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Xueyu Zhao

Xueyu Zhao

Senior Lecturer of English for Academic Purposes at Duke Kunshan University
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How equally do teachers distribute their attention across students classified as English learners (ELs) and their non-EL peers in science classrooms? A frequency analysis of monolingual and bilingual teachers’ interactions with different student grouping configurations

Journal Article International Multilingual Research Journal · January 1, 2024 We address the notion that different student grouping configurations in the classroom may provide different sets of opportunities for English learners (ELs)–students whose home language is not English (the language of instruction in the U.S.)–to both learn ... Full text Cite

Test translation review: a study on discussion processes and translation error detection in consensus-based review panels

Journal Article Frontiers in Education · January 1, 2023 We examined the discussion processes through which two independent consensus-based review panels detected errors in the same sample of items from an international test translated from English to Chinese. The discussion processes were defined according to f ... Full text Cite

Examining factors influencing Chinese ethnic minority English teachers’ technology adoption: an extension of the UTAUT model

Journal Article Computer Assisted Language Learning · January 1, 2023 While teachers’ technology adoption has received increasing attention in the digital age, little effort has been made to examine ethnic minority English teachers’ technology use. This study aims to unpack Chinese ethnic minority English teachers’ technolog ... Full text Cite

Testing across languages in international comparisons: cultural adaptation of consensus-based test translation review procedures

Journal Article Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development · January 1, 2021 We investigated whether consensus-based test translation review procedures can be used effectively in cultural contexts with high social stratification. We staged two test translation review panels in China–where social stratification may potentially inhib ... Full text Cite

International Test Comparisons: Reviewing Translation Error in Different Source Language-Target Language Combinations

Journal Article International Multilingual Research Journal · January 2, 2018 This article addresses test translation review in international test comparisons. We investigated the applicability of the theory of test translation error—a theory of the multidimensionality and inevitability of test translation error—across source langua ... Full text Cite