Hongying Xu is associate professor in the Department of Global Cultures and Languages at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.
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Chapter 1: The BA Construction Chapter 2: Acquisition of the BA Construction among L2 Learners of Chinese Chapter 3: Teaching the BA Construction in CFL Chapter 4: Acquisition of the BA Construction: An Interface Perspective Chapter 5: Awareness among L2 Chinese Learners on the Usage of the BA Construction Chapter 6: Using the Processing Instruction Approach to Teach the BA Construction Chapter 7: Implications from the Acquisition Studies and Guidelines for Instruction
Dr. Hongying Xu, interested in the role that grammar plays in acquiring a foreign language, has tackled an important but understudied element of Chinese grammar, the ba construction. Dr. Xu contributes to the SLA line of thought that proposes attention to the grammatical form and function within a variety of real-life communicative situations-not only the "traditional" and overused ones. The conclusions of her study, strongly supported by strict methodology and analysis, will inspire teachers of Chinese. -- Manuela Gonzalez-Bueno, University of Kansas