Education Strategic Research Fund
2011	Maximising the potential of Australia's language resources: exploring and developing languages across sectors, schools and communities Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2010	The National English Curriculum: Understanding the development, interpretation and implementation of disciplinary knowledge Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2007	Investigating the relationship between literacy, research and policy Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
	missing activity

Other Research Activities

Humphrey, S., Chen, H., & Macnaught, L. (2016). Social constructivist approaches to language learning in multilingual early and elementary years classroom. The International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO), $50,000. Chief investigator 2015 - 2016

Potential Supervision Topics

- second language writing development
- second language pedagogy
- role of metalinguistic understanding in writing
- identity and language learning
- educational linguistics
- social class and pedagogic variation
- languages learning and teaching
- curriculum development and implementation

Teaching Activities

Second language pedagogy 2002 -
Research Training

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Bridging the Gap - Science teachers; Linguistic knowledge and students; Literacy needs	Rutherford Vale, Emma
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Languaging Critical Thinking as a Process of Meaning Making in Student Argumentative Writing	Hutasuhut, Mahmud Layan
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	From potential use to actual use: Helping ESL learners activate oral productive vocabulary	Mister Colmenares, Bianca
Doctor of Philosophy	Intersubjective Development in Academic Writing	Dinh, Thanh Liem
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	A case study of 1st year undergraduate Korean English language learners - Analyzing the effects of mobile Internet devices on L2 writing development	Wotring, Anthony
Doctor of Philosophy	Pluralingual discourse for thinking and writing: Investigating EAL/D learners linguistic resources to negotiate disciplinary-specific discourses for writing in secondary History	Turnbull, Margaret
Doctor of Philosophy	Blended Learning Enironments: How interpersonal relations support knowledge construction	Googol, Nasim

Reviewer Of

Research Papers in Education (Journal) 2015 -

Organizer Of Event

Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Conference (Wollongong, Australia) 2018

Professional Service Activities

Applied Linguistics Association of Australia President 2017 - 2018
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Vice President 2013 - 2016

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Language Education, La Trobe University 1998 - 2002

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

Honglin has a broad range of expertise, spanning second language learning and development, second language pedagogy, curriculum development, educational linguistics, advanced literacy development, and language and literacy education in the preparations of teachers to work with culturally and linguistically diverse students. Honglin's teaching career has been driven by a strong commitment to developing pedagogic practice that encourages active and deep engagement in learning by all students. She has led many curricular innovations aimed at developing an engaging and participative pedagogy that can enhance all students¿ participation and success in learning. Her scholarship and impact in teaching and learning has been recognised through the Vice-Chancellor¿s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (2012) and the Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) National Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2012).

Keywords

curriculum development, second language pedagogy, writing development, metalinguistic understanding, identity and language learning, doctoral education

Full Name

Honglin Chen

Mailing Address

School of Education, University of Wollongong

Wollongong

New South Wales

2552

Australia

Geographic Location

Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Located In Facility

67.324

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7308-7122 (confirmed)

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Available as Research Supervisor

Affiliation

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Has Collaborator

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Book

Chapter

Conference Paper

Other Publications

Editor Of

Book

Funding

Investigator On

Other Research Activities

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Reviewer Of

Organizer Of Event

Professional Service Activities

Background

Education And Training

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

Keywords

Contact

Full Name

Mailing Address

Geographic Location

Located In Facility

Identity

Orcid Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Affiliation

Member Of

Has Collaborator

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Book

Chapter

Conference Paper

Other Publications

Editor Of

Book

Funding

Investigator On

Other Research Activities

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Reviewer Of

Organizer Of Event

Professional Service Activities

Background

Education And Training

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

Keywords

Contact

Full Name